The Washington times., 1912-01-29
BOB THAYER'S
Sporting Gossip

Sporting Gossip
Every Knock Is a Boost"
Bankers to shift,
That suggestion of sending a George
town relay four to Boston next month
sounds like q good one. It has been
several years since truly representa-
tive team has competed at the b. A. A.
games, but this time, with the brightest
fare: well in the big games.
Sixty days more
Yale has evidently made up it's mind
that this business of annual tie games
with Harvard must be stopped, and in
order to do everything possible to help
r.ext falls eleven, winter football prac-
tic6 will be started today. Only rudi-
mentary work Will be attempted, but
the candidates will be expected to re-
Get together, Maryland!
Mike Macdonald has once more as
sumed the managerial toga at the
American Security and Trust. and is
planning for the coming season In base
ball. The Bankers MADE a clean sweep
last season, and the new manager Is a
believer In the adage that q move i'm
time often saves a nine.
Mike Kahoe. chief scout
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The release of Sam Leever by the
Minneapolis club, of the American A.
sociation, marks the passing of one of
the greatest pitchers in the game q few
years ago. Cahtillon has followed
system of surrounding himself with
veterans. and If Leever could not make
good with the Millers, he is likely to
down in the lower class Of minors.
Now comes Dickinson.
|. Some estimate Of the relative
strength of college teams in the
South Atlantic and the extreme South
may be formed when the University
Although Georgetown will not be
met, Navy, Carolina and Virginia are
|, on the list of the team from the
Cracker State.
Yale is in earnest.
With the intercollegiate games
scheduled for May 81 and June /, this
year. how can the Olympic committee
expect any college stars to enter their
trials on Memorial Day? Either a
grievous error has been made, or the
committee does not care for the best
american athletes to represent this
letic clubs have many good men, the
colleges also have athletes who
should be given chancY.
Princeton will be welcome.
John NJ. Wards scheme for reducing
the size Of the ball players spike is
meeting with approval everywhere.
The present spike causes serious
wounds when driven with great speed
into a mans body, and any movement
for the lessening Of this danger de-
done on this question at the coming
meeting OF the big leagues.
Bowlers keeping It up.
Jimmy McAleer is surprising his
friends in this city by his activities
since he went to Boston He engages
In bowling matches. billiard tourna-
ments and whist clashes, attends the
hockey games at the Arena, and visits
IDENTIFY enjoying everything in sight.
Before he quits he's likely to find
himself popular.
Business will play.
Mioue Donlin. husband of Mabel Hitc.
and expert vaudevillian, has been Of
fered the highest salary of any Ma
tional League outfielder,' to use Inc
words Of President John NJ. Ward.
WheI: 1t is recalled that Sherwood Ma
gee, Mike Mitchell. Frank Schultz, and
Jimmy Scheckard are wording in that
lea"ue. one is compelled to pause and
reflect on the rashness Of these words.
Now. Rob Roy Mackey!
The echoes Of that suspension of Abe
Attell, featherweigh boxing champ
| ion, by the New York toxing commis-
sion. are still rolling On and bid fair to
prove Of great benefit to tho game as
whole everywhere. Attell has worked
| in "stals' hefore this latest, but NO one
was in authority to suspend him. So
| frightened is Attell that he is consider
u ing retiring.