Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-10
YANKEES ON WATER WAGON.
Wolverton's Crew Work Out in Rain
and Mud at Atlanta.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, March 9.-For seven days
the Highlanders have wrung the water
out of their shoes after finishing their
workout on the field at Ponce De Leon
Park in Atlanta.
Manager Wolverton says he has no
recollection of seeing team so much
on the water wagon as the New York
players. 1t is not their fault. The
water has been compulsory. The High
landers are not beginning to find the
good weather which the Washington
team had in 1911. and some of the days
last year it was cold for the Washing
ton players. Nothing has been done il
the camp of the Highlanders, except to
take little batting and running prac-
tice, and to work out the pitchers as
much possible under the shelter OF
the grandstand. Beneath the seats
there has been a little dry soil. but
none elsewhere. Wolverton has not
ers for the coming season. He doesn't
know who will be on the infield or who
will play the outfield. II everything
goes right it need not cause surprise II
he can bat well and he is better out
fielder than intielder. In tie pitching
staff the manager has come to an
agreement with Vaughan during the
week. The ft-hander did not sign q
contract until he reported at Atlanta.
He has Vaughan, Hoff. Shears and Up
ham, all left-handers, from whom to
make a selection, and he hopes that he
will be able to take the road this year
with at least two left-handers upon
a fixture at third base and Sweeney
looks as il he intends to stick to his
intention not to report to the New
York club unless he is paid q $4,000
,l,p. y, h
nent base ball fans who wish Sweeney
WELL but they can't see where he
comes in as s6.000-a-year player. 1t
was only last season that he learned
mark much them Wolverton is not
worrying as much as he might. because
he has street to help him along and
the chances are that Street will be able
to do better with the New York pitch
ers than Sweeney might. When it
comes to real work at the training
camp there hasn't been enough done
to give the manager the slightest in
timation as to how his players are
likely to shape up for the year, as they
have been doing nothing but hoisting
umbrellas and lodging transforms
The first accident of the Yankee train
ing season developed this afternoon, when
Catcher Appleby wrenched his left ankle
so badly that he is likely to be laid up
for a week or more. The injury was the
result of slip on the grandstand stair
way, leading to the clubhouse.
Trainer Mulcahey announced tonight
that nothing more serious than a bad
strain had resulted from the fall
Wolverton was forced to grant his
young athletes recess this morning.
The rain, which had predominated for
the past five weeks. gave way to ex-
ceptionally chilly weather, almost to a
freezing point. precluding the possibility
of base ball until the afternoon sun APP
peared The big squad of battery candi-
dates were then put through their PAGES
at something like the real thing for the
first time Southpaw Hoff and Martin.
the big twirler from the coast. were al
lowed to smoke them up bit. Twenty
of Charlie Hemphills Crackers have re-
ported SO that both sides should be in
fair condition for a real battle in the
first practice games next Friday ana
Saturday.