Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1921-01-13
What St. Louis
Thinkssof Bogalusa

The following from the st. Louis
GI5be-Denecrat of january 9th win
be Of interest to the citizens of Bo-
galusa. It proves conclusively that
hereafter teams are going to seek
Bogalusa as training camp, instead
of Bogalusa going after the big
league teams.
"Bogalusa, La, will be the 1921
training camp for the St. Louis
Browns. This was decided upon yes
terday by Bobby Quinn, business
manager of the club, who departed
from st. Louis Monday to visit sew
eral towns in Mississippi and Louisi-
ana for the purpose Of casting a de-
cision on the 1921 site. Inspecting
Bogalusa, Quinn found that the adj
vance matter, describing the town
and its inducements, were vindi-
Gated and he Immediately closed with
Bogalusa's leading citizen, Mayor w.
H. Sullivan, for the Brownies to
train there in 1921 and as long there
after as the club so desires.
"Quinn's telegram to the Globe
Democrat follows:
"'After looking over all training
camps in the South, have decided
| that Bogalusa is the most beautiful
spot we have yet had for training
| purposes. We have closed today with
Mayor Sullivan for the Browns to
train at Bogalusa in 1921 and as long
thereafter as they care to train here.
(Signed) BOB QUINN
Several weeks ago Quinn had just
about decided to select Greenwood,
Miss, or Alexandria, La, as this
years camp, when he received wire
from the Chamber of Commerce of
Bogalusa inviting him to pick Boga-
lusa as the next camp and outlining
/ the facilities which the town boosted.
! lusa's Chamber of Commerce visited
Quinn in st. Louis with data attrac-
tive enough to induce Bob to pay
visit to the Southern village.
Pictured as Ideal Place
"Bogalusa was pictured as regu-
! lar training camp paradise, with good
/ hotel accommodations, excellent wa
ter, modern baseball park, wonder
/ full climate and pretty golf course.
| Game also abounded a short distance
! from the town for those who wished
to try their fingers at the trigger.
According to Quinn's telegram Boga-
lusa must be all that the wire and
representative pictured, for Bob
states that the town is the most beau
tiful spot the Browns have ever had
for a training camp.
Bogalusa has a population esti-
mated at 1900. 1t is the center OF
Washington parish, Louisiana, which
| has a population close to 10000.
| The town is fifty-seven miles north
east of New Orleans and is situated
on the, New Orleans Great Northern
Railroad. It is prospecting town,
with several banks, a newspaper,
hardwood lumber and paper mills,
railroad car shops, veneer and creO-
soting plants and turpentine dis
tillery. It is, in addition, farming
community.
"Some time ago Quinn minated
| that if Bogalusa was selected, exhl-
bition games probably would be ar
ranged with the National League
! champion Brooklyn Dodgers, who will
90 through their training stunts at
New Orleans, and with the New Or
leans and Mobile clubs of the South
ern Association. Quinn did not dis
close the date of the clubs departure
from st. Louis for the South, but
this will be decided upon when Quinn
confers with Lee Foil, the recently
appointed manager, early this week
t'In closing the deal for the train
ing camp yesterday, Quinn unfolded
within a period of three days two
big news items for which the fans
have been clamoring for some time.
| He named Lee Foil as pilot on Mon
day. Incidentally the Browns were
the last of the major league clubs to
name both manager and spring train
ing camp, but there was reason for
this, for QuiPn was in no hurry to
decide on matters of such import.
/ Near Other Training Camps
nominating Bogalusa, the Browns
business manager put his stamp or
approval on a town about 200 miles
east of Orange, Tex, where the Car
| dinals will hold forth, and slightly
less than 200 miles east Of Lake
Charles, La, at which point Connie
Mack's Athletics will condition them
selves.
"Three other major league clubs
i will train within the boundaries OF
! Louisiana besides the Browns. The
Dodgers have picked New Orleans,
| the Yankees Shreveport and the Ath-
lietics Lake Charles. This determines
Louisiana as the most favored state
for big league training purposes
with the exception Of Texas, in which
state seven teams Will prepare fol-
the championship campaigns.
"The teams to train in Texas are
i Cardinals at Orange, White Sox Al
Waxahachie, Cincinnati at Cisco, In
dams at Dallas, Braves at Galveston
Tigers at Hot Wells, outside Of San
Antonio. The Red Sox and Pirates
viii prepare at Hot Springs, Ark.
the Senators at Tampa, Fla, and thu
Phillies at Gainesville, Fla. ChicagOl
Cubs will journey to Pasadena, Cal.
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