The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-23

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Fishing is reported first class in the
/ Potomac these days some OF our lead
! ing anglers are doing very wen indeed
! of Aualostan Island, among whom are
} DR.. Thomas $ D. GrasJy, Dr. William
/ Henry Syme, Dr. Elmer Sothoron,- and
/ Dante MarinelM They gathered ATTY,
/ or maybe eighty, or maybe less, nice
perch in those waters some days ago
/ and most of them were so large you
/ could eat them without the aid of
/ microscope or tweezerss and if The Dem
/ ocrats VIII only choke on their orators
the hungry look VIII disappear from
I many a face for It is a prosperous crick-
ct season in England and there IS
| strong reason TO believe that all the
/ stories being sent out from the Je8rles
/ camp are colored because the suHrs--
gettes got their names IN The papers and
/ the Times Marathon IS going 10 be the
I biggest thing that ever
Mad. raving mad, away 10 the LIZ
/ zie House with hint CRY you, gentle
/ reader2 No, not mad not yet, but
there IS no telling how soon 1t viii
happen. we have simply been catch
ing a Taiu OF thought TO carry our
mind away from that alleged ball game
which washington lost 10 the New
York Americans yesterday by 3 20 /
we would ride an Intellectual RATHER
10 Tupper-s poems or q political plat
/ form TO escape the horrid vision that
arises before our eyes when we think
[ OF thar Class L exhibition put uP by
both teams
Now watch the sobby sisters begin
I 10 send flowers TO W0irer, the deEeuer-
/ ate murderer OF = young girl IL that
WclJer on the New York team gets 20
( hitting our pet pitchers ike he has been
I hitting others this season somebody viii
1 send him q bomb.
Manager 1IcAieer was too III to be at
/ the game yesterday. and Is iu bed this
morning. His case is not serious. but
The grip has developed so rapidly that
ne Is taking no chances on catching
cold. He has felt the attack coming on
3 for a week and has shown plainly that
/ he is q sick man The "trip from Boston
Z IN a sleeper was all that was needed 20
put on the finishing touches and IL may
I be two or three days before he is out
T In the meantime, Germany Schaefer IS
BossiuE the team and The selection IS
I popular with the players The German
mas more executive ability tGau mas con
{
suppose and he knows as much about
I baseball as any man ia the league
schaefer may select OberIin 90 go
7 against New York this afternoon.
II is an elementary principle I'm
/ baseball that when you have a man
caught between bases, drive him back
toward first, and make the play in
{ LEar direction as Aar as possible
Then. II H-- escapes alive. lse IS where
he started from, and has not stolen a
I base This Is so simple that IL as
{ sometimes forgotten and that was
exactly " hat occurred IN the fourth
/ inning yesterday, when Elberfeld
little SET go matter II the Kid
thought lac could outs print Sweeney.
II was not UP to him 10 try It, for
good base runners not llEreG IeuriE
fool the enemy In those pluchgs. and
q stumble means safety TO the in
tended victim. or course. street
should have remained on the line 90
take the throw. and there was no
earthly reason for Walter johnson 10
take that occasion To minu-eIy ex-
anime the heavens for a glimpse o.
Z The comet Their actions were bad
enough. but no worse tlaD ElEer-
fields IN driving the Yankee catcher
street 10 bring about the killing near
third
/ Mark Twain made the world ring with
[ honest laughter Few philosophers have
/ accomplished as much good for human
I iry-
While we are deriding our foolish
Z young men for their numerous faults
7 IN yesterdays game. wonder what Man
ager Stalinss is saying 90 his shining
I HEhts2 We bet u couldn't be printed
Z without causing the Postoffce author
Z tiles 10 throw a tit Just remember that
Sweeney was caught by q fake throw
I on q double steal I'm the fourth inning.
and after he had rHn rare ErnrT fortune
70 get home Quinn was caught and
eEterIilated. by Street unassisted on
ileut-callE the same play IN the same
inning. As Il that were not enough the
aEtute and smuggling Wolter person was
suagEed of third in precisely that way
in the fifth inning Il was q ClDch that
after Sweeney made the home nine look
Ike mere babes, nobody else could have
I the same lucky experience for players
Of the Ei5erfeid and Street caliDer do
not make such absurd errors OF fu7E-
ment more than once IN ever-so often.
The agony was long draw nout Two
hours and fifteen minutes
One of the Drettiest plays Of the after
noon was that pulled or on Quinn IN the
sixth inning. Il was q redeerDirg feature
and shovel that the washington lItieid
can think as wei as balloon Quinn
was on second and Hemphil on hrSr
when W0lter drove sharply to George
Mcbride The BALI went deep and there
was mighty little time 10 throw, but
George had absolute confidence In Elder
field. and slammed Il 20 third EIber-
field was Lff the base and received the
ban while sprinting backward It was
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