Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-12-12 | Page 15 | Yanks Likely to Train in Florida

I YANKS LIKELY TO ! TRAIN IN FLORIDA i i ' By Astoclattd Presa. j j NKW YORK. ivc. I'.I'nlesa all j ;i;ns f.til., the Yankees will do their i TH)9 ."prln-; trainfns in Florida, in- i ! stead of In Georgia, Since the days ! when Clark Griffith directed the work I of the Yankees on the old Hilltop rounds, (ieorula has been the favorite favor-ite sMte for this team's training. In sixteen yearn no fewer than thirteen Yankee teams have been taken to the cnicker state. Griffith, Ktalllnga, t'hase. Wolverton, Jponovan and llug-'.ins llug-'.ins have taken their teams to Georgia, Geor-gia, the lit of training cities Including Includ-ing Atlanta. Augusta, Athena and Macon. Two years ago the owners of the New Yolk club fitted up a clubhouse close - to-ih--Macon parg,Hnd tt t barely possible that the team may return re-turn there next spring, but indications point otherwise. I'nder a contract signed In 191 i, the New York club has the refusal of the Macon park f-r training each spring for a period of five years, but must give a definite answer before lecemler Si preceding. preced-ing. It is thought tl.ar HugKina will de- j cid this year against a rturn to M.i-on, M.i-on, The hotel nccomniodatlnns are good and the bull p.irk lavea little to be dehired. but the Yankee leader Is Inclined to f-ivor a w inner climate fnr training hts ball tosser. He looks with favor on Florida and tt la likely that the Yankees, will go there. Three or four cities are under consideration at thia time, but the final decision will not be made until early In the new year. While managing the Cardinals. Hug- gins always trained at ian Antonio. ' and the weather which the club en- I countered at Macon last spring waa of ' a somewhat cooler brand than he had j been accustomed to get for the early I