Evening star., 1916-03-10
By J. ED GRILLO.

| CHARI IOTTESVILLE: Va. March TO-.
Though the sun was hidden behind
; clouds. there was no wind blowing on
, Lambeth Field this morning. and for
'xo hours or more the first and second
! Jams went through a series of stren-
uous practice which made the athletes
perSpire freely.
Under the guidance of Nick -iltrock
the colts performed on the prep field,
while the first team labored on the
varsity field. Ayers. BoehlinS. Gallla
and Harper did the pitching against
the regulars. and their work showed
plainly that all of them are attaining
pitching form. Walter Johnson ard
Jim Shaw did the chasing of hits in
the outtield. while Ryan did all the
catching. The hitting was splendid
and there is real encouragement that
Griffith is going to have better hit
ting team this year.
The Altrock team also worked hard.
and there were several youngsters VINO
! made good impressions there. inns Is
particularly true of Cuttings ana faIh re.
Both teams had infield and outnelu
practice after the batting practice was
over and good work was done on the
fields, which are not yet fast.
This afternoon the morning schedule
will be duplicated. and it is hoped the
sun will break through by that time
Serious consideration must be given
Cuttings. the young pitcher VINO is
here at his own expense. The young
:ster is tall and has natural ability, ana
in appearance he is not unlike what
Christy Mathewson was when the
Giants great star broke into fast COM
pany some sixteen years ago.
Altrock. under whom Cuttings mas
I ,yy,.h INN
with the young man and he is sure 10
have a trial in one of the exhibition
games slated to be played here.
While Parks is very young he is a
most impressive looking player. He is
fast as any one on the team is left
handed batter who hits well. and IS
almost certain to make a ball player OF
ability with a little experience: He
has lot of natural ability and may
develop rapidly while here. Grifhth
seems to have made a ten-strike in
picking him up.
The first game of the season will be
played tomorrow with the virginia
varsity nine, weather permitting. Crit
fifth probably will use Harper and per-
haps Cuttings in this game and use
Barber, C. Milan and Rondeau in the,
outfield, while the regular infield also
will be in harness
Tom Sawyer made his appearance
here this morning, but Schwab still is
arrive this afternoon. Sawyer appears
to be in fire condition. he Wirtered
at Los Angeles, and the chilly DreeZes
here are making 1t uncomfortaoie Tor
him, but he says he VIII become aeeii
mated before very long.
Ray Morgan is wearing three heavy
wooden shirts and rubber coat over
them while working. In battins prac-
tice TODAY and in his speed in running
IN
athlete who played second for the team
two wears ago than he has at any time
since then. Ray undoubtedly Is SIN
cere in his efforts to make good again
and he is working harder than he ever
has before. The players are puiling
for him to continue his present Soou
work for they believe their chances IN
the next race will be materlaiiy III
creased if Morgan comes thpoush' ana
it certainly looks as if there was prom
Use of this.
Manager Griffith will inaugurate
new system of training his players TINS
spring Beginning this morning, the
work on the varsity and prep field, 60
ing through a system of batting prac-
tice and fielding practice from ~
o'clock in the morning until noon ana
then again in the afternoon. Thls VIII
he continued for about five days and
next Wednesday the two teams VIII
he pitted against each other in morn
ing and afternoon games. The scheme
is to give the players more work IN
their practice here. 1t used to be that
the vets practiced for one hour ana
then the yanigans would work Now
both will work two hours in the morn
ing and an hour and half in the
afternoon during the best hours OF the
day.
The fact that Manager Griffith has
n,n1
the practice periods does not mean that
these teams will face each other in
the interteam games to be piayed
next week. Some changes are nkeiy
10 be made, especially in the outheid'
the makeup of which is very uncer-
tain.
the first team will line ~ for prac-
tice as follows: Barber. right feid;
Milan. center field: Rondeau. LEFT field:
Judge first base. Morgan. second base
Mcbride. shortstop. Henry. catcher;
Williams, catcher.
second team-Jamieso left field;
MoelIer. center field; II. Milan, right
field: Shanks, third base; Schwab, short
stop: Sawyer first base; Parks, second
base; Charity, catcher
The games next week undoubtedly
will be hard fought. The second team
will be up against the old pitchers.
with a sprinhling of southpaws. while
other southpaws and young right
handlers will face team NO !.
Griffith called his players together for
their first meeting of the year right
after the dinner hour. They were given
TO understand that they must not be up
later than 1920 in the evening. and
must arise at :. They We're cautioned
about eating too much at the noon
hour, and about rushing from the uni
forms, into street clothes out of the
gymnasium before they are thorough
liz cooled off. The smoking of cigar
cites is prohibited. and good behavior
at all times is demanded. Furthermore,
every room is to be kept sanitary. and
cuspdors must be used exclusively.
The players were given to understand
that they are not here to play pool or
. billiards, but base ball.
THE one thing that we have always
| fallen short on in our training here has
! been batting practice" said Manager
! Griffith this morning. "and ] believe
| that our new system of having the two
! squads work at the same time for
mornings and afternoons will greatly
benefit us in this respect Just as soon
as the players are in shape, which Will
| be after about five days of strenuous
| work. / will have them play two games
"A day until We will leave for home
| That ought to be the kind of work that
| will have US in good shape by the time
we tackle the National League teams
| in winding up our training season..
| Despite the fact that the weather has
| been rather inclement since the Rook-
| les have been here, for more than a