The Washington times., 1902-04-15
Prevented From Working
in the Morning by Lack
of Hot Water.
PLAY FRANKS ON SPECTATORS
Men Need Batting Practice - Several
Muscles Not Working as They Should
Hard Work in the AfternoOn-Orth
Does Things With His Bat.

With only nine days for practice before
them the Senators are not in the condi-
ton that they should be in order to make
a flying start one week from Thursday,
when they will meet the Beaneaters at
the League Park Only a half days work
was secured yesterday, and unless the
weather is such that they can take ad-
vantage of every hour the work OF the
men will not be up to its usual standard
1t was easily seen, from the manner in
which the Senators handled themselves
yesterday afternoon, that there were
number of exceedingly sore muscles scat
tered among the members of the local
aggregation Recently, while rain has not
interfered with the practice. the cold wind
that has swept over the field was as bad.
or even worse.
While some of the men seem able TO
work out under these conditions there
are others not equally fortunate. Ely
seems unable to wear off his first sore
ness He conscientiously nearly parboiis
himself every evening upon his return TO
the hotel, but this does not seem to have
the desired effect, and his work suffers
in consequence OF his stiff joints.
Morning Work Called Off.
Wolverton is another of the principal
sufferers from the pranks played by the
weather On the first day he arrived in
town he went at the work little fiercely
and a cold, biting wind put the finishing
touches to his discomfort. He is rapidly
overcoming his soreness, however. and
one or two real warm days will place
him in the best of condition.
Bright and early yesterday morning
Manager LOTUS and It's bunch went ont
ta tr. u-.. yith the ptcuJiou - crowd
lu. e. great deal Ui work ITO the time
.t-. remained before iu- I When they
..l.tve -rs rcWl v,. as lound thaJ
.ge Doe vs.. ,c- come -i5ls IN the club
house had not oae1 made and he men
we're told not 70 DO any work before the
1 afternoon. ,, "a
While the day was bright and sunny
there was a sharp westerly wind very
much in evidence that served to chill the
atmosphere and made it dangerous Tor
he men to work Unless they could obtain
! warm shower after their work. Accord
/ iugIy. they returned TO town. but at 2
/ o'clock the entire bunch were again upon
! the diamond
! Every One Seaks the Sphere.
For an hour or so there was some very
| fast batting practice, and the leather was
/ hammered over the field with avidity by
| the Senatorial sticksmen. Ortiz was in the
box and there was no lobbing done yester-
| day. The big fellow soon had his twirling
machinery in easy working order. and it
| was no cinch 10 connect safely with the
| ones that he sent over the plate.
! IL was shown in the game Saturday that
the Senators are much in need of this
sort of practice. None of them have gotten
into their swing yet, ard 1t will take
several days, working against 1rst-class
pitching. before the heavy hitters com
mence to locate the sphere with their ac-
customed ease and precision.
Director General Hector Clemes was an
interested spectator yesterday afternoon
| and continually shouted encouragement 10
the boys from his seat in the grandstand
He seemed very much pleased when the
big fellows lined them out and commented
freely upon the work of the different men
during the fielding practice that followed
Brilliant Start; Fatal Ending.
There was some difficulty experienced in
securing a batsman to knock grounders &c
the infielders Several volunteers came
forward and proffered their services. but
after short tryouts they all failed mis-
erably to make good. The fault with th'
majority of them was that they persisted
in hammering out liners or sending pop
flies over the heads of the infeld.
Finally. however, a very ragged anC
unkempt negro came forward, and
with a glance of disdain at his pre-
decessors for their lack of ability. picke'
I'D a heavy ash stick, one OF Delehanty
fayorites, and, motioning to the neider'
| to look out for a daisy-cutter OF the mrs
water, swung the bat three times aroun'
his head and cut loose.
! He met the leather fair enough, in fac
, there was no doubt about his hitting m
, sphere squarely on the nose. The horse
hide instead of hugging the ground sale,
iovfully away on its Journey throug!
} ethereal space. Mr.. Man, Who was goin,
to knock Wolverton off his pins, staggere
backward from the force he put BENIN
his swing. and his feet encountering
I, pile of sod he landed on MS ear. coFeie
, with dust and glory.
: Amateur Shortstops' Troubles.
He rose quickly to his feet. and wen
through the same performance again, evel
, IN tho acrobatic finish. After his secon'
,, attempt. however. the boys were so con
} vuIsed with laughter that had he succeed
ed in knocking the ball out to them. the
would not have been able to handle i!
The gentleman was accordingly called of
and another ambitious batsman took hi
place.
4 While this circus was going on in tn
8 bie tent. Orth was having a little side
show of his own, off to one side. Patte
} was Iobbing them up, and Orth was bunt
ing the ball back to him. Occasionally
groupder would slip past the southpaw
) and n would be returned to him by som
. youngster who happened to be in tn
, | vicinity.
a The crowd back OF Patten rapidly re
: ceiyed additions. until there were in tn
ueighborhood of thirty youngsters, rang
| ing in ages from seven to fifteen years
i acting as volunteer shOrtstops. Ortiz woul
3 occasionally skim one into the thickest o
3 the bunch, with the result that Their