Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-25

Special Dispatch to Tue star
CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, February
aa-Ali the Nationals now in camp were
up carly this morning after a good n'sh' :
rest and ready to report in the gym
nasium at 10 o'clock. After Two .1alris
good workouts yesterday, the boys were
pretty tired and willing to turn In early
last night.
The morning program WAS foio"eti
pretty closely in the afternoon, ana WIN
probably NOT vary much Until tne squao
is able TO 20 out of doors. Quite Il re"
people dropped in to get glimpse AT ING
new material Manager Griffith sent down.
and the gymnasium was a scene OF aeuV-
NV all dav. Ryan had the boys loosen up
their arms for about half IN hour, ana
then gave them several basket oaiis
- ,.ss ,w,v the next half hour or so.
Mike Martin selected two teams from
the squad. and they had a spirited CONTEST
,uti, il was time to leave the gym. AZ,
rock was elected captain OF ohe " go,
teams, while Coach Eyan was ',rs
forward and leader of the other 500. 500
of the bows had played the game peloie,
and they tried To arrange "A..
that they all could get on one teani' a., ~
Martin was wise to their plan ana uiS
tributed the good ones evenly.
Eddie Ainsmith proved to De the sta -.
the whole aggregation an ta.m Cash1on
WAS sent to guard him. but the Dig lei
low had hard time following illn.
around the floor and could not p'
him from scoring several goass. ans n VS.
the manner in which Jack Ryan capeIeo
around the floor. Those who tnlnk the
veteran has seen his day ~ouio surrey
have onened their eyes had they seen liiili
Iaff fr,rty Dr
rr.h;nb reoujres more wind than most any
o+ber Nick tried to demonstrate tnat
It was not necessary to look toWaru .ue
asket when throwing u goal oseIeass
ing his eye In that directloii.. ous ~.
damonstra zion was not so convincing ds
he desired. The-oniy IespN- Ae 1Itlhso
was TO keep his opponents doubled up
with laughter by his antics SO ,nae .heS
could do nothing themselves. NIKE Mar-
81, ,,-;th a regular officials Whistie noI-
,nwad from Pop Lanni2an, tried TO rel
90, ~, game. but the boys had q set Of
rules of their own and seemed 70 ln.nA
thav could enforce them themselves WITH
out dispute Consequently ths her were ere. no .
hi. 1ispute over the score and as no one
Us boss. the winner was NOT determined.
rhe two teams lined up as toiloWs: -.
Altrock. right forward; schWartze, leIt
guard; Shaw, center Mussei' iAei'
ainsmith, left guard.
Rvan- left forward; Ayres. right Tor
ward. Engel, center; Bentley, lett
Guard: Cashion, right guard.
The others were usea as s a ~ ,.,. q
nHer cant. Ryan challenged his ad-
versaries to a return game tomorrow
and Altrock answered that ne mao d
game scheduled with the university
sear, Int would accept the challenge
# he could have the other game post
poned.
What was more pleasing to all con
| cerned than the days practice was the
delightful way in which the sky cleared
mn about noon. letting the sun
ret In, its work for about fonr good
Sours. The temperature went up to
| ahout 40 or 80 degrees in the middle
IF the day and cleared away vast
amount of the snow. The men who
we've set to work cleaning off the d1a-
moud were not able to finish their 1ob
Yesterday. but will continue today. and
| should have no trouble in getting 1t
ali off. Although the weather may
continue cold and the players be kept
| indoors. this viii allow the field to
| dry cut much sooner than would be
/ the case II the snow were allowed TO
| remain until it melted away entirely.
| The weather was too cold this morning
| to warrant taking the squad outside.
| but II 1t warns up this afternoon as
| it did yesterday around noon Ryan has
planned to take them out on the board
| track. The track is about fifteen feet
| wide and guarded on all sides from the
wind. 1t is large enough to alloS
| all those who came down Monday to
| spread out enough for throwing the
| ball.
This track Is laid on the set of tennis
| courts for the training of the Virginia
track team during the winter months, and
as the indoor track season is over, the
Nationals can have the exclusive use OF
! it, The tennis courts, of which there are
| several tiers, make an excellent place fol-
practice on windy days. as each tier ts
large enough for infield practice and the
ground suitable. Because of the fact that
they are hollow and protected from the
wind they have been used heretofore by
both the professionals and the college
team. but this year there seems to be
some sentiment against their use for base
ball. They belong to the Y. u. c. A.
jplayers wearing spiked, shoes and re