The Washington herald., 1916-10-01

Say, boss, it certainly hits me az
strange, that for a city like Washington
possessin' SO many great open places for
a guy t train that she hasn't produced
more athletic celebrities"
Is at 50! An may I ask where you
got on at? Hits you as strange! Some
thin else will hit yo II va Inn't unloosen
from that kind O. dope! Why. va poor
fish! When this III old town shipped
Phil King { Princeton she done enough
IN u football world Z last n hundred
y|ars, an then when she added Billy
Church, an them kinds, Wagonhorst an
Cunningham { tn same institution:
Frank Butterworth, an Jack Shields I
Yale; Joe Veasey, an Tip Tyler {
Dartmouth: Goodwin Ordway L Lehigh;
Eddie McCauley Z Annapolis; Young
Taussig I Cornell Herman Llnthicum,
an Mag McGofTin L Michigan; Wayne
Hart, an "Curley' Byrd t Georgetown;
Fritz Crafts, an Bryan Morse { George
Washington. 'Tubby" Dickerson, Pat"
Wells. Jack Runier. Eddie Seton ''vally''
Eaton, Toby Berrian. Ralph Lee. Adam
johnson, Stump" MCGEE, Cotton
Clark. Turkey Parsons and tn Column
oia Athletic Club. an a mess O. others
cant recall of hand. she earned a life
membership in tn stove league" with a
privilege o putin her feet on tn stove"
Sam an Harry King, brothers O Phirs.
was both good athletes in their day. Sam
a ten second man, an Harry a fine ball
player.
Hits va as strange! Why, this John
Paul Jones lad knowed as much about
runnin' as his great grand sire ever
knowed about hOldin' his ground, an al
though Bernie Wefers. an Arthur Duffy
mightn't been born in tn city limits they
stuck around here 80 long that everybody
thinks they was. Mike Lynch was a
great Marathoner, an this young buck
Brooke Brewer looks like he's got all tn
"makins."
There's a hundred an fifty golfers who
can give you a couple O. holes an then
beat you home, but Z save you loOkin'
| 'em up. va might hike out an watch
Walter Tuckerman, Eddie Eynon, either
one o tn Harlan boys Lee or Walter
Sam Dalzell. Donald Woodward Buck
McCammOn. or Morvin Thompson, an
I'll promise you'll know more about that
III game.
Right tday Connie an Raj DOYLE can
keep any Tennis Champion from goin' Z
sleep on tn courts. an Eddie Dom.
Hub" Shannon. Abner Leech. an Up
pie" Moorehead amt no slouches at tn
game
An I reckon Washington's past record
on tn water has hit va as strange, Why.
va freCked face fritter, Do va know
that throughout this broad land there
amt city on tn map what can com
mand more respect for her aquatic feats
than this same i'll town? Such clubs
as tn Argonauts O. Canada have always
considered tn Potomacs O. Washington
as tn equals of any crew in America
Did va ever hear tell Of Niste Kintner.
Kondrup. an Wade tn Columbia's great
four. or Dyer. Robinson. Reynolds. an
Elmore, who held up tn honor OF tn
Potomar Boat Club? va didn't, Well.
that shows what va know,
Didn't nobody never tell va about Billy
Mckinney. who waded his way through
all tn cracks OF tn North. an was
ciassed a top-notcher amongst guys who
rowed singles? Or Of Steve Kearney, who
followed behind Billy, an was another
crack single" man?
va poor boob! I don't s'pose va got
sense enough Z know that in 1887 tn
great Potomac eight" with Dyer. Robin
son, Reynolds, Elmore. Kearney. Fisher.
Cornwall, Warden an Doyle settIn' in
tn boat swept tn whole country, an
. finished up glorious career by defeatin'
eight picked crews from all sections O.
tn universe at Staten Island for tn
/ championship OF America? An that 4
couple O. lads named Hecox. an Ed
monston win tn double sculIin' cham
pionship at Worcester. Mass?
Hits va as strange Why, even
bunch O sChooTooys O. tn old Potomac
Club pulled down tn intermediate Cham
pionship at Philadelphia in 1907. an come
within a inch o coppin tn banner
race Of tn day. which went to tn ArCo-
nauts in tn fastest time ever made Our
kids showin' their faces to tn Moo York
Athletics. Vespers, Nassaus. an Undines.
TIL home made boys in this boat was
Brewster, Hart. Spransy. Ellis. ThraiI,
Duganne. DeCarre. Small an SIocuH.
Don't get excited, boss. I take II all
back"
Va better take It back, Va made a bad
break in spOutin' out somethin' va knowed
nOthin' about an va owes III Washing
ton folks a apology for tn crack An
then. too. va took a mean advantage o.
me, cause no doubt in my hurry { stand
for tn town I've overlooked many a
game lad whose name oughta be here
but I know they'll forgive me
Next Sunday I'm gonna tell va some
thin about tn professional babies who
drunk their first milk in this III burg
Now g'on { bed
DOPEY DAN.
Note-Lon saws that tn old sayin' who
loves not women. wine an song remains
a fool his whole life long mighta brought
down tn house few years back. but II
guy wants { feature It now he'd bet