Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-02
THE. FAN.

THE FAN.
Fan ~ many a season pas:
Many It summers tan.
Eager nowswhie Gays sun i'S''
Fan,
Since base ball first began,
You. with pennant nailed l" mast
= Stay constant man.
Dark defeat never cast
Spirit down ban
On your horefulness SO fast
Fan,
The hardened, dyed-in-the-wooi fan
is the man who is most hopeleSSlE az
Sea regarding the complicated base paiI
situa ton, developed through tle attaeh 1
by the Federal League upon orga,iizea
base ball and the intersection OF an
entirely new factor through the Work
Of the players organization. The ran,
rnnre and simple, has had but one thing
in the past TO worry about. ana INC.
has been the playing AFFINITY OF ms
team At times he enlivened MS AFTER
noon by remarks regarding the INTEGRITY
uf the umpire. But when ne read IN
his morning paper that there "ouiu y.
q base ball strike his vision of what
he should do in the long afternoons
was too horrible to contemplate, ana ne
paled at the thought. Fortunately sucn
- event was avoided, but the ian sun
ffefibfes at the upset conditions. Nor
~ he quite alone. for there be Elasnales'
70 called. and there be players, VINO
foresee far less prosperous times on the
u.
eiction this column voiced on the fight
Between the Bingham dog and the
calico. cat:
Would it not be well for all parties
to remember the fate of the dog and
cat:
Next morning where the two had sat
They found trace Of dog or car.
But the truth about the cat and pap
Is this-they ate each other up.
In the interests of the readers of this
column the writer has just made 4
sporting pilgrimage across the water
fo- the purpose of attending the Olym-
pic conference and witnessing an I'M
usual series of contests in interna-
tfonal sport such as have never neen
duplicated before.
Among these international contests
several will be treated of later, but the
one of especial Importance 10 Ameri-
caIs today was the tennis at Wimble-
dop, for from thst it is possible to gage
the chances of America. Australia and
Eng land in the contests for the Davis
cup.-
a considerable amount of false i'm
preston has been spread abroad re-
9&rding some Of the contestants, prin-
obally through the fact that they are
hzins judged. not by this years form,
h&t by the form of year ago or more.
EkinG the Australians first: A re-
Ont description would give one the
itipT ession that Brookes is a wild
s&Ashsr and that Wilding is a con-
sFvltive, cautious player. The thou
sands who saw Brookes work his way
thTough the championship at Wimble-
Den, England. last month would sta nd
a1ha2ed at any such statement, and our
GAIr cynlen ought not to be deceived
q 10 what they may expect. Brookes.
N9hd T., an ail-round athlete, and who,
70 the. way, car play very nearly as
pod "A game OF golf as he does tennis
SEarted this eat deteEmincdly to pre-
1T, Il
cEentaHy to defeat Wilding for the
Championship. and the Brooches who is
lMlylng today is : cool. calculating
Mayer. Who apparently thinks out his
attire plan of campaign and then puts
b consistently in force, croWdinS or.
q critical moments L little more pace,
Vi relying principally upon his ability
IA deceive the opponent and force him
~ false. positions. He is never hur-
ID nor excited himself. He has rot
,he. push nor spirit of Winding, but
YsIen the Two met his game was far
T. stronger. Wilding, III spite of the
3aconinms laHished upon him here,
Hl have To improve over his Nimb le-
- form considerably He is bril-
Ent player and a forceful one and
~ has time enough Yet to get in shape
q al Wimbledon he vas sIashin g
Eldis. especially al times in the dou-
l3cs. and showed =, carelessness not
Bar "teristic of his former work ii
Cfe Australians come through in THEN
tltst with England as their form Al
Iff 9,euon makes possibility. Nc
!RuSh!in and Williams Will have an
opporrln5ty 20 square III. things foi
s9lue individual Australian defeats. no
,sfily McLouGhlin's at the hands o!
klsd,ng IN England last year.
Nilding r. not playing as well as ht
Vas then and Mclaughlin is surer OF
rs back hand. which combination ought
"a give PIN success. If Brookes' placint
SAnle is as steady as il Was one time
at Wimbledon he will give McLoughlir
III lac wants and 4 little more, and
~ inclined TO think that Williams will
l{sat out Brooches because Williams at
nGA VIII be more novel Brookes ha.
cSnie through the Wimbledon tourna.
IHeTt. where il was necessary for hin