Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-17
SPORTS OF ALL SORTS
Washington Players Worked
Out in Fine Style.
STRUCK FINE WEATHER
CASsADAY IN LEFT AND MILL AT
SECOND LOOK LIKE FIXTURES.
Benning Steeplechasc Horses Tried
Out-International Checkers Tour
ney-Bowling Battles.
STRUCK FINE WEATHER

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, March IT.
Practice of the Washington base ball
team this morning was taken up where
1t was left Off yesterday morning, the per-
fecting of code of signals, and the twirl-
ers trying every form of delivery imagin-
able so that balk wouldn't be called.
Townsend. however, had two called on
him while Manager Stahl was making the
circuit of the bases. Case Patten was on
the initial bag, and the batters were in
structed to place the bulb near first, In
order to force Jack" to cover that bag,
after some half dozen attempts Townsend
finally cut off a runner, amid applause from
Stahl and Hughes.
Hughes and Heydon were the first bat
terry to warm up, being followed by Town
send and Knoll.
Out in the field Trainer Quirk was work.
ing overtime chasing the long drives, his
only assistant being Outfielder Cassaday.
Tom Hughes did some heavy hitting. send
ing one to deep left good for three bags.
Joe Cassidy dropped neat bunt down the
third-base line and beat the ball out by
two yards
Round after round at the bat was taken
by the players who first landed on the ball
and then endeavored to bunt safely. Null
len covered second most of the morning.
Play this afternoon will be called at $3.50
Patten, Wolfe and Jacobsen will do the
twirling in the order named. Mill will start
off at second. The men are itching to get
at the coileglans, and 1t would not be sur
prislng If total of seventeen runs would
be Tailed, just to keep up with the spirit
of the day.
The makeup of the rest of the team will
be constantly changed In order to give all
an opportunity to show to what extent the
four-day outdoor work has benefited them
A second game will probably be played
with the varsity Tuesday The colIegians
a contest scheduled
The afternoon work of the Washing
tons yesterday was the first real practice
of the preliminary season, and was watched
with the closest interest by several hundred
students who had gathered to watch the
college mines final practice before the con-
test with the professionals
kittredge and Knoll batted to the infield
while Heydon and Mullen dropped them in
the outer garden. The diamond was in
splendid condition and the performance of
Joe Cassidy, Mil and Hill was something
worth looking at. Kittredge, who has drop
ped seven pounds of flesh since his arrival
steadily increased the speed of the liners,
but the hotter they came the better the
work of Cassidy and Hill shone out. One
savage graSs-cutter down close to third
was Scooped up by Cassidy on a dead rum
Without hating, ne made one of his swift
underhand shoots, the ball landing square
ly in Stahl's NIT ahead of the runner.
Mill Working Well.
If the performance of Mil yesterday Is
specimen of his work. Mullen will have to
hump himself to hold down second base.
Mill and Cassidy worked SO well in harness
that one of the local rooters asked a by
stander how long the two had been playing
together
Hughes, who came in from Chicago on
the afternoon train over the Southern yes
terday. and greeted the boys at the hotel
upon their return from morning practice,
did his first limbering up in the afternoon
Two or three safe bingles were registered
off of his delivery, but when Huelsman
picked out one of his slow balls and lifted
1t nearly to the running track in center
field Hughes threw up his hands and cried
enough. Some of the batsmen tried their
hands at bunting.
Cassaday Fixture.
While all this was going on in the inner
garden Shaughnessy, Cassaday and Jones
were making tracks over the sward in the
east end of the grounds gathering in flies
Cassaday again showed up well, and will
in all probability be fixture in left field
Jones had not recovered from the soreness
OF his first days practice and therefore
could not do himself justice.
The practice concluded at $50 amid a
salvo of applause from the grand stand,
which by that time had filed with students
The players then, in single file went sew
eral times around the running track their
places on the diamond being taken by the
applicants for the varsity nine. Upon
reaching the Fayerweather gymnasium
most of the men were taken in hand by
Physical Trainer Quirk and their condition
looked after.
Today the Washingtons had a morning
practice and timber up for the afternoon
game. This contest, which will be the first
opportunity afforded to see the Washing
ton players in action, will draw a goodly
crowd to the grounds. AT least three of
Manager Stahls twirlers will put EN- over.
Three catchers will also be used, the entire
battery being changed at the fourth and
seventh innings.
Have Struck Splendid Weather.
Manager Stahl is still talking about the
glorious weather which has prevailed. and
he and his fellow ball tossers have fairly
revelled in the brilliant sunshine which,
ike q benediction has covered eyerYt hing