Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-13

charlottesville. Catcher Clarke should join
the team before the week is out, making
eighteen players in all. The group that left
this afternoon made up as follows:
Manager and captain, Garland Stahl.
Malachi Kittredge. catcher.
Charles Knoll. catcher, Nashville, Tenn.
NJ. E. Heydon, catcher, Hot Springs, Ark.
Case Patten, pitcher. Freeport N. Y.
Jack Townsend pitcher. Townsend, Del.
W. o. Wolfe, pitcher, Anenport Pa.
A. Jacobsen. pitcher, Decatur, ILL.,
James II. MulIin, second baseman, Scran-
ton, Pa.
Joseph Cassidy. shortstop, Chester. Pa.
Hunter B. Hill, third base, Corsicana,
Tex
George C. Mil, utility indelder, Fort
Wayne, Ind
Frank Huelsman outfelder, st. Louis,
Mo.
f, j, shaughnessey, outfelder, Notre
Dame. Ind.
II. d. Cassaday, outfeder. Bloomington,
il.
Benjamin Minor. secretary, and several
newspaper men.
There was quite a merry group at the
railroad station, friends of the players gath
TrinS to give them a good send-off and
every man was given a hearty handshake
before the train pulled out.
All DAY yesterday and last evening the
different players We're dropping in Third
Baseman Hill being the last to report to
Manager Stahl this morning. Hill was
somewhat dubious over his outlook for the
coming season. and in a joking strain
marked that he guessed he was done for
as he had left home on Friday reached
Washington on the 18th of the month and
was the thirteenth player to report. Hun
ters story is all right. with the exception
that he was the fifteenth man to report, Ar
thur Jacobsen being the "thirteener." Hill
has been hunting almost all winter and in
the lightest of summer clothes. He said he
struck his first snow just outside of Pitts
burg, and could hardly believe his eyes
when he saw the white mantle covering the
earth. Last spring Hill reported in bad
shape, and it married his work all season
This spring he claims to be in perfect
shape. and he certainly looked 1t.
Big Frank Shaughenessey reached the
city early yesterday morning and was the
center of all eyes at the hotel during the
day. He is a splendidly built youngster,
being over six feet tall. and his picture
gives little idea of his robust appearance.
Charley Knoll, who by the way is dead
ringer for Phil Geier of this city. was also
an early arrival yesterday morning coming
in with Arthur Jacobsen and George Mil.
Later in the day ShortStop Joe Cassidy reg
istered at the Riggs, and he has host
of young friends in this city he was quickly
taken in tow and whisked away from the
hotel. As the boys lounged around the hotel
almost every one had something to say
told of catching fish through the fee with
the thermometer something like ten degrees
below zero. Jacobsen did a great deal of
cunning, and it seemed as if all the boys
did something during the winter to put
them in good shape for the coming sum
mer. A finer clean-cut looking lot of ball
players was never gotten together than this
years Washington group. and although 1t
is far from being championship timber. the
youngsters will play a satisfying game of
ball, as everybody will be trying his best
President Moves held conferences with
several of the players this morning and
there was not man taken on the trip who
has not already signed a contract for the
coming season Pitcher Townsend and Sec
ond Baseman Mulin We're the last of those
present to place their signatures to con-
tracts this moi ming and their bright smiles
demonstrated that they were satisfied with
the way they had been treated by the
clubs officials. Pitcher Tom Hughes sent
on his contract from Chicago, the document
reaching Mr.. Noyes Saturday night and
with il nice letter saying that he was
perfectly satisfied to play in Washington
and would do his best to help out the local
aggregation. AS the train on which Hughes
is travelling east will come through Char
iottesyilie this evening. he will probably be
on the platform at that station when Man
ager S;ahl and his players arrive there.
The Washington team. as now constituted,
consists OF eighteen players and the chances
that this entire number will remain
with the team throughout the season. The
outfield will probably be made up of Huels-
man, Jones and Shaughenessey but this
trio VIII have to play great ball to keep
Harry Cassaday out of the regular outfieId.
With Stahl. Mullin, Cassidy and Hill max
ing up the infield. little Mil will be thrown
into the utility role and there will be no
loahng with this youngster on the bench as
he looks the goods" from every angle
Last season NIL had terrible attack of
rheumatism and worked continually under "A
handicap, doing fairly well at that, but this
spring he is right and chock full of conf
dence and enthusiasm. Should either Hill
or Mullin falter in their strides Nil will be
showed into the breach quick as a flash.
While the pitching staff is not overcrowd-
ed, IL is plenty large enough for good work
Five twtrlers will give everybody a chance
to work. and this is what Patten Townsend
and Wolfe need to make them pitch at their
best. Hughes and Jacobsen are good al
any time.
Behind the bat Kittridge will do most OF
the catching. bat in Knoll and Heydon he
will have efficient help. Bill Clarke is lag
ging behind again this season. and his
future with the Washington club depends
entirely upon himself
During the two weeks stay of the Wash
lnston club at Charlottesville several of
the ofhciais, Messrs. Noyes, Rapley Fowler
ana stakeholder Walsh. will probably take
run down TO look the youngsters over.
and Manager Stahl before leaving promised