The Washington times., 1909-05-08

Sam Appleby, OF Baltimore, one OF lhe
cleverist sporting editors in the coun-
my. used to say that, instead OF our
drawing salaries for our work. the ay-
erage citizen thought we ought 10 pay
the office about fifty plunks week
for the fun we had going TO boxing
matches, ball games, athletic meets,
horse races. etc. If anybody has that
suppression, he should take a aier at
following the Washington baseball team
and writing about 1t every day We
had high hopes Of said aggregation OF
ball tossers in the spring, and they still
look good on paper, but II we have to
wade through many more bad streaks
like II Is having now, and have 20 put
q piece In the paper about 1t every
day. we viii be willing 20 turn this Job
over TO the first conner and so back
to the farm.
Milwaukee is making runaway race
70 far, in the American Association,
having won thirteen and lost four.
Brother Mike Cantillon's Minneapolis
team is fourth.
There was every reason to believe that
Washington would win lot Of close
games this season, and would not make
such fearful record OF being beaten
by one run, but. somehow or other. the
team seems back in the same old rut
that made IL the marvel of the league
last year. Scores OF 2 to 1 and 1 10
against II seem to be it's regular diet.
and, IL the boys did not get them regu-
iarly they would be expelled from
hotels for spelling feather pillows with
their tears. A perfect sample OF what
they need as steady nourishment was
furnished in the 1 TO 0 walloping the
Athletics handed it yesterday. 1t is
discouraging to the fans. and also to
the sporting editor who has to come to
his meal ticket of a morning and dope
out stun about the team.
A. thinner trainer, and walter Miller.
Jockey. have been restored 20 good
standing by the stewards Of the Jockey
Club.
The only rays of hope in the gloom
are that Walter Johnson seems to be
himself again, and that Charley Streets
throwing arm is in order once more.
When johnson left here he still had
the hangover effects OF his attack of
grip, and Street was throwing as II he
were practicing with a boomerang. Both
of them appear to have come back to
their normal form. and with both Of
them In shape Washington will have at
least as good a battery as there is in
the American League.
Tommy Murphy. of New York.
knocked out Jimmy Smith. Of Boston, in
eight rounds at Utica, n. z, last night
Nike Donlin's announcement that he
Is willing TO return 70 the New York
National League Club IL the fans want
him is more OF less OF a fest. in the
way he puts It. He knows the fans
want him. but he has two objects TO
accomplishing let himself down light,
and to restore his prestige on the stage.
AS an actor Mike Is fair fIler-in for
a moving picture show on the Texas
circuit Mabel Hite. his Charming and
winning wife, is the act Mike is merely
q Toll and would be a clog were IL not
Tor his reputation as a ball player. The
american public can make different
KINDS OF fool or Itself in some places
over a person who has become prom
inent or notorious IN some unusual man
ner than any other in the world but II
also tires quicker than any other public.
a single feat like winning a Marathon
tece or Betuhs away with a murder
because you can hypnotize a Jury with
goo-goo eyes will not carry you far In
vaudeville these days after the first rush
IS over. Donlin Is on the stage because
he is a baseball star and for no other
earthly reason. When he ceases TO shine
on the diamond he viii cease to get the