The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24
CITY OFFICIALS TO PLAY BALL.
Game Between District Attorney and Css.
porAtiOn COlnsel Employees.


poration Counsel Employees.
A spirited game OF baseball Is promised for
next Saturday afternoon at the Polo Grounds
between two teams Of city oflcials-one team
10 be composed Of the members Of the District
Attorneys staff and the other OF the stan Of the
Corporation Counsel. Assistant Corporation
Counsel George Evins, who succeeded In select
Ing, from the city's civil attorneys nine active
worded challenge TO The District Attorneys
onfce last week, setting forth that John
Whalen's men were anxious TO meet Col. Gardi-
ners employees on the diamond and see which
were the more efficient In the national game,
The challenge had hardly been received when
an Assistant District Attorney went to work
and discovered that among the coun,y's Grim:
have adopted hall playing for q living
had not their parents advised them that
As , soon Vas as more a team pnSD, Of Col. d sar sS1:
first second. special and deputy assistants was
made up a letter Of acceptance was despatched
Polo Grounds were hired and preparations for
tho game Immediately begun Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Schyorzkopf will manag' the
p 4: b . T.. which viii line up ne1t satur-
fin, A-s..tan, p!s.rc, Attorney John ? Meln.
James ", Osborne, htst base; First Assistant Dit
tricl Attorney, Stephen $. Blake. short stop; Assia-
as.I p',i"f bi HSGtD at, o1nn ' Ds1isl 't o9R;,i iS.c ,- ssss
es.e Assistant District Attorney FORBES Hennsa;S.
f"s ns,' centre snss As ssIS' A esiSsS, "i pIstns, " attorney -;
Michael J. sullivan. eatcher and Assistant Dtstiet
Attorney {. F. Collins pitcher.
Assistant District Attorney John 7. Crowan
will relieve Mr., Collins as twirler after the fourth
will be observed by both teams the necessity
s Of = m.n OF :. inc 1sas. m Wsr1 re act r. as I so.,., Ss::::
bier. and la. been presented with ! bound
. sSlig up b sa I .D seu' rH Saturday "a 'e Col s Ssraine .e
has avreed to act as scorer for the team repre-
sent M his Office and John Whalen will score
Jured or feel unable 70 accomplish the bases
with sufficient Celeritv kyren O'Connor will
act as base-runDing substitute.
Several hundred subppnas were sent out yes
terday to tn %variouS friends ~ the rival times
summoning III IN 20 attend the baseball
court nj The Polo Grounds rext saturday. and
was exclaimed. will be devoted to charity. The
invitations we're wordei thus;
SUBPOENA fpr a witness IN attend the Criminal Term
OF tho supreme Baseball Court
In the name Of tie people ofthe City Of New York.
To-. .,.,.....,,. ",.........o OF No ...,.,....
You are command d to appear b. Tor, ne Criminal
Yors al Ia, PoYsGfound., i5sth street and Eishth ave.
nue, In ,nr borough OF Manhattan II the ely Of New
In the afternoon n The same day as a witness In .
criminal action prosecuted by. the people" Of The
stan Of IN. Corporation Counsel and District Attorney
against the national game. Dated. and 30 forth.
Rthl, subprna Is d~iSobcyed an a,taehmen, will I'm.
med ately Issue BhIg ihC. subpqna With you and
give It 10 tnc cashier at tn Polo Grounds gate. that
your atsndanc- may b. known.
Assistant District Attorney Gera'd Hull Gray
will act A. oashi T and viii he, put under q
$4,000 bond. Manager 3chwarzkopf -aid yea
terday that the CORPORATION Counsel's nine was
keeping II, manpuvre-a dark secret and had
not YET given out the makeup OF the team.
However, 4, Is known that Assistant Corpora
| tiOn EDunsel FeTrprCe j Foley will Act "A