The Washington times., 1909-11-05

- -'o" Ac4 years 10 come. When we
happen to have good and early spring
ana the ball teams are net in action,
the fans fret and the clubs lose a. bunch
or money they would have obtained.
II 1t is a cold, wet spring. after a long.
nara winter-such as a number OF our
best Republican politicians anticinate-
the rams and space writer's let ant a
teTTlIlc roar over the cruelty of com
pe4lng the poor, dear BAH players to
~ busy IN the financial and meteor
logical fTosts. It's all gamble. what
eyer way you take IL, and the present
lo4-game arrangement is a fair COM
promise Manager MCAleer. we may
remark in passing, is inclined to favor
l4O games. He would lop of the FIRST
Two weeks and start the proceedings
about May 1.
,, Charley Hickman suggests that Jerry
Downs be played at third base II wild
ConToY poves a weak sister,
1t is time Al Herford woke up to the
tact that if he is after Washington pa
tronage for rs Baltimore boxing
matches, he had better get another at
traction IN the place of Young Britt
The followers Of he game here are tired
of that youth. Who has acquired a
habiI OF having all his enga gements end
IL an unsatisfactory manner He either
fouls or is fouled, or something else Of
the sort happens. and the Baltimore
referees are entirely too much. 80 the
eagle eve in detecting the horrible out
on him.
A Washington fan knows ne Is taking
a chance on making a long trip, Giving
up good money. and then recei,ing a
leilton Wnen he goes to Baltimore to see
Britt When he first started OFT this
was one OF the most PROMISING little
boxers IN the ring. He was clever. could
llI ana st0od punishment, but before
ne was we'll enough known to be star
at Dig clubs he had begun to queer him
self DIV his wOuld-be wise tricks Her
FORD himself ordered Britt and another
I0uhSs-er out OF the ring at the Eureka
CUB one night because they INDUCED
IN a I0Vefeast instead of boxing match
IN semi windup. The Washington
public Will gladly patronize good bouts
III baitlInore, but not the Britt kind.
unless that mistaken person starts in All
over again and acquires a new reputa :
worker.
Wake up, HerfordI There is good
money mere. II you go after it right
After ignoring 1t for a week, the New
Y ork papers are beginning to discuss the
story that John MoGraw was atter1pt-
lng 10 engineer series OF deals Il land
u 9llIg, Magee, konetchy, and possibly
-AaLlOIsHA
League club. When they did take no
tee, most Of them ieered the reporf /
but now that Charley Murphy is In
New York holding mysterious confer
ehces with John 7. Brush and dOdginrr
newspaper men for the first time in his
me- Jney ere sadly coming to the realI-
eaton tEst there must be sometime /
aIoots even If II never gees throlIpb |
Ihat king may go to New York il
very prof able, and that DOnIin may he |
traded Tor Magee is also proba bic |
despite the amusing sarcasm OF the |
+ hiladelphia papers on the deal. buf 1
from afar II looks like the Konetchv
proposition viii hardly meet the sane 1
t3on or the st. Louis club.
In the meantime, when are we to have
the name Of Stallings' successor as
OF the New York Americans? /
No matter what the showing against /
The Carlisle Indians at American
League Park in this city tomorrow. the
George Washington University athletic
deserves credit for stick
ng TO its football schedule despite many
ents last winter, and fn
bringing the Indians here Carlisle b |
always a subject OF great interest to
ne Iootoall public which wants 10 see |
Inc Redskins, because they invariably
furnish plenty OF action. They shouId /
raw large and Well-satisded crowd !
cmorrow, ana the larger the better.