Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-03-01
BASEBALL TRAINING CAMPSN
DIXIE RESOUND TO SWAT OF BATS
AND PROTESTS OF TIRED MUSCLES

- ATLANTA, Ga, Feb % (P)-Th6
baseball training barometer regis
tered pop flies and peppery lang
uage on 4 new front in Dixie today
as the conditioning area broadened
TO Louisiana and Texas.
At Shreveport the real bug tool; a
bite when Ray Schalk, veteran Amer
ican ieagt catcIer. gave his White
SoX of Chicago their first workout
under him as manager. II was Il
small band today but the diminutive
receiver -In9nager will have a fun
field within a week.
The red stockings of Boston were
still to get under way at New
Orleans but by tomorrow Bill Car
rigans forces should have started.
The winds of Texas are beginning
tc blow off the diamond sands at
san Antonio as the men of George
Moriarity gather. Clyde Marion,
catcher, and the coaches lobbed a
few over today.
Fer the White Sox, Blankenship
and Charlie Barnabie are the latest
arrivals of note and Blankenship
has a notion that his arm will be
in fine fettle after few workouts
with a little more heat. Today was
chilly in Louisiana.
Along the already firmly en-
trenched Florida battlefield, the talk
tonight was of holdouts, for the
last day of reporting before the
"deadline'' changes, their registry
marks from 'late" to "holdout" there
were many who We're not even in
sight, including the noted right field
gunman, George H. Ruth.
Adolfo Luque. veteran pitcher, was
quoted recently as saying he would
like to play with the New York
Giants this year, but Manager Hend-
ricks of Cincinnati said today:
.AdoIfo Luque will not play with
the Giants this year. If he plays
baseball it will be IN the Cincinnati
Uniform
AS for Critz Pipp and Hargrave
Others whose unsigned contracts are
still missing, Manager Jack had
naught to say.
Connie Mack paused a minute at
Fort Myers to deliberate on the
absence of Joe Pate. seasoned pitcher
Of the Fort Worth, Texas league
club, who came to the AS last year
and of whom the elephant leader
has predicted great flinging this
year.
The champions of ST. Louis also
have their problems, for Tommy
Theverow ard Flint Rhem are still
missing. With the exception of them
the squad is expected to be COM
plete by tomorrow. Miller Higgins
lamented a little during the day as
he found ten members of his outfit
1eet missing, but he cheerfully said
''the remainder of the squad will
report on March s. Twenty-four
of the Yankees are at work The
Indians of Cleveland reach Lake.
land tomorrow and number of
them already have worked out at the
Hot Springs, Ark, warm baths.
The New York Giants new turn.
stile clicking device-Rogers Horns
by of the wicked bat-worked stead,
lily at Sarasota today. Jack Bentley
had a patched-up nine to meet one
Of Rogers and the Giants had fun
aplenty. Mueller, Roush, Lindstrom,
Terry, Young OFT and others will
take their first drill tomorrow
In American league circles the
Washington Senator's at Tampa Were
1joined today by Coveleskie. Fred
Marberry, Sammy Rice and Goose"
Gosling.
Speaker comes in tomorrow, Man
ager Harris said, and an exhibition
game will be staged Saturday with
the Boston Braves.
The Braves are training at st.
Petersburg and only three of them
are missing now, Lance Richbourg
Bob Smith and Oscar Seimer.
Eleven pitchers of the Phillies
have gathered at Bradentown and
will begin tossing the ball tomor-
row. Infielders and outfielders are
not expected for several days. At
Tarpon Springs, Dan Howley new
manager of the st. Louis Browns
is putting his proteges through the
Faces regularly. Six of his men are
missing but he said they would re-
port at any time. They are oscar
Melillo, Frank O'Rourke, Ralph Cress.
walter Schang, Kenneth Williams
and Edmond Miller. None are holde
outs, Howley declared emphatically