The Washington herald., 1920-01-27
Reds and Nationals Travel
To Havana by Flying Boat
~ GEORGE L. MoRELAND.


You have heard of Uncle Sam being
the nrst man to send a flying boat
across the ocean,
You have also heard other wonder
full feats OF aeronautic perform
ances.
But. have any Of you read or even
dreamed of baseball teams travelling
~ seaplanes? Well. that is exactly
what you will. il the ideas of that
pair OF baseball promoters have their
way.
= Messrs.- Bancroft and Griffith. who
have theyCincinnati and Washington
baseball clubs tour In hand. are con-
tSmplating springing a new one, not
unlike the great double-header, that
VIII be pulled off at Jacksonville on
March 3. Jubilee Day"
Tbis pair of hustlers. are now in
communication with the Cuban base
ball managers. and IL the game can be
arranged for March which happens
TO fall on Sunday. with both teams
resting. then the game will take place.
With not q minute lost in playing
either Saturday or Monday. You see,
aeroplsnes guarantees that they will
be able to take the Reds from Miami
and the Nationals from Tampa. the
respective training camps. to Havana
IN one and a quarter hours. The clubs
can leave from each city at . a. m
and reach Havana at 10:15 in
plenty OF time to dine and get to
the grounds. Then, after the game,
both clubs will be able to leave
Havana and get back to their hotels
In time for o'clock dinner.
The big speed merchant boat.
The Goliath" that will house the
players, is capable of carrying six
teen passengers. that will be plenty
'of room for each club, for 1t will
only be necessary to take twelve
players over and this will enable
tie poor down trodden sporting
writer's. who accompany the clubs
south, to also take a jaunt over to
"McGrawville." and watch the won
derful waves that is hoped will
travel under the seaplane all dur
ing the distance. But should any
thing happen, and the boats get
heavy then the scribes who are ex-
ira ballast can be thrown over
board. and the players who are nee
essary to have on hand in order to
furnish the fine points in demon
strating how to play baseball. can
be saved But let US hope that it
viii be necessary to use all the bal
last. for they do say II would be a
long walk back home. and as none
OF the boys are able to perform
what -McGinty" did on the bottom
of the sea we feel like giving the
seaplane the once over. and have a
written guarantee that the boat
will reach its destination without
any mishap.
But. won't this be some feat for
this pair of youthful combined age
l22 years) promoters to pull off?
And won't big Babe" Ruth be jeal-
Gus Of the space he will lose in the
papers when this actual perform
ance is duly announced?
First and only time that two
baseball clubs will have used aero
plane to get to a baseball field.
When The Herald first announced
the fact that Cincinnati and WASH
ing were arranging a trip. no person
tbrotsht it possible to secure so
CAampions, as they are to play eigh-
teen games on the way home. after
the spring season is finished. the
prediction Of The Herald has come
true Now. with a trip to Havana.
another game will be added to the
long list.
won't the Cubans. who will Of
course be appraised of the arrival
OF the two clubs, to their sunny
shores. be on the lookout for the
nylng tugs? why it will remind
the fans of boyhood days when you
waited on the curb for the bus that
carried the players to the old
grounds. when they were sitting
on top waving at every one on the
way to the grounds. and lodging
bricks, etc, on the way back to the
hotel. 1t will be a grand and
glorious" day for both "Banny and
Griff."
Waited Too Long.
The baseball promoters OF Ports
mouth, Va, have written and wired
for a game between the Reds and Ma
tionals for that city. But as they
failed to answer letters sent by Presi-
dent Grifith, when he began arrang-
ing the trip. they are out in the cold,
so far as seeing the two clubs per-
form in that city. The city across
the bay. Norfolk. will be the place
the teams will stop at, in order to give
the citizens a chance to see what a
worlds champion club looks like. II
the fans of Portsmouth wish to see
the game they must ferry across.
Billed Like n & rcus.
Bancroft and Grifiith are not going
to permit a little thing like money
to stand in the way of the worlds
champions and the Nationals. being
well advertised en- route throughout
the South when they play that
country. Already arrangements are
under way for three sheet posters
TO be sent to the cities where the
two clubs will visit. while cuts of
all players are to be sent ahead
Regular circus stuff. as "Babby"