The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-19
GRIFFITH ADOPTS NEW SYSTEM OF TRAINING PLAYERS Will Divide Squad Into Two Teams and Hold Practice
 Separately
ENTIRE WASHINGTON
 SQUARD REPORTED
Griffith Has Bunch of Promising YOungsters-Gharrity Looks Like Worthy Successor to Ain
 smith Behind the Bat

Charlottesville, Va, March 1S.-(Spe cial )-Manager Griffith has adopted { new system of training his players. H' has picked two teams the first and sec ond, and they will both work at the same time. The first team will be active o1 Lambeth Field and the second one vii take infield and outfield batting practice on the prep field just below that on whct the first team will go through these stunts. Heretofore Griffith has had one and this has greatly curtailed batting practice, the most essential feature ot the training work. Five days are to be put in at this sort of practice twice a day and after that the two teams are to play morning and afternoon games TOT the rest of the stay here, which it is figured will put the athletes on edge.
 BARBER SURE OF BERTH
 Turney Barber who is slated for the right field position, undoubtedly has the making of great ball player. He is a tall, well built chap, who is learning to use his speed, can hit and is a fielder and thrower of more than ordinary ability. There is a remarkable improvement in this youngster and he looks to be pretty certain of starting the season in right field.
 Horace Milan, a brother of the Griff- mems center fielder, also stands chance of making good. He is a right-handed hitter of ability and is even faster than his brother. He is trifle inexperienced, but can field and throw perfectly.
 Just how Griffith's inf1eld will be made up remains to be seen. It is certain that Foster will be on third, McBride at short and Judge at first, but whether it will be Morgan Sawyer, Parks or Schwab at second is still questionable. It must be said for Morgan, however, that he stands a better chance to succeed him- self than was supposed. The Baltimore boy has worked ike Trojan since com ing here and he is pretty near down t~ weight and showing his old speed in cov- ermg ground and incidentally seems to have regained his batting eye. All Nor gan has to do is to attend strictly to business to win his position, for he has had more experience than any of the other recruits, though they all seem to have atility.
 CHARITY LOOKS GOOD
 Ed Charity looks like the right chap to take AinsInith's place in the catching department. Ainsmith is not in camp, for he is still suffering with his weak left eye and will for a time at least have to continue under the care of an occulist at Washington. Charity gives every indication of having the making of catching star. He is an intelligent, well-mannered young man of considerable education, a physical giant, has good speed and perfect throwing arm, and can hit well enough to be of some help in the matter of pinch hitter when he is not in the game.
 Bert Gallia was much pleased with the note he read in the Sporting News from the pen of Ernest Lanigan, who discov- cred the error in published records which gave Cobb five hits against Gallia, when in reality he had but one.
 ''The only hit that Tyrus made off of me last year was the last time he faced me in the Tigers final game against us in Washington when he got a scratch single to left remarked Gallia. q had seen the erroneous figures and was of course disappointed because I did not get my just dues, but I saw where Lani- gan corrected the mistake in the Sporting News and want to thank him for it."
 Gallia is sure to again be one of Grif- fith's foremost slab workers. He has a world of stuff, is growing wiser all the time as to how to pitch against the various batslnen and is a fellow who takes great care of himself.
 MBRIDE ALWAYS IN FORM
 What remarkable thing it is that George Mcbride winter or summer, all ways is the same. When he reports in the spring he seems capable of playing his position in just as good form as in mid-season and that throwing arm seems always to be on edge. Mcbride is con fident that he will have another satis- factory year in the field, and while he is not a player who has a very impress sive batting average, there is no ques- ton about his getting many or his hits when they do the most good.
 Walter Johnson and Clyde Milan both reported in apparently better condition this spring than they have in several years.
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