The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-08
Three and Two

| ~ NSADtAoA IL lhG 1iduLS Will ever
again attempt as comprehensive a
training tour as the one on which they
are now engaged. With their exhibit
ton only about half completed. they
are already convinced that the one
day stand is vastly overrated insti-
tuition and that the financial returns
accruing therefrom are not nearly
! Commensurate with the inconveni.
ences and downright discomforts that
must be endured on the way.
Since the Giants quit their base at
!, San Antonio they have played nine
games against the Red Sox and have
had four scheduled exhibitions can
celled because of rain. At no place
played to date have they drGwn ''big"
money, though they taxed the capaci.
ty of every Texas League plant at
which they performed. A Sunday
game at Dallas, for instance, was wit
messed by more than 5000 persons, yet
the Giants share OF the receipts
amounted to only $1,000 or there
abouts. AT Wichita Falls a crowd
that overlooked the field gave the
Giants about 81, 400, and the battle at
J Greenville, Miss, another plum" was
worth between $1,000 and $500 to
each CT the touring clubs.
| New Orleans and Memphis were ex.
| pected to provide good pickings, but
the Saturday engagement at the
Crescent City was cancelled because
OF rain. The Sunday affair was play
ed In drt2zle, which had a most de.
pressing effect. upon the attendance,
and torrential downpour, which last.
ed all day and well into the night.
swept the Memphis date into the dis.
card.
Then there is the possible deteriora.
ton OF the players. Z. Although the
Giants, according to Harry Schu
macher, have suffered no i'll effects. to
date, there is no guarantee that thew
VIII continue to improve in form and
fitness for the fray. For one thing
they are not all getting the work thew
require to put them in the pink. and
Desldes, they have no proper facilities
Tor drying their uniforms The mi.
| FORM, which becomes sweaty ana
damp, Is packed away in that condf.
ton and is still far from dry when n
IS removed from the trunk next dav
A player can stand this sort of thing
Tor very limited period. but IF nor.
sisted in 1t leads to colds and evon
to rheumatism, the bug.bear Of tba
professional athlete.
Lack OF drying room is the one
iatai drawback to Bermuda as a train.
ing camp and hot arguments against
tour which requires a ball club tn
pay one-day stands almost confirm.
ously for three weeks.
Waltre Mills, old time ball n,av.r
VINO has made pile of money down
IN m, Texas. looked up his old friend
Billy Murray, while the Pirates wars
in Fort Worth, were
Texas sport scribes refer to LEFTY
Grimm, who halls from st. Louis and
was brought up in the famous Kerr
Patch district that produced jimmy
burke, manager of the Browns. and
otner diamond notables, as the only
Kerry Patch Dutchman extant,"
II Is the opinion of Texas League
managers who have seen the CHICAGO
Whitesoxi play that Manager Gleason
mas mans size job on his hands IF
ne hopes to again win the Champion
snip OF the American League. ATT.
who heads the Fort Worth club. and
Patterson, manager of Dallas, both
declare unhesitatingly that the Pr
rates looked like two to one better
ball club than the Whitesox.
George Cutshaw, who led the Pr
rates driving in runs last season. de-
clares that 1919 was one of his poor
est seasons since he became a major
Lacquer. at looks as II 1920 was
going to be good year for me-" he
chirped during recent tanning bee.
Cutshaw is certainly hitting the.
ball In those exhibition games. An
pitchers look alike to him, and the
beauty Of it all is that most of CUT
shaw's wallops come with, men on
bases and score runs.
Pitcher Jack wisner is never again
| coming to Fort Worth. SO he says.
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