Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-13
BUSY WEEK AHEAD
FOR THE NATIONALS
McAIeer Expects Weather to
Warm Up Enough for
Regular Games.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

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for lots of work for the Nationals next
week. when he expects the Gun to shine
and the temperature to crawl up around
the sixty mark again. Because the men
have not been able to practice since
Thursday morning. Mac will not split
the squad into two teams, as had been
proposed to do, until next Thursday. He
wants the players to have more batting
practice before he gets down to the more
serious work. The arrival OF Witherup.
Oberlin and Reisling will help him ma
terially in his plans. Before leaving for
the park Monday morning the players
will be weighed again, and from that
time on Trainer Quirk will keep close
watch on them. There are some of the
men that he wants to lose flesh, and there
are others that must take on a little. As
soon as the vets finished dinner today
they hiked over to the turkish bath and
boarded the scales. Schaefer pulled 1863;
Reisling, 179; Witherup, 1856. and Conroy.
$50. Quirk expects to reduce the weight
of each before next Saturday night
This afternoon was one Of the most dis
agreeable of the winter and the boys
kept indoors. The rain did not slack for
a minute during the afternoon and snow
began to fall shortly after 5 o'clock. The
players passed away the time In the lob
by Of the hotel, holding tanning bees
ana listening To CnSlduD dIlu SCLdclcT
spin their yarns.
A Big Attraction.
Germany Schaefer has had the boys
On the go the best part Of the day.
Wherever Herman fell into one OF the
big chairs in the lobby Of the hotel there
assembled the biggest bunch Of the
Washington players. and the ex-Tiger
fal something funny to tell them every
minute. Schaefer says he Is in fine shape
ard is anxious for the weather to open
up weighs 163 pounds and will have to
lose but very little more flesh before he Is
down to his usual summer weight
Oberlin is probably In better condition
now than any man on the team. and he
is a few plunks richer than he was when
he left Washington at the end of last
season. He has been cutting timber on
his own lands during the winter. and he
made a neat little sum of money as well
as getting his muscles as hard as steel.
When Oberlin went to his home in Fort
paign he invested in five acres Of tim
Der land, and he worked 1t during the
winter months.
I'VE cut four hundred and fifty cords
out OF that little tract" said Oberlin.
land we got from S2.25 to $3.50 cord for
II. We made q pretty good little invest
ment and 1t gave me something do dur
ing the on season.
BY the way, Oberlin has q new ball that
Ungiaub has dubbed the comeback"
ball. He says for several weeks before
he started for Norfolk he used to go out
in front of his house and throw the ball
against the brick schoolhouse. 1T would
bound right back to me-" said the big
HEAVIER. 81 wouldn't have to move out OF
my tracks for tt
''That's what you caii the comeback
ball." saoid Unglaub, and Oberlin agreed
to let it go at that.
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trtloquist. He has had some of the boys
stretching their necks off trying to locate
a voice calling them that seemed to come
from the other end Of the hotel lobby.
Talk Over Old Times.
''You can't go anywhere that you don't
see somebody you know" said Bob Un-
Elaub when he shook hands with Billy
Hargrova, the house detective Of the
Monticello Hotel. Billy was playing CEN
ter field for the Toronto club when I'm
glaub was covering third base for Worces-
ter, Mass. and they became pretty good
Eastern League. Bob and Hargrove
talked over old times and recalled some
amusing as well as exciting incidents that
came under their notice while they were
opposing each other. Hargrove was COM
PEELED to give up base bali because of a
weak heart and is comfortably fxed here
When Robert Ungiaub had heard the
other fellows tell what they had been
doing all winter to keep In shape he went
them all one better and declared he had
done the hardest work of any man In
the bunch and got more pleasure out OF 1t.
Wlliamsport," said Bob land every one
of the sixty-six days had to work. Every
morning right after breakfast 1t was my
job to take those two girls of mine out
Sleighing- I'd slip on their sweaters, put
them in a sleigh / had partly rebuilt and
pull them up to the top OF a hill that
was about a mile and a half away.
always tied a sled to the sleigh, and
when we would get to the top of the
hill l would put the kids on the sled.
get on 1t myself. give it a shove and
down we would 60 Then I would pull
them up again and take another slide
down. l want you to know that was
work but got lots OF fun out Of it
Bob said he had two brindle bull pups
that were raised by his kids. and those
dogs looked forward to that sleigh ride
with az much pleasure as the children.
and they were always in the sleigh when
there was anything doing.
Charlie Street has lost Ave pounds since
he has been here at work. When he ar
rived in Norfolk last Sunday he tipped
the scales at ITS pounds. When he
was weighed by Trainer Quirk today
the beam balanced at 173Quirk says
this Is about the right weight for Street,
and he wants to keep it at that figure.
There Is one thing certain-Street will not
lose any weight by talking.
Tom Crooks has a married sister living
in Norfolk, which accounts for his quick
exits from the hotel during the last two
days.
Many OF the Norfolk fans are greatly
disappointed over the fact that Walter
Johnson won't train here this spring.
They have heard so much about the
young pitching marvel that he Glasses
UP with Cobb and Wagner as an at
traction.
Farmer Grays son." as Dolly calls
himself, is about tired Of the other play
ers using his room as a clubhouse He
the carpet in his room will be worn out
Manager Clarke OF the Norfolk team
says he will shortly be looking for mis-
gang to report, and then the fun will
start for sure. The opening game be-
tween the Nationals and Norfolks is
going to be big affair.
1t started showing here about o'clock
tonight, and when Herman Schaefer wit
messed the snowfiakes he cried out, 1--WE
are all right now. This is the clearing
up shower.
Bob Unglaub brought only one glove
along with him this time Last wear he
had four. one for first, second and third
base, and one for the outfield Before
the games would start in Washington
last season Bob would spread the four