The Wilmington morning star., 1947-01-23

WV ood brooklyn Dodgers, in par
! 1nI The first unit, the
.I+ho,1ah Larry MacPhail remains
,F AI't ~ ST. Petersburg, Fla, for at
loyal .bree weeks of the two-month
Lsa'' +be Varsity Yankees will be
NY in San Juan, Puerto Rico,
s s%sr Venezuela. and Havana.
Cs,a'N before they hit the Florida
"g g'n Giants. moving from Miami,
nboenix. Ariz., will make a trip
10 !ao pacific coast and will plane
~ gonolulu before hooking up with
GeU}ololand in an exhibition series.
prsnch Hickey, alive to the pos
.hilites of turning an honest dol
vii take his Brooklyns to Ha~
ID for the entire spring sea-
wa With the exception of two side
W. ns one to Venezuela for a series
ui W. the Yanks and the other to
n n.r. where the Yanks cleaned
wear ago. Daytona Beach,
W. and the Dodgers 1946 site,
riT' mi have a big league team this
season.
Ari7ona will have two clubs.
Cleveland deserted Clearwater.
u. for Tucson under its new
.resident Bill Veeck. The up-and-
poning Phillies moved in where the
Trine stepped out, taking over
clearwater and leaving Miami
Beach.
Although Florida lost the Giants
md Indians it gained two at the
svnpnse of California which now
harbors only two Chicago teams,
.hs Cubs at Catalina Island and
the White Sox at Pasadena.
Pittsburgh, a prime attraction
nth the addition Of Hank Green
herr shifts from San Bernandino,
ralif. TO Miami Beach and the St.
Iouis Browns move out OF Ana
helm, Calf, across the continent
10 Miami.
Seven other Florida cities vel
come back familiar spring visitors
with the world champion St. LOUIS
e. dinals returning to St. Peters
Blu 9 where a new park is being
b,;lt for their exhibitions as well
Is the Yankees. Cincinnati. with
It's rev manager, Johnny Neun,
again settles at Tampa and Wash
lngton gees back to Orlando.
Joe Cronin's Boston Red SoX, the
American League champs, will be
back at Sarasota where they are
regarded as one of the family and
Detroit renews its friendly associa-
tons at Lakeland. Boston's Braves
10 back to Fort Lauderdale and
Connie Mack takes his Philadelphia
Athletics to West Palm Beach
where they we're well received a
year ago.
Although the Yanks leave for
the deep South February -, the
first workouts are scheduled two
DAYS later when both the Yanks
At Puerto Rico and the Braves at
Fort Lauderdale will hold opening
drills. The Cubs follow a day later.
Within two weeks of the February
Is opening all the teams will be
In action, the Reds. Cards and
Athletics being the last scheduled
10 report, March /, although a final
group Of the Tigers won't be on
hand until March 8.
Anew of the teams will split their
reporting dates, leaving a week
between the first day for battery
men and the time for the rest of
the squad to show up. Only the
Yanks will have two separate
camps with a squad working at St.
Petersburg February 20 while the
varsity is in Puerto Rico.
Training sites and scheduled
opening dates.
National
Boston - Fl. Lauderdale, Fla.
February Is.
Chicago - Catalina Island Feb
ruary Is.
New York - Phoenix, Ariz., Feb
ruary II.
Brooklyn - Havana, Cuba, Feb
ruary 20.
Pittsburgh - Miami Beach, Fla,
February %.
Philadelphia - Clearwater, Fla,
February %.
Cincinnati - Tampa, Fla, March
ST. Louis - St. Petersburg, Fla,
March l.