The mirror., 1922-05-11
BIG LEAGUE CIRCUIT
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que certainly are lucky.
Meanwhile, the manager is slowly but
carefully dressing, thinking lot of things
about his scouts who sent certain players
up to him from the bushes.
"When do we eat?" is the main thought
of the players after the game and shower
bath. All the boys rush back to the hotel
and patiently await the signal from the
head waiter. When the flag is dropped by
the gent wearing the "soup and fish," there
is a rush for the dining room, and the
players partake of their one large meal of
the day.
After dinner, consisting of everything
from soup to raisins, a meal that would
easily make lot of millionaires green
with envy, the players stroll out to the
lobby and, with cigars-the majority
smoke cigarettes-chat with each other
about the game.
In St. Louis, visiting ball players spend
their evenings at Forest Park Highlands
and picture shows. Members of western
teams, when playing at New York, Boston
and Philadelphia make it point to take
in all the good shows.
The American League schedule is so
made up each year that each team gets at
least one Sunday in Boston, New York,
Philadelphia and Washington. In Boston
and Philadelphia, Sunday basball is not
allowed, and the players have an off day.
In Boston the players, always with an
"old timer" in the crowd who knows how
to get around, visit either Revere Beach or
Nantasket AT Philadelphia, everything is
terribly quiet on Sunday, and most of the
boys hike down Chestnut Street and take
train to Atlantic City, where they spend
the day in parade on the wellknown
board walk.
We mentioned before about Cleveland
to St. Louis being one of the tough jumps
to make. There are others, however, just
as difficult. For instance, playing in either
Washington or Philadelphia on Satur-
day and being scheduled to play at Detroit
Sunday. This means an early train out
of Washington, Saturday, on the Pennsyl
vania to Buffalo, change on the Michigan
Central, ride all morning through Canada,
box lunches at St. Thomas-placed on
train, and arrive at Detroit at 2:1O p. m.
Ball players all hate long train rides,
especially the one from Boston to St. Louis.
1t might be mentioned here that the players
at all times help out all they possibly can
to make things easy and pleasant where
ever an early train must be caught. Most
of the schedule permits the players to take
their time about leaving their hotel on the
night of the final game of series, a late
train and a nights ride being the general
rule throughout the season.
There is a choice of three midnight
trains from St. Louis to Chicago, and one
leaving at 80 p. m. The Illinois Gen.
trail leaving at 1880 p. m. generally is the
choice with American League teams, for
the reason that the teams stop at the
Cooper-Carleton Hotel, which is on the
south side. However, it must not be in
ferred that the hotel is within walking
distance of the White Sox ball park. The
players board a dinky Illinois Central
train at the Fifty-fth Street station and
ride along the Michigan lake front to the
Thirty-sixth Street station. AT this point
they walk two blocks to crosstown car
and then ride some ten or twelve blocks to
Comiskey's Park.
Leaving Chicago for Detroit or Cleve-
land, the teams depart at II p. m, and
arrive in either town at 1880 a. m. From
Detroit to Cleveland, the teams all make
the trip via D. & c. Boats, leaving at II
p. m. and arriving very early the next
morning. However, the players are not
disturbed from their peaceful slumbers un-
til eight bells. At that hour everybody on