Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-14

Billy Hannah yesterday afternoon and
took a spin out on the boulevard in
"Billy's' big auto. Hannah is one OF
the former owners of the Norfolk Vir-
ginia League base ball club, and is. one
of the best sports that Virginia can boast
of. Billy has made himself popular
with the Washington players and is par
ticuarly liked by the manager. And there
is nothing that BILLY" will not do to
make the stay of the Nationals pleas
ant one in Norfolk.
Trainer Quirk is certainly on the job
here, and he promises to have the Wash
ington squad in splendid shape by the
time it returns to the Capital city.
For the length of time the men have
been at work they are in the best shape
of any men ] have ever handled said
Quirk. land / attribute that to the fact
that all of them reported In good condi-
ton. If we can have two weeks of good
weather I will have all the men on the
team in as good shape as l could care
to have them. They are all willing to
do whatever they are told to do. Each
man seems anxious to make good and is
working hard with that end In view. l
never saw a more harmonious set of
Aleer, and they show desire to help
him in whatever he suggests for their
benefit
Quirk says he wants to reduce the
weights of Gessler and Kitherup about
five or six pounds, but that the other
Schaefer, are about right, and he will
try to keep them where they are.
Kid Elberfeld is expected to join
the team tomorrow. He is already in
pretty good shape. as the training at
Hot Springs, Va. was of great benefit
to him, although the "Peppery One"
kept in condition all through the winter
Bob Unglaub and Herman Schaefer
are still entertaining the boys with a
goodly store of jokes they have been
saving up since they parted company
at the close of last season. From what
ever corner of the hotel lobby you hear
the merry ha-ha," it's a cinch that
Robert or the 'Dutchman," or probably
both, are in that corner and are spinning
something that is all wool.
Speaking of harmony" said Unglaub.
to a bunch that was standing around
him. I'll give you new Interpretation
of that word. / was on team with
Big Bill Wilson, catcher. Bill didn't
have all the book learning that was
coming to him, but he was a horse for
work A fellow named Kuntz was the
owner of the bunch we were playing
with. and we had lost so persistently that
we were almost ashamed to take the
money. Kuntz kept shy of the club
while we were in the rut, but after
while we began to win. and such
streak we had. We copied about ten
games in succession; then the owner be-
gan to get right friendly. and would pop
into the clubhouse every day.
Look here, FLOWS. he said one day.
we are going good now, and all we
want to get right after the leaders is
harmony for a few weeks
Now. here, fired back Wilson, I
don't care If you get harmony or who
you get, I'm going to do all the catching
for this team"
Unglaub had a goodly stock about old
Tacks PARROT, and he spun them like
'Tacks was playing on a team in the
west said Bob. land he had a batting
slump. One of the other fellows on
the team by the name Of Fry was hit
ting like a house afire. Tacks asked
Fry what he was doing to get that
batting eye, and Fry replied that he
was eating ham and eggs. For three
weeks after that Tacks ate nothing but
hams and eggs
Manager McAleer now has twenty-one
men in camp, and he is going to ma xe
every one of them show what is in him.
This week will enable him to get a line
on the youngsters, and if any of them
can show him that they have anything
on the vets, he will think long time
before he cuts them adrift. Nobody
it, is the way Mac looks at the thing.
The players now here are: Catchers.
Street. Hardy and Rapp; pitchers, "Dix-
ie'' Walker, Dolly Gray, Doc REFS
ling. Witherup and Oberlin; inielders,
Unglaub, Crooks. Conroy, Schaefer. Kill
lifer. Mcbride. Yohe; outfelders. Gessler.
Milan, Browne. Lelivelt and Miller.