The Washington times., 1911-08-19
Long" Tom certainly has come
back" with a vengeance.

back" with a vengeance.
| II these last two games mean any
thing, the Nationals are going to cause
| considerable apprehension through the
West. On their previous visits this sea
son they have done nothing, but Jimmy
| McAleer has large supply Of pep II
the baggage wagon now. and those. nifty
Nationals just wallow in it every day
Keep your eyes on them when they land
| in Detroit and Cleveland, where they
! have grudges to feed.
| Baseball fans all over the American
League will read with sorrow that "Bul'
let Jack Thoney will be dropped from
the Red Sox. This brilliant outfielder
batter, and base-runner has earned the
title of the most unfortunate man in
| baseball. Since joining the Sox he has
never been able to deliver the goods
because Of injury. First he broke his
leg just as he had got started to show
his class Then he threw out his shoul-
der and became valueless in big league
company. Personally a clean. likeable
chap. Thoney is we'll liked by everybody
he meets on or of the field. and his exit
| from the big show cannot but bring re-
grets to his hundreds of friends.
John Interference Taylor, Red So1
magnate. must feel like kicking him.
self In the tummy today when he stops
to think Of that famous trade with the
White Sox. Harry Lord and Ambv
Mcconnell are playing nrst-class ball
for the Windy City team. Frank Smith
gets his daily trouncings while on the
slab for the Reds. Yesterday Billy
Purtell, the boy wonder at third. was
given his release to Toronto in the
Eastern League. AS it is now, the
White Sox have two stars and the Red
sox vain regrets. It's always a ticklish
business attempting to put over any
thing on one Charley Comiskey.
Those fast Richmond ball tossers are
all ready to grapple with the winners
of the District championship. Indeed,
iudging from reports. they can hardly
hold themselves in check. DR.. William
H. Parker's Battle AK brigade Is sched-
uled to play OF with the local winners
for the inter-city title, and they don't
care a hang for the opinion of Sid
Lordge, former backstop with the Rich
mond Virginia League team. Sid says
that the " ashington team will have a
soft time Of 1t coping the glories, but
then-Sid never saw the Battle AK real
" wrought up. II he had he never
would have said any such thing. The
Battle AK, the Richmond amateur COM
mission. and numerous scribes will Jour-
-ey to this city for two games on Labor
Day. and-well, when that Battle AK
gets into full swing something Is bound
to happen
Johnny Priest, the Washington boy.
won a game for Richmond yesterday by
his speed and daring. Stealing second.
third. and home anywhere is difficult
feat, and when it wins a ten-inning
game, 1t Is worthy of the highest praise.
New York's boxing commissioners
show a ccmmendable spirit of energy
in organizing Immediately and issuing
notice that on and after August g the
rules of the commission must be obeyed
implicitly. Until that date, however,
such old wrecks as Tom Sharkey.
Peter Maher, and Bob Fitzsimmons may
cajole soine promoter into billing them
in a Comeback" stunt. After that
date, though, the boxing game In New
York will be conducted under strict
rules and a regard fo- the propr1etles.
The rules of the commission were given
out today.
Already the campaign is on to have
the intercollegiate meet of next year
- - ofo fodi a
1t was last year. Without doubt the
Cambridge field Is the best In the coun-
try, and every college trainer says that
the track there is the fastest In the
land. bar none. With John Paul Jones,