The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-02-17
CPORTING STDELIGHTC
By BILL BAILEY.

Arthur Devlin's little story, published
first in this paper. about Covaleski not
winning half Of his games next season.
has gone the rounds, and nearly every
body has handed Arthur jolt The Phil
adelphia scribes continue 10 yelp- Devlin
was seen again yesterday and reiterated
his former statement: Just wait and
see; that's all I ask" he says.
It's q good thing that Center Rush
Ashton and Press Agent Bright don't live
IN Buffalo Here's The way The Buffalo
Times hands out its wsllops: Charley
Filbrick must have spent yesterday at
home. We saw his horse wearing his
ulster
ShrUbb says he can beat Long5oat at
fifteen miles. Shrubb also said he could
beat him at twenty-five miles How about
the Ananias Club, "Alhe2''
Yesterday was day Of disappoint-
ments. Georgetown crew announced that
the man it was depending upon for coach
could not serve, and Charlie Hickman
left for Dunkard. Pa
Plans are being quietly laid for Mara
thon race at Benning, between Johnny
Hayes and either Doran6o OF Longbost.
during the Inauguration week Wash
ingtonians would welcome su6h an event
Bulletin from Cantnlon - Yes: Tom
Hughes and Mike KahOe are with me in
Chicago II there was any disturbance
at the meeting It was not caused by my
red vest 1 hear Ray Brennan is talk
ing again
Embalmed news-AH the papers last
Monday fell for the Episcopal High
School baseball schedule published ex-
clusively in The Washington Herald
three weeks ago
We would suggest 10 Animal Trainer
Beckett, Of the Y. N. c. A. circus. that
he should use every means 10 capture the
untaned Blue and Gray Basketball
quintos." whose roars are heard now
and then in the vicinity Of Washington,
and have It perform IN connection with
the fierce ''ymcasos," now in his care. at
the big show. It would prove TO be one
Of the biggest attractions Of the circus
and folks would travel miles TO see them
perform.
Two teams, consisting OF some OF the
players on the vigilant and Warwick
football clubs, met in basketball CON
test last Saturday night at Naval Lodge
Hail. We met one Of the players com
ing from the game and asked him 10 tell
US. the score.
Search me-" was the reply: sTbut
Casey lost three teeth. and YOU ought n
see divers lamp II is a peach
Jack Priest, captain Of the Aggiesvbase-
ball team, has changed the motto of the
Department Of Agriculture from Make
hay while the sun shines TO Make mus
Gle while the snow falls A short time
ago when there was three inches OF snow
on the lawns around the department
grounds, Jack and nine other Farmers
organized two basketball CUNTS and
played tventy-minute halves on the
snow-laden lawn. It was q good EXHIBIT
ton Of outdoor basketball excepting that
al times Il was hard 20 determine wbetb-
e. they were playing hockey. curling.
skids. skating. lacrosse. or basketball
Jacks team cleaned up Milton Daniels
team, and, incidentally. both teams clean
ed up al the snow on the Iazn. The
laborers' union IS fussing about It.
7 an from Alexandria" said Percy
Ashley, OF the University Of virginia
track team. TO Manager Newhouser last
week when requested to sign an entry
blank
''Oh. very well" replied Mr. Newhou-
ser, put your address down as Washing
! ton, Your awful secret viii be safe with
me-"