The Washington times., 1910-05-06
His Emphatic Endorsement of
Professional Baseball Is
Highly Important.
WILL THE COLONE L
ATTEND BIG FIGHT
Fine Chance for Him TO Show His
independence Would
Lose Little.
By THOMAS S. RICE


President TAFT deserve the thanks of
every lover of outdoor sports not only IN
This country but IN the world, for rHe
Tecommendation ne gave the American
national Eame-base lail-yesterday In
mis- speech in 81. LOUIS
AR. Taft had already Endorsed the
game on several occasions by attending
professional contests. and he was an en-
thusiastic amateur when a. student al
Yale II might have been thought that
when ne raised the game 10 the highest
level II has ever reached by throwing
out the first bail on April Il, 1910, here "a
Washington, that he was bidding for
popularity. but those who knew him
realized that he was -Eere on the gala
occasion because he was too good a fan
20 miss the opener.
In 81 Louis yesterday he said that he
sanctioned ProfessIoEe1 baseball by his
presence primarily because he liked IT,
secondly, because he Zas more than
glad 20 extend his assistance TO the
spreading Of q heaIthfuI amusement and
beneficial exercise The words rang true
snd gave the game an Endorsement
which should be borne IN mind whenever
1here is the slightest tendency for crook
ed tendencies % develop NJ. Tafr en-
IarEBd his remarks by saying that his
attendance as Chief Magistrate Of the
nsEoE was tustIdAd By the cleanliness
OF the conduct OF the sport under pro
1sssionaI auspices Bear that IN mind
EVery nan Who saw the opener here
ms year via be proud some day 20
boast that he was among those present
when an important historical event took
place
IN v1ev Of the friendliuess Of 1Ir.
TafE. both as an individual and as PresI-
dent II Is 10 be hoped that the club
owners II cities where he may decide
20 spend an afternoon al the ball park
VII treat him with the respect due M
exalted position there are stories that
when he promised 10 80 20 the game IN
PittsburE last Monday between Pitts
burg and Chicago IL the National
League, the fact was used IN q coarse
way. handbilIs being distributed. etc,
merely 10 enlarge the receipts If such
was the case, the Elt-s5iIrg mana cement
committed gross breach or taste and
should apologize OF course. here II
washington the pCpulace IS so aCuS-
toned 10 seeing the President al public
functions that his presence ar ball
game IS not as prominent a feature as
L would be elsewhere, but the rarity OF
mis- visits 20 the PiIJsbuTE park is 10
excuse for ''ClTCJISlnE MIN bE the meth
DDS used 20 advertise a bearded lady OF
q parachute jumper. The Sip made D.
the PiItsburE ruanZ cement vas un-
2
eEuberanCe Of spirits over the Iact That
lIr- Taft would be there, but IL should
serve as q lesson for all other base
bah naEuates In this and al future ad-
mIuisrratlOns-
Charley Dryden has pulled a funny
one He said the So z-Jlled persons OF
prominence VINO accC IlzlaT4leu the Pres--
dent IN Pittsburg were a-Llred IN three
gallon hats"
Colonel Roosevelt. so run the stories.
il to receive q gold pass 20 the JeI-
frles-JOEusOn blCker. near san Fran
cisco OF July 4 1t IS 10 be hoped BY
every Ted-blOOded person that the
colonel viii be at the rinSslde- lie is
g boxer himself. ne mas 0ILen eN-
pressed his belief that Il is far prefer
able for Americans 10 settle their
belIfgereucles with their nSLs Lnau
with knives and pistols and ne llEed
long enough In the West 10 see and
know how much better II Is 10 nave
those VINO feel that they must com
nit an assault do Il with nature
weapons rather than with a six
shooter or o bowie knife He has
also lived long enough IN America to
desire TO see its citizens contend with
straight punch rather than with a
bomb or stllSJto- Also y nen ne Wa
police commissioner In New York he
attended all the big bouts
We suppose Mr. Carnegie viii be
TOO busy settling a row in a peace
society TO 60 TO the -Jedries and John
son SCRAP
II Colonel Roosevelt does see the
match. Il viii cause a howl from the
Eoo-Eoog ard true reformeTs that viii
roach from one end of the country to
the other, and cause a discussion that
wiz be acrimonious We have never
heard that he fed from such He may
lose the support OF such professional
auCIs as reared when Il was reported
that Vice President Fairbanks com
unitted the EricVOus sin or drinking q
cocktail. OF that the doughty coIoneI
himself had stained his immortal soul
by smoking a cigarette But his open
face conduct IN following out his con-
victiOns would make him many
friends and cost far less votes, for the
class Of people who are always bulziuE
10 the 'front.' with the wall about the
lost and undone state or the country
generally vote some freak ticket that
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