The Washington times., 1916-12-25
BOB THAYER'S
Sporting Gossip

In these days OF stove league gossip
tho Inevitable Gilroy Costello argu.
ment comes up repeatedly. which N
the better player "As n running
back Gilroy H. superior To Costello"
said a man close In touch with tho
game recently. "As a kicker Costello
II In class BY himself" All Of
which hits the nail sauarely on the
head. and IL just to both Incompatible
stars.
Old Demon Rum defeated Billy sun.
day In Boston Tuesday In one round.
Tt requires no far seeing eye 10
glimpse the eventual decline OF row
ing. Tn. pastime, " pastimc II can
be called. IN for the few. Rowing II
a selective rather than n competitive
proposition. when u comes to deciding
which oarsmen shall row In n she'll
or course, there viii be many old
timers who will point to the sport a.
being the best In the curriculum. The
cost IL almost prohibitiVc except for
the most wealthy OF colleges white
rowing clubs are yearly feeling tho
Inroad made upon oRrsmen by tho
many canoe organizations sprinEing
up all over the country. As body
and nerve builder. rowing under com.
petent instruction H. without equal.
The old days are gone, and the sport
today appears To he having It's own
troubles.
Western teams and athletes have
sprung many surprises before. Penn
had best watch out next Monday or
Oregon will give the westerners a
chance to pull the old l'told you'sO
stun.
We rate Francis Ouimet aS one of
the most popular young golfers who
ever teed up a ball. ouimet was out
OF competition this year on account
OF being declared "A professional. Golf
clubs are beginning Co clamor for his
Reinstatement. declaring they will
withdraw from the parent association,
What strikes us as forcibly in
Ia that there have been no recTimina-
tlons on his part, and no desire Ia get
back. Because he sells sporting goods
which includes golnng good, ouimet
was barred. when he caddied and re-
ceiyed his money after toting a bag
OF sticks at a tender age no one de
clared him a pro, and yet he actually
IL
game.
High cost OF baseball? Nothing to
Il. Hannibal, Mo., a Three l League
town, offers season tickets, good Cor
all games, at 50 per each.
An indoor intercollegiate track meet
for Richmond this winter sounds well
enough. II Richmond can stage
meet: that is. have room enough to
run of the events indoors, II will
probably be attended by all OF the
South Atlantic colleges. No state
ment Is made Of the proposed games
as to whether the A. A, U, will hold
| them as championships, Champion
| ship events nave peen scattered
through three indoor meets during .he
past winters with some success, but
a regular intercollegiate champion
ship meet would be a boon for the
game here.
The State OF Pennsylvania has more
good elevens than any other State In
the Union. Let's see you match Penn,
Pitt, Carnegie, w. and j.. Lehigh,
Lafayette, Penn State, Swarthmore.
Bucknell, Dickinson, Haverford, Get
tysburg, Villanova, Muhlenburg, and
Ursinus in any other state.
After viewing a tennis ice match
In New York recently one critic de-
clares the game will never be popu-
lar because it IL a one-strike game
and i'm general a lob on the back line
finds the receiver out OF position for
a return. Palm Beach, Miami, and
Daytona people will rejoice at this
because they wish to get all that il
coming to them. And, by the way,
1 IA. he Al