Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-09

man. Acosta, but the latter is going to
make a sensational player some day..
There is not the slightest doubt about
Joe Gedeon. He has 1t in him, and one of
these days will be great inflelder. He is
with every action of real ball player.
He Is as quick as a cat in the field. has
q wonderful reach and range, and, best
Of all. his heart Is in his work, and he dis
plays what is termed lots of pepper in
his playing.
marks Of q really natural hitter. He takes
a good swing at the ball and always hits
1t hard. He and Williams are the most
likely pair OF young inflelders that have
broken into the big leagues in some time.
and Morley IL not far behind them. This
team today. not only In the field, but at
the bat, and ell Of them are fast on their
feet.
line on the ability of the three pitchers
Griffith used against Virginia today To
begin with, none OF them was allowed to
curve ball. though all of them used
their best speed. and In this respect made
a very favorable impression. Pitching
against college team is. Of course. quite
different from facing q major league ag-
gregation. but for all that Barton, Austin
and Sullivan showed that they have some
thing and may develop.
Nick Altrock made his appearance here
just before the game was called yester-
day, and was at once pressed into serv-
ice to umpire. Nick gave a splendid ex-
h'bitioh from the center of the infield.
and his antics kept the few shivering fans
in the stands in good humor. Nick says
he Will begin active training Monday.
The veterans were given their best work.
out Of the week this afternoon. The cool
wind laid during the afternoon and Grif-
fifth had them on Lambeth Field for two
hours or more. Batting and fielding
practice was in order and there was not
moment that everybody was not busy.
Ensel. Cashion and Dent did the twiri-
ing and they cut loose more than they
have at any time since they have been
here. Nothing but speed is used of
course. but there was lots OF that. Thew
are showing wonderful improvement in
the matter OF control. They seem able
want to- and that without letting up on
their speed In the least.
Cashion looks particularly good. He
has changed his style OF pitching con-
siderably. bringing his arm up over
handed more than he used to. with the re-
suit that he has much better command
and speed.
Only occasionally does he use his side
arm delivery. This has made great
change in Csshion's appearance on the
slab. He looks much more finished than
he did and will undoubtedly make great
difference in his pitching.
There does not appear to be the slght-
est doubt about John Henrv's knee II he
does not iniure it aoain. He caught be-
hind the hat for f,Iliv half an hour to-
day and then induleed in batting p~ac-
tice, which forced him to run tn first
base. He did. not show any sfgns OF
lameness and is confident that his knee
season opens.
Acosta knows something about base
~y,rnine besides heino fast. After he had
walked in the fifth inning he stole sec
ond cleverlv and when raIvo hit a ion"'
Nv to right field he was of like shot
after the ball was caught reaching third
N 50 fety. In addition. there is M more
clever hunter on the team. In : fart
everything that REQUIRES practice and
strdy Acosta seems to have fami'ia-ized
himself with. and by the time he Is
ma tnred he ought to be ready for any
company.
Griffith allowed Calvo. Acosta and AL
len 10 play the outfield during the first
Aye inninps. then sent them to the club
house. while Weilchonce. Sheer and Con-
nelly took their places. The last trio did
not have a chance to get warmed uu
and did not accomplish much. though
Sheer undoubtedly saved the dav with
hrjl,iant catch in the ninth. when he ran
Yards for a hall rit over hss head and
nul,ed II down. Sheer should make q
rocd outf,elder. He has learned tho
se,dinr and has always been very good
hitter.
Fielding bunts on the tennis courts.
me of the most strenuous exercises that
! hall rfayer can indulpe IN. IL rapfdIy
retting the PLAYERS In good FORM No
Nc 40 exempt from this work. and while
Ear fine frst few DAVIS there We're manv
,omnlafnts on account of stin Joints and
,ore muscles these have been mostly
worked out. and now the PLAYERS are
HE 10 enjoy the work. realizing the bene-
its they derive from It.
r. the weather conditions are suitable
he coming week two games will he
,layed every day. and this VIII 90 more
= nut the raiavers i'm condition then arv
,ther form Of EXERCISE they can take. 1t
would only require ahort a week Of WARN
veather 10 have the rfavers ready. and
his IL narticularly true of the pitchers
Who viii he able 70 let Themselves out
Il their full sp~ed by that time. On the
whole the SQUAD In in verv good shane.
,onsidering the fact that 1t has been in /
raining less than week and most of
hat time has been snent In cold weather.
sut. fortunately. the weather has been
ry. which made II possible for the play
rs to get both fielding and batting prac-
ice Of the right kind.
Virginia does not seem to have as good |
. team as it had last year. 1t has lost |
everaI players who were its mainstay |
ast season and the recruits have not de- |
eioped much as yet. Jack RYAN. how |
yer. is confident that he will whiu q |
GOD team into shape before the college |
eason opens
IL Dan Moeller,s showing In practice !
an be taken a . criterion he win Be .