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Show 'spring training will soon be here (By Monty.) New York, Jan. 11.. Just a few more weeks remain now before the chant of the baaeball choristers turns from "he predicted today" to "Rube went five Innings of the practice game" and so. through tho whole gam tit of when Bill turned in for the night and bow Bugs really has his batting eye again For. lo and behold, the spring training season of 1918 ill soon be upon us Then "a has le forecast." fore-cast." and "so long, rumors." There iwiii be something real to hold Hie con-vernation con-vernation of the fanatics, spring training thla year win be the same prelude to the big wars, with one lone difference The fart bent i lapart camps will be farther apart than any in the past From the western coast of the continent where the waves of the Pacific caress the shores of California to sunny 'Bermuda out in the tropbal stretchea of the Atlantic Atlan-tic will be the gap spanned hv the bivouaked clans Melwren the ex tremes Florida. Georgia, Missouri Mi I bama Texas. Virginia. Arkansas North ' Carolina. Louisiana, and even Indiana j vvill lie able to boast a share of the 1 pro-season conditioning. White Sox at Paso Robles. The westernmost pitching of tents ! will be at Paso Robles. Cal . where 1 the Chicago White Sox will take up j their temporary abode. In re-ard to that extreme the expanse of territory i covered will be unchanged, for the! j White Sox have been there before. ' j But Bermuda Is a newcomer on the (list of preparation iwlnts for ma lor j clubs. The Jersey City team of the International league was ibere last ear and the beneficial results shown in its early prime condition moved the New York Highlanders to consld-I consld-I Arthur Irwin's trip or Inspection decided it So the band of Frank Chance will cavort about the crl kei I Held at the Bermudan metropolis. 1 Hamilton The Gotham Amerban league rntr.v I Is far from the only team changing us headquarters, The National league j has the Brooklyn, f'aidlna la, Mostons. Cubs and Reds appearing In strange I localities, with other American league clubs besides the Highlanders that I going to new camps in the Tigers. I Browns and Naps -nine altogether In the two leagues, or more than half. The standpatters of the National are! the Giant. Phillies and Pirates, and o i he American, the Red Sox. Ath-I leties. White Sox and Senators Dodgers Forsake Hot Springs. The latesi team to decide where lt will work out is Brooklyn, The Dod'-- era will forsake Hot Springs, Ark., in favor ot Augusta, Ga , following a tour of the souih by Manager Dahlen Two teams are mov ing to Florida, the Cubs and the Cleveland Naps Th- latter give up their ramp at Mobile to the Cincinnati Reds of roe Tinker and go to Penaacola, nH The Rada are deserting de-serting Colnuibua f)u., where Miuol.-lyn Miuol.-lyn will trnln this year. The Boston Nationals move to Athens, (Ja . from Columbus In the same state. The St. Louis Brov ns are tu visit Waco, Tex. while the Cardinals ure not llkeh to travel laither irom ,n than Mem phis. Tenn The Detroit Tigers del erl Monroe, Ii., because of poor housing accommodations and travel to Gulf-port. Gulf-port. In the same state. Pirates and Red Sox Go to Arkansas-Hot Arkansas-Hot Springs, the .Monte Carlo of Arkansas, Ar-kansas, again gets a pair of first eal-iher eal-iher teams the Pirates and Red Boi 'Ihe I'liislun i;ers now havn a diamond of their own in that city, but before visiting the camp it will' enjoy a few daya t hatha at Weat Baden, lnd. Texas also will see two toplltmrs In tho Giants and Athletics. The former for-mer will be at Marlln nnd the latter at San Antonio The Phillies will train at Southern Fines, N C, aciin, and the Senators once more at Char-lottesvills Char-lottesvills Va. The earliest start of all will be made bv the National league cham- j plons. McGrnw has ordered all of the Glanl pitchers and bla younestcrs to report on February LE. That Mc-Graw'a Mc-Graw'a plan is good at least when applied ap-plied tO his own nn-n Is shown by the big lead they acquired early in! last year's race Some of the other! teams will not beuln work until nearly near-ly a month later, or :he second areel Of March, but the majority of the bunch will ?ei buay about March 1. |