The Washington times., 1916-03-17
Johnson, Shaw, GaIIla, and
ayers Show Speed and
Curves In Tennis Court.
HOPE FOR A DoUBLE-HEADER
Old Fox Denies That There viii
Be Trouble About Signing
Up His Players.

CHARLOTTESVILLE. Va, March y,
walter johnson. Jim shaw. Bert CAL
lie, and Doc Ayers were permitted TO
put some fast and break on their
at ii o'clock the old Fox ordered them
to the tonnis courts to indulge In an
hours workout. After this pitching
practice they were excused for the
day. . a.. .,,os,n. .,.o
and players were told to report at
Lambeth Field Immediately after lunch
for q double-header II possible. The
playing field was stiff from frost when
Griffith inspected It this morning. and
he decided to retard all activity on IL
until later In the day.
Regarding the players here who are
unsigned. Griffith today emphatically
declared that there will be no trouble
when the signing time comes. He has
a perfect understanding with shanks.
Rondeau. Henry. and Gittings. the ones
around whom some scare" has been
created.
The Griffmen won from the Masked
Marvels by a margin OF 9 pins at the
alleys here last night. Tonight the
Charlottesville All-Stars will again be
encountered.
Two fat frames gave the scrubs a vic
tory over the regulars in a six-inning
game yesterday, to 0. Three tallies
were jammed over in the FIRST inning.
and four more trickled across in the
NTH.
Tod" sloan and George Dumont were
hit hard by the rockies, while Charlie
humphreys and Jack Bentley served up
southpaw Blenders that kept the other
fellow hustling to reach.
That six-inning contest yesterday
was not productive OF any too much
good and each inning Griffith pro-
ensnes. the su aSHGy h h. eays The
Field from the snow -cspped noun.
tsins surrounding. was SO biting and
failed to timber the muscles and
that was not In the field, it was en-
.irely matter of hit and run to the
Also the kind of play that was pro-
dueed as a result OF the elements
sssh to s ~ the hs srsnd Of gSSns m %a
terial he has and how the regulars
are coming along, as the wind made
play erratic and the work did not do
knocked directly to tho fieldere were
swerved out of their course. and some
Of the best fielding was seen when
chaSss far into the foul territory.
Billy Smith. the Richmond manager.
watched the conflict with the hopes
teriai. but his Judgment, was natural
ly warped by the disturbing elements
which Interfered with good play:
as being hopeful Of Big things from
from the Yankees when they pass
h h6% SG.d aehRSfSS opss sNs have
Russell. a pitcher; Angel Aragon. an
infielder, and Layden. an outnelder:
Ineidentaliy Smith s had - many Any I TSTas
Henri Rondeau. and Charlie Jameson.
81 like the way that fellow goes
after those wide flies. said smith
indicating Jameson; and ne Som mn NJ
particularly well in the fielding prac-
zoe Judge" said Smith, "can take
sxceiient care Of that .frst base for
Griffith. l have no doubt He Is one
OF the most active fellows | have
'ys Ek :Ssn cone mere up ron any chance
Catcher Arthur Ehrman. the diequali.
fled Virginia athlete, getting on his Dali
club this season. smith replied that ne
has plenty OF good catchers and that his
team Is stronger in that department
than In any other
Clyde Milan and Eddie Foster at
but the stunt didn't 20 through with the
young inhelders.
Errors and hits were about as fire.
auent as the weather changes. and when
Grim saw that good baseball could be
produced he accepted defeat at the
hsnds OF the weather and directed his
athletes to the clubhouse. The details
OF the abbreviated game follows:
Singles by Moeller and Shanks. "Hoss"
Milan's free ticket. and Jimmy Parks
alashinG double counted three tallies
for the rockies in the first round.
Dumont took beating in the nth,
and four more rolled In. Jameson,
''Hoss" Milan. Carl Sawyer, and Rip
~" williams hammered out bingles.
Zeb Milan contributed a couple OF punk
pegs, and Dumont added an error to
the cIrcur.
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