The Washington herald., 1919-04-05
RAIN HOLDS up
DAILY WORKOUT
Hal Janvrin Reports to
/! Griffith Ready for Light
Practice.
Bx JOHN A. puGAN.

North Augusta s. c.. April 4-That
Dixie weather man who controls the
sunshine and everything OF the fam
Gus Sunny South, stumbled out of the
bed on the wrong side this morning
and Immediately pulled some of his
rough stun by allowing Jup Piuvius
to go on one OF his wild rampages.
Rain, and plenty of the thick and fast
kind, fell by the bucketsful all the
morning, making the highest kind of a
workout by the Nationals squad i'm
possible.
The optimistic pilot of the Nationals
hustled the tribe out to Warren Field
expecting all the time to grab of some
little work, but card games by the
hreside league at the club house was
the program of training. Even the
Foxy Leader himself admitted that
this wet weather rebel had the best
of him when the noon hour rolled
around and there was no break in the
storm
The days labor for the athletics
was called of and the movies, sand
wiched in between a few milk shakes,
billiard games and cards passed of
the wearisome hours Just before
sunset, according to the new time,
old Sol made an attempt TO break
through the heavy black lining OF
storm clouds. Although Sol disap-
pointed Griff and the willing workers
In the tribe. the native sons of this
neck of the woods predict d good day
tomorrow
This one day setback will not ham
per the progress OF the members Of
the club, as the boys have been going
at pretty fast clip and are well
coming the day of rest Many OF the
pitchers are already shouting about
sore arms. Griff is satisfied that the
one day lay-off will rest them un lust
enough TO put the edge on them for
the final weeks grind in this South
ern camp.
out Of eighty-four days the Ma
ttonals have been in training here
during 1g7-1s1s and the twenty days
this year they have missed but five
practice sessions, so the Old Fox has
no kick coming on Augusta as a
training camp. even IL IL rains the
balance OF the week.
Hal Janvrin. the second sacker OBJ
tanned from the Boston Red SoS in
the three-cornered deal last winter.
along with Secretary Billy Fowler.
OF the club, hit headquarters just be
fore the supper hour. Janvrin has
been confined to his home in the Hub
city. recovering from an attack OF
flu and was advised by his physi-
clan not TO take any exercise until
after he fully recovered. Hal has not
lost much weight and claims that he
is ready to start the grind tomor-
row
Trainer Martin will take things
along easy with the eX-Boston play
er, but it will not be surprising TO see
him in the lineup when the shout
OF play balI' sounds on April .
Martin believes that he will have
Janvrin in condition TO start the sea
son.
Billy Fowler has completed ell the
details for the transforming trip
with the exception of obtaining
hotel accommodations in Charlotte,
n. C. where the PhiIIies will be
IL.
Frank Ellerbe, the South Caro-
"lii pN sent u Nltt
ton club as Frank Schultz wired the
Foxy Pilot this morning that he
would tender Ellerbe a contract
within the next day or two. which
confirms the exclusive stories in The
Herald that Binghsmton will be
farming grounds for the Nationals
A recent story printed about thu
members of the various ma ioI
| league clubs being slackers for moi
joining some branch of the service
did not fit in very well with the
tribe here as of the twenty eight
/ players in training with the Griff
men. fourteen saw service either il
the army or the navy. Pitchers
4 Craft, Thompson and Lynch. with
1nf1elders Brown and Janvrin anC
i Outfielder Rice, cast their lots with
the army, while Catcher Picinich
/ Pitcher Harrington, Infelders Leon
ard. Davis and Ellerbe, with Out.
/ fielders Shannon and H. Milan, wer,
attached to the navy. while Eddi,
Flaherty was an aviator in botf
/ services.
There were no new Developments
on the Daver Robertson deal today
that the Old Fox cared to give out
but Griff was busy most OF the time