Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-28
GR|FF PLANS VISIT
T0TRA|N|NG CAMP
Nationals Boss to Look His
Young Pitchers Over at
Charlottesville.
ENTIRE SQUAD WILL GET
IN ACTION NEXT WEEK
John Henry, Howard Shanks and
Dan Moeller to Join Re-
cruits at Once.
BY ]. ED GRILLo.

Manager Griffith. John Henry, How
ard Shanks and probably Dan Moeller
will leave here tomorrow morning for
| Charlottesville to join the recruits in
| training there. Shanks is going to start
to work earlier than the regulars, for
he is anxious to get himself in the best
possible condition this spring, so that
he will be able to deliver for the team
from the outset.
Griffith expects to stay at Charlottes-
vile for few days. when he will re-
turn to take down the regulars Thurs
day. In addition to the regulars. a lot
of youngsters will report here also next
week. Meusel of Los Angeles. Otto Nye
and Paul Smith. outfielders. are among
those to appear here.
BY Thursday night the entire squad
is expected to be in camp, and late next
week real work on the ball field will
begin.
John Henry expects to set in action
as soon as he gets to Charlottesville.
The big catcher is within a few pounds
of his playing weight. and will not
have to do a lot of strenuous work
to get himself ready. Ainsmith, too.
will probably return to the camp to-
morrow.
Dick Williams. the Oklahoma Young
ster, who is creating such a good i'm
| preston in his workouts at Charlottes-
vile. is picked by Griffith to make a good
| pitcher. 1t is questionable whether he
| has had experience enough to make good
| right from the outset, but he has so
much ability that his ultimate success
seems assured. The young pitchers have,
! of course, done but little work since they
,1oxt =,
| should be in fairly good form after they
| have had chance to work outdoors for
| week or SO. About the time that the
regulars report and batting practice
starts. there will be an opportunity to
get a fair line on the twir ers' ability.
though the real test will come when they
get into some of the exhibition games
against the National League clubs which
are scheduled to play here early in April.
| Merito Acosta. the Cuban outiielder, is
expected to report at Charlottesville with
in the next day or so. He will probably
go direct to the training camp instead of
coming here.
From behind the defense made up of a
| million or so Iron men" e. W. Murphy
| turns loose his siren to give the base
ball world in general the horse laugh
and to elucidate what he thinks the ma
| tional game amounts to, says the 81.
| Succinctly, here is the view of MUIR
ply: =. ,o ,au
| A clubs president can he Chinaman or
a local man, without helping or hurting
| the result If the club wins games. j
eioes good business: and good bust
| ness is the end and aim of all base ball
"Dreyfuss. Hedges. Britton. Baker and
| others are men who came into cities as
| owners and made good.
bob yIDay a a
| loose a player any time he thinks he
| has gone back: and player Will jump
a manager any time he sees cnance
to better himself. You can't blame
! either-it's business.
| why. two managers were dropped
| lust after they won worlds pennants-
| Fielder Jones and Jake Stah1.
Base ball is business. and mighty
big business; and the sentiment in 1t is
| Just as clear to the naked eye as mud
/ is to blind man..
! Which is an expression one might eX-
pect from a man who had f1nessed him
| self into a fortune because his asso-
ciates were on the up-and- up, while he
| himself did as he liked.
| Jeff Tesreau the Giants big pitcher
| who was claimed by the Federals. has
reported at Marlin, Tex. where the
signed contract with the Giants, but
he will probably do SO after he ha:
had a chat with McGraw.
Mordecai Brown tried to board tho
train which was taking the Red SOY
south for the purpose of trying to in
duce Ray Collins to listen to Fedora
League offer. but the club had sentinels
on the train. who prevented him from
boarding the car which carried ths
players. Collins has not signed will
Boston, but he says that he is willing
| to listen to reason.