Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-24
GET COLD GREETING.
Nationals Forced to Work In
doors at Charlottesville.
LAYS DOWN STRICT RULE
Jack Ryan Says the Youngsters
Must Train-Thinks He Has
Good Material.
LAYS DOWN STRICT RULE

Special Dispatch 20 The Star.
CHARLOTTESVILLE Va February
IA snowstorm and probably the cold
est day of the season greeted Jack Ryan
and his band of Nationals when they ar
rived at > pm. yesterday. upsetting al:
plans for going out on the field for the
next day or so. Sunday was very mild
and carried away a lot of the snow that
had fallen previously, and it looked then
as though the weather conditions would
De satisfactory. 1t turned very cold in
the night. though. and yesterday about
two inches of snow fell
Coach Ryan and eight pitchers. togeth-
er with Ainsmith. Williams. Martin and a
staff Of newspaper men, arrived on the
Southern mail train and went immediate
~ to Mrs. Saunders, where the whole
party had dinner. There was no dinner
on the train. and as most of the men
were accustomed to eating their midday
meal before O'Clock. it is, unnecessary
to say that all did justice to the good
things prepared for them.
AS soon as dinner was over the boys
journeyed over to their quarters and were
assigned their rooms, most of them dou-
bling up in order to make room for sew
eral others who came in later. Doc"
Ayres. who came from Richmond missed
the early tra:r, bit got in later in the
evening. Ayres says he is in fine condi-
ton and expects to make good before the
season is over
The program did not start until 10
o'clock this morning. and the boys
amused themselves last evening in the
poolroom and at the moving
pictures turning in about H.. Only
the lightest kind of work was INDUCED
in this morning, Ryan informing his
that the first man he caught
throwing hard would he sent home. Strict
training is the order right from the start.
and ALI were given to understand that
cigarettes. drinks and late hours We're
to be cut out from now on. One OF the
chief features of Charlottesville as a
training camp is that it IS dry town.
A clubroom has been fixed up for the
players at tine Fraternity House, where
the regular squad will be quartered when
they come down. and the men VIII spend
a great part of their time in it, Several
card tables have been put in, and they
are also to have access to the pool ia
Die, which will help pass the time away.
A squad of men is at work cleaning Off
the snow which fell yesterday and prac-
tee will begin out OF doors as soon as
the temperature rises little a second
practice for today has neen called to
star: at 30, so the weather is not n
terfering with the work to very great
extent. In fact, it is doubtful IL Ryan
would have taken the men outdoors for
the first day or two. even had the weather
been perfectly clear, since he is going TO
take no chances OH sore arms
He has long distance telephone JUST
outside his ROOM by which he can get
in communication with Manager Griffith
at moments notice. and hence VIII
have no difficulty in getting orders
from Washington
All the people who saw the squad
walking up from the station recognized
MEX Altrock and great many
t;1.m took X upon themselves to vel
come him personally. The trst person
70, greet li,, was fairy Compton. one
ii charlotte-Tille's rha' scters, who has
fept tho bats for the Nationals for
The pas: tNo seasons. He was AMY.
q say TO him on every occasion: and
iae,ned very proud when the latter
stopped for few words Yesterday. He
applied right away for his OLD job as
,artiian for the Nationals equipment
AID Nick said he thought Manager
griffith would remember him when he
anne down.
'ay in the gymnasium until the
leather permits going outside. In
nesiins Of the material he had wit
him. Ryan said this morning that he
expected to develop the strongest
pitching staff the Nationals had had
for n number of years. lie said all
the twirlers were large men and had
good deliveries. and that these features
we're the foremost essentials for good
sab artist. He is a firm believer i'll an
early start, but vas not a bit dis
al having to stay indoors for
the preliminary training.
Big Carl Cashion arrived this morning
ana got ready in time to join the rest of
the squad in the first workout He looks
TO be larger than ever and was glad to
get down to training to work himself into
condition.
While the squad was in the gymnasium
getting up a good perspiration by tossing
the ball a little and engaging in friend
" game of basket ball. Old Sol came out
in full force and made things look much
By II o'clock the snow had begun to
disappear rapidly. and Trainer Martin
said If It continued to warm up he would
take the men out on the board running
track for their practice tomorrow.
This track is in hollow in back OF
Madison Hall, where very little wind
reaches ii, and will make an ideal place
for tossing the ball and the jogging that
"a m the daily program.