Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-24
GRIFFITH REDUCES HIS SQUAD;
MASSEY SENT TO MINNEAPOLIS
Regulars Play at Richmond Saturday and
Colts at Acknowledgement and
Shaw Pitch Brilliantly.

dition when he reported. But working
on a hard floor has played havoc with
his limbs, and it may be weeks before
he will be able to do himself justice.
Now that the pitchers are using ev-
erythins they have there is notice
able falling off in the batting. So long
as nothing but fast balls were served
up the hitting was rather encouraging.
but it will be some time now before
the batters get accustomed to the
curves and other deceptive deliveries
that are being dished up to them. The
pitchers are displaying remarkable
form The performances OF Shaw, En- :
gel and Harper in yesterday afternoon
game was most remarkable. These
youngsters are sure to show to much
better advantage this season il they
can retain their present form. Just
how formidable the pitching. staff
promises to he is further indicated
when it is stated that It is Griffith's
opinion that both Boehling and John
son will pitch the best ball of their
careers in the coming campaign.
Scout Mike kahoe arrived hero yes
terday at noon and he left hero this
morning for a college town In the
south, where he is going to look over
the outiielder referred to in these col
other hitter like Joe Jackson. kahoe
will spend several days looking over
this collegian. and II he suits he will
make an effort to get some sort OF an
club is said to have had six or seven
different scouts looking this young
man over. and while all have agreed
that he has a chance to become a star
all have failed to get his signature to
a contract. but this fact has not dis
couraged Kahoe, who has had similar
experiences with other college players.
ID.
Chic Gandil are a trifie under the
weather as the result of colds they
have contracted here. Pick is the worst
off of the lot in that he was in danger
But he is recovering. Johnson has an
ordinary cold from which he is slowly
recovering, and Gandil needs n week or
SO of hot weather to get him back into
form.
So far as Griffith is concerned he does
not seem to haye any intention of max
ing arrangements to train elsewhere
next season. If his team should make a
respectable showing in the race ne will
attribute it to a certain extent to the
qua lifications of Charlottesville as
training quarters and will most likely
return here next spring, though this
place has absolutely proved itself un-
fit for the purpose that 1t Is intended
There is cold wind constantly blow
ing across the field, which is making
the work decidedly hard and uncom-
Portable for the players. Some Of Grif-
fth's best players are men who have
seen service for seven or eight years
and at that age they do not take kindly
to hardships as do youngsters. If the
decision is reached to return here next
spring there is going to be a lot of pro-
testing by the players, though Griffith
has already promised to train only
thirty days next season instead of six
weeks. He will put his pitchers to
work a week earlier. but the regulars
will not go into camp until exactly
thirty days before the season begins.
What a difference it will make in the
players when the weather gets warm is
predicted by those who insist that heat
is needed to get players into shape. But
it is likely that there will be no favorable
conditions encountered until about the
time the team reaches home. There
surely appears to be no chance for it
here. Last spring the team put in its
best training ticks after it reached its
own grounds, and that is likely what will
happen this spring also. Overhead and
under foot this place could not possibly
be improved upon as a training camp
The field Is remarkably dry. and there
have been plenty Of clear skies, but that
northwest wind makes the place out of
the question.
Neff continues to hit the ball. but he