The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-25
Charlottesville Chatter.
Ry WILLIAM PEET.

' charlottesville Va March 2t-Roy Massey the
| out fielder obtained from tn. Galveston club ~ tn.
Texas League through the medium % the draft last
fan today notified to forward his heggas- ="
Hickman. ~. and Join the Minneapolis club Of
I the American A,slaticn.
MASSEY takes the place # Mcrls.l who refused ~
lesTe the coast. Joc CantiIloR Manages tho Mime
! aTolis club and already has Csshlon. Bill M'rlov.
Mutt Williams. Holland. Wailv Smith and
Catcher Tom Wilson. former Washington recruits.
who turned in exchange for Henry
Rondesu
MASSEY leave, tr Hick1ran the Minneapolis
training camp. tomorrow night
Pitcher steven. and Charley rick were again On
the SICK list today. neither Of whom l-ft their
rooms. II il rNrrct"d that Pick will he able 10
don a uniform tomorrow. Stevens has severe
cold. which Ia, developed into slight attack Of
the .ri'.
,hds Milan this morning found that he Rad
stiff neck where cold had lnie-i. ard was 'N
c1I~ei from PLAYING in tn. afternoon ssms against
the Virginia c,.lleCians.
GandiI much better and able to resume Lis
place in III. Regulars lIreup.
Outfeld-r Billy Lamar from RockviIl" takes
sensible view { conditions As they a: prrrnt oNiS.
Il know that chances for catching IN With thH
Nationals mighty slim, because ! mp against
real class: hat. believe me. have learned whole
lot during short STAY in camp They can't take
that away IRON me. Some day | will be night up
there in the pig show asking odds from nots'iy.
Lamnr Toss-s,s fne thrUV-in. and has nics
position a. tat, INT he Is very green anil. according
to Crit. lac4s nnly the experience develop INTO
good hall player
ROY Massey ;nok hi, transfer to the Minneapolis
club in good He said he was perfectly willing
to 60 where Crit ordered him and that the figures
Minneapolis offered were satisfactory. Massey is
fast a fine fielder and should have little truuhl.
making good in Class "A ball
Owing 70 the cold. damp. weather. GiS did
not attempt to Put his Regulars and Piebes against
zach other in a rracticc game this morning. beins
satisfied TO I've te teams stiff batting and fielding
practice. Clark. Russell. and Thormahsn pitched
70 the batter,
During a recent tanning Zee the subject o,
pitchers m.re 20 frs. base brought up fer dis
cissiou- Joe Boehlins has that rslzzhng down
pat. and some one asked Why HarTer and Bentley
could not .cauire it. Three years aSo Boehlins
looked worse Than either Harrcr and Bentley do
today" said the Old Fta. He has It them in
the matter Of experience; that's the answer
As howlers nth Ripry Williams and Eddie Ain
smith are mighty good catcher. consequently CAP.
tain and Manager Ray Morgan has asked for waivers
on them. Tney will probably he released or traded
from Mor-an's bowling team. which at present
sists Of Morgan. Altrcck. Mcbride. Foster. and
Gandil.
Ramiro Sesic. the Young Cuban looks better
and better each day He Is fast . streak covers
VI sruiuu sfConQ ana does not
60 after bad halls while at hat.
sample Of Lamar's throwing ability was in eri-
dcncc yesterday Looming when the Plebes and Rexi-
lars clashed. Ansmith hit smoking drive to left
field. the ball skipping sns close to the foul line
Lamar gathered it up in q clean-c1t manner and
Urged to sscJnd base like a shot the result being
that an ordinary double only, went for q single.
Reports Of Federal League troubles are read with
much interest by the players here in camp Crit
hth's men are not talking much but they are all
doing lot OF thinking and the general impression
reigns that the third league will find the going
bit rocky this sumner
Complaints offered by the ball PLAYERS about the
di.sereeable weather and other conditions which
eai. in Charlottesville continue to pour into the
unsympathetic ear q the odd Fox"
I've always had my team ready for the opening
Of the season. haves't 7" the odd Fox asks
Well. you say Hr me that consider Char
lotesville the best training suund in the world
Griffith will never shift his spring camp until IL is
shown him that he cannot possibly Ut his players
into shape for the long Grind Thus far be has been
perfectly satisfied with results and plans are already
laid to return to thus lively little college town in
March 1915