Editing Marlin, Texas (section)

=== St. Louis Cardinals (1905) ===

The St. Louis Cardinals chose "Marlin Springs" as their 1905 spring training site after delays in preparations of a site in Houston. As a result, the Chicago White Sox chose to train in New Orleans.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/323080941|title=White Sox to New Orleans|date=2 January 1905|work=Topeka (Kansas) State Journal|access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref>  The Cardinals arrived in Marlin on March 6, 1905 and "a large gathering of local fans [were] on hand to welcome the big leaguers."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/138867024|title=Cardinals Ready to Begin Practice|date=6 March 1905|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|access-date=12 August 2019}}</ref> Visits to the hot mineral water baths were a part of the team's daily routine.  A St. Louis newspaper reported that "[practice] ends at 4 o'clock and the players get to the bath about 15 minutes later. The baths are hot, and it takes until 5 before the players are cooled off enough to go to the hotel, which is but a couple of steps distant. The baths not only put the players in first-class condition and remove any surplus weight, but they also tend to prevent soreness."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/571321054|title=Severe Effects of Training Makes Baseball Veterans Quit|date=12 March 1905|work=St. Louis Globe-Democrat}}</ref> The Cardinals broke camp at Marlin on March 17, 1905.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/141918542|title=Baseball Notes|date=18 March 1905|work=The Pittsburgh Press|access-date=13 August 2019}}</ref>