The Washington times., 1917-05-05
Run Apay From Ty Washington Golf Tourney Today
BOB THAYER'S GOSSIP
ON SPORTING MATTERS

Murmurs are being heard against
the training trip in baseball and it Is
possible that action will be taken by
the magnates In the future to require
players to report in condition. Base
ball is the only business which pays
its employees for preparing to earn,
ing their salaries and so many clubs
have suffered from bad weather this
spring that they are beginning to
wonder where they get off. However,
with the country planning to enter
the European war, this problem may
settle itself by q suspension Of the
pastime.
Georgetown, in looking ahead to the
1917 football campaign is doing only
what other colleges and universities
are doing. 1t may be that no foot
ball will be played next season, but
IL is also possible that 1t will be- II
ways and means are found to con-
tinue the game, that college which il
not ready will ind itself in q sad
position. 1t Is difficult to believe
that calling out 100000 or 100000
young men will empty the colleges.
There must OF q necessity be many
who will not be summoned under the
selective draft rule and they should
be allowed to engage in athletics, II
they wish.
Cornell denies that plowing its new
athletic field will ruin 1t. Indeed,
Cornellian writes to a New York
paper which criticised the work
"when so many surrounding acres
were left uncultivated," claiming that
planting potatoes and beans in that
ground will do 1t a lot OF good. Fur
thermore, according to the 1thacan,
the field could not have been used this
season, or even next season, being
rough and lumpy. Cultivating 1t is
expected to improve 1t In every way.
So therei
Johnny Kilbane, though a leglti-
mate featherweight, says he is will
ing to take on Benny Leonard. IL the
latter will make 1913 pounds rinEside.
Fair enough, say We. kilbane be-
lieves Leonard a more formidable
foe than Freddie Welsh and, there
fore, cannot AFFORD to take too many
chances. 81 will not let him enter
the ring as big as a house." says XII
bane. When It comes down to cases
Leonard cannot have much OF an
argument to offer against the feath-
erweight champions proposition.
Your. glory passes quickly in base
ball. Only the other day the fans
mourned the passing OF Honus Wag-
ner. Today the fans are saying that
his retirement has aided Jimmy Calla-
han considerably. President Tener Is
quoted as saying: with all due credit
to this wondet5ul old star. he slowed
up the infield. and Callahan is build
ing up a young, fast team" And the
worst Of this Is that II Is absolutely
true.
It takes some real courage for a
man to trudge over the hills and
through the dales in a golf tourna-
ment under the conditions that obtain |
ed at Jewell, Va. yesterday and those |
who went through with their matches |
acted most creditably. The absence |
of a nineteenth hole" was felt sew
erely by the drenched golfers and |
they lost no time in rushing back to |
the city for relief. But they all de-
serve praise for playing and not de-
faulting.
The postponement OF the Maryland |
State College Interscholastic field and |
track meet today extends the track |
season for schoolboys by more than /
ten days. Track activities hereabouts |
would have wound up May 10. with /