Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-03-01

, not man in the bunch who was not
All ready to start over again
Allen Thomas Clark of Clark sburg,
Md, and Herbert Thormahlen of Jer-
seE city, \. j.. We're introduced as lat
est acquisitions before the train left
Washington. And before the tri,, was
Well under way these youngsters. botH
SouthpaW tWirlers, were perfectly at
! home.
Clark is lifelong friend of Jack
, Bentley and ii was on the recommenda-
tlon OF the latter's uncle, Washington
chichester. manager of the Montgom-
cry Tigers of Montgomery county, Nd
that the younaster was signed. He is
a StrappinS fellow, who closely re-
sembies Joe Boehling and who fairly
bubbles over with interest in the sport
which he hopes to make his life's work
Although he now lives at ClarkSburg
the new twirler is really 4 native of
this city. He WAS born in Linden, and
points with pride to the fact that he
first saw the light of day SO near the
city for which he now has more love
than ever.
A week from tomorrow young Clark
Will celebrate his nineteenth birthday
There will be double celebration, for
Jack Bentley will pass out of his teens
Oh the same day
Thormahlen, who was a sensation i'll
semi professional base ball around
Jersey City last summer, will be the
youngest tWirler i'll camp, far as is
known. He is but eighteen years old,
and will not have occasion to celebrate
a birthday until July 5.
He is rangy youngster, tipping the
beams at 175 pounds. He won seven
teen OF nineteen starts as mainstay of
the Duquesne team, a semi-pro organ
ization of ranking, last summer. Thor
mahlen's line of talk today was I'M
pressive. He seems to realize that
there is 4 vast difference between big
league and semi-pro base ball. but, as
he expressed it. is dead anxious to
make good and willing to sacrifice
almost anything to accomplish his end
1t seems that Griffith. came mighty
near losing Thormahlen. who was rec
commended late last fall by Otto Die
trick. i friend Of Jack Ryan. The big
fellow impaired the information to-
day that he was approached by Man
ager McGraw of the Giants shortly be-
fore he forwarded his contract to
Washington headquarters, but refused
to consider a proposition.
McIraW had previously signed
Charlie Press, another Duquesne twirl-
er who worked in an exhibition game
against the Giants last spring L. was
on the basis Of his showing then that
Press was tipped off to McGraw by
Christy Mathewson. He is now at the
Giants training camp in Texas.
is complaining or z
cold that has bothered him for several
days, but is following the directions
of Trainer Martin and hopes to rid
himself Of it in short order Ainsmith
simply cannot wait for the bell to ring
and has started early in his gluttonous
habits. The big fellow declares he is
going to catch every other game this
year, and promises to show so much
that Griffith will be only too willing
to satisfy his desires to this extent
John Henry is one of the most
sought after of the story-tellers these
days. Henry, it will be recalled, was
member of the squad Of National and
American League players who figured
in one of the longest barnstorminS
trips on record after the close of the
1914 season. He claims that the trip
did him world of good and promises
to bear out his statements when actual
WORK gets under way on Lambeth
Field.