The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-17
TODAY'S
SPORTORIAL
By Kirk Miller

A very pleasant weekend as
a guest of the Washington
Passenger Association to Ash
vile. N. c., developed some
sporting contracts which were
equally as delightful as they
were unexpected.
In chronological order they do
not rank in Importance, but the
only way to ten a story is to
start at the beginning and un-
fold the theme thread by thread.
Stepping onto the Southern
train which road was host to
over half hundred ticket sales
men Of Washington, we verit-
ably bumped into Young Strib
ling, Saturday night, he being
on his way from the Risko
fight Friday night, to Hender-
sonviIle, N. c., to set up his
training camp right next to
that of Jack Dempsey's at Lau-
rel Park.
Stribling is to help boom the
Land of the Sky by doing his
prepatory work for Paul Ber-
lenbach at New York June 10,
In the altitudinous atmosphere
where q real estate bonanza
equal to that of Florida is in
the bud.
Thousands of tourists from
both Carolinas and Kentucky
and Tennessee were in Hender-
sonville yesterday to get a
glimpse of the heavyweight
champion and perchance the
more youthful and lighter Strib-
ling.
They say down there that
once you are q visitor to this
top Of the world, you are a
convert to their Fairgrounds and
vacation land. The Southern
hospitality exudes and is cal
culated to create a yearning TO
return, possibly for good. Bust
ness Of all kinds is flourishing
and at the present moment the
garden spot is housing two Of
the biggest figures, and we
mean literally, In the pugilistic
industry.
incidentally it is apparently
impossible to gum-shoe out of
Dempsey or Ted Hayes or any
Of his retinue for just whom
Jack is going through all these
motions. It's a fair guess that
the heavyweight champion him
self doesn't know.
It's also a fair guess that he
doesn't care. He is bronzed and
fit and ready and willing to
meet any party with whom
Tex Richard can scrape up a
remunerative engagement.
But what we wanted to tell
Washington fans first and
worst. is the best piece of
news yet. New York and Bal
timore and Detroit and in fact
baseball bugs everywhere should
be equally glad to hear it.
1t is that Hughie Jennings is
winning his battle against the
dread disease which has kept
him in Ashville for months
the same dread disease which
Christie Mathewson fought off
so bravely and effectively at
Saranac Lake for years but
which finally took him out of
LIES game during last falls
world series.
Hughie is beating the plague
and is far from being in the
critical condition which was
broadcast about him early last
month when the Griffs and
Giants were transforming their
way north and when John Nc
Graw, a buddy of Jennings since
their old Oriole days, suddenly
left the Giants at Augusta too
rush to the bedside of Jennings
only to find him on the hotel
veranda to greet him with a
hearty handshake and a rousing
slap on the back.
Yes, Jennings is getting well
and he believes he can go back
to the Giants as assistant to
McGraw not later than next
spring in Sarasota.
jennings was eager for base
. ball bits from the major league
battlefronts and while we
couldn't give him anything very
first-hand from the National
League, we certainly chewed the
fat about the American LeaguerS
who have visited Washington
this spring and we reminisced
about the same league ten
years ago when Hughie man
aged the Tigers in the summer
and vaudevilled for Mr.. B. F.
Keith some winters.
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