The Washington herald., 1907-04-11
BasebaIl-washlngton. 1oo7.Os.

BasebaIl-Washington 190T.Os.
There are times when questions % high
import may fttingly give place 10 the
consideration of matters which. though /
fraught with fieeting interest. are yet for
the moment fIied with the possibility of /
rejuvenating excitement. There are times /
IN short. when IL is both profitable and /
pleasant and altogether seemly for willing /
workers to forego their work and join
the pleasure-seeking throng.
Such a tinie-the date of the first base
ball game of the season-has rolled around 1
once more. The fan. In many cases
under an assumed gravity of demeanor, |
now becomes perky and gladstone in his
soul, and ever and anon reverts 20 the /
esoteric vernacular of the diamond-of
those choice spirits whose sacred chant
is flung aloft from game TO game in
mighty waves of Joy. or lost betimes in
the vociferous bitterness of unthinkable
despair Citizens OF all classes recall ex-
citing contests Of seasons past and, in
view OF managerial expressions Of con-
| fidence. wonder whether the autumhal
/ prophecy OF "a winning club next year"
/ is finally to prove true.
/ So far as Washington is concerned, give
! her any sort of encouragement. and there
can be no question about the enthusiasm
with which she will follow the varying
/ fortune of the local team. The fans of
this baseball bailiwick are the most loyal
( IN the country In support Of baseball play
ers who give evidence of an earnest de-
sire TO win. This years club, not having
| been thoroughly tried out as finished
whole-being in reality a spIek -and-span
laggregatiOn-is necessarily an object Of
conjecture as regards its ability to rank
/ high among its competitors. Viewed in
dividualy as at present constituted, If the
4 Nationals are bound together By that
indehnable psychologist something which
is requisite TO good team work. there is
some likelihood that they possess enough
snap and vigor to keep up a first-division
pace during the season,
That the game this afternoon may prove
lauspiciously exciting and that the coming
season may be marked by close contests.
clean sport, and much prosperity, is the
wish Of The Washington Herald.
Once in while the common people get
in a large-sze grin. II has been ruled
that railroad officials cannot accept ex-
press franks under the new rate law.
The Sultan Of Morocco says that France
is entirely right In fact. the Sultan
doesn't think il exactly safe and sane to
Isay anything but that.
"Talk is not always cheap. says the
Bllumore American. No indeed; espe-
eially when it is money that Is talking
\ writer describes Raisouli as "a pol
ished gentleman He most certainly is
a smooth one.
The Charleston News and Courier claims
Ito have seen a whale eighty feet in length
IcTulsing about the Charleston Harbor re-
Gently. So soon after the breaking Up Of
the state dispensary, too.
Crate No. /. Illustrious order Of Lemons.
has been organized by twenty-eght
beautiful and fascinating young ladies
of Milwaukee.
a contemporary refers to THE meteor
like campaign OF Dunno" MeteOr-noth-
ing. That was merely the pink whiskers
attachment
An elephant in one Of the Western ZOOS
went mad recently because its keeper fed
IL breakfast food. From nice fresh hay
: to sawdust was enough 10 make the ele-
! .phant mad
II is well for the Houston Post 90 bear
in mind the tact that so far as quality is
! concerned. Potomac shad Is 20 Texas
Strawberries as 10 is TO o.
A Montana Congressman-elect is head
ing a posse 10 pursue a band OF bandits
and horse thieves. lie evidently under
stands the quick and sure way 20 reach "a
5 position OF usefulness to his constituents
+ and glory to himself
Congressman Ralney doubtless has an
ardent admirer in Mr.. Poultney Bigel0W.
a Greenfield. Mass. man recently re-
10 ceived newspaper mailed 10 him in
I 1884. Well, yes; the trains do run a little
slow and of schedule az times.
The poundmaster Of a Pennsylvania city
will serve for "a salary OF $3.50 per annum.
II is not the salary. usually, that counts,
% however, in Pennsylvania.
6 = NlitSi lh u tutlfil ilaEdbiilt say :
that it is all mistake about TWO being
able to live as cheaply as one. Theoreti-
cally it is not "a mistake, but people
cannot live on theory alone.
Mr.. Arthur Nevln certainly displayed re-
Y markable haste in getting out Of Pitts
hurgs immortal twenty-eight
"A Western man lassoed a big eagle
, while flying at fun speed" says TIE Bir-
, mingham News. So the flying machine
[ has been invented. after all
e "Gov-eiect Hoke Smith will come bach
r from Europe thoroughly rested and in
,, fine shape to tackle the Georgia Iegisla-
ture." says the Americus fGaD Times
= Recorder What is Hoke going to do e
; the legislature? Eat il?
e II the concurrent resolution passed 10y
4 the Minnesota Legislature fails to move
5 MIR. Roosevelt, the third-termers might
n get some judge to sentence him to run
. again.
Among those not wholly inconsolabit
o concerning the defeat of Mayor Dunn,
70 may also be mentioned the Hon. Benia-
e min Ryan Tilman.
n All Chicago Has TO Do.
y From the Chicago E-ening Post.
q The indianapolis News says that witt
the election off its hands and the railway