Evening star., 1946-01-20
Week in Havana HighHght Mats 33 Game Exhibition s|ael
BIuege Plans Teams;
first Players Reach
Camp February II

A 33-game exhibition schedule,
which includes seven tilts in Havana,
Cuba, was announced yesterday for
the Washington Club by Vice Pres
ident Calvin Griffith. For the first
time since 1912, the Mats will train
in Florida and play most of their
preseason games in the Southland.
Griffith, adopted son of President
Clark Griffith, who already is in
Florida, also announced that:
The first squad of Mats, pitchers
and catchers, will report to the
Orlando, Fla, training base on
February IT.
The second squad, infielders and
outflelders, will begin training on
February "A.
Two teams will be necessary to
meet all schedule commitments, and
from the outset the Mats will be
divided amongst themselves by
Manager Ossie Bluege
Tickets for the opener will go on
sale at Griffith Stadium on Febru-
ary 2. The American League cur
tain raiser is April 16.
Tigers, Red Sox Scheduled.
AS has been the Washington Clubs
custom, the majority of the spring
exhibition games will be played with
National and International League
teams and, picking up where they
left off in prewar years, the Mats
have arranged to break camp and
travel North with the Phillies, with
whom they have eight games.
The only American League teams
on the slate are the World Champion
Tigers and the Red SoX, the latter
to be met twice in Havana. The
remaining games on the Pearl of the
Antilles will be against an All-Star
Cuban team
The Mats first exhibition game
will be played on March and the
final on April IA against the Orioles
in Baltimore-if the Orioles still will
be representing Baltimore at that
time.
Although it will require two squads
to play the schedule, Bluege should
have little trouble finding enough
players. 1t is expected that he
will have more than so on hand
when training is in full sway and
while one squad remains in Orlando
the first team" will travel to
Havana. Due to the overnight ship
travel involved, this will mean that
WaShington's second team" will
open the Grapefruit League cam
paign against the Tigers on March
7, as the first of the Cuban en-
gagements is scheduled two days
later against the Red Sox. On
March 10, when the Mats play the
Red Sox a second time, Cuban fans
will honor Clark Griffith with
day"
No West Florida Games.
In Florida, the Mats will tour
extensively, but for the first time
in many years will not hit the
west coast of the State, confning
their games in Central and Eastern
Florida.
ne SCIleQule IOllOWS.
March 7, Washington second
team VS.. Detroit at Lakeland; g.,
Washington VS.. Red Sox at Havana;
Washington Second team VS..
Detroit at Orlando; 10, Washington
VS.. Red SoX at Havana, Washington
Second team VS.. Kansas City at
Orlando; II, Washington vs. Cuban
All-Stars at Havana; 13, Washington
VS.. Cuban Au-Stars at Havana;
Washington (second team VS.. Kan
sas City at Lake Wales; IA, Wash
ington VS.. Cuban All-Stars at
Havana; 16, Washington VS.. Cuban
All-Stars at Havana; Washington
second team VS.. Detroit at Lake
land; II, Washington VS.. Cuban
All-Stars at Havana, Washington
second team VS.. Detroit at Or
lanoo; 18, Washington VS.. Phillies
at Miami Beach; 20, Washington
VS.. Brooklyn at Daytona Beach; %,
Washington VS.. Buffalo at Orlando;
"a, Washington VS.. Brooklyn at Or
lando, Washington Second team
VS.. Indianapolis at Deland; 26,
Washington VS.. Buffalo at Winter
Haven; 80, Washington VS.. Brooklyn
at Orlando; 81, Washington VS..
Brooklyn at Daytona Beach, Wash
ington second team VS.. Buffalo
at Orlando.
April 2, Indianapolis at Orlando;
4. Buffalo at Winter Haven; 6,
Phillies at Orlando; 7, Phillies at
Orlando; 8, Phillies at Savannah,
Ca; 9, Phillies at Charleston, S. c.;
10, Phillies at Columbia, S. c.; IL,
Phillies at Charlotte, N. c.; IL,
Phillies at Richmond, Va; 13, Balti-
more at Washington; IA, Baltimore
at Baltimore.