The Washington times., 1913-03-26
cubans Are Pleased
At Chance to See
National Capital

CHARLOTTESVILLE Va, March a
Though all the players are happy at
the very idea of going to Washington
the happiest lads in camp are the three
Cubans. Jose Massaguer, the Havana
sporting editor; Jacinto Calvo, and Bal
domero Acosta. They are to have their
nrst glimpse Of the Capital, and they can
hardly contain themselves for Joy.
All. i see Washington for the first
time, says Massaguer. 81 went 10
school in New York. but / have never
had the pleasure of seeing the Capital
OF the United States. l look forward to
there.
Il want to see the White House. the
capital and the Washington Monu-
ment;" laughs little ':Merfto" Acosta-
IKE to walk up the Monument"
washington is great CITY," says the
more sober Calvo. ''and / hope to see
al the places that people visit. 1 shall
De very busy visiting everything while
i am there
Massaguer. who speaks excellent Eng
hsh, has delegated himself guide and
guardian for his two fellow-countrymen
and will see that they spend all their
spare time visiting the various places
of interest in the Capital. All three will
a. once go TO the Dewey, on l. street,
where they will remain until the OPEN
ing Of the season on the Florida ave-
nue. ball park.
To Work Tomorrow.
The uniform trunks are to be taken
TO the ball park tonight, II possible. or
tomorrow morning. anyway. The play
ers will be ordered to report at the ball
park at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
for batting and fielding practice and
Manager Grifflth does not want the uni
forms held up anywhere along the
road. for that might interfere with the
workout.
Il want the whole squad. except those
who are unable to work because of H.
ness, like John Henry. for instance, to
be at the park tomorrow morning for
prac' Ice said Manager Griffith this
morning. Our training season is still
on, you know. Just because we're 60
Ing to Washington does not mean any
change in my system.
Everybody will be at the park each
day at 10 O'Clock and the same kind of
practice as We have had here, except
the regular practice games, will be the
order of things. The one game with the
be enough for me and / shall not ask
the players TO participate in two games
a, day.
Il sincerely hope for good weather.
before they will be right and IL the
weather remains fair, j shall have them
all hustling every day, so that they will
be in condition by the opening Of the
season
Satisfied With Team.
Il am satisfied, on the whole, with my
ball team. ] think that / have a much
stronger aggregation now than ! had
at this same time last season. / am
satisfied that Laporte will begin to hit
at his hardest by the time the bell rings,
and that means that we shall have a
much harder hitting bunch than we had
In 1912. My pitchers are coming along
well enough to suit me. / have five
who might go in right now and pitch
The right kind OF ball. Shanks is hit
ting better than he was last season,
and the others are Cp TO standard.
haven't a single kick to make. All i
want now is good weather, and / shall
guarantee to put a ball team on the
ae'd against New York April 10 that
will be able to put up as good an argu-
ment as any in the league, bar none"
Jim Shaw, the youngster from Pitts
burgh, is the only one of the Climbers
to be left here. He will work out for
a couple Of weeks longer with the
Montreal team, most of whom arrived
here today. Shaw's Introduction 20
Washington, therefore. has been post
poned for that two weeks. The lad has
a motion greatly resembling that Of the
lilustrious Walter Johnson. and, being
only nineteen years old. may develop
into real twiritr before he quits our
great national pastime.