The Washington times., 1916-12-20

New York II now enjoying 90 it's
annual six.day bike race. and the big
town In falling for II In just the same
old way. Nightly between 5000 and
5000 spectators gather TO watch the
athletes, attired In multi. colored Jer.
seys. circling nm improyised bowl. Just
what attracts 30 many has frequently
been questioned, but always the reply
II the same. "They hope Co see some
rider thrown and killed" The riders
do fall and break bones, but they
seldom die. They have To be ready
for the next race In the. next town on
the circuit.
New York Ii waking once more TO
the fact that u has been Htung, IL
has seen n heavyweight waltz between
Gunboat smith and Frank Moran.
Speaking OF boxing. a bright young
man In Boston suggests an excellent
scheme for making the performers
perform. lie would have time taken
out, as In football. every time tho
boxers get into a clinch. IL In Inn
possible to eliminate the clinch. for
frequently Il IL unavoidable. but these
latter day boxers use II 80 much that
their bouts have bocsne Jokes. II ten
rounds OF real boxing were required,
allowing time out for clinching, We
might have fewer boxers but whole
lot more teamsters.
Johnny Evers says that " ne had
been In Eddie Casey's place ana had
run sixty yards for a touchdown the
referee would have had To drag MN
back BY the feet. Which u quite ar
Evers might have done.
War seems In the air here as well
as across the water. Tomorrow night
the Massachusetts golfing lords VIII
gather TO define amateurism and see
what shall be done with Francis
ouimet. The tip Is out that this VIII
be the liyeiiest meeting In the his
tory OF the State association. In
addition comes word from California
that the coast tennis folks are pre-
pared TO make "A stiff fight for Nc
I.oughlin, Bundy and their compan'
ions, outlawed for dealing In sport
goods. IL Il isn't one thing. It's al
ways another. II never rains but Il
pours.
Dan Triple offers just one more
proof of the contention that many a
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rush light.
Soccer football some day will be a
popular sport here IL the Fairgrounds
department continues to boost the
game as at present. Schoolboys in
every section OF the city, numbering
into the hundreds, are playing the
| strenuous out-of doors game and de
veloping into little specimens OF
robust health. Soccer has become the
principal winter pastime at the play
grounds during the last two years.
Navy has drawn its expected re-
ward. Being defeated by Pittsburgh
by a single point has made impos'
sible a game In 1917.
John X. Tener "hopes" for an
amicable settlement of the difficulty
J presented by the Glass AA leagues.
He hopes" for better baseball in the
National League. He hopes for a
satisfactory ending OF the Federal
League suit. John X, Tener is the
most "hopefup cuss in our ken.
We hear nothing more about rails
ing the price of bowling. A reason is
that Washington alley owners are en-
joying one of the greatest periods of
prosperity in the history of the game
here. This 10 according to a state
ment made by one OF them. SO many
people are bowling that IL is difficult
to accommodate all with alleys. Sew
erai of the uptown establishments
have nearly all their runways work
ing continuously for a few hours In
the afternoon with waiting lists at