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Show DIAMOND NOTREADY Cubs Work Out on Greensward Inside Tampa Racetrack Tampa. Fla., Feb. 18. The Chicago Cubs formal!) opened the training season here this afternoon in spite of I the fact that they had no diamond to work on They worked approximately two hours heaving the ball and knocking knock-ing out fungo and such like, after which they Jogged around the half mile track and hiked back to the hotel ho-tel Some one gummed the cards and as a result the baseball diamond will be I more fit for an Alpine mountaineer I than for a ballplaer It was out of the question to play on it, so the athletes ath-letes made use of the vast array of greensward inside the race track and cavorted to their heart's content There 19 no telling when the diamond dia-mond will be ready for use. It Is being be-ing bnllt by convict labor, but the convicts are not on speaking terms with work. The games scheduled with the Cuban athletes arc now in status quo and will remain there until the diamond becomes more like a diamond dia-mond than a plowed field. Good Workout. In splto of the handicap, the athletes ath-letes had a good workout and return ed to the hotel In a state of weariness weari-ness and perspiration There aro various youths lingering about the hotel ho-tel this afternoon with sore arms and' lame shoulders, but these trifles will ! be worn away In a hurry if the pres- ' en' weather continues. It was a trifle cloudy and looked i l rain, but the air was warm and I ba.my a8 a June da at Cub park The athletes warmed up to their work, greatly to tho amusement of the throng of natives who gathered about to see them perform Several bumps were recorded, but nothing of a serious nature. Bill Powell, Pow-ell, the demon hurler from Kansas City, was clouted on the top-knot bv a batted ball, but aside from a few hectic expressions nothing came oi it |