Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-15

pitcher and nelder, sampson lyieF Was
the George Fox Of his race as hitter;
box suuatters They were aweary of the
McGraw brand of batting comedy. Ihey
were sensitive about the knocks Whlcn
that stuff evoked all over the circuit.
They at length ceased to extract amuse-
| ment from the stream OF bllllnssSate
filtered from the southeastern corner OF
the managerial countenance. with the UNI
pire the receiver general. They began
to be restless for ball playing, not gun
And these ideas spread. That's why NC
Graw sort of skunk into his cave this past
season. He felt. he knew. In fact. that
the digsters who give up their good gilt
at the gate were tired of that old blte-
the Jump s-block-off me thod of his Ana so
he subsidized to a considerable extent But
the old virus sticks. McGraw is Just one
kind of a ball club manager-an "aggres-
sive" one-and you can sort out some or
YOUR own synonyms for the kind of as-
gre ssiveness' that he likes for his:
Pretty nigh the same goes for Elberfein
and what is here written takes INTO con-
sideration the fact that there mas oeeii d
possibility, and may yet be possipiiity'
of Elberfeld sooner or later hndlng MINI
self in a Washington uniform
This bowlegged little Elberfeld man is a
good ball player. Nobody can or VIII
deny that. He's heady. quick thinker
w.
| Lascar the man for an emergency
little person minus anything remotely re-
samblng a yellow streak But ne
ways been a most connrmeu' pisleaue e :
kicker. Without the statlstlcs rlsnt a.
hand. il would be difficult to reckon the
number of times he's got himself INTO
messes through his kickness. his praIiu
of aggressiyeness comprehends the pan
of quarreling with all hands, even ms
club manager. His halr-trigger teLnpel
Il Gnroa
never is in the least responsible 1or Wnal
he said or did when he lets go OF hlnisell'
There isn't any doubt in life that Eloer,
fields kickiness at length got MN Ill pau
with the New York fans. Ihey began 10
get very tired of that stuff of his ABOUT
ehe middle of the past season. They let
Elberfeld know it. too. Or course, ne
took it savagely to heart, ana SulkGuL
laid off for quite a spell in his suihs. b tit
it's a sure thing that Elper1eid hnows
now. even If he stiil tanks Dig s,, apoI bis rs
gressIve" ball that it was due to nus %.
ing an exemplar of that sort of ball ina.
finally made the best berth he ever hau
more or less uncomfortable for MIN;
He'd be a corking addition to the WASH
ington team. if he could be nailed 1 1,ns
without the plug-ugly trimmings. tne
washington fans wouldn't tolerate that
from him The Washington fans ike
spunky ball players as Wen as the Ians
of the next town. and they never were
dead in love with ball players lhat iiiope u
and mooched around the place like as II
they'd had bad news from home. but
thav never could or would put up with the
brand of "aggressiveness' that TINS coIl-
petent Kid Elberfeld often has staked the
New York fans to.
Gov. Hughes and Racing.
The story will not down that Gov.
Hughes has rod in pickle for racing in
this state. 1t is story that proceeds from
sources that seem authoritative, too.
Moreover, when you mention the matter
to any of the Jockey Club folks, they in
evitably take on a worried look and
evince a desire to change the subject. A
few months ago, when they wire asked
about this thing, they We're there with the
pooh-pooh business and fine, oH-hand
observations to the general essence that
nothing but the hand of Providence could
ever kill racing in New York state, and
so on Now, as L say, they look de-
cidedly bothered and fiustered when the
matter comes up and therefore it doesn't
seem a little bit unreasonable to suppose
that they know something
Gov Hughes, 1t is well known. doesn't
like the racing game. For one reason he's
a man of natural and inherent piety and
deyoutness, a descendant of a stern, IRON
iawed lot For another he hasn't got
particle of the speculative fever IN his
blood, and anything that looks ike a
gamble to him, in business, law, polltlcs,
or sport. takes on an abhorreht aspect.
Again, Gov. Hughes knows that betting
on the horses is contrary to the spirit
of the New York law, no matter what
makeshifts have been manufactured TO
enable the exploiters of the game TO get
around the law. Once again, the governor
is a politician as well as conscientious
individual, and he knows very Well-none
better-that the whole drift of public
opinion, not only in the state, but in the
greater city, is against the racing tnlnS'
that there is rising, and has been rising
for some time. a strong feeling against
racing Well, there's a President to be
elected next year-he is not, presumably,
forgetting that. And he is one OF the
looming figures in that business.
This, at any rate, Is the way they re
figuring it out over here, and the racing
folk in control hereabouts are not OF the
sort to indicate alarm without occasion.
They've withstood too many hard sleges
and legislative STRIKES" for that. 1t is
known that they have exhausted whole
repertoire of crafty methods in their ef-
fort to sound" the governor as TO what
his ideas and intentions are with respect
TO racing in New York state. But they
might just as we'll attempt to sound
defunct Caesar as this chilly, imperturb-
able taciturn man who has such a perfect
mastery of the gentle art OF Keeping ms
business to himself
But IL Gov. Hughes does start fight
against New York racing, the sure-thing
gamblers in this neighborhood will lay
any healthy odds that he will win his
fight. He has a way of winning nights,
and people who have watched his course
at Albany are familiar with the fact tat
he has all of the interests" of which ,.e
doesn't approve up that way buffaloed to
a standstill
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