The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-02-26
Griffmen's Trainer and PudJy
Second Baseman Leave for
Charlottesville.
OTHERS LEAVE WEDNESDAY,
Battery Candidates viii Have
lump on Main Squad I'M
Lambeth Field Work.
BY LOUIS A. BOUCHER.


That the baseball season Is at hand
10 shown by the leaving for Char
lottesvIlle. Va, today of Mike Mar
tin. trainer Of the Griffmen and act
ing mayor" of Cherrydale. and Ray
Morgan. second baseman. with an am
bition to work. Next Wednesday a
fDck OF pitchers will hike and the
fans will begin their nervous stunts a.
they read the dope from the training
camp.
Ray Morgan has been offered a chance
to show whether or not he can come
back" Failure to keep in condition In
1915 took Him out Of the lineup and.
according to Manager Griffith. broke
UP a combination that might have been
successful"f
This spring, however. Morgan has pro-
fessed an anxiety to tread the straight
and narrow path and the Old Fox, who
thinks the Baltimore boy capable OF
playing major league ball. has agreed
to give him a chance. So Morgan leaves
today to get In a few extra ticks before
the main bunch Of players arrive on
March Q.
Morgan has taken on some weight, but
hard work In a Baltimore gymnasium
has taken some of It on and Mike Mar
tin will see that the remainder leaves
the. your sster by the time the gong
svunda..
Martin goes to Charlottesville, Va, to-
day In order to have the camp prepared
for the arrival of the battery candi-
dates next Wednesday. He is in charge
OF all the preliminary work at camp
and VIII have the headquarters building
In apple pie order for the big leaguers
and the prospective big leaguers.
Next Wednesday afternoon the hat
terry candidates should all be In camp,
Rt least those receiving orders to re-
port. They will probably include Ayers,
Boehling. Gallia, Bentley, Harper, Dab
len. Dumont, Humphreys, Sloan and
Shaw, pitchers; Charity and Ainsmith,
catchers; Nick Altrock. coach for pitch
ers, and Jack Ryan, In general charge
lOf the youngsters.
Thursday morning tho wh6Ie squad
will be out on Lambeth Field, unless II
Is covered with snow, going through
their first stunts Of the season. Two
ssss sion n daily win be the program, Mike
see that nobody Aorks too hard.
Just how Strenuous will be the toll
Of the youngsters will depend upon the
weather. II miracle occurs and a
warm wind sweeps across the diamond,
the youngsters will probably work out
for more than an hour. II past con-
ditions ensue, however, a half hour
to an hour. with many warm
the Rs pitchers the viii Ssas for viii h.r be all
tice.
OF the frst squad the only new play
ers will be Dahlen, a green kid from
Linden. Tenn. and charity, I catcher.
obtained from Joe Cantillon's Mime
Charity is said to have a future in
sss the ia0T D % fon shi in s ssS,, hs
games last season and good judges
praised his headWork and throwing.
Manager Griffith expects to make him
Allen Dahien. or Albin Dahiin, Grin
isn't sure which, Is Herman Haz-
zem." Nothing Is known of him, except
that he was sandlot wizard last sum-
Tod Sloan Is an amateur from
Tennessee. Save for the recommended
ton given him by Zeb Milan. nothing
Is known of him. Zeb tells Manager
Griffith that Sloan Ii a husky young
ster with n chance. Griff will give
him the single-o.
In addition to the newcomers, Ray
Morgan's performances are sure to be
followed by the fans with more than
ordinary interest. In 1915 he played in
sixty-two games with the Griffmen
hitting for .233. the lowest he ever hi
in a full season with the team. His
record since 1912 follows:
Yssssr-eemess; AB. E. II, s;B Pc.