The Washington herald., 1914-03-29
Stray Items
Sport

big Jenf'' Tesreau, of the New York
Giants. ought TO have a wonderful year
as a pitcher in 1914 JEFF didn't do so well
last year as he did In his first year out,
and not half so well as many predicted
for his huge bundle of mankind. But
there was a reason, as they say in break
fast food circles.
Jeff was very much in love last sum-
mer with a sweet and dainty New York
maiden. who had many other admirers
beside the Ozark Bear" Jen wanted
her for his very own-and so did about
q half dozen other youths. 1t worried
Jetf night and day, and the worry Rf-
fected his work. Jeff's heart wasn't in
his labor-it was with Miss Helene Eliza
beth Blake, Of New York
But things will be different this year.
Miss Helene Blake is no more She is
Mrs. Charles Tesreau, and the Ozark
Bear" is so happy now that he won her
as his bride, so carefree. and 50 eager to
show his little wife that he is one of the
greatest pitchers that ever uncoiled a
wing. that he gives promise of hanging
up pitching record that will stamp him
as the greatest pitcher of all time.
Tesreau, in his first year out In 1872,
won II and lost only games for the
Giants-an average of .70S. Last year, de-
6piIC uAS "ONAlcos HC 6TdoOtu OH OUT
Of s. combats-an average around $50
Before Claude Cooper, the recruit Giant
outielder, hurdled to the Feds, he was
called ''the second Ty, Cobb" But since
then he has been called-oh. but what's
the use Of being too bromide?
The o. B. people have stated frequently
that the Federals' pitching stats are
made UP principally of bushers while
ours are made up of stars" whaddaya
think of the star stun the PhiIlies are
totfng around this spring? Here they
are: Alexander, Chalmers. Mayer Mar
shall, lineup, Gaddy, Jacobs. and Haislip.
Not to be outdone by the Americans in
frenzied finance in athletics. our English
relatives have just announced to the
world at large that Dawson. the famous
forward center of the Heart of Midloth-
ian soccer football team, has been sold |
to the Rovers' Club for SIS, 600, while Shea
and Simpson, two other Midlothian stars, |
have been sold for $4,000 each.
All of which listens substantial, like
but we'd like to lamp the checks Just to |
sort of convince ourselves that a little |
didn't creep into the figures. |
We used TO think those English folk not I
only went to church every Sunday, but |
clung to the Bible-and its teaching-on |
weekdays. but
Before the world tourists landed cables
used TO trickle in telling Of soccer games
played in the British Isles at which the |
attendance was 'in excess OF 100 0o0."
That listened big And we believed IL.
But the day the touring ball players ca
vorted In the presence of the King, the |
English newspaper persons eabled across
that the attendance was '1n excess of 1
5000. However, the tourists tell us l
tha. The crowd was less than 25,oo0, al
though II jammed the park And the
tourists ought 10 know. They demanded II
4 gaze at the turnstiles. SO as to arrive
AZ the amount Of their divvy.
Now that the ice has disappeared from
most of the lakes and rivers, the college
,arsmen have deserted, the gym rowing
and are spending their after
rooms padding around in the water 80 II
,s to loosten up their muscles in prepara- II
ion for the big doings in Junetime.
Up in New Haven. Conn. there's a lot II
4 optimism concerning the Yale crew
the optimism seems TO be
,urely local Harvard this year promises
o have a crew as good, IL not better,
han last year. and what that 1913 Grim
on crew did 10 the Eli outfit on the
thames was a matter that called for
lction by the Humane Society.
The Poughkeepsie regatta promises to
'e even more Of thriller than last year.
Every college that will mipgie In the
hudson doinss reports that It has some
mighty wonderful oarsmen In the recruit
ist. and that their squads this season
WI be better than last. Which. II true.
means that the spectators win be treated
o an even more thrilling spectacle than
sst year, when Cornell and Columbia
owed a Killing race for three and q. half
niles. only to have Syracuse, laying back
Intil the stretch. come along like light
ing bolt and cross the finish line In the
tad y,