The Washington times., 1909-07-05
CantiIlon's Henchmen OBJ
iect.to Losing Chance for
Record in Losing.
MURPHY'S TACTICS
HELP ASSOCIATION
They Prepare Ground for Entry
of New Club Into
Chicago.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

There is one thing about the ban on
sunday baseball In the East-it fire.
auently prevents Washington from
making a record for losing on consecU-
tive days But Manager Cantillon Is
a man of great ingenuity and persist
ence and we should not be surprised in
the least to see him get around the
law and play Sunday games in Boston
and Philadelphia before the season Is
over. If his team can't make a record
for winning it should not be denied the
advertising to be derived for making
an unique record in losing and we eX-
peet him to get it in some way.
silk O'Loughnn is getting his name
into the newspapers.
With a morning and afternoon game
in Boston today, Washington's Riser
ables have a fine chance to put Boston
in a good humor and make ii forget
it's burden of reformers. The pent-up
irritation of living in town where
new ology or ism is sprung every day
has a habit of getting on the nerves, ana
nothing is more relieving to the feel
ings under such conditions than to go
forth To the ball yard and see the home
poor, miserable, unfortunate, helpless
t,eInes from a hoodooed burg 1t tends
Eeward the uplift and is sound doctrine
for the true reformers- Wherefore. we
exnecI the moral tone OF Boston to be
greatly elevated twice today, for there
IS hardly a chance that our safe and
sane and noiseIess athletes VIII be able
10 shock Back Bay by trimming the
paS Soy in either game
O'Loughlin has faults enough. but he
should not be charged by Jimmy Isa-
1hInger with the raw break that was
made By Bull Perrine.
Just watch the smoke of Charles
Murphy. president OF the Chicago Cubs
and see what a big boost he viii eventu-
ally give the American Association entry
INTO Chicago Murphy is adopting the
same tactics to a T that got the Ma
fional League in so bad with the public
that the American League was vel
somed. and for some years was the
more popular of the two major leagues
AIurphy's incessant brawling with his
felIow-magnates.h his attacks on the White
Sox RIOTERS Association, his roasting of
everybody who is too busy TO spend
finally his petty spitefulness in denying
a share of the $1,000 bonus he was
forced to give his club after his bluff
was called by the National Commission.
are all incidents that will bear fruit
with cumulative force one of these
bright DAYS. lie has had great BAL
club that is doomed - 90 TO pieces
like every other one OF the kind, and
when the slump comes Murphy viii get
bunch
His denial Of the bonus 70 men who are
not now with the team was the smallest
DIT of business that has marked recent
baseball history.
The National League was not afraid
10 admit that two Of It's umpires were
incompetent
It is to be hoped that the senior and
junior Fights OF the Potomac Boat Ciut
win make good showing ia the PEG
pies Regatta at Philadelphia today
The only chance for the PotOmacs q
spread themselves this year was ava,
from home, as they made no bid for th'
Middle Atlantic States or National re
gattas They figured that Inauguration
year was a bad one Tor such enter
pTiseS as depend upon voluntary sub
scripttOnS, and retired from the field q
conserve their energies for the 1910 cam
paigu- But although they lacked th'
incentive OF being the big guns in
regatta under their own auspices tlel
gamely put crews on the river. and haTl
stuck 10 their work. on form the.
hardly appear up 20 the standard o
some OF their crews OF former years. 81
the fact that they are at philadelphia
and strong enough 70 figure prominently
ia the dope onthe- prospective winner
is credit to them. Also. the entry o
Carl Mueller in the singles at Philadei
Dhia viii be welcomed. Washington
z7evtS crop of good sinai scullers wh'
may be sent TO regattas 10 Uepresen
f1tS city on occasions when lack O
funds or other cause prevents the send
lng OF an eight or q four.
Somehow, limiting the fireworks e
baseball bingies and asceusiOns doesn'
seem Just right Kind o duh today
Walker, the English runner who bea
Rector Of the University OF Virginia
IN the 10o-meter run ia the Oiymp
games, IS still going good. Walker i
being credited with records now ant
then hAz H. izzstfC correspondent
that are not seriously considered b.
either the English or American sport
ing authorities, but IL Is q cinch that h
Is a phenomenal runner. He gives ever
indication OF having plenty OF nerve
and he Is reeling off 100 yards in &C.
seconds fat with great regularity. n
did Il on Saturday, and there IS reaso
10 believe he might have done q Httl
better II absolutely forced 10 the limit
Ten seconds IS not a worlds record
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