The Washington herald., 1909-02-27
SPORTING SIDELIGHTC
By BILL BAILEY. ~
ny Dill BALE 4 =

Not peep from Bill Papke-
Huh! he cant fight anyway. SO stan
ley KeteheH says.
Il is not the buried ace that gets you
anything, but what goes with It.
Clad TO hear from the fair sex on the
baseball batting order contest. Don't be
bashful: girls. send along your answers.
Twenty-three came in yesterday
Georgetown and Virginia clash Al has
ket-baE in Odd Fellows Hall tonight
Hoya. Hoys, ssxa.
And then again maybe that man who
left his wife in Petersburg didn't know
anything about the place
The Boston Americans passed through
Washington yesterday en- route for Hot
Springs.
The sport Of kings wove a tangled
web for itself in this country when It
began 10 take liberties with the law and
made the bookmaker a part OF ii. The
booBmaker needed protection" and the
protection Of the bookmaker entailed the
Tightening Of the screws. and the tighten
ing Of the screws meant the squeezing
of the public, and the squeezing Of the
public meant-jUst what has happened
our society editor objects 10 our re-
ferring 70 that brilliant social function
as the inaugural football Just the same.
We are from Missouri
Message from the dead-Center Rush
Ashton blew into Hickman < Whites
yesterday morning.
That reminds US. Charley Hickman is
in our midst Washington must seem
slow to him after spending two weeks in
DUnkard, Pa
President Puniam is improving in
health Harry has been placed on a
vegetable diet. which, however, does not
contain "NUrphys.
Every amateur ball player in this city
feels grieved al the misfortune that has
befaIen poor -Rube'' Clark What can
we do for his comfort is what every
one Is saying
VIII Belts VIII umpire ali Of the big
amateur games. collegiate and otherwise,
during the spring season The George
town team employs this ambient arbi-
traitor IN thirty games. and then Billy also
has his Departmental League games. He
has received several offers from interstate
leagues. bat says. with becoming modesty.
Never again,
Johnny Heydler is managing She af-
fairs OF The NstioasI League with q mas
ter hand. lie handed out thirry-fou- wise
decisions within the last week He
strengthened the Chicago team By shift
inE George Z. Browne from Boston and
passed Louis Rjrte- the old-time catcher
Of the Br0oklyns. fo Denver
John has added much 10 Harry Pull
liams comfort by his wise coDluc. Of the
Iatters affairs while Pullism IS sick and
he has thus proved himself to be losi-
cal successor 10 The man who wants %
give I'D the job
NsU Mexico IS growing an extra sup
ply of peppers OF the tabasco brand. as
an inducement 10 bah players 10 play
practice games there.
Harvard viii play four games OF soc
Ger football with Cornell the first game
beng scheduled for March e. Harvard
and Cornell managers are observing the
soccer" game closely with forensic eyes
that look toward radical changes in the
style OF strenuous football exemplifed by
the iat1er-day fooJballis1s.
Herbert Kelly, Of Boston, who installed
many OF the Iabor-saving devices at the
city post-ofiCe. threatens 10 invent an
automatic ball pitching machine. AIT
Kelly feels confident that he can make a
machine OF this type that would last
almost as long rs 'Cy' Young We would
suggest 10 Inventor Kelly that the mon
etary value Of the automatic twirIer-
would be considerably enhanced II he
used tabasco sauce as q motive power.