The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-05
HU M PHI REYS'

three weeks old he was loaned to
Washington for the remainder of the
season. He wore a senatorial uniform
until within a very few weeks of the
end, when Brooklyn took him back
again. Anderson has many pleasant
membranes of his career as a Sen
ator, but nothing was more pleasing
to him than the mark of appreciation
, his fellow-players on The Washington
| team showed him shortly after his
marriage last July. After a necessarily
brief honeymoon, John returned to
Washington and in his first game was
presented with an elegant silver ser
vice duly inscribed
Throughout his career in the National
league Anderson was considered a fair
hitter, but it was not until the past
season that he came into prominence
as the biggest total base hitter of the
league. Two-base hits We're almost as
numerous as singles with him; three
base hits were common occurrences;
home-runs were not infrequept. An
derson's best days work with the stick
was done some time in June, when
Washington had a couple of games with
Baltimore scheduled on the Washing
ton grounds. In five times at bat An
derson made five hits with total of
10 bases, and that Washington won
each game was due directly to his hard
hitting.
The Worcester man won the first
game for Washington in the seventh
inning when with three men on bases
and two men out he cracked out a hit
that cleared the bases and enabled An
derson himself to score the fourth run
In the second game he did the same
thing. That time it was in the last half
of the ninth inning with one man on
flrSt base, two men out. One run was
needed to tie the score and two to win.
Anderson stepped to the plate with the
memory of that other home run still as
fresh in his mind as in that of any Of
the spectators. He proved equal to the
emergency and made the hit that
brought in the winning run. That night
In Washington Long John Anderson
was the most discussed man in base
ball circles. His work had enabled the
Senators to take two straight games
from their bitterest opponents, the
Orioles.
Anderson, like a good many other
league players, does not know just
where he stands or where he is going
to play He is not worrying a bit about
hnding himself out of a place when the
season opens. But he does not know lust
what team he will be playing with. The
| proposed Baltimore Brooklyn deal still
! hangs fire, and Anderson saws he will
sign no contract until that is settled.
That Brooklyn desires his services
| again is shown by the fact that Ander-
son has already received a contract
| from Brooklyn that needs only his sig
nature to make it binding. The contract
came day or two ago, but as vet An
derson has given it no serious consider
9tion.
| When Spy man asked him the other
DAY what he considered good advice to
a young ball player, he answered at
once, Iel him to keep in good condi-
ton That has been Anderson's watch
word He does not drink. does not
smoke, in fact he has the best of habits
In former years Anderson has kept
himself in good condition during fine
winter months by indoor work in the
gymnasium, and by bag punching prac-
tlce This winter Anderson has adopted
entirely different tactics. He believes
from experience, that to get into con
dition for outdoor exercise of anv kind
requires that the preparation should be
done in the open air
have frequently spent my time
training indoors and thought myself in
good condition, but the moment that I
took severe outdoor exercise nv mus
cles would become stiff, and I would
feel almost as lame as if l had made no
attempt to fit myself" said Anderson
in discussing ante-season training.
1t is FOR this reason that Anderson
says he will take all of his exercise out
of doors. He is now taking daily walks
every morning of from eight to ten
miles, and when the writer met him
the other day he had just returned
from little jaunt out beyond Five
Points.
Are you going to take any gymna-
stun work in connection with your
walking?" the reporter asked. mo.
not any. I believe 1 can do better by
taking it all out of doors. At least
that is what L am going to try this
year"
Anderson looks in good condition,
and says thai he is feeling well.