The New York herald., 1922-12-20

freezing weather.
AS shown by the schedule which Tier
ncy issued the Giants will play nineteen
games with the White Sox-four of
them in San Antonio where the world
champions will train for the fourth sue
cessive year two at the Polo Grounds
and thirteen at way stations in Texas
Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and
Virginia. In addition there will be two
contests with the home club of the South
, ern League at Memphis and a Anal ex-
hibtion against the Army nine, coached
BY Hans Lobert. at West Point on April
JIG.
III Ii seems likely that the program will
rbe stretched to at least twenty-five
, games for. while the Giants are in San
Antonio. it Is almost certain that they
will play couple of exhibitions with
Nthe local Texas leaguers. These will not
be arranged until John McGraw confers
with Harry Benson in the Mission City.
An additional game with the White Sox
in Seguin, where the Gleason outfit win
4 train again, also is in prospect II all
depends on how the natives treat the
contest which Is scheduled for that town
on March 81. Seguin is only thirty-hve
miles from San Antonio and the trip
there is particularly delightful when
taken over the bumpy roads in big.
bounding motor bus.
81 Longest Schedule Yet.
W. The schedule probably Is the longest
yet arranged for the Giants in the
spring. This Is due to the fact that the
exhibition season of 1923 will be one
week longer than it was in the past.
The decision TO open the championship
race on April II. one week later than
has been the custom, will leave the New
Workers downs in Tennessee on the,
2 league opening date of other years. On
April IL the Giants will be in Knox
vile. They will not see the Polo Grounds
until April IA.
The Giants will be at San Antonio
longer than they ever have been in their
training camp. for they are to spend
thirty days there In other years three
weeks was the limit. They will report
on March and will have sixteen Gays
of training before they will be called on
to face the Chicago club. Last year they.
chad only ten days OF preliminary work
before opening with the White Sox. and
Gleason's men, aided by pitchers who
had had two weeks of preparation at
Marlin. got the jump on the New York
2 ers. The White Sox were pretty lively OPP
fonents all through the series and broke
even with the Giants, each club winning
seven games.
The McGraws and the Gleasons viii
20 at each other on st. Patrick's Day.
Saturday. March II. They viii play
apother, game on the following after
noon. In the mellow past. st. Pats
DAY at the camp OF the Giants was
given over to a battle between the
Irish and the Dutch, but the Dutch
beat the Celts so often that McGraw.
in self defense abolished the fixture.
An all Irish shindig on the Seventeenth
ought to go pretty well In San Antoine.
where they have enough Hibernians to
Z make big parade each year.
u Break Camp March 30.
n On Friday night. March 30. the Giants
Will break camp at the St Anthony
they are going there this time instead
!. OF TO the old Menger. which housed
them on their three previous trips to
San Antonio. The next day VIII find
them In Dallas. Il will be Sunday, too,
in Dallas and then thirtv-five mile
trip to Fort Worth for couple of
games In that fine baseball town. which
has monopoly on the Texas League
pennant.
Up TO this point. the New YorlSs will
follow the line of advance of 1920. 1921
and 1922. From Fort Worth they will
invade new territory for game--skip
into Shreveport, La. Then !. will be
Nicksburg jackson. Tenn: Memphis,
Chattanooga. Knoxville. Johnson City,
Z Portsmouth. Va..-and Harlem. \. y.
Portsmouth has taken the place of
Norfolk. which hitherto had kept it's
place on the schedule for sentimental
reasons II was at Norfolk that Christy
Mathewson came to the fore and Nc
Graw always liked to go into that city
before making the jump into New York.
But Norfolk's interest hns taken
:. sharp decline in recent years Ports
mouth is rated much better baseball