The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-01-29
doc" White Says Twirler Is
Best Drawing Card.
INTERESTING TANNING BEE"
Bill Foley Blows In, and On Comes
the spot Light7-Cy Macdonald
Knocked All Boards on Center
field Fence at NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
boat Race promoters s1n Bad
n WILLIAM PEEr

Take X from me, Walter Johnson IS
worth every cent Of $500 year. His
demands are not exorbitant." said Doc
Harry White. the Chicago American slab
artist. to the writer yesterday afternoon.
Why, the very newspapers IN Washing
ton who praised the Idaho wonder up
to the skies last summer, are the papers
now claiming he has 'sgelled head
Why wouldn't he have a swelled head?''
Doc White declares that Johnson is
the only drawing card on the Washington
club. and every time the big fellow is
booked 10 work, hundreds Of people at
tend the games who might otherwise hike
somewhere else.
While johnson. according 10 his claims,
has never been given e raise in salary.
in justice 70 the Washington Climb owners
it must be stated that he has been paid
extra money at various times. especially
after a brilliant performance. showing
that Manager CsntiIlon and the club own
ers are not unappreciative Of the young
pitchers efforts.
sample Of the generosity Of Caatil-
Ion came TO light recently. when the lat
ter himself sent Johnsons name 10 the
national commission for reinstatement
and paid the fine The money may or
may not be deducted from Johnson's sal
airy envelope later on in the season, but
the wise old fox Manager Joe is taking
no chances at losing. for a portion OF the
season, possibly. his stellar attraction.
In Hickman & Whites back parlor yes
terday afternoon a real tanning bee was
IN progress Big ~Cy" Macdonald. Bob
Cranston. Doe" White. and several
others. including Pink Bowie. were On
deck The coming % Longboat here on
Saturday was gone over thoroughly. and
then the subject drifted 10 Marathon
dogs. Bob Cranston says Henry Bright
has a Marathon dog. and that his own
purp. Bunk, VIII probably be matched
for a race Pink Bowie started 10 tell
a funny story he knew about a. dog.
when a lady came in 10 buy tickets for
some church social and when Pink"
returned the bunch had waded up 10 their
necks IN baseball
Il see they've built the fences way out
on the Winchester grounds for next sea
son said Doc" White Had 10 do #.
because 'Cy- knocked all the boards OF
the old center field fence last season.
Isn't this 50. 'Cy@
"Cy" modestly replied tina; he didn't
know anything about it. but admitted
that he had good luck with the stick last
year. 'Cy" has a bunch that he win
hit even better this season.
Billy Foley trotted IN at this stage. and
everybody gave him the glad hand. They
call Bill The Irish Duke and he STANDS
for it. Foley has the goods on most Of
the crowd. for he has been over 10 the
Emerald Isle. and danced a Highland
fling on tke Barney Stone.
You fellows think you can get my
goat-but don't be carried away with that
idea.
WhereupOn the man who made Ber-
ME Wefers and Arthur Duffy famous
flung himself into one Of the big easy
chairs and held the center OF the stage
until It was time 10 light the lights and
everybody was hungry
The Convention Hail rink MANAGEMENT
advertising a ffteen-mile race next Sat
urday between Tom Longboat and three
Of the best men in the country made a
big mistake, one likely to leave a bad
taste in the mouths Of Washington's
sport-Ioving public. The three best men
in the country are Joe Turner. Jack
Spalding, and Tommy Ryan, two wrest-
lers and a boxer-that lets out Dorando,
Johnny Hayes, Al Shrubb, and others.
People are willing 70 pay money to see
LORgboat run, bat have every right to
kick on the three best men antagonists
being advertised.