Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-23
YOUNG PITCHERS
START TRAINING
Youthful TWirIing Staff Leaves
for Charlottesville to Get
Into Condition.
MANAGER is IMPRESSED
WITH THE SQUAD
Hopes to Develop Enough Material
to Give His Team a Strong
Pitching Staff.
BY J. ED GRILLo.

The young pitchers of the Washington
team, in charge of Coach Jack Ryan. to-
gether with Eddie -Ainsmith, left here this
morning TO take up their training work at
Charlottesville, Va. In the party were
Joe Ensel. Jim Shaw. Paul Musser Jack
Bentley. Bill Mumford. Harry Harper,
Herman Schwartz and Nick Altrock.
The rest Of the youngsters. including
uams. will report direct at the training
camp.
Herman Schwartjc is a big fellow,
standing over six feet and weighing close
to the .tn mark. lie has had little or no
experience. but was recommended to
Manager Griffith by the veteran catcher
Jac.ilitz. who vows that Schwartz has
as much speed as any pitcher he has
ever seen.
There is not apt to be much work done
by this squad for the first week or so at
Charlottesville. Weather conditions APP
pear to be such that the players will not
be able to get outdoors, but will work out
in the college gymnasium. 1t Will. there
fore. be Impossible to get any line on
their respective ability. Manager Griffith
will go to Charlottesville next Sunday
and from that time on the real training
will begin, though the regulars on the
team are not expected to arrive until
March ).
every one of the young pitchers who
left here this morning seems to be
III perfect physical condition. and Grif-
nth expects great things of them. Il
never saw a better looking lot of
Youngsters said Griffith, as The train
pulled out, and feel confident that sew
eral of them will come through and
add to the pitching staff. OF course, !
do not expect all of them to make good
for several of them have had too little
experience to be expected to hold their
own in a big league, but in time every
one of them will make a pitcher
The squad will be in charge of Jack
Ryan until Griffith takes hold next
week. Trainer Mike Martin will be
Ryan's lieutenant. and will look after
the players welfare.
Eddie Ainsmith, who is already in
playing fettle as a result of a lot of
exercise taken since reporting here
several weeks ago, does not propose to
injure his chances of having the best
year of his career by overworking him
self this spring. Ainsmith proposes to
handle several of the catchers while at
Charlottesville. but he does not propose
TO put himself under any more strain
than is absolutely necessary. Jack
Ryan will do most of the catching dur
ing the practice period.
Jack Bentley. the Sandy Spring south
paw, of whom Griffith expects to make
regular this season. has developed a lot
since last fall. Bentley is now one of the
big men of the pitching staff. None of
the youngsters is to have more strenu-
Gus training season than Bentley. He is
to be given every opportunity to develop
this spring. Griffith. Ryan and Altrock
are to have him in charge and he should
be able to learn lot about pitching be-
fore the team returns here. Bentley not
only has a lot of ability. but he is arnbi-
tious and hopes to come up to expecta-
tons.
Harry Harper is another one of the
youngsters of whom much is expected.
The .Hackensack youngster displayed a
lot of ability in the few games he worked
in last season and he ought to be much
better this spring.
There does not seem to be the slightest
doubt as to Jim Shaw. Every one who
has ever seen this young fellow in action
agrees that he has the making of great
pitcher. If he develops as rapidly as is
expected he may prove a sensational per-
former the coming season. Shaw has the
size. a loose motion and as much stuff
as any one who has ever hurled ball.
Incidentally, he has had the benefit of a
season in a minor league, which should
stand him in good stead.