The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-18
Great Things Expected Dixie Walker Next YeaFootba and Racing
WORTH SHOWN
IN HANDLING D. WALKER
Eccentric TwrerS Success Due to Untring Efforts of
Nationals Boss Sporting Gossip.

feetins them. and / am sure a majority Of them
would appreciate your taking uD the cudgel in this
case This Is not commercial city Ike Chicago
and New York. and, as rule. this city affords
better element in these beachers than those cities
can boast o. A FAN,
Cy Cummings dropped in last night and
gave US our first glimpse or his new dia-
mond-won on the Georgetown Virginia
game It's beauty, and we don't blame
Cy for not wanting 20 wear gloves these
days.
Connie Mack was one OF the trickiest
catchers the game has known.
Connie wore a rubber band around his
glove. When he would reach out for the
ball he pulled and let go that rubber
band, and nine times out OF ten the UNI
pire called the batter out on a foul tip,
when he had missed the ball by foot
Later umpires refused to stand for
Mack's claim that he wore the rubber
to keep the mitten from bulging.
Then Connie developed the method OF
arching the gloyed hand over the ball
and swapping one OF the fingers OK his
left hand against the glove. Game after
game was won by Pittsburg by one snap
of Mack's finger against his glove
Another trick Mack worked with sue
cess was bat-tipping. He would stand
closer TO the bat than any catcher stands
to-day, shove out his glove as the batter
swung, and let the bat as IL came swing
ing around. glide over HIS glove. regard
less OF the ball. In one game between
Pittsburg and Baltimore. McGraw struck
out five times by "bat-tIpping.
Each and every time q baseball deal OF
any size is put through there are scores
OF rumors concerning some deep schemes
connected Herewith. The recent deal by
which the controlling interest in the Bos-
ton Nationals was sold 10 Mr.. Harris. OF
Pittsburg. is no exception. and truthfully
there is plenty OF gossip OF a plausible
nature. Nine. RumOr has II that Drey-
fuss is tho real purchaser. and that
he Will control that club incidentally,
using the club as a place 10 send
some OF the more or less ohstreperous
Pirates II is also whispered that this
Will mean two votes with which 20 start
the campaign OF Director Of Public Safe
" NORM. OF Pittsburg. for the presidency
OF the league. Hermann is going 10
suggest that Lynch be chosen for a term
the meeting room, Ebbets and Murphy
are liable 10 suffer strokes Of apoplexy
or something similar in their desire 70
start something. All around IL appears
that another merry time is booked next
month In New York for the National
Leagrers
Fletcher has something up his sleeve"
declares baseball expert. Judging from
Mr.. Fletcher's loose talk. the some
thing IS a hypodermic injection.
The Milwaukee Sentinel prints the fol-
lowing;
RASSLING.
Raising Il one 0T the oaldest gaimz in the wirld
Onct II waz on the sluair. but that Kaz SOW long
ago8 that nCahCdy remembers t.
Rassliug consist Of things-pr0moteT1 rssslerz
ard common peeIzli. otherxize knoan a. hoobz The
common peclul handz the mony two the urouotsrz
and the promoter let the nSlerz look AZ il for a
limited reerioc and then Tut il hak IN THAR pocketz
The only rasSler who Eelz the doa Is Frank Goch
That Is bekuz he getz a tohoald on the mony The
other rasserz ar Wlrking Faor him but they doan't
knO II.
onet upon time thar waz a rassler who waz On
the slar. he starved t9o deth. The rasslerz thee
days due not look iph thay ar starving two deth
T. I. barnum wood oV maid a good promoter.
SAILOR KELLY.