The Washington times., 1915-03-05
Two inches of the "BeautifuI'
TumbIes to Ground, Keeping
Youngsters Indoors, Work.
ing in Gymnasium.
Eddie Ainsmith Is Unable to
Leave His Bed With Heavy
Cold That Threatens Attack
of TonsiIitis.
By "BUGS" BAER.

The old Snow Jinx has once more hit
Camp Griff and the willing and most
energetic athletes won't be able to
do any work outdoors for several
days as a result Of the two inches
of snow now on the ground, with
more coming.
'"Good night! This is fine stuff for
u.s." growled Coach Jack Ryan to-
day when he saw the rain shift to
hail and the hail to snow inside of
half an hour. "It'll be indoor stuff
for you birds now till the regulars
get here"
Basketball, tossing and a strenu-
Gus session with the medicine ball
in Fayerweather gymnasium put all
the athletes in fine fettle today.
Both workouts were beneath the roof
Of the gym, but the boys have been
out so much that they did not COM
plain at being forced indoors.
The first sick man in the squad here
is Eddie Ainsmith, the big backstop
this morning. suffering from severe
cold that threatens to develop into
tonsilitis. Mike Martin is running
around like q wet hen but he promises
70 nave AinSUn1ln III Sndpe IOf tne
Monday exercises on Lambeth Field.
A Federal Lacquer blew into camp last
night. His name Is Warner. and he
is said to play Chick Gandil's. position
for the Chicago Whales. No. he didn't
stay long. being on his way to shreve-
port. where T!nker's team is training.
Coach Jack Ryan. failing to find
whether Warner hoped off for, a
friendly visit or something deeper. has
rn, hot trs t1l
With all the cogs in the complicated
mechanism OF Camp Grir running sweet
and true, the only thing left for those
toiling mechanicians. Jack Ryan and
chine tipping straight ahead until First
Pilot, Grin blows in. The essential
lubricant to any training camp appara-
tus Is the sun, and that peppery old orb
has been certainly. profuse in ITS dona.
tion of sunbeam oil.
BY the time the batting mainstays
OF the Nationals hit this neck of the.
woods they will be forced to peek al
some fairly stiff pitching, and some OF
hold on the ball TO foul it OFF All OF
tho pitchers are taking the regula tion
wind-up and follow through. and more
than once 1t looked as II Jack Ryan
W was 81 due to get an ear or shoe knock
Although the morning practices have
been hampered by the chill winds from
the Blue Ridge. 1t doesn't take the VII.
iage long to get heated up, and by the
finished squabblng over luncheon. il is
warm enough for even Isadora Duncan
to hold outdoor practice, and no one
ever accused Isadora OF overdressing
q
In falling to report here last Monday
Alva Williams certainly cheated h M
self out Of q splendid chance to get tina
low geared arm Of his into condition
ana also OF an opportunity to inhale
expense. IT takas Alva some time to
shape UP in the spring, but he nrob.
ably was scared off by vivid memories
OF last spring. when it not only showed
profusely AL March. but he got trimmed
twice on fullhouses and once on a com.
plete set Of kings.
AS for Gallia, the other delinquent. he
Is always in shape, being constructed
pretty much on the same principle as
a rawhide whip. Mel could do a Rip
Van Wrinkle. show up at the end of
ttwenty years and Knock the dome on
pitchss, II he had the control
Ihere Is an excellent chance Of the
navy ;abolishins its plucking board, but
the National Is are not a branch Of old
CucIe sans ocean department. and
Wfen Grin arrives here. chaperoned by
his omnipresent safe. containing all the
baseball data and literature of the
world. the plucking board will be the
tig feature of the works. All the young
pitchers realize this. and, while they are
all good friends and as chubby as a nest
OF white mice. still a big league lob is
big league job, and each one is de-.
termined that the other bird is the one
TO be plucked.
If Douglass Nef makes the rcy,la,
team. In Foster. Morgan. and Neff tho
Nationals will have almost a Ijliputiau
inf1eld. with Chick Gandil supplying the
Gullircr. stuff. Nef is about as tall al
q grasshOpper uncle, and weighs IL,
pounds. In adding typhoid fever to his
college education Douglass conferred q
great boon upon himself, as before the
attack he never weighed more than 40
OF course. tho only obstacle betwcer
Neff and the job is Cap. Mcbride. sale
obstacle being just as easy to sur:uoun,
as the Matterhorn.
Those forkhandcrs. Bentley and Har,
per. look as il they were going tc
. bivouac among the elite this season. nno
Clark Grifrith's selection of Nick AIT
rock as Il coach for the young wrong
handlers. Still, it's a pity that Mich
couldn't also impart his billiard knowl
edge to his Young charges, rs both have
been a. mark for Joe Engel and the res
Of the sharks in camp.
Boehling. the only plutocrat in camj
who Is allowed to miss morning prac
tcie, complains bitterly OF the numoeI
of pitchers present who also throw from
the gutterside. Joe says left-handar!
are thicker than seventeen year locust
and between passages OF Maupassan
says II looks as ii the left-hande,
crown was due to totter a triflo