The Washington times., 1916-03-08
TWO OF GR|FFMEN
ON HOSPITAL LIST;
CAMP WEATHER BAD.
Stiff Breezes Caress Lambeth
Field After Hard Rain
Soaks It.
By LOUIS A. BOUCHER.

BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.
rt,AptoTTEsvII.LE Va. March s.
A stiff cool breeze and rain-soaked
rround prevented the Grlffmen from taxi
ing their morning drill In Ryan's Hol-
LOW today. but Miaue Martin had the
sonad work out in the tennis court. me
nract,ce was brief, but spirited. Nick
hI,rock and Harry Harper now COM
nose the hospital list. Altrock sprelneu
his hack yesterday and Is having trou-
ble with his tonsils. Harper complains
OF a lame back and did very little " Sas
today. Last nights heavy ram rsaIT
helped the diamond on Lambeth fleIu'
packing the loose earth Tor the roier'
"Tha boys are coming along In fine
fashion" is the official statement OF
trainer Miuue Martin. "Give US tnree
or four more days like yesterday and
the pitchersll be hooking them by the
,niddie OF next week, giving Grin's pat
ters ali the practice they need.
Several Of the boys. notanIyi, ,n maT ,pto
sNape, and will probably be the first
TO be used. Cuttings Is also deVedopmg
rapidly. He will get all the triai no
wants.
much for the boys, and I'm pulling for
more"
Two good workouts were in order yes.
terday. In the morning the lads piled
out upon Lambeth FIELD; neias mos,
was being tenderly manicured by the
King of Dahomey and his minions. In
the afternoon they klked over to Ryan's
Hollow and worked hard for more than
All the pitchers warmed UP in tho
morning, and Shaw was given long
grind at the bunting drill; He was
screaming. for help when allowed to de-
track twice before digging for the
Raw Morgan was worked hard at the
bunting practice and then circled the
track before quitting his morning prac-
Turner Barber and Horace Milan at
tended lecture, with illustrations. on
the art Of running. 1t was delivered by
NJ. Ferdinand Martin, trainer extraor-
binary and acting mayor OF Cherrydale.
Barber and Milan furnished the afore-
said illustrations.
, Both Of them are snSw!ns impro owe;
they've got lot of work ahead of them
yet. They can't afford to let up for a
minute. I want them on their toes all
the time. and find they forget and
never do. But I'll stay with them.
They're improving"
The afternoon workout in Ryan's Hol-
low partook more Of the nature Of base
After a short preliminary warming
up, Jack Bentley took his place on the
rubber, pitching to Barber, Milan. Nor
The Sandy Springs southpaw was in
good form. laying the ball right over
all the time, and the outtield, composed
wholly of twirlers, was kept on the run
and climb. for several drives went over
the wall to the railroad track. BentIey's
performance was credltable.
Sam Rice got his first workout against
the batters after Bentley. The former
Virginia Lacquer tried little, but he did
we'll. and was shortly released to let
Dumont work about five minutes. Du-
mont is not yet in the best of condition,
and so was excused early.
Tod Sloan was the next twirler TO
take up the task OF facing the bat
tiers. His pitching motion didn't seem
TO suit Coach Altrock, who was kept
busy correcting him. b. the time he
finished, Sloan was doing well. and was
giving, the batsmen Just what they
wanted.
Allen Dahlen. the lanky finger from
sheffield, Pa. made his 1916 debut next
and was wild as hawk. He had the
batters jumping out Of the way to keep
from being wounded. The youngster
was noticeably nervous, but is expected
to be more at ease the next time he
climbs the hill.
charlie Humphreys. the smooth work.
ing southpaw. closed the pitching work
out. AS on every occasion thus far, he
made an excellent impression. though
ne did nothing spectacular. His style
of pitching is finished, and Coach Alt
rock admitted afteryard that he was
satisfied with the midget.
misft infeld was made up of Ed
Charity at first Ray Morgan at sec
ond. and Joe Boehling at third. no
shortstop playing for a short but lively
fielding drill. Morgan was given most
of the work. OF course, as he is doing
nobly In his effort to take of weight.
bundled up in his red flannel three
heavy undershirts. his uniform, and a
heavy sweater, Morgan wasn't exactly
wonderful. ~
The intield drill ended the days work,
Jack Ryan's Virginia collegians taking
possession of the field.
Camp Grin has gone muskrat mad.
Catching three muskrats on their first
attempt, the Bentley Shaw Rice combi-
nation has cornered all traps in Char
lottesville. and plan to wage horrid
warfare upon the nearby rat colony
Horace Milan skinned the three
caught yesterday, and has been hired
TO act as chief skinner In the future
If he doesn't do 1t the rats won't be
skinned; that's all, for Jack Bentley,
WiO 10 hlOW something about
the anamules, swears he won't do II.
The rest of the company can't
Seven traps were laid Monday and
ten more yesterday after practice. The
boys draw lots to see who has to rise
early in the morning and make the five-
mile tramp TO the traps.
Though not a member of the cor
poration controlling the muskrat in
dustry, Mique Marhp was given the
three skins caught yesterday. This was
a reward for his enthusiasm and his
announcement: Mique says he'll have
a cap made of the skins for his little
daughter All Cherrydale, Va. is here
by warned of this appearance of this
cap next winter.
Trainer Martin has completed all ar
rangements for the arrival of the re-
mainder of the squad tomorrow after
noon The rooms at Kappa Alpha have
been titted out, and plenty Of seats In
the dining room have been installed.
Clark Griftith's tin safe has been given
Of hnnAH a., IA nd