Evening star., 1915-03-08

on to this young man all summer, il
| for no other purpose than to give hin
4 needed experience.
| There will, Of course. be no chance to
| get any idea of the ability of the young
| Massey. Brown and Ron
| going Not until actual practice is
! begun on the ball field will there be any
| thing known about these youngsters.
camp last night. He seems to have
| picked up considerable weight and will
have to do lot of work to get down
| to his normal playing condition. In just
| not Yet been determined by Manager
Griffith. Last fall he used him mostly
| in the outfield. which was new to him
! but it is understood that he will try
| him out in the infiem this spring. Pick
; demonstrated in the little while that he
was with the team that he is a fair
| hitter and fast on his feet.
Henri Rondeau was one of those to
come down yesterday morning from
Washington. Rondeau gives every
evidence of being in perfect physical
condition, and he admits he has been
working all winter long in a gym
nasium at his home, Woonsocket. Ron
deau Is ambitious to make good in fast
company. He wants to stay in the big
leagues for more than one reason, the
principal one being that he knows he
can make more money here than in
the minors.
II want to make good with the Ma
tionalS, he said, land with this in
view I have been working indoors all
winter so as to be ready ] am much
l1ghter than ] have been in several
Years, and ! am ready to show some
thing right from the outset
Rondeau is a we'll built fellow and
han Itf i11- 5s,
The new members of the squad are a
rather good looking lot. They are re-
semble ideal athletes, and Griffith is
particularly well pleased with the ap-
pearance of them. Massey and Brown,
the two Texas outtielders who arrived
here yesterday, are Il couple of fine
looking kids. They have the size and
weight. and if they show the required
speed in the field are sure to be given
a careful trial. for they look the part
if nothing more. Hopper, Clarke, Rus
sell and Thormahlen are 1ikeIy-look-
ing lot of youngsters, so far as their
build and physical makeup is con-
cerned.
According to Acosta. Seiglie, the Gu
ban infielder who Joined the Phillies
instead of coming here with Acosta, is
ball player of much more than ordi-
nary ability. He is so clever, according
to Acosta, that if Manager Moran of
the Phillies ever sees him in action he
will hold on to him. Seiglie would have
come north with Acosta, but it seems
that there was some delay in the ar
ranging of his transportation, and in
the meantime the Phillies sent him a
ticket, and being anxious to locate
with some American club, Seigiie grab
bed it and came on to the PhiIlies'
camp. Acosta is convinced that Grif-
fifth has missed one of the future stars
of the game. Seiglie is left-handed
hitter, and is as fast as any runner in
Cuba. according to Acosta. while he
can throw and field like a veteran
Acosta hit .333 i'll the Cuban League,
and he does not believe he will have
any trouble hitting around the coveted
mark in this company. Merito has
grown nearly two inches since he last
was seen in Washington.
John Henry believes Griffith has
picked up most serviceable pitcher in
pitchers that / have seen break in who
seems to know what he is out on the
mound for. He-has done exceptionally
well since reporting here, and / am
convinced that he will be one of the
regulars the coming season. Hopper
seems to have everything that goes to
make 4 good pitcher. Several of the
other youngsters also show Il lot of
W
gathered in lot of valuable players"
Lamar. the outfielder from Rockville,
also is here. He is green, inexpe-
rienced fellow who is said to have a
lot of natural ability. and Griffith will
look him over for the purpose of farm
ing him to some minor league club
When the train passed through Alex
andria yesterday afternoon en- route
here it hesitated long enough for Nick
to be presented with big
cake, present from the Cardinal Ath-
letic Club of Alexandria. The cake
was served after dinner last night,
Nick making few appropriate
marks.
Both houses in which the veterans
and rockies are housed have been well
furnished and arranged BY Trainer
Martin. who has been careful TO look
after the comfort of his charges The
youngsters are just i square or so
down the street from the veterans and
the entire squad eats at Mrs. Saunders,
which is next door to the fraternity
house, which Griffith and the older
members of the team occupy.
There is much growing about the
weather. The first five days here the
youngsters enjoyed. but since then the
snow and chill have set in and this has
made exercise in the gym necessary
and it goes without saying that the
ball players do not take kindly to this
sort of work. 4, is necessary to use
care III working indoors for fear of a..-
cidcnts 10 the limbs aud feet. and many
Of the players contend That they arc in
danger Of clI.trlc yhors' if they are
forced to work on the hard floor very
long.
There is never any complaint when
the training is done outdoors. The
players never get tired of playing at
some feature of the game, which, of
course, also is the only way they can
benefit themselves.
The climate here is very changea BILE.
1t is like summer here some days and
in less than ten hours can turn into
winter. Griffith, who for the fourth
successive year has brought his play
ers here. is confident that weather con
ditions this spring will be better than
they have ever been before.
There we're a lot of inquiries among
the players yesterday when the reg
ulars arrived and Walter Johnson was
not among them. The youngsters in
the camp who have never seen John
son were particularly disappointed, but
Griffith assured them that they would
see plenty of Walter during the coming
season.
4 Training Camp Notes.