The Washington times., 1912-02-06
FRED FITZGERALD,
NEW PARK KEEPER,
ARRIVES IN TOWN
Will Confer With Griffith on
demonstrating Local
Grounds.
,AINSMITH COACHING
COLBY COLLEGE QUINT
lCatchers VIII Go With First
Pitchers to Charlottes-
vile, Va.
By SENATOR"

~ SSNAAONs
In response to a wire from Manager
Griffith, Fred Fitzgerald, the new
ground keeper for the Washington ball
club, arrived here today
fitzgerald will go TO the park tomor-
row and, after receiving instructions
from Griffith concerning the changes TO
be made in the grounds, will await the
time when the thaw will leave the field
so he can start work. The pitchers box
Will be lowered, and the plate height
ened, which will put the whole diamond
on the level in place of the turtle back
playing field which was arranged when
the new place was built.
AS soon as he has completed his Ia
bors at National Park, Fitzgerald will
go to Georgetown to consult with the
authorities at the university in regard
to the rebuilding of Georgetown Field.
Between now and the time the exhibit
tion series is started it is expected that
Fitzgerald will have plenty of time in
which to work at both places.
Griffith today received a letter from
Eddie Ainsmith. in which the catcher
said he is coaching the Colby College
basketball team in Maine, but is ready
TO report as soon as the manager SAYS
the word. Ainsmlth is one OF the best
basketball players in New England, but
he has an understanding with the col
lege whereby he is to quit his position
las soon as he is wanted here.
Will Take Forty.
Forty individuals will make up the
Tdrty which Clark Griffith intends to
have at Charlottesville during the
early weeks of March, when the Wash
ilgton ball players are put through their
ante-season course of sprouts on the
grounds Of the University of Virginia.
The manager of the Nationals spent
most of yesterday taking stock and ar
hanging the last details and his revised
list as 1t now stands, of all those eX-
Ipected in camp, follows: Twelve pitch
Iers, three catcheTs, nine infielders, sew
en- outfielders, one manager, one train
"r, four newspaper correspondents, and
three servants. The scribes will not be
officially members of the party and will
live outside, but except for the quartet
tCi correspondents, the whole party will
\ G quartered in the Hotel National, the
name given the spacious old residence
which has been leased by Griffith and
win be conducted under his personal
and exclusive management.
From headquarters there went out
yesterday to eleven of the pitchers no
tees to be in Washington sometime on
Saturday, March ., ready for the in
Nasion of Virginia the next day. The
only exception on the twlrling staff Is
Walter johnson. who will be allowed
IL come later. At the last minute the
manager changed his plan of not hav-
.ing catchers along for the preliminary
weeks work, so he notified Eddie Aim
smith and John Henry to come along
on March 2, while Bill Cunninghem will
le another member of the first week
Earty.
Remainder Will Report.
. The following Monday after the pitch
ers begin to timber up, the remainder of
The club will report, and then the real
preparation for the campaign will be on
in earnest.
THE presence of the catcheTs will not
be as important as some would believe"
Griffith declared toda;. Eat first ] de-
Cided no receivers would be needed, as
the work will be only of the lightest
sort, but then ! reConsidered, and sent
out the notices to Ainsmith and Henry,
Two youngsters, as believe they can
profit by the instructions which l will
give the pitchers. Both of the catChers
are young men, and the extra week
will do them no HARM"
How They'll Come.
Here's the way the players have been
ordered to report at the training
grounds:
On March Guy Johnson, Tom
Hughes, Becker. Engle. Allen, Akers
Musser, Henry, Ainsmith, Cunningham
Boehling, Cashion, and f. Walker.
On March 1O-Groom, Johnson, Street,
Flynn, Spencer. Schaefer, Shanks, Nor
gan. Mcbride, Gagnier, Foster Sheer
Moeller, Gesser, Maths, Milan, Long,
and c. Walker.
With the meeting of the joint rules
committee of the two major leagues
Low less than a week off, the iIdiCa-
lions are that there will be few changes
In the code which will guide rext
season.
If early practice counts for anything,
George Mullin, the veteran Detroit
pitcher. should be ready when the sea-
son starts. He has already commenced
work at Hot Springs.
Doc" White, our fellow townsman
during the winter and crack White SoX
southpaw during the summer, yesterday
received orders 20 report Mt Chicago on
February 20. ready for the start to
Texas. In the meantime he viii timber
up while coaching the Central High
School battery candidates.