The Washington times., 1912-03-23
COMMENCE ON LONG +.
LIST OF EXHIBITION
GAMES WEDNESDAY
First Team to Take Field
Has Not Yet Been
Chosen.
By SENATOR.

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, March q.
CLARK Griffith and his Nationals will
entertain their friends at the Florida
avenue park Wednesday, after spend
ing three weeks at this college town
preparing for the sprightly list of cx-
nibition games which are expected to
chow the sheep from the goats in a
baseball way.
Today Manager Griffith admitted that
his team was yet to be chosen Lrd that
he was still undetermined how many
nlaNerg to carry this season. Further
more, he has yet to make arrangements
for next years training trip, bot feels
that. considering the poor weather ut
every training camp in tie South,
with the exception of San Antonio,
Tex, where the worlds champion Ath-
Ietics have been training, the Nationals
have Jared as well as the rest and
should make as good a start as any:
Charlottesville has not been over
kind with the Nationals this spring
For fully ten days tho players were
obliged to work in FayerweaIher Gym
nasium, and many of the days on Lam
beth Field were bitter days, not any
thing like the kind nceAed by young
athletes preparing for long summers
campaign in the big league. But, in
spite of all this, Manager Griffith Is in
clined to return here again in 1915.
Il have made no arrangements for re-
turning" said Manager Griffith to the
writer. and. indeed, have not yet fully
decided to core back here another
spring, I have several other good
propositions, notably Raleigh, Fayette-
Vile, and Admission, Ala. l sh1il not
hurry about this matter There IS
plenty of time.
Is Not Sure.
Indeed, I'm not sure that the faculty
Of the University o. Virginia is willing
to have my club return and use Lam
beth Field. / have not taken up the
matter with them. and, as you can sec
for yourself, I'm letting that matter
take care of itself There's plenty of
time between now and next spring.
Am I satisfied with conditions here?
On the whole, yes. Only at San An
tonic has the weather been uniformly
good. Everywhere else the clubs have
been prevented from practicing on ac-
count of the weather. 1t has been an
extraordinary spring, that's all, and
we've had our share.
"On the other hand, with all this bad
weather here, my club has not missed
single days work. When it rained,
they worked out in the gymnasium,
which is more than several clubs have
been able to do. So, you see, l cant
howl very loudly.
with so many games right at the
start against the Athletics it might
have been well had the worlds cham
pions bumped into the same weather
that visited most of the other big
league clubs-well for us. I mean. \
good start is worth a whole lot, par
ticularly with young players. 1t gives
them plenty of spirit, and carries them
some distance"
The Nationals have worked hard here
this spring. Twice they have been
given short vacations, but every other
day during the training season they
have had two active sessions, either in
Fayerweather gymnasium or upon
Lambeth Field. The preliminary work
in the gymnasium was of more benefit
TO the pitchers than TO the rest of the
players, as 1t strengthened their arms
preparatory to the more strenuous work
outdoors.