Show I I I mm r LEAGUE TEA TEAMS PREPARE FOR NEW SEASON Chicago Americans form to Perform In Louisiana Pirates Hero Today By Dr GEORGE CHADWICK Correspondent of ot The Copyright 1927 Consolidated Association TEW YORK Feb 19 Baseball 19 SEW NEW I players will be bo working In the week Some of them left during the past week tor for tho the sweat out sweat camps and other will leave o In the next week wech Part of ot the contingent nt will go to the Pacific coast and ancl others to Florida where the weather weather weather er has been very good for tor ball bali players Managers hope it will re remain re- re remain remain main very goo gool J At San Antonio Texas where Detroit will train the temperature I hall b en mo t ot all De Dc- Dc war var and warmer Indefinitely In re- re recent re recent cent years cars the Ule Tigers have train trained ed cd In R a climate ce considerably cool cooler I Ier er Cr than that of ot San Sin Antonio The California the contingent contingent Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh TI- TI PIn Pi Pirates rates n will tc s will sweat and strive at Cat Cat-alina Cat Cat- alln alma Island and Paso raso Robles dur dur- during dur- dur durIng during ing most of ot March rho The Cubs Cube will not get Into a 1 northern not nor will Bill Pittsburgh When Ien the thO boys bos come back for tor the tho league race they will trek through the burning sands j SOX ARE READY HEADY I The Chicago Americans arc are set set- set set thing tUng upon Shreveport La Ln Their playing field Is la rather good with left Held field 1 somewhat abbreviated A big big slam always goes over left field The Infield Is ii not so liar 1 as somo some of ot the Infields next doo In Texas But the Sox wont won't lie be beIn beIn In Louisiana In They are arc going to California an 1 Instead ad ot 01 two major league teams on th the coas coast thero will be he three e Charles Comiskey l hns as been aching to get back k to California I Ills His te team l has out there and Com my Corn Com ComI Commy I my liko A 0 G Spaulding always alwa's has ha had Iad In him the notion to trav tray travel travel el ci The Boston Americans are to be beat beat boat at New Orleans They start to train later than some ot of the tho teams I The They were enable to find a hotel h tel at New Orleans earlier b because cause ot on the Ule big carnival that takes up all 1111 alltha th tile bedding space pace In the city while the Ule Mardi Gras Is la on They have been running hound grey-hound races on th the New Orleans OIlean bast baseball ball ground and the tha Boston Doston management hopes hoper that hat some of ot the speed ot of the Ule hounds will stick slick to the feet ot of I the players Boston Deston needs need a a lot lotof ot of It 11 to run briskly In the Amer Amer- American ican league race A part ot of o the tho Giants are pound pound- lug pound ills their heels at nt Sarasota Fin One of the Hie principle Is He Rogers gers Hornsby HornEbY who little by lit lit tia tb must accustom his lila backbone tol to the fact that It will have haye to l play lay baseball all of ot the tue summer lot of 1927 There here Is a II lot of hard wor work ahead of at Hornsby A way from where Horns Horns- Hornsb Hornsby Hornsby b by trains at Avon Lake the of St Louts Louis whom he led In 1926 will begin to prepare to win another pennant Bob Dob OFarrell is bossing the Job Washington already has hns a de detachment de- de detachment detachment at Tampa where the weather is good for tor the pitchers The Phillie are at figuring hopefully on springing a surprise party tI tl will be a busy season for lor them The Yankees are starting a lit Ill little lit little tle tic slower for Sl St Petersburg and anel the Boston Nationals are arc unpacked now flOw and ready to go anywhere dont don't know exactly where nd nd nci dont don't caro care It if only It Is ahead The rho Brooklyn Robins are begin begin- beginning beginning beginning ning to head heal Into Clearwater and the St St Louis Brown Browns Brownn Into Tarpon SprIngs They will play lay quite a afew afew afew few games with each other Cincinnati will wIlt go to West Palm Beach and cultivate society The Reds are getting their com company pan manners now prior to winning the pennant for 1327 1927 AT Al LAKELAND LA Cleveland has a capital ball ballground ballground ground at Lakeland and this spring will ivill devote devole much attention to nursing a pitching staff that brace the team up all alt the year Furthest south of ot all alt in Flor Flor- FlorIda Flor- Flor Florida Florida ida are the Athletics at Fort Mey Mey- Meyers ers Mey-ers ers ens Kid Gleason has had the tho ball lI ballground ballground ground all 1111 fixed up The fans of Meyers are arc all nil swelled up about the Athletics for tor they y are sure the tho Athletics will play Ilay In the world series In 1927 1921 Also It Is lathe the first time In the history of southern Florida that Eddie Coil Coll- Collins ina Coll-ina ins and Ty Cobb Cobit have o set foot under the palm trees Editors Note The advance guard ot of o the I Pirates National league artists will be bo In Ogden for a brief period today en route west Red fled Teeny Peery former sitar ot of the Copper League with Arthur Arlhur will Ill join tho the Pirates here |