The Washington times., 1906-03-13

I thusIaslTC .sTnIetes would persist IN
! turning handsprings. cutting capers on
| the parallel bars and trying to break
| all existing jumping records. The con-
sequence was their anatomy was put
out of gear and some of them were made
; so stiff and sore that they couldn't do
/ tricks on the diamond for several days.
| This morning the crowd is indulging
! in tanning bee Of huge proportions. the
burden of which is that Cleveland with
any kind of a decent break in the luck.
will win the remnant. Lave Cross ex-
peets ii TO be a runaway race for the
I Blues
Wee Willie Arrives
Wee Willie Sudhon arrived this morn
ing at o'clock from st. Louis. He is
like Bill W olfe in his cheerful announce
ments about his good condition and con-
idence in his ability.
Starltell and <itson are the only twfrl-
ers yet to come, and with eight sIabnen
already in camp there is a demand for
catchers, but neither Kittredge nor
Heydon has yet been heard from. al
though they are expected iu the next
day or so.
According to his telegram to stahI,
Charley Jores should have arrived last
night put he has not materialized so
FAR.
John Anderson is not with us but Is
looked for on every train.
The University of Virginia will be
played on Friday in the first game in
which the team viii line up. Tom
Hughes will probably do the pitching
at the special request of himself The
university bunch fell upon him hip and
thigh in one game last year, and he
beat them in another, and he is anxious
to win the rubber.
If any Of the rooters in Washington are
faith curists and can do stunts In the
absent treatment line they are requested
10 give special course for sore muscles
TO the Nationals. For the next three
days they Will be willing TO accept any
thing that may have a tendency TO re
Heve them Of their pains and acues.
Job Poor Second to These.
The worst they felt after their hard
morning and afternoon sessions yester-
day was q. little stiffness and a general
tired feeling. Today their rebeIlious
nerves lead them to believe that they
have ali that could be included between
COrns and premature grayness. With
most Of the men the agony will be over
by Thursday or Friday. but some of
harder than others, and won't be real
peart and spry again until next week.
Trainer Joe Quirk did wonders last
season in relieving the pitchers Of the
worst of their soreness. and he is toll
ing manfuliy toward the same end this
year. The slabmen are put through their
course of sprouts faster than the others.
and then shOoed into the gymnasium
dressing room, given a bath and ruD.
Trainer Quirk the Busy One
Qurk is an old hand at this partic-
ular racket, having made a speciality of
six-day walking and bicycle races and
other endurance tests. anc can head off
more aches than any other man in the
business. in fUssing around he is worse
than a convention or reformers or q
hen with one chicken. and nothing es-
capes him-not even what gets away. for
If a fretfUI and skepticaI player eIudes
him at the grounds he nails him when
he goes to bed and gives him an extra
line of massage. which makes him wish
he had been good in the first place
Bill VOTES arrival yesterday after
noon was hailed with much iov. The
only pitchers who We're due to arrive
after Bill were Starkel, who has TO
come all the way from Tacoma. Wash.
and KitsOn and Sudhoff
Wolfe was feeling good and looking
fine He said that when he left Pitts
burg for Washington there was five
inches of snow on the ground and the
train was nearly stalled In a drift. He
mas done nothing with baseball since
the close OF last season. bur was anxious
70 get down to the daily grind at ouc,
he II expected by the management to
De one or the most valuable men on the