New-York tribune., 1920-02-27

newspaper men, sailed yesterday M
Jacksonville, Fla, where the Robil
year. The Ar" "2ahoe is Que to rea
Managers Higgins and Robinson hs
morning.
The main squad Of Yankees who re-
side in the East and number of the
Dodgers who did not care to grapple
With the elements will leave this city
for Jacksonville over the Seaboard Al,
Line at 500 o'clock tomorrow after
noon. Manager Miller Higgins and
Traffic Manager McManus will chap
sron the party. which will include
some fourteen scribes.
Babe" Ruth, George Mogridge, Her
bert Thormahlen, "Ping" Bode, Mario
Dc vitalis, Walter smallwood, D. J.
Murphy, Benny Geiser and Trainer AL
Woods are expected to leave this city
at that time. Bob Shawkey, Del Pratt
and Bob Rice-the last mentioned q
third baseman who has been recon-
mended by Shawkey-will entrain at
Philadelphia. Wilson Fewster, Harry
Biemiller and Scout Joe Kelley will
ioin on at Baltimore.
Nineteen Go From Homes
Nineteen of the Yankee players will
60 direct from their homes to Jackson
viile, as follows: Warren Collins. from
Austin, Tex; Frank Gleich, Columbus,
Ohio; J. H. ("Truck') Hannah, Rivers,
Calf; Fred Hofmann, ST. Louis;
Duffy Lewis, Boyes Springs, Calf;
Carl Mays, Mansfield, Mo-; Robert
Meusel, Los Angeles; Ralph Miller
Virton. Iowa; Robert E. McGraw
Pueblo, Col; Frank ODoul, San Fran
cisco; Roger Peckinpaugh. Cleveland;
William Piercy. Ell Monte. Calf; Jack
Quinn, Quincy, Ill; Herold Ruel, St.
Louis; Ernest Shore, East Bend. n. c.;
Samuel B. Wick, Batesville. Miss;
Aaron Ward, Bonneville, Ark, and
Chester Murphy, Seattle, Wash.
From Sunday on for month or
IN ore Jacksonville will be simply clut-
tered up with famous athletes. In
Guiding himself, Higgins will have
thirtythree men in uniform; the Dodg-
ers will number twenty-eight men, ex-
elusive Of Manager Robinson, if
Tommy Griffith, yet unsigned, falls
bets has decided to tolerate no ineligi-
bles at the training camp.
Phil Schenck, groundkeeper of the
Yankees, has been in Jacksonville the
last six weeks. Schenck reports tha,
South Side Park, where the Yankees
will train, and Bars Field, the spring
base of the Dodgers, are both in ex-
celent condition. Schenck acted in
double capacity during his stay in
Florida and superintended the work
Of putting both parks into condition.
He writes the players of both teams
will find themselves in major league
StrroundipOc froro tbo To
All of the spring exhibition games
between the two clubs will be played
at the Yankees field, but this is only
because Of the fact that the stands Of
Barr's Field have been condemned.
Colonel T. L. Huston, of the Yankees.
and Manager Wilbert Robinson. of the
Dodgers, who are at the Dover Hall
Club, will join the Yankee-D Dodger
rain party at Thallman, Ga, Sunday
evening and accompany the pilgrims
lnto Jacksonville. Business Manager
Harry Sparrow, Of the Yankees, has
been In Jacksonville the last few
on his way from St. Louis.
MeGraw Starts Tomorrow
Vice Pre- esidentM Manager John j. Nc
Graw, OF the Giants, will set out from
Havana, Cuba, tomorrow for the
spring camp Of the Giants. McGraw
will 60 direct from the island resort
TO San Antonio. lie expects to join his
club Tuesday morning at the latest
Secretary O'Brien believed until re-
Gently that McGraw would make the
Trip to Texas via New York. Mac
cahled yesterday, however, that it wa.
necessary for him to remain as long
as possible at Oriental Park. Presi-
dent Charles A Stonehana. Of the Giants,
VIII take charge of the racing at
Oriental Park during the absence Of
Christy Mathewson, who has win
tsred at Lewisburg, Pa, reported for
duty at the Giants office YESTERDAY
Mathewson will have charge Of the
Giant special which leaves at $3.50 to-
morrow morning from the Grand Cen
tral Terminal. All the Giants will 90 to
Texas by rail. the main squad Joining
Mathewson's guard at st. Louis Sun
day evening.
Arthur Irwin, manager of the Roch-
ester club, will accompany the Yam
KEGS as far south as Goldsboro, N. c..
where his team will go into training
ater In March. Irwin intends To do
some scouting before his athletes as
semble He will visit the Giants and
ether major league clubs in training
IN Texas so as to get line on tho
material which later may be turned
back to the minors.
irwin has engaged Jack Warner. the
old-tIme star catcher Of the Giants.
20 accompany his Bronchos and umpire
IN all OF their spring exhibition games.