Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-25
NATIONAL RECRUITS PLAY
FAST BASKET BALL GAME
Ans1ith Is the Star Performer, While Atrock Tries
to Cage Goals Without Looking Toward the
Basket-Stil Practicng in Gymnasium.

quire quite a lot OF work and time to
be put in condition again. Coach Ryan.
however, is very anxious to use this
ground. and if he. agrees to have the
courts back in good condition there is
no doubt that the y. ". c. y. will be
willing.
ing. is in perfect health and says he feels
this IL going to be the season for him to
shine. Schwartze also seemed to hold the
attention Of the oniookers in the gallery
himself and by his general appearance.
He stands a shade over six feet three
inches IN his stocking feet and weighs
close to 1870 pounds. Joe E.ngel seems to
be the happiest man in camp. carrying a
smile OF confidence on his face all the
time, and he says he is having a hard
time waiting for the gong to ring. All
the boys have an. overflow Of life and
seemed glad to get their hands on the
ball again after the long lay-off. The
on more of an aspect of practice than
that Of yesterday, and most of the men
had worked all the kinks out of their
muscles before it was ended.
Gallia has not arrived. He Is expected
tonight or tomorrow morning early.
Edward Cotton. the youngster who
walked in on the National training camp
Unexpectedly last night. was allowed to
work out with the squad this morning,
and Coach Ryan spent quite little time
with him after the others had gone to
the showers He gave his home as Extra,
Iowa, and as far as could be learned that
town had Witnessed the full extent Of
played semi-pro ball there for number
of years and had worked in the box
against good many strong minor league
teams with fair success.
aNlS tnra FIR CaIA
lo!tesvills to ask for try-out is that
Manager Griffith is hot after a few new
pitchers to work along with Walter john
son. and he thinks the boss will take time
to look him over. AS long as he is willing
to pay his own expenses and does not
occupy any more room around the gym
nasium than an ordinary man there seems
to be no objection to his working out
with the squad
Griffith will need 4 man later in the
week to serve them up for batting prac-
tice, and as this will also give the
stranger an opportunity to show what he
can do he will no doubt be used in that
capacity.
skyan had. heard absolutely nothing
about him before Pop Lannigan intro
duced him last night, and, of course. will
not make him u regular member of the
squad until he receives word to that eff
feet from Griffith. He has free and
easy delivery. and in the light work he
did he seemed to have slow ball that
might be effective He is Highlander
and about the size of Harper.
Nick Altrock sprung one on the crowd
this morning when he. went through
their rooms about Bo'clock, waking every
body up and inviting them to go rabbit
hunting. From most of the boys his
answer was stray shoe flying past his
head for getting them up at such an
hour as that. but he was in earnest and
very insistent. SO finally succeeded in
getting Ainsmith, Bentley and Schwartze
to listen to him. The four started off
down the road toward the open country
and had neither guns nor dogs, but this
was a small matter to Nick. He said
the best thing he did was to yelp like
Il dog and that he had yet to find the
rabbit that could outrun him.
The party stayed out until about s
o clock. when it strayed in for breakfast,
but only succeeded in soaring uD few
of the animals. and Nick seemed to meet
more than his match in each one When
the boys at home who were waiting for
a good rabbit breakfast asked Nick for
their meat he said he couldn't find the
place where you bought them" and was
Immediately ostracized from the dining
|! hall. He told them to walt until tomor-
row, when he got his air rife, and he
would bring home a -bagful.