The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-25
By WILLIAM d. HANNA.


u want to ride the opposition all the
time n in every game. We are playing
to win and should night every minute. I
don't want to do any handwriting. 1
believe II 10 bad for the spirit Of the
game"
SO says Lee Masee to Jimmy sinnott.
And yet Magee Is not at all bloodthirsty.
On the contrary. he In a courtly ami
afable gentleman. SO We don't get his
spirited because players OF opposing
teams shake hands. II IL a custom both
harmless and civilized. Baseball Ia not
a game Of sheath knives but IL any
body prefers hat attitude he can easily
imagine that while two hands are clasped
there 10 a razor In the other two.
What appeared to be a reprint of the
city directory on the sporting pages
turned out to be the Metropolitan Coli
Associations handicap list.
" John l.. Sullivan Ia strongly opposed
to women's attending boxing bouts.
Now look here" he exciaims, would
YOU want your wife to & to . prise
ightT'
Why not: She couldn't learn to hit
any harder with her fist than she can
with a rolling pin.
Comiskey nays OF his new shortstop,
Terry. that he can duplicate anything
any other shortstop ear do. Eve to one
he cam equal Herzog chewing gum or
Meanwhile taking . ny bali on his
stomach.
California will meet the University Of
Washington on the gridiron on Novcm.
Der 10 next and again at Seattle on No
\ &c VNhAT 90 ThnAA RAAtnAv VNAUA tA
football and will be rough on the critics
Post-mortems will so overlap IN fore
casts that readers won't know whether
they're reading an abb or . prophecy.
The most mutable Of championships 10
the three cushion billiard championship.
Within a short time II has been held by
Huey and Charles Ellis.
Eastern rowing sharps cannot under
stand the defeat Of the Stanford crew
BY the Washington eight. They are loath
to believe that Washington Is hve lengths
better for three miles than Stanford
II the latter. was In the form II showed
when finishing a close second 10 Cornell
last June Maybe II has not occurred
to the Eastern rowing sharps that while
Stanford's form nay have been Just M
good as ii was on the Hudson washing.
toms form may have been better than
anything on the Hudson.
Walter johnson. In my estimation. ID
one OF the finest pitchers who have ever
thrown a ball In the big leaSues.-BW
Donovan.
Here too.-Ten million fans.
Moreover. II there's any statement
In the world which could have been mad'
kafcly without the qualifying I'm my
estimation the foregoing II II.
In the recent Metropolitan A. A. Y
wrestling championships was plenty Of
evidence of the melting pot. Prorni
nentiy represented among the entries
were the Greek American A. C.. tn
Norwegian American a. G.. the Ffnnisi
American A. e.. the Swedish American
A. G. and the Hungarian American A. c
Among those making the Southern
trip with the Yale baseball squad Ar
Capt. Vaughn. Manager Crocker. As
sistant Manager Winters. Coach Lauder
and Scorer I.egore. But who takes tn
tickets and who checks the baggage
, Louis Kotuls. a deaf pitcher, struc'
? out twenty-one men In n ball game ant
4 his achievement Is said to equal IN
worlds record for strikeouts In a min
inning contest"
Owing to delay In getting the lates
baseball returns through from Tibe
whether or not the performance noted !
a record cannot he verihed.
Reference IL mad 10 Orchard Norri
Williams I'd. the best tennis player !