The Washington times., 1912-03-04
HOWLS EXPECTED
BY VETERANS ON
ARRIVAL At CAMP
Things at Griffith Hall
Savor of the Tenn
porary.
BY SENATOR.

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, March A.
Everything about the camp at Grif-
tith Hall saVors Of the temporary. Tha
hoys have been Civen rooms with two,
and sometimes three. beds In a room,
and half the house is now empty. Next
week. when the rest of the big squad
arrives, the veterans will find them
selves. most of them, at the top of the
house, and some of them are certain to
make loud huwls to heaven for relief.
Sir Tomaso Hughes. the gent with the
lame diget, spent two hours deciding
whether tn take room on the first
GooT fitted out with a coal lod in lieu
OF q cuspidOr, or go to the second floor
and take the one room in the house
fitted out with q curtain on its lone
window. At last. after much coRitating.
the lengthy veteran hurler OF the squad
determined to go upstairs.
Il like to sleep in the morning after
daylight" explained Hughes. "and l
think 1t will be better to have a dark
room after o'clock than to have to
lie in bed AMI stare at the bright blue
slIv."
Therefore. Thomas sports the only
room III Griffith Hall with a real.
regular curtain.
In the Assembly Room.
On the first floor of the palatial abode
of the nifty Nationals, there is large
general room. Manager Grlfnth's quar-
ters arc directly off this assembly room,
and he is thus able to keep q sharp eye
on the entire squad. This assembly
room, thanks to the careful work of
Mike Martin. already a favorite in the
camp. is fitted with a long table and
two smaller ones. The long one is
used for writing purposes. and Mike
has four magazines, the latest bearing
The date OF May q. 1898, for the boys
to while away what spare time they
nave.
"As soon as 1 have ascertained what
sort OF reading the boys like" explained
the alert and agile trainer of the team,
Il shall lay in a stock of more up-to-
date stuff, like novels and such. This IS
merely temporary, understand"
Letter-Writers Busy.
The letter writing lads of the squad
have had much opportunity for thank
ing Martin for his thoughtfulness
Hardly had they been given rooms be-
fore Ray Morgan, from Baltimo'; Joo
Engel, former peerless finger of the Mt.
st. Mary's outfit, and real native son
to Washingtonians; Cotton Johnson,
the chunky twirler from Vandalia, ILL.,,
| and Jerry Akers, late OF Dubuque, in
! the Three-I circuit, were busily at work
inditing epistles to the folks at home,
telling them of their safe arrival in
| DiXieland. IT means a whole lot, YOU
know. to a rookie, merely to arrive in
| the training camp. That's going some.
as Eddie Foy hath said.
Most of the lads here In camp are
green Indeed. they are green, and
Washington will be glad of that, having
i had q sGrteit nf those aged and decrepit
veterans who nave to stand in tho
sun an hour before the game to get
| ioosened up in time to play. The rockies
| in this squad hardly know enough Ia
| speak to each other, standing around
basnfully, much as lot of high school
| girls at the principals party. However
! y. "porf' Ainsmith, "Massa John
| Henry, and Joe Engel act as a sort OF
leaVe9 for the crowd, and by Wednes-
| day they will, be calling each other by
their first names.
Just Bubbling Over.
Alnsmith is just bubbling over with
effevescence. Fresh from a winter o1
active work on the basketball courts o.
Maine and Massachusetts "Orfendorfer'
Is in almost perfect condition now, ant
has made great hit with the manager
He is either doing a turkey trot will
his boon companion, "Massa john
| Henry, or leading the agony quartet
composed OF himself, Buck" Becker
Joe Engel, and "Massa John" Henry
He just cant make bis feet keep still.