The Washington herald., 1912-01-03
SPORTING
SIDELIGHTS
BY BILL BAILEY.

Connie Mack's best Christmas present
was the news that his star pitcher, Jack
Coomhs, was perfectly well again.
They are falling for the wrestling game
down Norfolk way.
Cy Young picks the twenty best ball
players and names Ty Cobb as his star
He could hardly name anybody else.
Watch for The Herald's big serial story.
THE Diamond Cipher" a baseball ro-
nance by Billy PheIon. II is the best
baseball story ever written, and there is
thrill in every chapter. The first in
! stallment starts next Monday morning.
Water wagon nearing the first turn.
Two dropped of last night
The stockholders OF the Washington
baseball club have just tumbled to the
fact that Griffith is a live wire. We knew
that long ago.
Did you shovel OF the snow from the
front sidewalk before breakfast this
Mickey KellIher dropped in last night
for chat. The IanIxy youngster who
broke down all the fences in the Vir-
ginia League last summer and who goes
TO Pittsburg next season, looks the pic
ture OF health. He says he is going to
cut out basketball this winter The A
A. L. said the same thing some time ago.
Charley Graf. former president OF the
Commercial League, has a new bee in
his bonnet. He will spring It soon,
Watch for II.
Leap year. boys. Look out. One old
bachelor whom We know quite well is in
danger OF getting kidnapped. No names
mentioned in this case.
Here's another spotlight: Charles Webb
Murphy bIandly cables from Panama that
the workmen on the canal would make
good ball tossers, because they always
fight TO the last ditch. Snoficerheisln-
again,
That's right, too. II the Washington
athletes get stung every time they take
part in lOng-distance jsunts over in Bal
timore, why don't they refuse to run, in
stead Of taking part and then yelping
like wounded hounds?
Bill Foley is back. Now they can re-
sumo classes at Central High School.
FORECAST FOR 1872
The Browns won't win the American League
pennant
PittsbUrE will be in the National LeaEus
T. Roosevelt will dig up some more p-omisipz
recruits for the AnAniaS Club.
Bug" Raymond will get the water vehicle
Ban johnson won't switch the American Learue
headauArte-s to York, Pa
John Rockefeller Will not he an entrEnt in the
looysrd dash finals At The nterooIlegiztes
md Hohb NIL
more
Cotton crop will not thriTe we'll in Michigan.
Mississippi will - DGmocTatic
Connie Mack will decline To prrmit his psns N.
ing used for the Republican Presidential nonina.
tion.
Fsbunr5 will have tvrnty-nins dIyA
Here is little ''nutty stun" we have
received:
TINE WAS SET.
The following notice was posted at a
country schoolhouse:
There will be preaching here, wednes-
day evening, on the subject: He that
believeth shall be saved and he that
beiieveth not shall be damned at $50"
SOME SEAT.
Is the seat Of war the place where the
standing army sits?I
HAD FINE CHANCE
It's a cinch P. T. Barnum went to
heaven"
How Is that?"
Didn't he have the best show on
earth?
HADN'T TINE.
You should think more Of the future >,
Cant; to-day is my wite's birthday
and I've got to think Of the present"
Ty Cobb. while not denying that he ia
the greatest ball player in the world
admits that he is a bum actor IT,
might do better If he had old E-e.vab
In the wings pulling up grass and sd-
ANYHOW, the Giants are champions Of
Cubai VI