Show PIRATES WILL PLAY FEW PRACTICE GAMES PI Feb Fob 5 The Pirates will play but four exhibition games this spring Two of these will be at Memphis on April 9 and 10 and two at Chattanooga on April 11 U and 12 n April 13 will be the date of Manager Fred Clarkes annual talk to the men under him April 14 the season opens There will DO no no frills to the training stunt this year President Dreyfuss and Manager Clarke have mapped out a plan whereby the advance guard of Pirates s swill will 1 I save Java Pittsburg for tor West Baden Ind md March 7 1 The regulars will go a week later and on March 20 the entire team will arrive at Hot Springs The real training will begin at Whittington park March darch 21 weather permitting Offers were received from all sections of the country for exhibition game dates with the Pirates Many tempting propositions propositions were made and the one from Jack Gleason which provided for the Pittsburg players going to California to train was carefully considered by both Dreyfuss and Clarke This offer final ly was wa rejected In favor of Hot Springs The worlds champions would have been good drawing cards either In the south or far west but It has lias never been the I policy polley of the Pittsburg club to attempt to tJ turn the training season Into a catch catchpenny catchpenny catchpenny penny expedition That is the reason Manager Clarke cuts down his hi training period to one month as he is not re required required required to have his team In shape shapo two or three weeks before the opening of ot the regular season |