The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-16
law AND THEOLOGY.
Champions of Two Sciences to
Meet i'm Diamond.
GREAT GAME FOR CHARITY.
1Ehe Ministers and the Barristers WIN
Play Baseball This Afternoon
for the Day Nursery.

This afternoon, at the Madison street park
the ministers and lawyers, who have voiun-
feered their services for game ior the penen'
OF the Day Nursery, meet in . contest WHOSE
novelty should make 1t greater altfactlon 'nan
would one between the most perfectly matched
professional teams. The object Is mos. woi
thy one. and the stands ought 70 DC niied -
Overflowing. The ministerial team = con- po9e1
generally of active young disines Who promise
70 make things interesting for their legal
brethren. The younger team OF lawyers, WIG
will play for the first six innings, com,
posed OF physical as well as mSn'ai
athletes. The veterans, who shcceeo 'neih'
comprise some of the best knosn nglfes at tiis
bar Of Washington. As near IS can De ieasnS !,
their team will be made up - .olio"s. =. :.
Blaine, pitcher; William K Andrews, ca1cher'
c. X. Jerlner. first base. Judge o. Jacobs, sec
ond base; Judge E. Smith. third base; hon W.
Lair Hill. shortstop. Hon. John miiey' ieit
6eld; Hen. William H. White, center neio; Hon.
WI H. Thompson. right field; Judge }: koches-
Ter, Judge /. N. Hall, Hon. ]. I. Ronald, Hon.
James Hamilton Lewis and Judge >. Z. n
phreys, substitutes.
The ministers have named Professor T. 8.
Liprv as umpire. and the lawyers Frank b.
W.estline Judge Lchfenberg has been asked
70 officiats during the last three innings. The
game will eom1nenee at 8 O'Clock, and box
seats viii be on sale at Hardy d Halls
store. The probable makeupoi the teams, clad
IN regulation baseball costume, VINO VIII take
the field at the call OF play. ID as ioiiows:
Iawyers-w. H. Morris, pitcher; IT, f. w.
Pratt. catcher. %. ". Bass, first base; Job p
LYON. second base: G. C. Babcoek, third base;
Phil stewart. shortsiop; L. Peters, left field;
Frank southara. center field; w. J.. Beddow,
right field; w. T. Crews and Mr. Dawes, SUBJ
gtitutes
Ministers Rev George H. Lee, pitcher and
third base: Rev s. Dell Johnston, catcher; Rev.
4. J. Koeneeke. first pases Rev. Eiilott W:
Brown. second base. Rev J. o. EASTWOOD, third
buse and pitcher: Rev Wallace Eutting, short
stop: Rev. Clark Davis, left field; Rev. 7. NJ
BOYD. center field Rev. Levi Gilbert, right field
and captain: Rev. z. +. Keever aud Rev. W. W.
Ferricr, substitutes
The captain, Rsy Levi Gilbert. has furnished
Che following complete and interesting state
ment OF the records OF several OF the players:
aIu the Grst place our club has as exhaustive
and technical knowledge OF the great American
RArne as Greeley had OF farming. II knows just
q much of all the rules 1ngersoil does of the
mistakes of Moses. Ii has as many
brilliant players n there are snakes in Ire
land We hare men whose excellent training
for the field has been by mastering Hagenbacks
History OF Doctrines, the whole course OF the
hampton Lectures aud all of Meyers and
Lange's Commemorative in the original Greek
What better preparation could there be for
first baseman than 10 have become entirely pro-
ficlent In Fishers Discussions in History and
Theology What better guarantee does the
public want that our shortstop can quiet the
career OF any ball than to know that he has on
his tongues end Phelps Theory of Preach
ing and has read ali the articles in the
echa IT Herzog Theological Encyclopedia?
What erandsr assurance of victory
could there be for our nine when we
learn that oug catcher has been trained for his
ardurous position by course in the philosophy
OF the supernatural aud anti. theistic theories,
supplemented by postgraduate year which
included sweudenborgs Apocalypse Revealed
and Lofze's Microeoslnus? The public may
reasonably expect some of the swiftest balls
from our pitcher for he has qualified himself
for bis important post by long years of profound
intellectual wrestling with Hopkins Evidence,
6chaffs' creeds OF Christendom Watson's Insti-
tutes. Paey's Horg Pauline, Wayland's Moral
Science and Buffers Analogy"
In speaking seriously of the same, DR.. Gilbert
said: sThe managers of the Day Nursery-an
institution sorely In need of funds-eame to
Judge Orange Jacobs and suggested something
OF the kind He wroto to me and expressed
my willingness TO do what | could for such "A
worthy catisa. There seems to be no well
grounded objection to the playing of baseball by
the lawyers; and II il is all right for them, 1t is
all right for the clcrgymen. l recognized but
one CODE OF ethics equally plndlng on lawyers,
clergymen, doctors and everybody else should
be very willing to abstain from acts which,
though innocent for me, might by example lead
Others 10 do them less innocently. But shall
not be sorry II following my example some one
learns TO play baseball, for the game is a good,
lively form OF exercise. None disapprove more
strongly than I of betting and Sunday baseball
but every good thing can be abused--even walk
ing, which leads to Sunday walking matches
with betting.
"Some people have n false notion of dignity,
dignity which makes them stiH and unap-
proachabe. But believe a clergyman viii get
hold o. men and do them more good if he viii
lay aside some of his false dignity and JOIN
them In their harmless amusements and sports.
il doesn't hurt a minister's influence If he
shows q human liking for innocent sports.
Eve have taken every precaution to have
decency aud order on the grounds, and | hope
for the sake OF the charity that many will be
present"