The Washington herald., 1914-02-26
Baseball
Shaw, Swartz, Mumford, and
Ayers Must Get Rid of
SuperAuous Flesh.
OTHER CAMP COMMENT
BY WILLIAM pEET.


Charlottesville, Va, Feb. 25.-After two
more good workouts today Trainer Mike
Martin came to the conclusion that he
had four fat boys on his hands, and that
nntii he had been able to take Off from
1--WE 10 fifteen pounds from each man,
this quartet would of little use to the
Nationals when the main squad arrives.
Jim Shaw, Doc Ayres, Johnny Num-
ford and Herman Schwartz are the
youngsters in question, and of the bunch,
Mumford viii have to do the most re-
ducine. for he weighs in his street
clothes 1sS pounds
IT'S a whole lot easier to take on the
superfiuous weight than 10 build player
up" said Trainer Mike, "and as these
bows are ali willing workers / do not
anticipate much trouble in getting them
into condition.
Jim Shaw declares that next winter he
will spend his time in the open. and de-
vote himself TO hunting instead Of being
tied down in n clothing store. Shaw is
the young man picked ITO win a lot Of
ball games for the Climbers this season.
but unless he gets into shape while the
club is spring training here, he will be
of little use to Griffith when the early
. games start.
The boys let out just a trihe more to-
day than heretofore, and it looked as
though they were really getting down to
business. The morning broke clear and
1t was thought that Ryan would be able
10 take his charges out in the open in
the afternoon, but a haze came over the
sun along towards noon and though
quite a bit of snow disappeared, there
was a rather stiff breeze, and the work
was continued indoors. Martin sent
them all around the outdoor running
track for a number of laps just before
they left to dress.
Herman Schwartz is the first real
piano player the Nationals have signed
since Griffith has been in charge. and he
will be in great demand when the regu-
lars hit camp and establish quarters in
the fraternity house. Schwartz makes
ragtime his speciality, and already waiv-
ers are being asked on Ray Morgan, Ed
lie Ainsmith and several others of the
one-finger boys.
1t appears that Dick Williams, the
'anky boy from Oklahoma, is a we'll
digger by profession, and this nick
name has already attached itself to
him. The proposed boxing bout be-
tween Williams and Engel failed to
materialize. as Griff. by judicious use
Of the g-distance phone, told Mike
Martin today that no such foolishness
would be tolerated.
Nothing had been heard from Bert
Ciall.a up to a late hour tonight, but
he is expected Cn every train, and prob
ably will come in on the 7:25 tOmor-
row from the South. Ryan thinks IL
rather strange that no word has been
received from him. but is not kicking
as long as he does not receive bad
news.
Nike Kahoe the Washington scout,
passed through here on his way to look
AT some new material that Griffith has
had his eye on, and stopped over with
the boys for supper. He would not
give out the object of his trip, but had
a conference with coach Ryan and
trainer Martin about the matter.
Ii turned out that this fellow Cotton.
who appeared from Iowa and asked for
A tryout has been in Charlottesville
three or four days waiting for the Ma
tionals TO come down. He did not make
himself known until this morning, as he
said he thought Manager Griffith was
coming down with the squad and was
waiting to see him. He worked out with
the squad in both sessions today, but
cid not seem to come up to the mark.
The quarters used by the players are
already crowded and there was no place
10 put him at present, so Acting Man
ager Ryan let him go this afternoon to
seek laurels elsewhere.
All the snow was cleared of Lambeth
field today, and barring further bad
weather it should be ready for use Fri
dav or Saturday.