The Washington times., 1914-03-20
Holland Is Only Griffman Not to Accompany
Boss to the Capital; Full Trials for TWirlers
Atlanta IeIder Considered Certain to Return to Big Show
Soon as He Obtains Expe rience-virgna Is Beaten
in Bitter Biting Cold Weather.
By THOMAS KIRBY.

able abuse since the time Engel started
to pitch baseball.
For nearly an hour yesterday after
noon Clyde Milan practiced at short
stop. filling the gap caused by the en-
forced absence of George Mcbride.
Ii will be recalled that last summer
Milan Unexpectedly developed a woeful
weakness in handling bounding balls
in the outfieId To overcome this he
feels that work in the infieid will help,
hence his change.
acquitted himself we'll, and will repeat
the practice whenever the opportunity
presents itself.
Griffith had his young pitchers in his
room last night teaching them all the
different features of the revised rule
governing the position Of the feet at
time of delivery of the ball. Some
of the newcomers did not quite compre-
hend the full meaning of the clause,
but now they are prepared to work
without fear of violating the instruc-
tions given the umpires to enforce as to
the proper action just previous to serv-
ing the ball to the batter.
In addition to being some scuthpaw.
John Joseph Frederick Boehling is quite
a mandolin player. He spends much of
his spare time stretched out on his bed
picking away at the strings on the in
strument.
Some Of the Nationals should know
considerable about getting into safe
by the time they leave here. Whenever
they go out to the field the players leave
their yaluables in a small vault sent
here by George Manner. and when they
return 1t is sometimes half an hour be-
fore some of the athletes can remember
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rolls and jewelry.
Hans Schwartje is tie champion
buck and wing dancer Of the club. Let
one OF the players strike up Turkey
in the Straw and the six-foot-three-
inch twirler shakes the whole house as
he does the double shuttle.
Mr.. Griffith, Of Craig, Mont, and
Washington, d. c., wishes that his real
name is Clark Calvin Griffith, and not
Clark Calvert Griffith. Calvin is an old
name in the clan Griffith.
Also. Mr.. Griffith feels that he is. eli
Revolution, some of his forefathers
having shouldered muskets and suf-
fered hardship while assisting to over
throw the tyranny of King George and
Great Britain.
Danny Moeller was suffering from
severe cold yesterday. and was excused
from the afternoon batting practice. He
is feeling better today, and ready to
resume the conditioning.
Paul Musser pitched to the batters for
while yesterday and showed no i'll ef-
fects of his recent attack of tonsolitis
Billy Lee is cautious in using his
throwing arm, which he overtaxed ear
lier in the week. but he is having plenty
of practice in welding the bat against
the different pitchers
Johnny Mumford's friends in washing
ton will see much changed young man
when he gets back to the city next
week. When he came here Mumford
was fat and slovenly in his work. But
DR.. Martin took him in charge and there
has been no let-up in the strenuous pro-
gram that was outlined for the former
Washington amateur.
Mumford has lost many pounds in
weight. but he has absorbed more
knowledge abkout pitching in particular
and baseball in general than he ever
believed there was when he quit Snow
Hill, on the Eastern Shore Of Maryland,
for the Capital Of the greatest nation
on the globe.
Ed Ainsmith is suffering from a
bruised right hand. In practice he uses
only MS gIoVed nand DenlnQ the pat.
There are few men in the athletic
whirl at the University of Virginia who
are more popular than Jack Ryan
When the call was first sounded the
coIIegians thought that the lack of ex-
perienced material forebode a disastrous
ason, but already they are giving the
Washington scout all sorts of credit for
bringing about a speedy development of
the supposedly inferior material at his
command