Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-04
SPORTING COMMENT.
BY J. ED GRILLO.

Had IL not been that the Cincinnati
Philadelphia deal was given out in the
west before Manager Doom could reach
President Fogel. there would not have
been the slightest friction over the mat
ter
If Fogel could have had the privilege of
announcing the swap. everything would
have been all right. But with his inter-
ests in the club under suspicion. 1t having
been frequently stated that he was a
mere figurehead 1t was emphasizing this
point by having the deal announced by
others as having been made by DOOM
Fogel could never stand for that sort of
slight The president of the Phllies
has never expressed himself as doubling
the wisdom of the deal He is probably
perfectly satisfied with the swap, but to
have 1t given out by others that Manager
Doom had made the deal. thus leaving
Horace out of it altogether. was a very
undfplomatic move. to say the least.
If wolgast and Nelson meet in San
Francisco in December, as now seems
probable, their battle will furnish one of
the greatest betting propositions in recent
ring history.
There are any number Of ring followers
who considered Wolgast's victory over
Nelson raw f1uke and on the very night
following the fight there were all sorts
Of bets offered that If the men ever met
again the result would be reversed. In
fact ii would not be at all surprising to
find Nelson the favorite in the coming
bout. The fact that Wolgast has side
stepped all matches and has done little
or no fighting has not increased his
popularity with the sport-Ioving public
and sentiment Is sure to favor Nelson.
1t would not be at all surprising IL the
Cleveland team should cut quite a figure
IN 4vf orv1v, oterr. has
been McGuire's good fortune to pick up
lot of good young ball players, some
thing the Maps have needed for several
years. In Blanding and Kaler the Maps
who are sure to be heard from. But the
pitching department is not the only one
that has been strengthened, and In Shoe
less Joe Jackson Cleveland appears to
have picked up a hitter of the Cobb
Lajoie variety.
But before the Maps can expect to be
factors in race there will also have to
be change in the spirit manifested in
the past on the field by this team. This
may come with the injection of new
old players on the team should contami-
nate the young with that listless air. 1t
seems that as soon as a ball player joins
the Maps he tries to initiate Lajoie.
play brilliantly without apparently try
ing seems to fascinate the other players,
but their efforts to do things as does
Larry are failures. There is but one
Lajoie and he is inimitable.
This thing Of setting down and ruling
off jockeys because their horses do not
run to form has never prevented collision
on the running turf. Boys who ride from
for S. to SIS per mount do not pull horses
for the pleasure they derive therefrom.
They are doing the bidding Of some one
higher up. who has special interest in
not having a certain horse run to his
best form. Yet one but seldom hears of
any effort being made to expose these Gull
prits. The jockey is set down for an I'M
satisfactory ride. II he tells why it was
unsatisfactory he rs out of the game, for
he will have peached on some one. If he
stands pat and keeps the facts to him
self. there is always a chance of his be-
ing reinstated; but the corruptionists who
induce the jockeys to fleece the public
seem never to be molested.
More ugly charges against the umpires