Evening star., 1917-03-09
GRIFFITH IS WELL SATISFIED
WITH WORK OF HIS PLAYERS
in Training and Condition Of
Men Under Mike Martin Evident by
Comparison With Late Arrivals.

flelders, Judge, Morgan. Crane, Sawyer
and Berry. and outfielders, Menosky.
Horace Milan and Berry. This outfit is
slated to work in the morning from 10
until IL o'clock, the members thereof to
partake of their midday repast at
o clock, after which they have nothing
to do till tomorrow"
Carl Eubanks, the catcher listed with
Ainsmith in the second squad, is the
manager of the Augusta team. Griff
is hopeful of arranging with him to
have him help out the three regular
backstops during the training period.
He is not being tried OUT and will
not be with the team as a candidate
for a regular job, but merely to give
the Washingtons a lift" three CATCH
ers not being sufficient for all the work
to be done
Instead of changing the sleeping
hours for the men in camp by ordering
them to retire and arise earlier than
has been the custom for the first week
here, Griffith announced that 1880 am.
was time enough to get up, and i'm
parted the gladstone tidings that II
O'Clock shall hereafter be bedtime in
stead of 1890.
Griffith is pleased with the arrange
ments made for quartering the players
at the hotel, but seems to think they
are not eating a sufficient quantity of
vegetables and conferred with the man.
ager in regard to having more string
Deans, corn, tomatoes, rice and peas
served with their meals. In addition,
some of the more portly of his hench
men were tipped off to go easy on the
pie Ia mode and puddings. which con-
coctlons are calculated to handicap
them in their effort to take off flesh.
There We're nine persons in the party
Manager Griffith escorted to Augusta,
eight players and Charley King, the
genial sporting goods purveyor, who
y a m N11H- fnT
uniforms and to take stock of the
gloves. shoes and other pararhernalia
needed OF the players, six We're in
fielders, Shanks. Judge. Crane. Foster,
Morgan and Moran, the last. with
Flaherty, being the only honest to
goodness Washingtonian in the crowd.
The other two players in the party
were outfielders Smith and Menosky.
Leonard arrived from his home in Chi
cago in time for supper Last evenin.
and Sawyer is due to get here from
Los Angeles, Cal, at any time. Just
when Walter johnson will arrive is
problematical. According to Grittith.
Johnson's son is more seriously i'll than
was supposed and in his last communi-
cation to his boss the kingpin pitcher
said he did not know what the date of
his arrival would be. it being dependent
upon what turn the boys illness takes.
Griffith does not expect Acosta to re-
port soon. Acosta cabled from Cuba
that he would be unable to join the
team. but his promised letter of eX-
PLANTATION has not come to hand, al
though the reason undoubtedly has to
do with the fighting in Cuba, in when
his father. Col. Baldomero Acosta, has
been leading figure with the rebels.
The late arrivals We're assigned to
rooms, paired off as follows: smith ana
Leonard. Shanks and Foster, Menosky
and Judge. Crane and Moran and Nor
gan and Rice.
Manager Griffith has decided to adopt
a new style of uniform for his team
this year. Both the white suits for use
at the Georgia avenue grounds and the
gray uniforms worn on the road VIII
have blue stripes an eighth of an inch
in width. about one and one-half inches
apart. The stripes in last year gar
mentS We're narrower and closer TO-
gether.
The band of blue cloth supporting the
buttonholes in the center of last year
travelling shirts has been discarded
Caps of solid blue will he worn both at
home and on the road. the former with
a white w" in the center above the
visor and in the latter with gray Nv.
The. stockings also are to be different.
They will be white at the ankles and
solid blue above. excent for q stripe of
white about an inch in width at the
calf. The same design TO be used for
those worn on the road. except that
gray VIII be used Win the blue. instead
of white. Frori the samples submitted
to . Griffith is confident his players
this year will present the nattiest ap-
pearance of any aggregation in the
league Orders were placed for suits
for twentysix men. including one for
the boss himself. Henry and Ainsm!th
both will be provided with two COM
plete sets of uniforms. and extra pants
also have been ordered for twelve of
the regular" players. who are in the
game every day. No new sweaters nor
coats have been ordered. those already
on hand not being sufficiently worn to
warrant it. Charley King took the
ately after supper last evening.