The Washington times., 1912-05-19
BOB THAYER'S
Sporting Gossip

Sporting Gossip
Every Knock Is a Boost"
one for ne Browns
Undoubtedly ball players the country
over are sympatbizing with the Detroit
Tigers. though few will come out fat
and say so. Every player
has had to endure insults from the fans,
and he knows just about how Ty Cobb
felt when he climbed into the bleachers
and assaulted that man In New York.
At the same time IL may be costly for
Cobb and his confreres.
Dixie Walker tomorrow?
Don't worry about a baseball war.
or rather strike. There'lllbe None. The
Tigers stand alone in their defiance to
the head of the American League.
Perhaps IL all the clubs Joined with the
Tigers. Ban Johnson might have 10
But, as matters now stand.
he has only the Tigers to punish.
War and rumors Of wars
The passing Of Jack Flynn was fore
shadowed weeks ago. Unrestricted and
misguided booming caused the fans to
expect great things Of him. This was
unfair to the player, who never was a
sluBger in the big league. In st. Paul,
though. he should return to his ciout-
ing standards. He set them in the
American Association. - .",
Joke game in Phiiiy. ....s.
The White Sox are proving undoubted
caliber in Boston. 1t was thought that
they would crack under the strain, but
their methods Of winning games al
ready sewed up by the other fellows
goes far to disprove this prediction.
From now on Jimmy Callahan and his
crew will bear watching.
Tigers are showing their claws.
The Nationals will leave home this
week, bound for every other town in
the league. They have played good ball
on the road so Tar this season, and
there is every reason to believe they
will continue It. II they can break
even on this long trip to foreign shores
they will be still in the first division,
something unthought of until now.
Navy yields to C. U.
Nothing startling was developed In
the performance of the college athletes
in the many dual meets yesterday. No
dark horses came to the fore with record
breaking performances 1t remained for
Meredith, of Mercersburg, to make the
experts sit up and take notice. The
youths record OF IS 2-5 seconds for the
quarter Is likely to stand as an inter-
scholastic record for many years.
Now, we're tied at third.
HORNE showed his class in jumping
feet Z inches yesterday in the Western
Olympic trials. The Stanford crack
proved that his mark Of 6 feet 6t inches.
made three weeks ago, was not fash
in the pam To twice break a world {
record which has stood for many years
Is a performance we'll worth being
proud OF.
Jimmy McAleer still growing.
| HofYecker, Of the NJ. A. c., further
proved his prowess yesterday as a
pitcher by shutting out Western Mary.
land by II to and allowing the visi
tors but one hit. He famed eleven bat
ters, BY his exceptionally good worl
this season he has put himself in {
class with CHIEF Greene. the Catho
| lie University star who blanked tn,
Navy yesterday. ,-.;
Back goes Jack Flynn.
Sam Felton's wildness yesterday al
lowed Dartmouth to win from Harvard
FELTON, lost his game to Georgetown IL
| about the same way. Dartmouth ant
Georgetown look to be about on a par
although Dartmouth has had the ad
vantage of getting into shape later thar
the Blue and Gray.
Sherman takes golf prize.
The Georgetown tents team while de
feated twice this week is to be com
mended for it's pluckiness In keeping q
the game. This is the first season tina
the Blue and Gray has had represen
tation in tennis and while the team ha
met defeat has been without the serv
ices Of Norrie Mclean. In a year o
two the Blue and Gray will be up wit
the others in tennis as in other sports
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Matty Loses Another.
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