The Washington times., 1917-04-06

Ty Cobb has yet to be punished for
running out" of the Tigers-diantS
series and the chances are that he
will escape wholly. He 10 a fortunate
young man. for IL accounts are true.
he deliberately spiked Charlie Her
cog and admitted II. Weighing thirty
pounds more than Herzog. he pound
ed him In nst fight after the game,
declining to take on Benny Kaun,
who agreed to forfeit q thousand dol
lars IL defeated. Before the summer
: Is out Cobb will hear about this incl
dent frequently from American
League players. He 10 about done a.
bully on the diamond.
Becoming an American citizen win
hardly have much affect upon the
case of one Les Darcy, blacksmith
and former idol of Australia fght
fans. No promoter Is willing to give
him his price for appearing in the
ring and several States are opposed
to his boxing In their jurisdictionA-
Darcy, with the greatest opportunity
ever shown an Australian boxer. has
been a pronounced failure ever since
landing in New York. Becoming an
American citizen win hardly help his
case any.
Those who believe In. the theory
that one may be "oversolfed" are
pointing to the performances Of Nor
man Maxwell, the Philadelphia player.
Maxwell had straight run Of
eighteen triumphs until he entered
the tourney at Druid Hiils. Atlanta
He continued his wonderful showing
for the first few days and then fell
on in his gamesremarksbly. The hilly
Druid Hills course took all the life
out of MaxwelPs driving and got him
jumpy in his putting. He has been
counseled to take a rest before en-
tering the coming tournaments.
Another istic star has faded. Fred
Fulton, expected to become the logi-
cal opponent of Jess willard In q
tussle for the worlds title, has fallen
before q fourth-rater, Carl Morris. SO
1t goes. Fulton might have defeated
Willard a couple OF months ago, and
even then lost to Norris, who IL said
to have compelled the Minnesota
placter to quit once more. Fulton's
manager should have taken no more
chances than Willard's wise han
dlers. There IL considerable doubt
as to willard's ring ability, despite
his victories over the aged and falter-
ing Jack Johnson and the lighter and
much faster liver, Frank Moran
While the Griffmen. and the Cincin-
natl Reds behaved like perfect ladies
during their spring series, there was
plenty OF pepper in the New York
Detroit and the Boston Brooklyn Sc
ries. Cobb's night with HerEog shows
the rivalry between the Giants and
| Tigers, while both the Dodgers and
Red Sox hammered rags" OTough-
lin and Fish" KLEIN, the umpires,
with Carl Mays leading an attack on
several of the Brooklyn players.
These interleague games, as played
this spring, will hardly be repeated
next year.
So long as the Third Regiment
remains In camp across the river
baseball' will flourish, for there Is
a live wire league among the com
panies. Comedy" Ryan and his
companions mean to have all the
baseball they can crowd into twenty
four hours until compelled to leave
their paraphernalia behind as they
leave for the front, wherever that
may be. So II you happen to be in
camp some afternoon and hear q
mighty roar going up. don't imagine
that a lynching bee Is on. It'll prob
ably be merely a baseball game.
There Is one busy man in this
/ tour, thesa daya Ha fa aSk eet . r"