The Washington times., 1902-04-03
DIRECTORS Will
DISCUSS PLANS TODAY
Meeting of the Washing
ton Club Will Be Held
This Afternoon.
SH0RTST0P FRED ELY HERE
Senators Practice in the CoId-Coughlin
Loath to Part From the Third Sack
Team May Fit Southward--Grading
Begun.

A meeting OF the directors OF the WASH
ington Baseball Club will be held this al.
ternoon at the Offices Of Mr.. Wilton J.
Lambert, the attorney for the club. Man
ager LOTUS is the authority for the state
ment that there is no particular signili-
cance in this meeting. He says that its
object is simply to get the directors to-
gether and discuss plans for the season.
There has not been a meeting of the To-
cal men who are interested in the Sena-
tors for some months, and it is expected
that the situation will be thoroughly re-
viewed. Manager LOTUS is the personal
representative of President Fred Postal,
who owns the controlling interest, and as
Lotus was recently IN consultation with
Mr.. Postal he will undoubtedly have sew
eral matters of Importance to bring be-
fore the board.
Last night the Senators received anoth-
er addition to their ranks in the person
of Fred Ely, who will officiate in the short
field this year. Ely halls from Conneaut
Ohio, and says that he has been getting
town. Fred has taken on about twelve
pounds during the winter and is looking
exceptionally fine.
Continue to Practice.
Another cold. dscouraging day fell to
the portion OF the Senators yesterday.
They were spared the additional discorn-
fort of having to contend against the mix
ture of rain and snow that has prevailed
recently, but the sharpness of the wild
made practice exceedingly uncomfortable.
Carey. who has moved from Barton's to
the vicinity of the League Park, was the
first Senator to report for work yesterday
morning. He was at the park before 10
O'Clock. but after getting into his play
ing togs, hugged the stove in the club
house until Orth made his appearance
The Virginian was soon in his Uniform
and then the two early birds started work.
They tossed the ball back and forth until
the blood began to circulate freely. By
this time the remainder of the men be-
gan to arrive, and soon the entire Sena-
torial brigade was hard at it. The men
first took the field, and for an hour or
more the ball was batted 20 them and
thrown briskly about the iniield. Carey
was on the initial sack but Coughlin held
tight hold of his old position on the third
corner.
rev MISSING senators.
Bill does not seem at all anxious to be-
gin work at second. He still has a sneak
ing idea that there will be some change
made before the regular team practice
begins. and that he will return to his first
love, the third sack. The Senator'S who |
are still missing from the fold are Ed |
Delahanty, Wolverton, Carrick. Lee. |
Clarke and Donahue.
All have been heard from except Della !,
hanty. ard will report in a day or So
Bill Clarke will leave his Tiger pets this
morning. upon their return from Char
lottesville, and will at once begin work
Carrick has telegraphed that he is in
Cleveland and will be here today 1t has
also feen learned, in an indirect manner,
that Delahanty was playing ball in New
Orleans on Saturday.
IL this is true the big outlielder will be
in good condition when he reports and will |
not miss the work of the last three days |
Manager Lotus is confident that Del
is now at his home in Cleveland. settling |
up his business affairs, and that he may
be expected to show up any old day.
Work Under Difficulties.
Unless there is break in the tempera- |
ture in the near future. the Senator'S will |
be sent South; and good way South, If |
they 20 at all. With the continued cold |
weather there cannot be much beneficial |
practice done. as the men are all afraid |
of their arms and of catching cold.
Yesterday the boys resembled Egyptian !
more than ball players They /
were bnndled up in sweaters, over which !
they wore their uniform coats. and. under /
there was no fast work done. 1t is |
against the policy of the club, however,
to take the trip. and the men will work
out on the home grounds, If possible.
This is one of the matters that will be
discussed at the meeting of the board OF
directors this afternoon. Ii is understood
that several of the stockholders are in
favor OF sending the men on a training
trip, and will strongly advocate that this
be done. The directors who will be pres
ent this afternoon are G. Hector Clemes,
Eugene Cochran. Charley Jacobson. James
Dunn. William f. Hart. w. ]. Lambert,
]. J. ODonnell. J. J. Hogan, and T. J.
Lotus. manager of the club, and Presi-
dent Postal's proxy.
Improvements Started.
The work of grading is well under way
at the League Park. and is being stead
ly pushed The space back of third base,
where the drainage was poor, is being
raised to the level of the rest OF the field,
and this new ground will be ready for
the roller before the first of the week.
Surveys were made yesterday prepara-
.ory to moving the right iield bleacher.
The structure is to be pushed back toward
he ferce a distance of twenty feet and
IN equal distance toward the club house.
This will give all the room necessary in
the neighborhoood of first base, and at
The same time enable those seated in
the extreme right hand corner of the
to see the entire right field.