The Washington herald., 1920-01-03

"IesS Meeting.
Many new improvements that Presi-
dent Griffith has in mind will be pre-
sentcd. and any others that the MEM
bers wish to suggest will be gladly
accepted.
As nothing of impOI lance outside OF
the above will come before the board,
II will not take long to settle all the
little matters.
The training ship is moving along
i'm a nice manner. The towns to be
visited between Washington and Gin
cinnati have about been decided upon
and they will be announced in a very
short time.
Cuban Trip in Air.
What is bothering President Griffith
is the first part of the trip. That is
The one between Tampa or Miami and
Washington. Nothing can be closed
Regarding the cities to entertain the
Reds and Nationals until "Griff" re-
ceives a letter on its way from
Havana. This should be on hand
today or not later than Monday.
As soon as this missile is in the
hands of the president. then he
will know exactly how he stands 1t
all depends upon what information is
given whether the Cuba trip is on or
of.
He also has received word from
Business Manager Bancroft that a
new boat has been placed in service
between Miami and Havana. If this
is the case it will save all travel by
rail from Miami and Key West. as
the two teams can embark at the
Reds training quarters and go direct
to Cuba. Three games could be
played there. Saturday. Sunday and
Monday. then that evening the teams
could leave for Tampa. where a game
could be played Tuesday. In this.
the two clubs would be IA big gamer.
for It IS certainty that the Reds,
world champions would he greater
. -''''!@ c-rd in Tampa than the Ma
tionals would be at Miami
Wants Cuban Game.
Besides. by that time. the Miami
resort will be almost deserted as all
the Northern tourists will begin to
flock North about the first Of March
so that by the first of April there
would not be- A CorpOraTS guard To go
out to the game. while on the other
hand. Tampa with all the Cubans who
live in that city. would flock out to
see a game with their idol. oIue.
against Walter johnson. These two
could be Ditted against each other at
Havana on Sunday and they wcuid
hive until Wednesday to rest even if
they only pitched part of the game.
After that game has been PLAYED
the two teams could leave Tuesday
night for Augusta where a game
would be PLAYED Thursday. leaving
Wednesday open in case n city on
the road could not be secured for a
game.
Then on Friday it would be an easy
matter 10 stop at Petersburg or ar-
other city where the two clubs could
play before starting for this city
where they will meet on AprI , and T.
Trip to Cincinnati.
The places that will be visited be-
tween Washington and Cincinnati
have practically been decided upOn
excepting the game on Friday. ana
as there are two places that want the
game played. il will be an easy mat
ter to close for the day previous to
open the game of the season at Gin
cinnati. As the Reds have not been
at home since last fall. when they
captured the final game of the world
series. it is a certainty that n crowd
Of 5000 will be on hand to see these
T." mes.
President Griffith wishes to get all
this work finished before the latter
ut If next week. so he will he
Tree, to attend the joint meeting of