The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-06
SHOULD BE PLEASED
WITH BOSTON GAMES
Even Break There More Than Fans Had Right TO Ex-
pect-Kaufman Clearly Demonstrates His Sec
ond Rate Qualities.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

By TH0MA
No game today. One vita New York
tomorrow p m
Much obliged for an even break in
Boston Every little helps IN that line
when your percentage is below so,
and Washington prohted by the days
labors in Boston yesterday, even If II
did lose the afternoon game Besides,
an even break with the Red Sox is a
mighty good piece Of work for this
team anyhow They have been trim
ming the Nationals with such force
and enthusiasm this year that II would
have caused no surprise If they had
Won both games yesterday They have
had more luck than was their share
IN beating Washington in the Bean
City, and the fans had d right 10 sup
,ose It would continue for the remain
er Of the season, but the hOodOo ap-
ears 70 be broken
AS long as Dolly Gray was due for
explosion We are glad he got It
It Of his system in Boston
The first game with Boston vester-
Ezg- was a curiosity because OF the in
and-out work Of the pitchers When
they were not making monkeys OF the
batters. the men al the plate were
Elamming the ball hitler and yon in
most alarming manner. Hail achieved
the distinction in the fourth inning Of
getting two hands out. one Of them by
flaming. then allowing three singles and
hitting a man. which Melted two runs,
after which he famed the third hand.
walkers experience in the matter OF
having dangerous sWats saudwiched
between strike-Outs was almost the
same as that Of Hall and the fans must
have been on edge every minute.
Come, good people. lets all petition
the District Commissioners to lock the
gates Of our dear city against the
colonel, because he engaged in a brutal
exhibition with an impudant foafer yes
tCrday- such demoraIizine characters
as resent insults with their fists must
not be allowed here TO coutaminate the
minds Of the rising generation Send
around the petition.
Cleveland won and lost yesterday. As
It is lower in percentage than Washing
ton Il gained a fraction Of a point more
r splitting dOUble-header than x ash
z-Isoon did, but that is a minor detail
seveland must soon 20 home 10 face
Washington VIII be taking the Western
ers one after another-and the vest
erneTS have been meat for the Nationals
this season According 10 that dope
there is hardly q chance for the Maps
10 Gust the Nationals from nftH place.
and Il is q great relief 10 ger that fact
well established
The proper thing for the brutal
colonel To have done was TO have had
the lOafer arrested Cor disJrderlv con
duct so that the itinerary might be dis
arranged ana the victim OF the arrest
exploited as a hero and martyr by every
Tatrled-bTained anarchist in the country
This bFutaliZing use Of The fist and JiU
1itsu must be stopped If We have 10
PCT Chinese wall around our dear
city 10 keep the rOUdieS out
The opinions Of those who saw the
fUssinS between Al Kaufman and BIZ
Lang IN Philadelphia lest night are al
most idenUiCaIly- those expressed in this
column yesterday afternoon 1t was
case Of "one of EN- couldn't fight and
neither could the other one The uu-
biased critics are almost all agreed that
kaufman has improved little or none N
the matter Of speed or CleverDeSs. and
yet he was too much for Lang Life
VIII be made a burden for copy readers
with stories about kaufman meeting
Jack johnson and there VII be an in
TeTuinsble amount of utterly IN
reliable cuff written On that subject by
j boosters. but the fight fans who really
think will not be deceived As stated
vest erday- Kaufman at no stage OF his
career has ever shown promise of be
coming more than g oouDtIul SECOND
ratar- and ne fought true 10 form
against Lang. He deserves credit for
consistency, 10 sa ythe least.
sill, If YOU call a policeman to arrest
q nan who has attacked vOu- the DO
liceman might brutalize the public By
hitting the attacksr- So. the best thing
n 80 nj 20 81
generation from a disgusting and de-
moraiizing exhibition, is Just 10 let any
body beat YOU 10 DEATH diving with the
sweet consciousness that You never
raised your lISt and thereby endangered
the future Of America
Not much was thought OF Lang by
those who had read the Australian pa
pers and studied the account OF his last
battle with the invaded Tommy Burns.
B He delivered about as much goods as
expected He IS hailed as the champion
of the AntipOdes- and on his showing
we can rate the AntipOdean heaVieS at
thSir true worth Since Tommy Burns,
who beat Lang and was a mere diver
sion for Johnson, has trimmed Lang
and every man OF any account in Eng
land. where is the hope Of the white
racer IN the flowing bowl, possibly,
johnson Is not made of iron- but Is
hardy citizen and until he undermines
his natural constitution and acquired
strength there is scarcely a. man in the
give exhibitions with him on the Vaude-
vile stage. Hence cur protest against
the food Of pure pOppycOCk that is inev1-
tally bound 10 be written about this Or
that dub preparing TO meet the big
negro in the next two years
Abe AttelI knocked out Billy Lauder
for the lightweight championship OF
Canada last night Just have been a mis-
take, or maybe they abe going to pro-
hfbIr boxing in Calgary in the future.
Abe surely never intended 10 knock out
anv. man with whom he could arrange a