The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-01-07
WILD SCRAMBLE FOR BIG LEAGUE
 TRAINING SITES
Yankees May GO to AtIan- tic City or Asbury Park;
 Dodgers at Yale CD
BY PAUL sCHEFFELs

New York, Jan. 7.-tUP)-vir- tuaIly certain to be unaffected by the ban on pleasure driving and already resigned to the continued employment of any baseball player working in an essential industry, major league officials rushed com- pletion of "close-to-home" spring training plans today.
 From the St. Louis Browns in the west to the Boston Braves in the east, the search for conditioning SanctuarieS for the surviving dia- mond stars went rapidly forward while organization of an exhibition game schedule to include as many college teams and nearby baseball squads as possible are being for squads as possible are being form ulated to replace the former spring southern setup.
 The majors already had planned to conform to Manpower Commis- sioner Paul V. McNutt's pronounce mentt hat baseball players were in non-essential category and there fore not subject to draft defer ment and Leon Henderson's cur- tailment on the use of automobiles for pleasure will not hamper att tendance at ballparkS-moSt of which are close to excellent trans portation facilities. Thus yester- days rulings failed to excite dia- mond devotees.
 Four Clubs "Set"
 Limited to territory set by Tues days Chicago meeting of the club ownerS-north of the Ohio and Po- tomac rivers and east of the Mis- sissippi river, except the St. Louis clubs which may condition in Mis- souri-the first few days each for sites has produced only four clubs which had decided definitely.
 At Detroit, the Tigers general manager, Jack Zeller, announced that his club would train at Bosse field, Evansville, Ind, starting on March IS. Meanwhile the two Chicago clubs--the White Sox and Cubs-Stated they would train at French Lick, Ind, even though they must construct their own diamonds and stands. The Boston Rex Sox have decided on the Tufts college cage at Medford, Mass.
 Chaos reigned nearly everyplace else, particularly in the metropoli- tan area. Ed Barrow of the New York Yankees said he wants his club to train near the shore because the sea raises the temperature at least 10 degrees in the spring.
 Horace Stoneham of the New York Giants. favors an inland retreat claiming that proximity to the sea in semi-cold weather might cause creakings in the aged soupbones of some of his surviving players. The Giants were considering Lake, wood, N. J., where Joe Louis con. ditioned for his unfortunate in- augural meeting with Max Schmel- ing.
 The Yankees considered three Jersey spots-Atlantic City, Wild wood-by-the-Sea and Asbury Park.
 Dodgers at Yale
 Branch Hickey. president of the Dodgers, announced he was vir- tually sure that Brooklyn would train in the Yale University field house, at New Haven, Conn, since he understood that the Army Air Corps had decided not to take over, But Ogden Miller, chairman of the Yale Athletic Association, told the United Press that the army student flyers are almost certain to use the field house.
 Sam Breadon, owner of the world champion St. Louis Cardinals, said that there a possibility we may settle on Springfield, Mo, because there Is q park available" Wil-l liam De Witt of the Browns said his boys migth train right at home."
 The rest of the situation shaped up like this: Cincinnati Reds-Haye no idea as their own. park was flooded: Washington Senators Won't know for a few days now that South Carolina is out: Pitts. burgh Piyates--completely up in the air; Boston Braves-dealing for the field house at Phillips Acad- emy, Andover, Mass. Cleveland In- dians-- considering field houses at Marietta. Wittenberg and Ohio Uni versity, and the Indianapolis Asso. ciation park; Phils and Athletics both offices said no indications coulud be given out until Gerry Nugent and Connie Mack, respec- tive presidents, returned from Chi cago.