Show Florida Ma May Lose Major Loop Teams Poor Attendance Causes Owners to Consider Changes in ili 1928 By GEORGE Special Correspondent of The Standard ExamIner Copyright 1921 by Consolidated Consolidated Consolidated- Press Association 1 NEW YORK TORE March bUn 26 I 4 fled with the th songs uplifted to the tho Florida moon a II few squawks of discontent are ar heard at this distance from the th baseball clubs now sojournIng In the tho th land of or the palm trees Some Som of the th chubs club traIning In Florida are ar not doing very vry well They admit that the th climate te Is superb But they are aro fed up on climate What they thy would like to get Is I somethIng that will III assist them In feedIng their ballplayers the rhe scarcity of ot attendance at towns and cities which Are arc enter enter- taming ball teams Is fully equal nual to the th scarcity of tree free real estate buses buses- I Texas will be b a a healthy rIval agaInst Florida for sprIng train log In 1928 and the th Florida men hAd better wake up to that tact fact The Tho Texans Texana promise promis what climate they have hav and In addition to that an enthusiastic tlc Interest In la baseball by which the stand stands are ar more or orless orless less hess fUlcd with suave citizens of the southwest t who exercise theIr lungs lung aa as a nature Intended the they should hould SMALL SL ATrE- ATrE ATTENDANCE ACE There Ther havo have been exhIbition I games played In Florida year leal at t which the tho tot total 1 Attendance wasso was so o small mall that It wasn't worth While recordIng The state stat never has hascon I gone cone daffy attending exhIbItion games but the th Increased interest that was waa observable able In 1925 S and HS 1325 has hIlS felt the blight of ol the fr trust st Any kind of frost rost sends send chills up and down the Florida spine There Ther Is a a town In Flori Flori- Florida Fiori- Fiori Florida da ds which Is named frost proof be- be be caus be-caus cause frost trost doesn't penetrate to it It and cd a prominent citizen clUzen of FlorIda hAS ha announced that he h wished the location of ot the tho town were as is tar far north as aj the th Georgia state line The west coast ot of Florida hu baa hasIK lagged ed seriously this year In Its In in- in interest In terest In baseball The Th sponge In- In Industry industry In Industry and the tb next tax remittance nce day day- seem scent to command far more mol mor at- at at attention The Th major league clubs go o to FlorIda for the th serious purpose o training They dont don't depend upon what they receive In Florida to pay their expenses It If they did some of them would not go to farther south than Camden N J But Dut the tho th base base- baseball baseball ball bAil people are ar beginning to feel discouraged about bout any uplifting they may have hav done don for Florida A 4 year or so ago aco they Sol saw w a a brIght future for Florida athletIcs athletic In- In IncludIng In eluding ot or course coura th the game ram of baseball Now they fear tear that the he state Is ts returnIng to the tho tb fish polo pole condition of athletics athletic When peo- peo people peo people pie regard fishIng as a a greAter ath- ath athletIc ath athletic letic pursuit than playing base baso- base ball blI the th national game gamo am al always alays ays is 8 peeved Both ot of o the New York team the tho Giants and the th Yankees wilt train In In Florida next year The Boston Nationals are lOdged along alone side aIde ld the Yanks Cleveland may go goback goback back and nd so o may Cincinnati and th tho Philadelphia Athletics Athletic but are others other that may shift The Th Giants have han made their set set- settlement set settlement with Sarasota There will willbe willbe be a a circus to them In 1928 Between the th elephants and the clowns Sarasota at last lat ill III begin to rival 81 St St Petersburg which has Bab Babe Ruth and nd Al Lang L nr The have hav decided to make Sarasota their ther winter Inter quarters That will mil increase the th human pop pop- pop population to tome some extent as aa well as ath the tho Inhuman population and as a all circus men mn are ar born baseball fans the crowds at Sarasota will be magnified In due du 1 proportion p TACK DACK FANS FAS S STACK f p The Thi argument advanced repeat repeat- repeatedly edly against traInIng In California is the th Jack lack of exhibition games for forthe the teams team that go so out there In Florida there Is no lack of or exhibition bitton games came but there ther is I a great lack of or baseball ba fan fans The Tho Th teams training In California that wish to stop mop top oft off on the tha way WilY home horn and play for the th benefit of or the th Indians will do fully IUS as well as some om of or the teams are r doIng dolne down In la Florida thIs thie year Florida h has haj 8 nothIng on the Mo- Mo Mo-av Mo ve dC desert ert this spring sprine Houston Is likely to sea Ree a major leogue team back In training there therein thereIn in another nether year and s-mt Detroit had better hook up with mth San AntonIo becAuse there ther are aro ro about five clubs looking right now with longing eye ys upon the th Alamo and some om of that soft oft atmosphere that oozes ooze In from the tb gulf u |