The Washington herald., 1914-02-07
GRIFF DECIDES
upon UNIFORMS
Nationals Again Will Wear
Same Style Togs in Vogue
the Past Two Seasons.
BECKER TO COME BACK
Former Washington Southpaw Turns
Down Federal League Offer.
Other Sport Comment.
BECKER TO COME BACK
By WILLIAM PEET.

So satisfied is Manager Grimth with
the style and colors of the uniforms
worn by the Nationals during the last
two years that he has decided to order
the came kind of togs for the coming
campaign.
The Old Fox is firm believer that
a good ball club should be nattily at
tired. He has always laid particular
stress on the style and fit of his play
ers' caps. and abhors a slouchy look
ing athlete.
Il have managed q number of poor
ball clubs in my time" said Griff, but
nobody ever said that they did not look
well dressed while on the field. Our
club in Washington has attracted much
attention ard caused a whole lot of
comment ON the road because of our
uniforms Western baseball writers
have handed US several bouquets. many
of them claiming that we were the
best uniformed club in the league"
The home uniforms will. of course,
be white in color, trimmed with navy
blue, a small embroidered W appear
Ing on the right sleeve of each shirt
Caps will be white, edged with navy
blue, while the stockings also will be
blue and white in color.
Hundreds u Washington fans have
never seen the Climbers attired in their
out-of-town togs. The travelling uni
forms are really neater than the home
suits, the color scheme being steel
gray and dark blue.
Unless a players cap fits him perfect
d. iy, the effect of a good-looking uniform
is entirely lost, according to Manager
Griffith's way of thinking, SO he each
AIat sl-x 1,a Ia
with especial care. Navy blue sweaters
with rolling collars and marked with
big old English letter ''W'' will COM
plete the equipment Charley King,
Washington manager for A G. Spalding
& Co., will be given the order again. and
Mr.. King plans to take a flying trip to
Charlottesville next month for the pur-
pose Of obtaining the measurements
Buck Becker former Washington club
twirler. who was sent to Montreal in
1872. and from there sold to Atlanta, and
who was bothered with a lame arm last
year. quitting the game and drawing his
unconditional release, has decided to
come back Buck declares that the
old left wing is feeling good again and
expresses confidence in his ability to win
ball games.
Becker has several offers to consider,
one of them from Federal League club.
but he says he will not take chance
with the third league.
The Ardmore CMd1 arena, where the
Maryland Athletic Club holds boxing
bouts, probably will be greatly enlarged
during the next month, as it has already
been demonstrated that washingtonians
will patronize boxing il good, clean bouts
are staged
With a bigger seating capacity, better
attractions can be staged which under
the present regime is impossible.
Bill Bailey, in another column. hits
the nail on the head when he says that
much valuabl space and more valuable
energy is expended by many baseball
writer's in telling about players signing
contracts for the ensuing season.
One sentence, Griffith has So-and-So's
1914 signed contract, would be enough.
Nick Altrock. the Climbers comedian
and coach of the young pitchers. writes
me from Chicago that he is coming to
Washington on February 16 with his
partner, Evers. and will appear at the
Cosmos Theater in their sketch, which
Nick claims is scream.
Last year Altrock and Schaefer were
hooked up and appeared before a number
of Western theaters, where they were
well received.
Ernest Tabler; assistant to Bob Gran
ston. the manager of the G. H. White
sporting goods store in Fourteenth street,
of this city. has resigned to accept a
similar position with a Baltimore firm.
John A. Dugan. the well-known football
official, will succeed Mr.. Tabler and en-
tiers upon his new duties Monday.
ssss
A New York exchange notes that
amateur fencers are contending in WASH
jng:on for a bronze trophy known as
1.-The Fighting Gaul.' Here, unless a.
man has the fighting gall from his youth
up he has no look-in for any kind of a
trophy.
The yachting sharps are a delightful
outfit. They are now solemnly' arranging
races for the cup defenders, with the
understanding that the result of the
same shall not affect the said sharps in
their selection of the real defender.