Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-28
PLENTY OF HARD WORK
TRAINING OF THE NATIONALS AT
oHARLoTTEsvILLE.


Special Dispatch to The Evening star.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, Va.
March 2s--Weather conditions were again
superb for the practice Of the Nationals to-
day and the playing field was again hard
and dry. These conditions, therefore. called
for plenty OF hard work, and Manager Stahl
gave the players all the exercise they
wanted. All the men were on hand save
Mullen. who has q touch Of lumbago and
was laid on for the morning.
There was plenty Of life and snap in the
proceedings; in fact, there was more BUSH
ness-like aspect to the training than on any
previous day, Jones. Huelsman. Stahl, Hill
and Cassidy found that the pitchers could
furnish anything in the speed and bender
line desired, and the merry "bingles' were
many.
Townsend was the chief server-up, and
win the exception Of mixing in the spit"
pail now and then he shot the balls over
the plate straight and swift. The above
named stick wielders appear to have gained
tneir batting eyes, for all of them connected
with the ball well, hard and safe. The i'm
ProVement of the men in stick work is. Of
course very gratifying to Manager Stahl,
VINO is working with might and main to
Strengthen this department of the game
The fnfield this morning consisted of
Hughes. first base; NIL, second base; Hey
oon. third, and Wolfe, shortstop. Kit
'.ousS was Deh1nQ the pat, per1ectng MS
signals, which were worked with good eff
rect on some of the base runners. In the
ontFeid were Cassaday, Shaughnessy and
the other pitchers, Patten and Jacobsen.
,, lake is proving to be quite outfielder.
Inc manner in which he took Euelsman's
long fly Off the left-field fence with one
siderab,y
More practice was had at the hit-and-run
game, ana 1t can be seen that the new men
are catching on more rapidly than at first
Inc fourth game between the regulars
anu yanigans will be played this after
noon. The final contest with Virginia will
come off Thursday
Contrary to expectations, the Regulars
ana 1anigans got together yesterday after
noon at the conclusion of the regular prac-
tlce' After five innings of play the game
was called, with the score to 4 In favor of
the Yanigans
with Hunter Hill back in the game the
fanigans backed but one player, so Cap
tain hughes went after one of the substi-
tute players on the varsity nine Seay by
name. Seay created considerable amuse-
ment by his unsuccessful attempt to evade
hot liner from Huesman's bat.
Inc 1anigans' battery consisted of Cap
tam Hughes and Knoll, while Case Patten
pitched for the Regulars, with Heydon do
ing the backstop work. But five hits were
made off Hughes. The Yanigans, however,
mad blood in their eye and tore off seven
h1ts, including two triples and three doubles
Long Tom" was the hero. In the final
inning he sent long one to the running
track for three bags and counted on Kit
tredges timely double
The Regulars did the fielding stunts"
taking everything that came within reach
Hill and Cassidy appeared at their best
The way they shot the sphere across to
Stahl was worth going a distance to see.
Huelsman and Cassidy did some timely
hitting for the Regulars. The latter is
making quite record for himself with the
SUCK and is becoming one of the most reli-
able hitters of the squad.
Hughes has new willow, and the man.
ner in which he christened it made the Reg
ulars open their eyes. The way Long Tom
sprinted around the bases was proof posi-.
tive that his leg had ceased to hurt him.
He was so anxious to defeat the Regulars,
however, that perhaps he forgot his injured
member. The score: