The Washington herald., 1911-12-16
SPORTING
SIDELIGHTS
By BILL BAILEY.

Those Georgetown hikers have not
started yet.
Manager Griffith and Buck Becker met
on the Avenue yesterday. Becker, by
the way. is the only left-hander on the
Nationals reserve list.
Battling Nelson is going to fight One
Round Hogan in New York, December
- Call the police!
The six-day bike race now being pulled
off in New York had nothing on the
drinking Marathon at the recent world s
series-an previous records were shattered
in the last-named event.
Griff's goat is particularly fond of Gin
cinnau papers-the animal eats up the
stuff some of the sporting writer's hand
out.
Tom Hughes looks good,
During the recent baseball meetings on
the night of the big eats a number of
parodle- were sung by those scribes who
possessed remnants of voices Here's
one that made u hit To Matthewson
and Baker, air ''All Alone" chorus:
All alone, all alone; AatheWSOn Is all alone.
Always has them itching when he starts in pitching
"InS'' and ''Ouls. shoots and shots and
strke-Cut drops
His 'fadeaway" every day fooled batsmen, you
must own;
But young frankie Baker. ''Counie's'' hone-run
maker.
Got his goat" and left him all alone.
Hank O'Day. manager of the Cincfn-
natl Reds pitched for Washington way
back in 1856.
Chances are that nothing more will be
heard from the ticket scandal until
October, 1912.
Who will challenge the winner Of the
DoOin-Fogel fight?
The st. Louis Post Dispatch rises to
remark: National League reports that
u, 4SO baseballs were used during the
year. Bosh! Baker knocked that many
over the fence himself in the worlds
series. At least that many were sold
as souvenirs.
Bowlers will take things easy here
abouts next week. Do your Christmas
stopping early, boys.
Mike Thompson's Mount St Mary's
basketball team has quite a pretentious
schedule. They are liable to run up
against a snag when they tackle the
Catholic University quint here.
Leading newspapers in the National
League cities are panning Ban johnson
while the American League scribes are
pouring hot shot into Charley Murphy.
Ten days before Christmas and Frenchy
hasn't told anybody why he did not go to
see the recent worlds series.
In the meantime Griffs goat will con-
tinue to cut grass at the National Park.
Ingram's indoor baseball team is kick
ing because they cannot get games
Better get a team first" said one of
the Y. NJ. c. A. boys last night.
What popular Washingtonian last night
tried to push over the Washington Monu-
ment?
Eddie Wray. the weIl-known st. Louis
baseball writer hits the nail on the head
when he says, "A baseball war is quite
as improbable as one with Japan-and
for the same reason-the expense. Perl
mutter! The expense"
Macheler's bowling gossip, official aver
ages, and other comment will be one of
the big features of The Herald's pink
sporting section tomorrow. Peet will
review the recent big baseball meetings
and Swan has a story about the local
amateur ball players the fans cannot af-
ford to miss. The Herald's Sunday
sporting section is the best in the South,
bright, newsy, and up to date.
Walter Herrell hopes to give such a
good account of himself down South with
the Athletics that Connie Mack will be
forced to work him in one of the early
games.
Joe Oliveri is watching the weather
reports with .an eagle eye. II II rains
tomorrow, Joe will be a sick man.