The Washington herald., 1909-01-26
SPORTING SIDELIGHTS.
BY BILL BAILEY.
ADVANCE MUSIC


ADVANCE MUSIC
Listen
Can't VOC hear it. faint az frzt ard loz.
Bus risrs 60 a tga.ult where the winds q spring
time blow
Hit It oct. you boaehead-set On there and ride-
PICK ont ore and MAKE Il good-si6s- yoa lobster.
slide.'
Listen
Can't you hsa- Il. FAINT and fa- away.
Dancing On t1e winds q NErCb from a suulfr Gayl
Watch els am and take le6d-7lzy II safe that
Get baek there yOa piece Of eheese-shorts.oD',
sor the bau.'
Cazs yoa hear f. louder al the While.
Ripping tATOggh The vales Of sV-ing, where TIE
''Tlat strike. yoa pirate bun, Say, yoa =zzy
skate
That last ball vas underground and ten feet fTom
the Plate
Can't y1G hear IL couing with Z sweep.
Dripping With Ire music Wheru the silver Sun-
Stirring up the pulses with The old-tine -oar.
Crashing frUm the b,eaclus When 3 hingie ties the
sco7e- -Grzuilzrd Rice
Elaborate preparations are being made
in Alexandra 10 entertain LonEboat. The
Alexandra Athletic Association VIII es-
cort him from the depot 70 his hotel.
George Cal saws that HIS electric line
VIII run extra cars 10 Baltimore for the
Johns Hopkins indoor meet next Satur-
day When George IS not working he
holds down the job as editor Of Sparks.
Outlaw ball for Walter johnson"
makes good reading. does it not?
Picture Joe Turner running Tom Long
boat Well It might have been worse
Press Agent Bright. please cali We
have two coca-cola tickets fo- you.
You should have seen Doc White IN
the role Of catcher during the Central
High baseball practice IN National Rifles
Hall yesterday afternoon. Doc says
Eddie Rheem is better looking than Nick
Altrock, but Nick has more speed
What was Cy Macdonald doing in
Ninth street yesterday?
Sam Woods. the best catcher in the
Printers League. tossed a few over yes
terssy 20 get his arm in shape.
BY TONY SOUSA-
Hold thou. ardent baseball player,
Fer tOmoTow's game you pan;
Sure rough, this amt baseball weather.
Just toke Cf Weather Man
Bob Bars new green lid is contagious,
1t has set everybody on the Municipal
baseball team green with envy; and the
principal item in Bob's dietary is an Irish
stew
". C Hazen. erstwhile manager Of the
Commissioners baseball team. took US out
for a Speedway stunt yesterday, his span
Of chestnuts acting as our advance
agents. When # comes to speeding.
those chestnuts are no joke.
A new game has struck town. Il is
'Slip-the-slip." A very slippery game
played on a slippery court, consisting of
fight OF stone steps and any number
Of players may participate. We saw a
fine exhibition OF "SlIp-the-slip" played
at the Marine Barracks last week. The
star performer was Dig EEeQ ELSiUer, ne
who whacks the big drum in the Marine
Band. Fred walked gracefully to the top
step Of the "Slip-the-slip" court. poised
uncertainty for a moment, and then-just
slipped. His score was 3. but he
claimed /, as he asserted he had. hit
four stone steps violently on his way
down the course This claim was dlsel-
lowed by the referee, who, upon examina-
ton Of Fred. found only three bumps and
vaccination mark The next contestant.
German tuba player. slid the entire
course with some grace and much
violence. scoring steps. He was
self-compOseG. and even while Dump
ing" was musically muttering, "Gotter-
damerung' or some such composition.
1t was a disappointment 10 the onlook-
ers when it was announced that Harry
Stone. the solo tronbonist Of the band.
refused to compete. Harry, it seems. had
his doubts about "a rolling stone gathers
10 buTaps"
The game is both amusing and danger
Gus. and. therefore should become a
favorite pastime.