The Washington times., 1915-01-02

army OF youngsters before ne can turn
the trick. And his club must respond
through 1918. when hard fighting rather
than superior ability, pulled them safely
through.
AS to the American League race, IL
the Red sox don't win they ought to be
What was the greatest individual
sporting achievement for the year,
queries X. l.. II.
the stunt Of Hank Gowdy in biting
for greater number Of bases than
Baker. Collins. Mc1nnis. Oldrins. and
Murphy combined. Referring. Of
course. to the late world series.
who originated the expression
world serious?' asks another reader,
who may or may not be gentle.
oThand. we should say Huehie Jcn-
ninEs. After losing three of 'em in a
affairs in his buoyant and scholarly
young career.
Only One Such.
'If I can land just one addition"
says George Stallings. II viii win the
pennant for the next five years.
We know who or whom George must
i,
1t might sound sacreligious.
Ballads of Bad Babies.
Bobby Jackson siyly crept
Straight to where his gradma slept
Then he. after getting there.
Nailed her two ears to the chair:
she exclaimed. why bless my heart!
Child. you gave me such O. start"
Mary Jane. a cCmely maid.
Set fire to her sisters braid;
When nc, her mother came she SAID
Oldtimers in baseball are swiftly
passing out. Their day is numbered.
Tho game has slipped beyond them.
stance. Old sam Crawford only drove
in H. runs. which was only fifteen
more runs than Baker drove over.
twenty more than Speaker and Collins
and about forty more than Cobb. It's
tough th way the old boys are
when Sam stood well enough in the
Select Society of Swat or in the Bril-
gade OF Bing.
Here are two ll-Americans you
can't leave of ana team, viz. Irwin s.
Cobb and George NJ. Cohan. Their
cvcraSe in their separate positions
Is exactly 1000 at each and every
start.
Buying the Yankees has cut into
Capt. Til Fuston's winter fearfully.
It's a good thing for him he didn't
try to buy the Giants or the Braves.
The Case of johnson.
Ii there is one soul-rasped Son Ct
Swat who is busily engaged these days
in kicking himself swiftly upon either
ankle the moniCker attached is Walter
Johnson. In tripping the light fantastic
toe from league to league and from
town to town. tho Kansas Catapult has
earned q reputation Of being kale
grabber without being able to grab the
aforesaid kale. johnson. in short, which
he amt. has gathered in the reputation
of being one Of the most commercial
people in sport whereas he isn't by an
enlarged dimension.
Financial Twist.
n year ago Johnson was offered a
vaude vile contract calling for $4,000
There is 10 bunk about this. lie had
his chance to clean up more in one win
ter than he had ever made in his pro-
fesson from April to October. If he had
been AZ entirely commercial soul he
would fave wrerched q knee cap jump.
ing for this offer. But he turned 1t down
without an outward quiver. whstever his
lnWaro "tSlus ae " Qurers 'niSHt nave
been. Only a few in tho same would
have done this, and II shows where
johnson belongs. He follows this up by
jumping to the Feds for more none,
and then jumping back for quite a
deficit. II Johnson had grabbed tina,
vaudeville offer and gone after all he
could get from the Feds he would bt
at least $4,000 richer two years from
now than he will be. And yet, having
blown this coin. or rather the chance
for it, he is still rated as q CONNER
cial soul through his recent actions anc
has lost the credit that he had piled UP
Present Status.
johnson isn't the most commercial sou
in baseball by several lengths. But 81
iinancior he Is all to the mush. As Il
is, he has not only lost chances b, II
way for extra money. but stands n &c y
unless his Washington contract-th'
original entl'y--was legally binding, III
will be regained by the Feds.
o, You Eli!
Sir: / have noticed several Harvar,
gloats over Yale in your column Of late
Well let the old dear sloat. Out Of 81
games fought to II finish and to q de
cision, Yale has won 32 and Harvard S
AS between the two. Yale has II per
CentaGc OF something over ZOO and fiar
ward something under 500. II wa!
about time Harvard was winning
game or two, But it is still somathns
to know that sho can win every gam,
played for tho next Thirteen years, an,
still be back Of Yaie's total in Harvard
affairs. This dispassionate statement o
fact should Getain some one for a whil'
at least. r. 4. +.