Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-06
After Eddie Ainsmith.


Imperative orders were issued to Eddie
Ainsmith by Manager Griffith yesterday
afternoon to stop him from overworking.
In the future. AinSmith will be allowed
to don uniform but once a day and then
he viii not be allowed to do as much
work as he wants. having recovered his
health entirely. Ainsmith Is a worse
glutton for work now than ever before
He Is never still q minute and does en-
tirely too much throwing to assure him
Of q good arm for any length OF time.
Grifiith had to take the bull by the horns
yesterday and lay down the law and
Ainsmith has promised to follow orders
to the letter.
A more ideal training place than Char
lottesville proved yesterday would be hard
to And. Not only is the In and out field
at Lambeth Fled smooth and hard, but
the sun was hot and every man In the
squad had good workouts. The inclosure
'is large one. and gives the players
plenty of opportunity to chase round. It
Is questionable IL there Is q ball field in
the south which compares with the one
here, and the players derive great bene-
fit from its splendid condition. The regu-
lar infield took its initial practice yes
terday morning. with both Morgan and
Laporte covering second base. For the
youngsters Erhart and Gedeon worked at
second, and there was little to choose be-
tween the pair. Williams was used at
third and Morley at short. but eventual
ly Griffith will pick the best Of the young
sters and work them at second base in
the hope that he may find a player who
will prove superior to either Morgan or
Laporte. which. however. Is not going to
be an easy task. Laporte should show
considerable improvement In the position,
because he realizes that he must make
more familiar with it by practice there
twice a day. When 1t comes to hitting
I'm practice there Is no man on the team
in his class.
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lot. Victor Munoz and Joe Massguer, the
two Cuban correspondents who are here
for the sole purpose Of keeping their
readers informed on the progress Calvo
and Acosta are making In fast company.
are delighted with the treatment that
their countrymen are receiving at the
hands OF the other players. The two
Cuban players are decidedly popular
with their teammates. who recognize In
them two youngsters OF rare ability.
calvo is not unlike Mike Donlin. only
that he is not quite as big. He handles
bat much like him. but, of course. IL
much younger Acosta's position at the
plate is ideal. He crouches, and q
pitcher is sure to have his troubles get
ting them over for him. It will be fairly
week. II all Of Grimth's charges report
by that time, and three are still missing,
he will have thirty-eight men on his list.
and next week the Montreal team, with
spring training here. It is the inten-
ton to renovate the old prep field just
below Lambeth Field for the Montreal
players, SO that the two teams won't
clash.
Nursing John Henry.
John Henry's knee gives every indica-
ton OF becoming stronger. He practiced
with his team yesterday. and aside from
not displaying any speed In running, his
knee did not seem to bother him in the
least. Henry Is to have q careful prepa-
ration this spring. He will not be asked
to go into game for some time; in fact.
not until it has been shown that his knee
Is sound once more. Grif1th will be well
satisfied IL Henry il able to take his turn
behind the bat by the time the season
opens.
Eddie Foster owes his ability as a