New Britain herald., 1920-02-16
|TERLEAGUE GAMES GROWING IN FAVOR
al Of iO6 Arranged by Teams F Spring Training Campaign

bart of their 1920 conditioning Hpaign. Six clubs of each league listed for these intcrleague eNhibi- affairs, with the trails extending n Brownsville, TcSaS, 10 Miami. in the south, to Cincinnati in middle west and New York in the he complete schedule of these in- eague battles calls for lo6 games. six different clubs listed for 70 |norc of these contests. Six years these exhibitions by teams of rival ues were almost unknown in the 1 h, Some of the teams returned Ie to engage in spring series with Y taaIrs Of tie same city. plan wa. popular fcis a time in Phila- 4lia ;s:d still draws we'll in St. Eis. Th. Cljri ri'n;t5.. ant Ernwns Of -oui@. ami Fl" T;uiI;i1% nc Yankees he oMS ;@ js;2.'.' ;uiG which ene&sc ii g." F ries at De, l;ru the G.lJ.ts. .:": c,tUrs and will arE,aF". ia ;pterlea gue es. oH tiit','- i,oni" 2lcuiid.s. s. Dis .!1la; Ct c!ai,s' from rival ue& 6"ui'!in& ur f.,3 tj,r jaunt frolu tliltiii@ cstinp tu thc north has 'me c%t:euG!.- H,p".ar in recent 2. SO 5nfuch aU 1G3t ire 1920 H-duie taiis for tiTt times the num- Tor games player! five years ago by Nor league elubs previous to the Xlin., of the rc %uIatc season. -A few IS ago two <etiuuui league cluhs., Cubs and PhiBies. played series lotida and the lcaGuo put q han he practice. before ;HInther train eason arrived. As a result the
 cf joint tour with an inter- 3Gc series has developed.
 Games Draw Heavily.
 ost rn:rragcvs contend that games nst another major. Ieasue,,e..rb~ is iseet Incdiurur-koI:- putting players s.l ;......--ssiatt:t ..--ss Wise for showing the f1B o!' weak points Of the younger e. Furthermore. it has proved
 profitable to the clubs involved. ne old t;a%S the major league hs engage; in q series. Of exhibi- tontests With the homo represen- les nf minor .-Ieague cities or Ter towns in tie south, but in
 the southern fans grew weary of one-sided battles. and the ,!s dwindIed from thousands to ires. Such games hardly paid |elins expenses. while the inter- EIe series very Frequently nets each more than enough 10 pay the en- expenses of it's training trip. This IhCeit true Of the Giants-Tigers se- of !9Ii. the Giants-IndianS series DIS. and the games played by the hts ard Red SoN laSt spring. The kccs-Eohtns series last spring k close tc cteaninG- the expense
 of each club.
 II three cIuiJS of tue metropolitan -ict have gone heavily into this ,league series plan. The Giants riding to J schedule released Sat ty ty Secretary Joe c Brien, will Se in 2l games with the Boston Sax. the tour starting at Forth Hth. Texas. and ending at the Polo Lnds The Robins are scheduled for samcs against American league Is. C with the Yankees aud four
 the Senators. Miller, Huggins'
 will take part in g ga mes with onai league clubs. three with, the Ids champion Cincinnati Reds in ida This ihterborough series calls eight games 4in7 Jacksonville, E rc the two clubs will train, five 'oute north and three at Ebbets
 None of the three local clubs
 scheduled so many of these cs fur any previous tarining cam IA.
 Had Red Sox Head List.
 be Boston Red SoX will be the active in these games against
 major lea guers. with a schedule gs mes. Besides the c1 contests the Giants. Ed Barro WIS aggre- pn will hook up in three games ! the Pirates at Hot Springs. where ! clubs will do their training. The Louis Eardinals are booked for | Of Is games with the Mackmen #hc Lone Srar state, and will then 4 Y home to meet the Browns in |, #n zane set. The Washington itors' scor book calls for - es. four with Brooklyn and Is
 tbc Reds. Aio"an's champions listed for T contests. s with the ltors and three with the Tanls. An Eamc tour or the Tigers and >es completes the spring, inter- uc activity of these two clubs. anu afacknlen will be content with
 
 n games for he Browns and three the Pirates will complete the wo clubs for each league will en-
 in games with minor league or Xpendcnt clubs only. They are the ago and Philadelphia teams of National league and the Chicago l Cleveland Am cricans.
 following is the complete list Of in- gltc games arranged to date:
 Games. 4lts vs. Red SoX. .............@ xes vs. Tigers ............. IS $ vs. senate .lH |ins vs. Yankees. Is Iainal= vs. Athletics. .,......,6 6 |dina1s vs Browns. s......