New-York tribune., 1920-02-01
Spring Series
For Local Mines
Is Announced
New York Americans, Aside
From Games With Brook
lvn. Will Meet the Reds
By w. ]. Macbeth

The New York Yankees and Brook
lyn Dodgers, which major league clubs
will both train in Jacksonville. Fla,
as year ago and engage in a long
series Of practice and exhibition games
and later turn northward together, af
ter which the series will be continued
at Ebbets Field. jointly announced yes
terday complete details for the spring
program to which admissions will be
charged.
Each club has nineteen ante-season
battles booked. of which sixteen will
be Yankee Dodger clashes. The New
York Americans will engage the worlds
champion Cincinnati Reds three times,
on which dates Brooklyn will be Crap
ling with Clark Grlfith's Senators, Hug
gins will hook up with Pat Moran
after couple Of weeks of preliminary
training journeyIng to Miami, Fla, to
engage the proudest team of baseball
on its own spring stamping ground.
Brooklyn at Tampa
On those days Brooklyn will be at
Tampa, the base of Washington. Later
all four clubs will mingle again at
jacksonville, Fla, in a doubleheader,
featuring big sporting carnival konwn
posing New York and Washington and
Brooklyn. of course.
The Yankees and Dodgers will meet
eight times on the Yankee park at
Jacksonville. The Yankee park will be
used because it is the only one with
habitabe stands. Half of these games
will be played on Saturdays, the long
list of exhibitions being inaugurated
on Saturday, March 13. Barring the
..f of+
and the Dodgers to Tampa, games be-
tween these two representatives Of
greater New York will continue three
times weekly until the two teams break
camp the night Of Saturday, April 8.
Business Manager Harry Sparrow,
Of the Yankees, who has been South
several weeks arranging for the games
in Florida and the itenerary home, will
bring the two clubs north in FIVE days.
S c., Greenville, S. c., Chester, s. c.,
Winston Salem, N. c. and Lynchburg,
Va. will be visited in order. On Satur-
day, April 10, three game series be-
tween the two clubs at Ebbets Field
will he inaugurated, running Saturday,
Sunday and Monday continuously
Tentative arrangements for the ex-
hbitions as bulletined were arranged
prior to the purchase Of Babe Ruth by
gigantic deal brought to Business
Manager Sparrow q food of applca-
tions for exhibitions from a dozen
extra cities Of the South. All seemed
anxious for a peep at the champion
home run hitter of al time. 1t was
impossible, however. so to arrange mat
'ers as to leave j. acksonvlle earlier
than ordinarily planned, so the scheme
for the quick jump home was allowed
to stand
The complete schedule of spring ex-
nioitlon games for both New York and
Brooklyn follows
- saturday,, March Is- Yankees VS..
brooklyn. Rt Jack kSOnvile, Fla.
Monday. March i5--Yankees VS.. CIncin-
natl. at Miami Fla.
Monoay, March i5--;Brooklyn vs.. Wash
ington. mt Tampa, Fla.
Tuesday. March 16--Yankees vs. Gin
cinnuti, al Miami Fla.
Tuesday. March l6--Brookiyn vs. Wash
ineton. at Tnmpn. Fla.
Tuesday. 30; Thursday. IS. and sasurdHy'
- t:,nkces brooklyn, at Jacksonvlle
Monday. March e0--Baseball gala day at
'acSSonS Ie; Fla. doublehruHcr. first
game. Brookiyn VS.. Washinefon' '''''
Thursday, April and Saturday April
Florida.
JOINT TOUR EN- ROUTE NORTH
Yankees VS.. Brooklyn
Monday. April 5. at Columbia, $. C.
iutsdny, April ., at GreenviIle, S. c.
" edncsday. April n. at Chester, :. c.
~ ihursiay. April 8, at Winston Salem,
North Carolina.
SATURDAY.. April 10, sunday. ii. and Mon
day, IL. at Ebbcts Field.