The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1911-12-26
SPORTING
SIDELIGHTS
By BILL BAILEY.

Jack johnson may fight Jim Flynn.
Another massacre.
Princeton's baseball schedule is an at
tractive one. Too bad the Tigers are
not on the Nationals list.
The Boston Herald Of last Sunday
printed a picture of Jack Hegarty, cap
tain-elect OF the Georgetown 1912 foot
ball eleven, and printed a fiattering no.
tice, claiming Jack as a Boston boy. 1t
seem that Hegarty's home is in New
buryport, a few miles outside the Hub.
Eggnog will do II quicker and better
than almost anything else.
Joe Turner is back from a long stay
in the North, where he claims he trim
med a lot of wrestlers. AS long as sports
will part with their coin to see wres-
thing, just so long will the game thrive.
Fake matches killed the sport in the
Capital.
Ainsmith for Jack knight. No chance
for a trade like this.
Up Japan can produce athletes on a par
with its ball players, a few surprises
may DC hdiuGu Jul a. lLC SOAAlilS OAy
pic games IN Stockholm, Sweden.
Cotton" Harrison will in the future
do his arguing in the sign language.
Somebody pushed Cotton's map out of
place the other night and before he
could find the guy who hit him, friends
interfered.
Among the college boys home for the
holidays who were noticed yesterday in
church were Big Whitney. of Penn State;
"Toots" MorseIl, Of Wesleyan; Logan
Cunningham, of Princeton; Mickey Guy
and Roger Bone, of Virginia; Eddie
Rheem, Of Princeton, and Herbert Bah
cock, of Dartmouth.
Only a few days more and then comes
swearing-off time. We know one in
dividual who vows he will drive the
old water wagon this time.
Bill Sommers, the all-Southern tackle
for G. w. L. in 1908. was passing through
Washington on his way from New York
to Tennessee and stopped in 10 see US.
Bill is looking fine, and since he quit
bucking the line for George Washington
he is bucking up against "Yeggs" for
Uncle Sam in the postal service. Bill
succeeded in having two men sent to the
Atlanta penitentiary for robbing the
post-office at White Lake, n. Y, last
August. Each was sentenced to four
years by Judge Holt last Friday. Som
mers is now on his way to Tennessee to
round up the hIghwaymen who have been
robbing postal and express cars running
out of Memphis. Bill was glad to see US
and wished to be remembered to his old
friends in Washington.
That Central High track squad should
do some mighty good work after the
holidays, as Capt. Fritz Reuter- counts
upon having several stars of the foot
ball team out in toys, and promises to
clean up for the other scholastic run
ners of the District. Well, Fritz did the
same last year, and he may repeat.
No more indoor baseball until January
Is. Somebody is glad.
No Yale-Georgetown basketball Eame
this year. That is tough on the Hilltop
pers, as they counted upon handing the
wearers of the Dark Blue a good trim
ming at the Arcade.
Those lists of the twenty best amateur
baseball players OF the District are still
u,
pick your winners.
Capt Harris, of the Eastern High
team, has not decided upon a
coach for his nine, but II is almost sure
bet that JaeA Shea, who handled the
football team so we'll this fall. will be
in charge OF the diamond aggregation.
Jack is some coach. and will turn out
just as good a ball club as he did a
football eleven.
We understand that Shorty" Hughes,
the well-known baseball umpire and bas-
ket-baIl referee. will take up football
next year. Not as a player, but as an
official. Well, Shorty" Is a pretty good
umpire and we never hear any kicking
on his basketball work, SO he should
make good at the gridiron game. The
more the merrler.
Regents Win.
The Regent Athletic Club defeated the
Northminster basketball team last
evening on the iatter's floor by a score
OF % to DO This was the first time the