The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-01
Washington Team in Poor
Shape TO Accomplish
Much at Present
MCINTOSH MAKING
SERIOUS MISTAKE
Attempt TO Hold Big Fights IN
London May Kill Box
ing Game

By THOMAS S HCE.
We are glad 10 note nom special
dispa tchas in our morning eGntempO-
Teries. hot of the wire. that 1IcAieer
hopes TO take the series WIKI S.
LCuis which begins IN 81. louis today
If he did not entertain that fond hope
We would suggest calling a doctor
As a matter Of fact Washington
prospects OF taking a series from any
body are rather slim AT present. and
the fans may as well prepare them
selves for that fact The catching
staG IS entirely 60 the bad. with John
Henry tle only gackStpp ON the Job-
Besides, He1Ey has had little expert
CLCe Lu ma 1ur LEAGUE ball and IS fun
OF amateuIlsl defects which viii take
z season or Two ID eliminate eaten
1nE - a mighty important end or a
bail game and with q novice behind
the bat NaSEiuEtou.s chances are
greatly weakened Street Is expected
L. break into the same IN "A day or so,
but ra has hands SIN br.rfS-E from
holding JoEuSol.s speed and II would
not require much 10 put him out OF
comm sSiou again fl Ee goes to work
before the bruises have completely
disappeared
This E n0- 10 discourage the fans
or the team, but just TO put them next
10 the real situation
The present batting alignment Of the
Washington team is about rhe strongest
81 could present with Milan laid off
b. his injury LeIIrelt is not as good
a fielding first haSemau as UuElaUh,
and probably never VIII be, for with
al his faults Lu-larIb has played one
grand same around the bag tIis season.
and few men could take his place 1u
the defense But, Bob has not been
cdtEIE enough 20 keep himself warm
while LeIEeE has an average that open
j. fiirts with 30 OF some such medium
sized figure ScEa-fer has improved "a
little IN his sticking according TO the
or less Of a. useful STvay-e- an season
Schaerer Is pretty nifty citizen ON
the bases and at inside baseball of all
sorts. 50 that he IS about the best sub
stitute for Milan that can be put in center
field alrE1l gh Ee cannot cover as
much around ara IS not fast
- ai.il-z e-ii---r whose SHOES ne p
nill-=- lHe great point is --LaL -iilan
Vas A5tt-rs more than taIr-E points
ahead or SclaeIer. when Ee was hurt
and what this team needs more than
al else Is hitting 10 back NO the good
streak its pitchers have developed
Mike Eah1e secuted through the Vir-
GINA League Wish he had s5Eue5 Fan
HIM so %. CieVef11ld-
The merry game Of working GOOD
thing 10 dean is now being transferred
70 the Brit sh ISLES. The GOOD ching IS
boxing ans the man who Is working
the game s. Hugh Mcintosh, the Aus
traiiau promoter Mcintosh is a hustler
In more WAYS than one He is one OF
The most tloroT-altE modern and .5---ys-
date men that ever broke lIEF EEGLLTSlllr
and so far his record appears ro have
been aSLEDEEIIF -.- free fTUu the
slightest breath OF suspicion He IS not
tense. but he IS ovTar end manager OF
q big tourists agency Il Australia q
Transportation agent and a figure ll
various oLleE enter IliSr>- ne IS q L'lSL-
ness man OF high ralDe-- uUL l- IS a
pretty safe proposition that Ee IS over
reaching himself I'm mis- present scheme
% get hold Of great arena On london
end hold urizet-lts ON The grand scale
which has characterized some OF those
in the United States An agitation has
been started against boxing ~ E--SLs.iil
bv the people who make "a l-el-ru1
study out of finding what other people
want then opposing It tooth and nail
on the sUeci0-s plea OF SAVING the rising
generation from. this and mat The
f7Ehr pictures have been rDrtllae1 IN
many parts of England largely because
Of the race issue llE+-- co. o-- me ,=--
tstion against boxing is strictly on the
lines that ir is brutal and EFIfsI isiI--s
ssdisgTarefuI and ca-ral---- ETC. r-e-.
ad nausEam, EItl the usual line OF
coupled ad5eetiV5s and HysJer--l
means
The game viii soon he attacked in
Australia. also It's too Eood a chance
FOR the advertisers GO miss
There was much comment in Eng
land over the immense amount OF
money involved In che JetrieS-a ol--
had never had anything like that,
they Immediately took q dislike TO
it and the Inevitable editorials o.
understanding kid were poured forth
daily against thaL bout uaTti Cu-a-Tly
and all others in general The cam
naiEn AGAINST boxing is piJlb-T lu1l-
(roT7s in view of the violent efforts
the English government Is making
by means Of the boy scout movement
and others Co iUstil some sort Of
shirt into the masses and To -UCuiczlte
into them e. SrHT g esE- Se-L-oofl-l -eLl &c
that will arouse them To- the point Of
eDIfsffUC when next England goes 90
war but the aEitatorS can see moth
fuz but their own Sluc-lrE and their
names i'm print. and are sticking 20
their work 1IclntoslS efforts 20
break into London with the american
Srvle of big purses and enormous
crowds ar championship matches Is
sure To- fan the flames tnat now
threaten the sport which has cone
so much to help the AnElo-SsZous Ga
become the great cUlOnIItrS they are
and other authorities over there %
shoe him away <ot that Mcintosh IS
an undesirable. tT any means but
because he is making q mistake IN
policy that viii react on hlfl per
en-rTf- and -He country lLr-c.