The Washington times., 1913-02-11
of Three Cities Haze Their Eyes Fixed the herc Tournament
BOB THAYER'S
Sporting Gossip
"Epery Knock Is .L.cs:
Grimth returning.

Sfimtn RETURNING
Clark Grfnith and Ben Minor have fin
fshed their business in New York and
are returning to Washington. The
Kicking" manager Of the Nationals
lived up to his reputation while attend
ing the schedule meeting. but this Is
one time when his kicking avaiIed him
little. 1t Is those long trips on the road
which Griffith believes are not the best
thing on earth for a ball club that n
trying to win pennant. He thinks they
could have been avoided and agree
with him.
Georgetown loses out on good game
in that the Fordham basketball game,
which was scheduled for tonight at the
Arcade. The game was called of at the
other end, not In Washington, the ex-
cuse being that the faculty had OBJ
jected to the trip. 1t Is also noted that
Fordham has excluded the HiIltoppers
from its baseball schedule. Why these
two Catholic colleges should not meet
in every sport is not understandable to
me.
Pirate hold-outs.
Scarcely two weeks some enthusiastic
gentleman of the press in the vicinity
Of Pittsburgh sent out story, Dragging
Of the fact that the Pirates had never
had a star to hold out. He can take
back his gold now. though. for Pitcher
Hendrix Is certainly eligible to bs
classed under the sub-head Of STARS.
Infieiders Miller and Byne have also re-
fused to sign the contracts sent them
by Fred Clarke. McGraw, I read to-
day. IL anxious to get Hendrix, 50
Clark had better sign his man.
Wrestling treat
Followers Of the mat game certainly
have a treat in store for them. begin
ming with tomorrow night. Two light
weight bouts and one heavyweight
match, stars performing In each bout,
have been booked. Americus is GER
tainly one Of the best Of his weight. and
Pardello has a good reputation Young
Olsen, who meets La Selle tomorrow
night, and Joe Turner. are all clever
middleweights. Turner meets the win
ner of the La Selle-Olsen bout. Friday
night
Some Honey Boy"
have heard more talk during the
past two days among the followers OF
ball here. about the offer OF
George Honey Boy" Evans, to give a
cup to the champion amateur team sf
the 1913 season. Evans is as notorious
for his cups as ne is for his ability IN
minstrelsy, and 1 personally know that
he is one of the biggest baseball bugs
In the country. Thanks George,
Manager is pleased. t7s-1I.s
Reports indicate that Griffith was
much impressed with Zack Erhart. the
Columbia University student, who was
.igned about two weeks ago for a trial
It second base. The college boy Is going
% put all his college ways behind him
when he reports at Charlottesville. and
some Of the last years infieiders VIII
ner might be stolen. Grir gave Erhart
directions about training and how to
take care Of his physique, between now
and the time he joins the club.
No need worrying.
There Is no need of you football fell
lows worrying about the location of the
next service football game. True, the
three-year contract with the authorities
If the University of Pennsylvania has
'un out, but Philadelphia the most salts
factory point for the holding of the
game. and Franklin Field
s to most satisfactory point Philadel-
,hia. So there!