The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-04-14
SNATTERSARE OFF,!
DAY OF DAYS HERE
Seasons Strife At Bal!yard
Begins With Nationals
Athletics Contest.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

reason It is the tine for unreasoninCi
noise, and the gathering Of those who 4
love to talk aloud one with another ana
10 the umpire. for Il Is known of all 4
men that this is the day of the opening
OF the major league baseball schedule
Enough has been written concerning
the UntiElely demise Of nOn-existCEJ .
grandmothers- Fun sufficiently has been
told the tale of The solid business man
who Scatningly rs--ukes in spirit an alb
sent office force. and meets them Ell
nsatsse at the bali game only 60 forget
his anger in the exaltatiOn bred By a
timely bunt for three bases Away
with such aged GuipS and quirES.
such fOssii remains OF the pale0lithic
pastime. when the bat was an untrim
med sapling and the ball was the stun
ed skull Of a CannlbaliZed foe
Up RoOteTs and at Eml
Nay. although we smile al the pleas
ing prospect Of CUR winter OF discUu-
tent fading into the era OF pure bliss.
a serious situation confronts Us, and
the team expects every fan TO DO his
level best to root # into winning
streak or bust sUspender. But, even
if in the drear days beyond midsummer
We find our ball nine waIlowIug IN the
rUck the sweetIy solemn thought win .
remain that in the sPria6 1t looked, like
a champion
Thus It IS that ali the world and his
cousin from the country made up his .
mind 10 go this afternoon to one OF the .
eight major league games Let not the .
economists protest about waste Of time. .
or the Massachusetts prudes kick on .
the uakedness of mind which viii be
exposed as the great and the humble .
divest themselves Of the arJihciaHties .
Of civilization Tor the n0nce 10 give .
themselves up 20 a debaUch Of enthus- /
fssm The man who tries to put the 4
pants Of sanity on the mind Of the true 4
fan viii have 10 use something heavier 4
and harder than a pObCeman's club as +
a safety pin.
Hope for Better Days
But. again We say, enough OF gener-
aIities and the exposition of the dead 4
ss,rA thing Consider what manner OF i
occasion the washington fans have for
giving up their coin and dignity at the
baH yard this afternoon A minute ex-
animation reveals that there Is hope for
better days than the home folk have 1
known for To. these many years While i
these hoDes are not enough to stake n 4
Republican candidate IN Texas, they I
keen alive q legitimate interest III lie i
and cause old Subscriber 70 air his 4
views in letters 70 Mr. Editor
ALingling in on the strife for three
davS with the Athletics our brave boys
ruav be sent down to defeat As the 4
1olIne. writer's are prone to say. but even /
in that desperate case despair not 4
Bear in mind the noble example Of the Il
District Democrats, whose voices sink
not III reverse5, and VINO te1IleTarlo uSlE Il
assemble when the vote is not and the 4
political job Is but a vanity
On to the Ball Yard.
As long IS the District Democrats are
able to sit up and take nourishnlent- and 4
the statutes and statues Of Nassachu- /
sets are pantsless- the Washington base !
ball fan should not be cast down. but 1
stick by the ship. for he knoweth the /
worst has not Yet come
So. on 10 the ball yard without fear
and without reproach. No matter II we 4
are last on the Fourth Of July we can't
be lower than fifth today. even Il we
cannot be higher rnan fourth Should
your soul revolt as a favOrIte Swatter T
swings futllely. turn your eyes toward ,
the box near first base where sunny /.
Jim sherman ought TO be Your sub /
conscious self may see his haunting
smile whereUpOu CheerUp. for the Gas [
grust 50 far cannot charge you anything I
for burning with zeal
grandIy Icross the battlefield IS with
all the pUmp and circumstance of glorl-
Gus war. indulge not IN thOuEhtIess Jest, 1
nor pass the persihage upon the leader I
o. fthe big brass band for many fond
~
the dead march Big Ed WalSnS shoots
NAV whistle over the plate later in the
season, or the sObbing sigh Of the bat.
cleft atmosphere II Wild BIZ Donovan
happens 70 be IN his prime on such
occasions as he may have his fling Coke
derived from hinEed) in our City Of
Monuments al unpantsed-
Means Arising, Too
Indulge in such legitimate applause as +
You choose, for that viii tend to drown
the means Of those who wanted 10 buy
box seats but found that a large proper
ton had been grabbed by spectators
who did not get as much for them as
they thought they were going 10 get.
The appearance OF Manager James
NIcAleer on the coaching line directing
the running Of his henchmen Is worth
a punctuation of personal applause n
the general huIIabsloo; for James viii
make a noise like a baly-hoO, and II
won't be for wishing on his part if the
young hero he sends speeding to second
Is exteTminated- James IS one Of the
best WisherS we have If his wishes DO
not come true IN regard 10 the " ASH
iueton team we fear the fans will make
him wish himself back in private life.
for fans reck not OF reasons, but only OF
results
Angels could do no more than James
has done to bring the Washington team
10 a winning point Besides, cid he not
also have the advantage OF personally
conducted inspection tours TO norfolk Dy
President Tom NOyes, Vice President
Eddie Walsh, Secretary Harry Rapley,
Judge Gould and other dispensers Of
advice2 Ave, that he did and no man
could come into contact with that bunch
OF high-Jhinkers without being eXaIteQ
Uncle Nick Young, It appears, VIII be
among the missing. because ne VIII De
in Philadelphia tossing out the nrst
ball for the opening OK the Nauonal
league season there. a tribute he well
deserves Wherefore, Charley Snyder
VIII have to shake hands with himself
in lieu Of Uncle Nick. and Charley's
annual recital OF how ne nearly caught
q ball OF the top Of the Monument VIII
have one less auditor this opening day.
Ben Minor has slready seen 10 the ice
water in the press box and Jim Saffel
shaved several daVs ago IN anticipation
Of the beginning OF his forty-hrst season
as a baseball teIegrapher.
President TOyes TO Speak
President NOyes IS billed to deliver a
few hsaTteninE words to the boys as