The Washington herald., 1911-12-07
Nationals nfie|d Likely Cause Griffith Considerable Trouble
SPORTING
.SIDELIGHTS
By BILL BAILEY.

There will soon be skating on the basin
and other places.
Cy Macdonald, former Central High
and Georgetown star athlete, has given
away his rubber shirt. Cy has reduced
his weight to 23S pounds, and is satisfied.
A word of advice to some of our lead
ing bowlers: Don't tell your wife you
CARRIED of all the high honors She may
read the morning papers.
Red Doom, the Phillies' manager, who
is at lOggerheads with Owner Horace
Fogel, says he Dooin) must get the same
salary as was paid Billy Murray. or he
will quit Doom is worth it. all right.
The football player will for the time
being abandon his pursuit of the elusive
pigskin and take whirl at the sheep
skin.-From the lyrics of L. c. Davis.
Harry Ward says automobiles may now
be bought on time. Oh, joy! We've got
oodles Of time.
Handles" Sutton, known as one of
the most brilliant billiard players in the
country, is performing at the Leader
parlOrs, in Fourteenth street. Sutton is
marvel
Principal Emory Wilson. Of Central. is
on man in a hundred, who can join in
a football celebration with the boys and
at the same time maintain proper dig
nifty.
Buck" OIiveri says he does not think
the football rules should be changed next
year That settles it. Mr.. Camp will
please keep off.
In four of the five Washington high
schools. letters are awarded football play
ers who take part in four full periods in
inter-sChOlastic competition. At Business
the athletic association has passed a
ruling that a man must play three full
games in order to get his letter. This
would seem to be a trife hard on the
faithful few who worked hard all season
and on account of injuries were forced
to remain on the side lines after they had
played two full games.
We don't read of anybody breaking
their neCks to fill Clark Grifith's shoes
in Cincinnati.
Society note-It is hardly proper to
wear rubber boots to church
Dear Bnl-A bets B that the Nationals
will finish higher in 1911 than they did
in 1910 Who wins? JN
B. wins. according to the percentage Of
games won and lost, but both seasons the
Nationals finished in seventh place
Fred Lake. former Boston Red Sox
manager, may be at the head Of the
Lynn team Of the New England League
next season
Ed Wray. the St Louis Post-Dispatch
,.r;t
In Chicago. they made $50 900 out Of an
imitation championship wrestling match
of twenty-one minutes duration. In St
Louis, We get a real title match of twn
hours for 500, and it had all the hall
marks of greatness. Which crime is the
greater the neglect Of st. LOuisians or
the Asullibility of Chicagoans?"
Chris Mullady, last year the moving
spirit of the Kendall Athletic Club has
cast his lot with the Ingram Churcu
basketball team. Mullady is one of the
best-knOwn athletes in the District.
1t has been learned that basket ball
activity at Central will be confined to
the girls. The boys will not attempt to
launch a team, for the reason that they
have no properly equipped gymnasium in
the o street school.
The following from the pen of a we'll
known Western scribe is not so bad:
The proposal of the National League
to silence its magnates in matters ordi-
narily Eiveh out to the press will be well
coined by the news gatherers. 1t will be
relief from the diplomatic mendacity
which is the present output of many club
owners
N. B.-If uncertain about diplomatic
mendaCity,' remember it's a first cousin
to what T. R. called so many persons
The HeraId's bowling editor is still
laughing up his sleeve. Q