The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-19
BOB THAYER'S
Sporting Gossip

Next 10 picking Aii-America selections
IN the futile effort 10 present a list OF
rportine celebrities with another fan
cicd list OF suitable Christmas presents.
II has been our good fortune to scc
several first rank teams perform during
the football season. To pike johnson.
OF Washington and Lee. we award the
palm for being the best tackle VIC have
seen. johnson combined all the speed
desirable with an ability 10 fanthom
plays which appeared uncanny. John
son was seconded by right tackle 1gnico.
% the same eleven To logger" Eicock
must be given n deal Of credit for pro-
ducing such a capable pair.
Chick Evans. Jerome Travers. and
Francis Ouimet ara beginning 10 look
over the LolnnE field with an eye 10
their laur-ls. During the past year the
performances % Bobby Jones. Terry
Adair. aud Norman Maxwell. youths
Just Ia their teens. have startled the
world. Jones was looked uron with
soma Amusement until he bowled over
Frank Dyer and Eben NJ. Byers Gard
Maxwell at Lakewood. says the young
stor L. a coming champion. Iu-t how
clever Maxwell Ia may be conJ,, ,ured
F. from the fact that he has twi eauallcd
record figures for AronimiI. Jones
aud Adair have records that are
well known. Next year may md one Of
the three with the crowns possessed by
Evans.
swapping. major league players
seems almost q lost art these days.
There was a time when Clark Grif.
fifth earned tho title OF trade wind"
because OF HIS pron-ness to swap
players. but now he finds too many
difficulties In tho way. Every man.
ager wants something for nothing,
and, naturally, they cannot get to.
gether. However. remembering the
deal involving BoehiIng. Moelier.
Smith. and Leonard, Il IL not to be
wondered that Grit failed In his ef.
fort TO give Ray Morgan away.
National League magnates have
voted TO cut down the number OF
25.cent seats at their parks for the
coming season. Which 10 a sure way
to cut down the number OF the fans
In those same cities.
Harvard is for gentle baseball. For
this reason the Crimson will book no
moro games with teams which bait
umpires or speak harshly to the Har.
ward players. II the Cambridge folks
can get away with this. their SEIZED.
ules OF 1920. 1921. and on should he
filled to the brim with excitement,
Americans wants dash and life In
their baseball games, They don't
like cricket largely because Il lacks
this feature. But maybe Harvard be
lioves II viii work a change In Amer.
lean human nature.
About the funniest story we have
seen Is that from 81. Louis which anas
Branch Hickey seeking TO swap Jim
my Austin for Eddie Foster. In the
first place Austin IL toillng under
a huge wartime contract. In the sec.
ond place his joints are creaklng with
age. In the third even newsboys in
the Mound City Jibe and joke at him.
In the fourth--well three II enough.
Billy Miske receives a chance to-
night to stamp himself one OF the
country's leading light heavyweights,
for he IL down for a ten'round con
test with Jack Dillon. now fast be.
coming n trial -~rse for new boxers
and heavy Lads looking for expert
ence. Miske has been boxing for two
years, but only within the last two
months has he made much impression
on fistic fans. His artistic trimming
of Battling Levinsiy has given him
his match with Dillon. II he can re-
peat against Dillon. Miske may be OK.
pected to challenge Georges Carpen'
tier. They're all doing this now.
Johnny McGraw. wrathy over the
wretched showing of his great team
In its final series against the Brook.
lyn Dodgers, said things by the mouth
full. He repeated them the next day.
Ban Johnson sneered at the spec
tacular finish of the National Leagues
pennant race. The Tener tribe threat
ened to investigate the truth OF Nc
Graw's charges. The public. seeming
n real scandal, listened with all it's
millions OF ears. And has heard moth
ing, not one single little thing. The
magnates forgot even to mention Me
Graw during their recent meeting.
But IL made great reading, didn't it?|
And didn't 1t take the sting off the
showing OF the Dodgers against the
Red ssAs