The Washington times., 1909-12-24
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YE ANCIENT FITZ
Glad Hand for Him and Mcintosh in Australia
ards Talk Sounds FOolish-George Moreland
Discusses Question of Spikes.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

more i'm baseball profits than In Dase-
ball politics. he is beginning to feel
thai he was a sort of King of Denmark
i'm disguise when Murphy persuaded
him 40 put Up the money for the sale.
If that is rally the way he feels about
it. he can &C 30 the head of the class
as a EuesseI, for he hit right the very
first time. Brother Charles has at pres
ent a gold brick Of such beautiful pro-
portions and shine that you marvel
how it escaped shipment TO COpen-
hagen. The Phillies are not paying,
and IL viii take a lot of money to put
them on a basis where they viii return
a percentage OF profit to be expected
from capital invested in sporting enter
prises-
The preliminary football practice IA
/ the department stores at this season
should be considered by the rules COM
mittee.
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George MoreIand, the genial baseball
statistiCian. OF PittsbuTg. blew into
/ Washington Yesterday afternoon and
/ took the train out at night for home
MoreIand was enthusiastic over the
showing OF the Pirates last year. He
defended Abstcin. saying that Abby had
done some q eat work FOR the club at
FIRST base in winning the Dennant. and
/ because he showed badly in the worlds
/ series that was no reason why every
\ body should throw the harpOon into
| him. Moreland was optimistic over the
acquisition by Pittsburg Of Jack Flynn.
the Georgetown University student. from
the ST. Paul club, to play first for the
/ Pirates. He thinks Ahstein doomed to
! sale or trade. and that Flynn win be
/ able TO play the bag successfully in such
| fast company.
Vigilant-HoIy Name football game
tomorrow at Union League Park,
O'Clock Big dOings.
Tt is not generally known that George
AToreland was a. professional ball player
for years, going under The name OF
More He has been a newspaper man
so long most folk thought ne had al
ways been that. nothing more. lie Is
not impressed with the dangers Of spik-
ing. Quoth he 'You never see Wag-
ner spiked. yet he is not only one OF
, the greatest base runners the game
ever knew, but ne covers the bag on al
throws TO second by the catcher 1ou
| sidering the large number Of "NclIhs
= contests I'm which ne mas taken part
land the extraordinarily high percentage
Of steals and close plays In which NJ
mas been involved. he should be a mas
of scars. but ne is not. Fred Clark
, the Pittshurg manager, came into Tn
b National League with the nicknam
4 The Butcher because OF his supposed
- Inv deadly spiSiug but YOU never nea
. Iof Clark getting or giving the IRON l
whole talk about the dangers or SpiiSt
e base running or Tv cobb. who Ia
p been unfortunate in injUring several me
6 who cot In his way when ne RaQ Il PEI
= feet right TO the paths. Cobb does no
- Intentionally spike his opponents. ana
thew and the public viii uadersta,n
70 That lie is merely acting on MS rshl
r vlhen the accidents occur. the CT
n Iagainst the spikes viii die down
It All or which is true. Bre'r Mor elallC
hut tho spikes are dangerous noneLue
less. How about the great gasHes
a e~b-oTdt's legs =. the world series
IF strikes the average reader as rc
roarjZablc that the faculty Of the IN
,. lersitv of Michigan did not dlscoXe
1t a.. ineIygibilitv OF Captain Miller, OF Oh
o football team, until after the hes, season +T W.
&. over. Miller was riGhr there m lhe
D. TI{dsf ana the scholastic standing
f. the men iu the football SQUAD was
Re matter which could be determined
nj Eve minutes. The frank confession th'
20 Miller was not qualified when ne playt
D. for Michigan Is refreshing, but the
he was gross carelessness, to say the leas
ID In letting him go as FAR as he did