The Washington times., 1922-03-20

Joe Kelly, one Of the famous old
Orioles, who Is stiil active In base
bail, stood at the entrance Of the
Grunewald Hotel in New Orleans
the other day.
Mays, Ruth. Hoyt. shawkey,
Bush and Schang drilled out OF the
hotel. The famous Yankee stars
were attired In the latest modes In
golfing clothes. Knickers, shirts,
stockings and all the rest completed
the sartorial attire.
Times have certainly changed"
said the old Oriole. Can you imag-
inc our old bunch walking through
the streets Of q strange city In
those clothes! We would have
been mobbed before we had gone .
block. No use talking, big league
baseball is q Joy ride these days.
T wonder how some Of our
golfing players would have stood
up under the strain Of fighting
their way out Of ball parks as we
used to do" said Kelly. Which
IL q gentle reminder Of what Mike
Kahoe used to say about spring
training trips and the prepars-
tions for . big league season.
I'VE got in town the day before
the baseball season started" said
Kahoe. I'VE began playing. ana
played through a season, catching
more than a hundred games
year. whether we were \ sick or
well, whether we had broken fin
gers or sprained ankles.
There wasn't a brittle player on
the team. and a man pitched one
day and then played In the ootfield
the next. Pretty soft for the ball
players these days" said Rahoe.
The newest factor to enter into
the troubles of managers ia the rap.
idity with which golf is being taken
up by baseball players. Each train.
load of players going South this
season found candidates with bags
of golf clubs. According to the re.
ports Of the war correspondents,
tho majority Of players talked moth.
Ing but golf.
Manager Clyde Milan recently
sputtered that the Griffmen were TO
lay off Eolfins in the morning and
were to pay more attention to base
ball.
This apparently Is a hard blow
to Manager Milan. for he is a left.
handed golfer of the most rabid
type. Milan was frequently found
at Bannockburn on off days here
with Mcbride, Johnson and Altrock.
The lure Of the game rot into the
"Bucky" Harris last summer. This
spring finds the Griffs' second base.
man In full golfing attire watching
Thompson perform trick golf stunts
with Nick Altrock, on evidence fur.
nished by pictures.
Harris went completely daffy
over the game, and, with Nick Alt
rock and Harry Courtney, played
round after round in East Potomac
Park. Altrock, by the way. IL .
fairly good player, turning In scores
Of ~ TO <b, consistently on the
pubic course here. Nick, strange
TO relate, is n icft-handed thrower
and batter, but plays golf from
the orthodox aide OF the plate.
Courtney is lefthander, Of course,
and plays golf that way. Johnson
was. perhaps, the first Of the local
players to take up the game, and
until George Mcbride end Milan got
interested played alone.
When Eddie Eynon tccamt secre-
tary OF the club he brought with
him an enviable golfing record a. 4
former District champion. He was
one of the longest drivers ever de.
veloped In the District Clark Grif.
filth took UP the game and, a ,cording
to reports, thinks he Il a stsr with
the clubs.
II Ia certainly strange 70 find big
league mana gers all over the country
n stop 10 rolfing by the play.
ers, contendinR that they are taking