The Washington times., 1914-03-19
COLD WINDS STOP
MORNING CONTEST
Hopes Are Entertained. How
ever. for Game With Virginia
Varsity This Afternoon.
SATISFIED WITH CONDITION
Old Fox Has No Kick Coming
on Physical Development of
His Young Athletes.
SATISFIED WITH CONDITION
By THOMAS KIRBY.


UNIVERSITY. Va. March 1s.-Much
against the win of Manager Griffith
the morning game was called Off today,
owing to the bitter cold winds that
Swept across Lambeth Field. The after
noon contest against Virginia w>y take
place, however. If there is the slightest
moderation in the temperature.
I'm not stuck on this cold weather,
but j hope to have a warmer day to-
morrow" said Manager Griffith as
he shivered on the porch of his palatial
mansion on Chancellor street. Eff we
have god weather from now till We
leave next week, IN suit me-
Vaccinations of the god of sunshine
and storm to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, the physical condition of the Ma
Jionals and Nationalettes is satisfactory
TO Clark Griffith.
When he CAME mere with the regular
delegation end found the training camp
msrooned, the manager was pensire,
peevish, and petulant. While not will
ing to admit it. ne was fearful lest q
continuance of the snow, rain. and wind
would result in his being forced to take
his charges into the race in such shape
that the other entrants would get a
commanding lead that it would be i'm
possible to overcome in the later months
OF the season.
True the weather has been most hos
tile. but Griffith has been favored by
he fact that when reporting time came
his men arrived at the mark IN a vastly
improved shape than they did either
last year or in 1912.
When the season opened last April,
Ed Foster was a wreck. He played On
his nerve for a brief period, and was
then carted OF to the hospital, where
Tor weeks he remained a victim to the
rayages of typhoid fever. Whatever
chance the Nationals had OF finishing in
The van were sent giimmering when
this dreaded malady stalked into camp.
Today Foster is rejuvenated, his
strength has returned and, in the few
opportunities he has been able to ex-
tend himself. has shown Enthusiastically
that he is ready.
have Mr. Gandil playing July baseball.
From his advent into professional
baseball. Gandil has suffered from poor
health in the spring. From his home
in Louisiana he always came into the
different training quarters chuck full of
the dopey feeling which he could not
shake off until the campaign was well
under way. Last spring was no excep-
ton. and it was not until he had been
injured in Boston in May and been
forced to take rest that he caught
his stride and played the game in such
manner that many voted him the
most valuable first baseman in the
American League
The stay at West Baden Springs. be-
fore coming here. did Gandil a world
Of good. The apparent laziness. that
was evident in past springs, was
sh checked in Indiana. and No; O., e is
be found in his work in past training
terms.
most temperate mode of living al
ways keeps George Mcbride in shape.
Never suffering from a sore arm and
seldom varying more than a couple of
pounds in weight. Mcbride is even
ahead of his usual schedule Just now.
hanks to his sojourn with Gandil to
the famous baths.
Ray Morgan came here slightly
heavier than usual but the indoor and
outdoor work has attended to that, and
ne too. appears to be primed.
So individually and collectively. there
IS no cause for apprehension as to the
preparedness of the men on the inner
precincts.
In the outheld. Moeller's strained
shoulder of a couple of seasons ago is
reported entirely cured. Milan has yet
u. complain except for the turning of
his ankle in the basketball game and
this has routded TO, while Howard
Shanks underwent treatment for his
weak ankLe during the winter, and ii
esponded.
Ed Ainsmith, John Henry. and Al
Williams have proven themselves to be
Cluttons for work, and they have had
plenty OF il to do in receiving the pitch |
"rs Griffith is developing.
The strength on the mound is still !
problematical and will remain so until
each of the youngsters has been under
fire in championship combats. The as
Sertion that every man from Walter |
Johnson down is primed to pitch CON-
plete game, is mere sophistry, Unwar- |
rs-nted and misleading to these fanatics !
who are unfortunate in not being able
10 see the men in action at this time. |
n Griffith were able to swing a whole |
oand of twirlers into shape in two or
ihree days of outdoor work he would |
DO a wizard, the like OF which baseball
has never before known.
An of the pitchers are not ready nor !
could they be expected TO be ready. But |
they are rounding to satisfactorily and !
he indications are that those who are !
TO be retained will be ready for their |
regular turns within less thin month, |
when the real contests start
Griffith would like to have had more |
seasonabie weather. but he is well salts |
led and that should be good enough for |
fhose at home who have twice seen him |
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