The Washington times., 1910-02-21
First BaSeman Outlines
Methods Used by Base
ball Players.
VERY LITTLE FUN
AND TIRING WORK
But There Are Jokes Now and
Then Aimed at Bush
Recruits.

Bob JngIaub, the slugging and I0gga-
cious first baseman OF The Washington
team, who has been winterinE I'm WILL
iamsport. Pa, has been telling training
secrets 20 the Willamsport Grit. QuOJh
he;
These Southern training trips look
god 10 the 'bushers who are Just
breaking into the major leagues. but 10
the old-timers they are tiresouc- We
nave mad enough experience with them
70 Know that they mean nothing but
hard work from morning until night.
w ny, Lizzie Brafs, some Of these rat
9nes lnat go south put IN more work
during these three or your weeks Jnln
they do all the rest OF the season
Who Is Lizzie?
Dust Who this Lizzie Dcats is that
Robert has reference TO no one seems
20 know. but he mentions the name
quite frequently IN his dizcoursesJ
"Of course, we get little fun out of
tncm, continued Bob. after he had ho--
generally so much work thar the fun
gets lost It's the same old routine. day
aIief day. and % don't vary bf more
t1an that OF some guy doing s-N
months in jail for beating his wife
on get ND iu The morning about T-a
rrea 6taSt- Then you can loaf about an
hour after which you crawl into r0GT
baseball clothes and sometimes wa Ik
sometimes run, and sometimes ride t0
lne ban park. which ls generally about
four or FIVE miles away from the hotel
Why, Lizzie Deats. these managers seem
% take delight IN putting up at the
hotel furtHest away from the ball yard
Much Punning To and Fro.
you have 20 practice about two hours
AMI a hals in ~ =-.,57zirE. but il gen
orally consists in throwing baU
around r little and getting I'm some work
with the bat Then its run back %
the hotel, a bath. some lunch. a few
minutes rest and another TIN % the
hau park. The afternoon session. gen
orally about three hours long. consist
of batting practice. a game between THE
regulars and the 'Eauigans' little
heldinE practice for the regular tea m
with a view 10 getting the signals work
ing HUo then a good. long run around
the ban yard These managers are g-aa-
people 10 insist on running around the
parks and woe be u--r0 the fellow ina.
been chased around these Southern hall
parks until 7 was SO thin that ffd0-f
know wIethe- 7 had a pain IN NV back
or the stomach ache
"Of course, we have some fr1 with
the E-eeuest Of The 'buShp-s' n-ezI-fry
in. but the Young ball PLAYERS have IL
ecSv 20 what the new ones did Few
wears a.Eo. Ten years a-C the kids had
some pretty strenuous times riding the
goat: but TODAY this has almost an bean
cut out The old men realize that the
Kids are taken South % rearn something.
and as an have the interest Of the team
ar heart. there are very Few veterans
that are nor HilliuE 70 teach the new
Players tre fncr points OF The game
Jokes on Youngsters.
Sure, we get hold OF bug once f-
q while and We have p few -006 laughs
over him. He is liable % DO called M
ION the phone before breakfast and told.
Pr order 0f the manager. 20 beat r.
for about six or eight miles before
breakfast to set .u condition Then 7
hour AFTER hour 20 take tickets from
the people who are o. come and see rs
0-a cri~r. All who do come are Tftr7n
Kids who crawl over the fence
We certainly set some green ones
When vas south with New York in
E@i .,n-- ffF was getting along uretrv
good. and one fav rn- manager told him
% warm u1- aS he was going 20 work
nU three innings IN game The
-ttcler took = H7i and went over and
stood about four or I've feet from one
era 16stand- he rroU tossed lra HaTI
against the stones and caught i- as n
gently bounded hack He did this f0r
ahoUt ten minutes. and then said he was
warmed TT. What happened 70 him
wheG 10 went or the slab was % n'rv.
oi1 chase thar hall He warmed them