The times., 1897-07-25
STOCK BROKERS PLAY BALL
An Interesting Game, With Nick
Young as Umpire.
The Washington Bulls and Bears
Prove Too Much for the Gentle
men From Baltimore.

1t Is ouly once during the ball season
that the local lovers OF the national game
have an opportunity OF witnessing such an
exhibition of baseball as was played at
the National Park yesterday afternoon.
The opposing teams We're composed OF
members of the Washington and Baltimore
Stock Exchanges, and many or them gave
strong evidences OF having been expert
bali tossers IN the days not long gone by
The fact that these two teams would
play for the championship OF the NatiOnai
CapitaI and Monumental City was guar
autee that there would be large crowG
OF spectators at the park 10 witness the
play, for past experiences taught the
friends OF both teams that there was great
fun in store for all who attended the
game.
Itwasnot surprising. then that when the
umpire, Mr. Young, president of the Ma
tional Baseball League, called play, that
the grand stand and the bleaciIeTs We're
comfortably filled with the lady aud gentle
men friends OF the teams. Andit was as
good natured crowd as ever witnessed
an out door sport. The teams also were
out TO assist the spectators in amusing
| themselves, 50 that with all the advice the
umpire and the players were rendered
from friends among the spectators, the
game went on smoothly; not hitch, not
a stop, not even the base runner even
stopped. from the time he left the bat
until he reached the plate again. Some
times the player found ON reaching home
tnat he ought TO have stopped sooner, but
that made not a particle of difference.
Mr.. W. B Hibbs, who managed the
local team, had his hands full and If he
had not provided goodIy number of sub
stitutes he might have had some trouble
in batting out a victory in the third in
ming.
Mr. Hibbs announced that he had re
leased Mr Deehe for getting out ut
third base, and substituted Mr.. .'Al'' Paris
In his place. Later Mr.. Paris was re-
leased because he failed to ''bunt" the
ball at the proper time.
On the whole it was a great game, the
| play being on the style in vogue in the
seventies. There was batting. heavy
| batting, two and three-baggers, and base
running galore OF course it was the
exception when fly ball was caught,
but that made the play all the more in
tcresting: the exciting scramble for the
| pan WITH IL TedtlltU tic Eibthl " as NCtN
| amusing and w as duly noted by an outburst
of applause by the spectators.
| Asa matter of fact the local exchangers
| We're too strong for the visitors from
| Baltimore Not only did they outpla =
them in the field, but clearly outranked
| them at the bat, shown by the number
| Of hits, the Baltimoreans being credited
with only four, while the locals are given
| twenty-three
| Mr. Hibbs went into the game himself In
the last inning, relieving Mr. Earle behind
| the bat. Mr. Hibbs was very active and
| was very much in evidence in putting out
| the first two visitors az bat. He was also
very strong at the bat, and lined out Il
| three-bagger his first time up.
/ The game was called at the end OF the
| fifth inning, the score then standing 26
to 13 in favor of the local team.
| After the game the managers of both
teams congratulated Mr.. Young for the
| eminently satisfactory manner in which
| he unpired the game, and after mutual
| exchange of cheers by the contesting g
| teams they combined in one for Mr.. Young.
After the game the members of both
teams and other members of the Balti-
more exchange who had come to witness
the game were driven to Woodley, where
they were entertained at dinner by Mr.
C. J. Bell.
The teamslined up asfollows:
hington-Earle, C. and 2b.; Johnson
| p.; Vaughn, 1b.; Mearns, 2b.; Dulany, 2b.
II. Wilson, S. s.; Decide, l. T.: Williams, C, T.,
Green, r. f.; Hibbs, c.; Paris, l. (.
Baltimore -McKim, T. f.; DAILY, r. f.;
Thompson, S. s.; F. Redwood. To-; Ober, c.;
j. Redwood, p.; McCubbin, C. f.; ClabOugh
3D.. Fisher, p. and 2b.; Sterling, /. T..
Smith, l. t.
Score:
Three-basehits- Dulany, 2; Hibbs
Two.base Hutchinson. First base on
balls ls-Washington, 4; Baltimore, 8. StrucE
out-By Redwood, 8; by Fisher, /; by
johnson, O. Hit by pitcher by Johnson, 2
Umpire Mr.. Young.