Evening star., 1915-03-26
BY J. ED GRILLo.

! james W hite, the captain or the VIZ
ginia team, and, in the judgment OF
| Clark Griffith and Jack Ryan. one OF
! the best college players in the game,
! will very likely join the Nationals
some time later in the season. White.
, who is first baseman for the college
! team, is in reality an outfielder. he
graduates in June. and it is reliably
! understood that he has agreed to join
the Grifmen as soon as his school days
are over.
White and Manager Griffith we're
closeted for several hours last night
and while it is understood tnat niee
would not sign a contract at TINS 'iiiie'
ne has promised to report to the team
as soon as his term in college mas ca
pired.
/ White is a good sized young fellow OF
+, about twenty-one. He is natura d ~
/, ter. fast runner and q great thrower.
| Herb Thormahlen, the lett-nanueu
! oitcher. has been handed ms uhs ~,
| uonal release. The younsste. - az
inexperienced for the nau ma.u in time.
russell, the husky rlght-nahue. aa =. o.,
! and Nj College, also Will pc tuineu -
, loose. He hurt his arm the nrse uaS
ne reported here ;ao,ca ana na Since
u is threatening this morning, but II
II should not rain the maj sa s.wean
will be played TINS iiioin niAe
the Vets and Colts.
There is to be a temporary let-up ra m
the amount Of work WORK u the twn p,as Sessions a
5av there will be but one u1i.h nt
tssm returns to it's own GROUNDS ieh NJ
Wednesday. During their stay IN amas nruas
mond a little practice anu asLad . Of the
p,arers and today there Will pc pue
pna session here, probably q game III
the morning. ~. oth1etes
According to Griffith. MS a a. they
have reached that stage where me; tnIy
need a let-up in order to MAINTAIN sinnl .nvn
hest form. To continue the two-sesslohnd
aNday system now probably woui
mean that the players woula ~ davs
IT shall let up now for seveIaa uaSS d
and then take UP morning practice anu III.
NAV in the afternoon wnen We ~
home" said Griffith. am wen sa ;1,
fed with the condition the tean. % IS -
The men need some warm Weatner III ~
nut M them right on edge. and we WI
get that long before .ne sesSo"
Of that am satlsneo.
II seems to be the fate of the Ma
+;on,ls to encounter a lot OF unseasona-
HE weather here until the ums coiles s
for them to depart, when II usuany "a.
warm. and that was the case yesteluas,
when the warmest weather OF the stay
,,ara prevailed and a really excellent
work-out was enjoyed by the piaye,s.
Tacl Ryan. who will remain here 10 taKe
care Of the Virginia College team, pr
diets that the weather is nov selt!eu. - -
it was last year as soon as the ->a'1onsl's
had left
This afternoon the Nationals take the
train for Richmond, where they are ous
to arrive at about oenz.on ociocm Inc ., ehout
The same time. The first team VIII De
nuartered at the Hotel Jefferson during
its four-day stay in Richmond, Aye.s y,
and Boehling are both to work IN the
Games in the city where Ayers prohe
in.n Ke base ball and where Boehling was
horn and makes his home Richmond
fans are sure to attend in large numbers
on the days their favorites are on tne
pitching mound.
Hopper displayed better stuff for the
three Innings he worked against the Colts
Yesterday than at any otner Time, pFop-
ably because the day was warm he al,
lowed only nine men 70 race MN anu sua uia
three Of his victims went down by the
strike-out route. There Is not the slight
est doubt that Hopper will be one OF Grif-
fitk's winning pitchers the coming season
and it would not be at all surprising If he
nroved lust the man needed in emer-
xencies, when some other pitcher starts to
go badly.
Hopper is hard to gauge, for he mixes
up his deliveries in most deceptive man
ner and he is picked to be enectlVe
against the best of hitters-
Stevens, the young pitcher who Joined
the camp only for the purpose OF pitching
much Improvement during his stay here
that Griffith looks for him to develop
into a mighty handy twir1er within
year and he has farmed him out to the
Montreal club, which he is to join within
a day or SO. Stevens has a world of speed
and. besides having control. has learned
to field his position and is more than an
ordinary hitter.
It does not seem possible that John
Henry's present good hitting is a f1uke,
for there is something suggestive of i'm
provement about the way he stands at
is now his favorite territory, where for
merly he was almost exclusively a left
field hitter. Henry Is Of the opinion that
he has learned something about hitting
and he predicts that he will roll up a
much higher average this year than ever
before.
Walter johnson. as usual. has gained
since reporting here. The big pitcher
weighed 1856 pounds this morning in uni
form and his net weight is estimated to
be about 1870. an ideal figure for him
Johnson appears to be in the best Of
health and he is confident he will have a
good year.
This fellow Brown is one of the
most remarkable throwers from the
outfield that has ever been In base ball.
In the afternoon game yesterday he
made two throws which were nothing
short OF marvellous. In the fifth inning,
with Mcbride on third as the result Of
his triple, Ainsmith sent liner to
center which looked If it would not
carry to Brown. and Mcbride started
Brown had a chance to get his hands
on 1t and started back to touch the
bag so as to score after it was caught.
Brown failed to reach the ball, how
ever. but picking 1t up on q short
bound whipped it home from deep
fore Mcbride could reach the plate.
Later in the inning he picked up
Moeller's hit and whipped it from an
awkward position to second in time to
land Moeller, who was trying to reach
there
Brown is going to make the Toronto
club. to which he will most likely be
sent, a very valuable man.
Both SeigIie and Neff are in need Of
| new gloves of the same kind that
| major league infielders use. Because of
| now using they are dropping a lot of
| thrown balls, and they propose to wait
| until they get to Washington, when
| they will make their selections of new
projections for their left hands.
| The pitchers have been Handicapped
to a certain extent by the soft ground
| around the pitchers box on Lambet h