The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-31
SHRINERS AT BASEBALL.
Boumf Temple Nine. of baltimore
Defeats the Almas Nine.

Equipped with all manner of roofing
Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Baltimore
took all the honors of the game
played yesterday afternoon at the Nation
/ al Baseball Park with the Almas Temple
! nine. After shutting out the local players
! for five straight innings, the Arabs from
! Baltimore allowed their opponents to score
| in the sixth and seventh. when the score
read 10 to in favor of Boumi. The game
was ended in the seventh inning. at $50
! o'clock, to enable the players to reach
| Rock Spring Club in time for the supper
which had been provided there by Almas
Temple fer the entertainment of their
guests.
The demonstration from the Baltimore
rooters began long before the game COM
I menced. Tin horns. tin tunnels. convert
ed TO the purposes Of megaphones; tin
pans. which were diligently manipulated
with the aid of pancake turner's, all added
TO the general enthusiasm of the occasion
with no uncertain sound. Most noticea-
bic were the zebra stockings which encas-
ed the legs of Second Baseman wilkins.
This was elaborate hosiery of alternate
stripes of blue and yellow.
Game was called at 80, with Almas at
the bat. The Boumi battery was a mys-
terry TO the Almas bows. ]. Edwin Davis,
the pitcher for the baltimore team, whose
fame had preceded him. was deserving of
his reputation. After leaving his dexter
ious fingers the ball would describe Ma
sonic emblems over the plate, to the great
bewilderment of the Almas batters. Big
Charles Sigmund. Potentate of Boumi and
catcher for the team. alone knew what
direction the ball would take, and his
oil
while the man at the bat was tanning the
air.
Almas' battery was not the worst that
could have been put up, but the boys
from Baltimore seemed unable to miss the
ball. Batter after batter made hit after
hit and the sphere would soar skyward
TO fall far out of reach, despite the mad
efforts OF the home team to get II before
it touched the ground.
In the second half of the first inning
every man OF the Boumi team had a
chance at the bat. Four runs were placed
to their credit when the third man was put
cut, and Almas again came 10 the bat. In
The second inning Almas again failed to
score, while BcunIi made an additional
run. In the third inning. although Almas
did not score. they played ball and pre-
vented their opponents from adding to
their lead. Three runs in the fourth in
ming, four in the fifth, and three in the
sixth were added to Boumi's score
The game had been entirely one sided
and had grown quite tame up to the sixth
inning when Almas made four runs.
Three of these were made on a hit 10 cen
trefeld by Hazeton. which sent the ball
flying over the heads of the lelders. Al
mas succeeded in making four runs in the
first half OF the seventh inning. with
which the game was called. The score
was as follows:
Bonmi ...-.-............ x-l5
Almas .....-..-......-.... A.
a special car was in waiting to convey
the party to the Rock Spring Club after
the ball game. AS the car moved through
the streets Of the city the spirits of he
visitors broke loose and found vent In
cheers and general invitations to pedes-
TRANS to join the party. When the Dis
trict line was passed the Baltimoreans
sang the chorus Of Maryland. My Mary
land
Dinner was served on the verandas OF
the clubhouse and iollity prevailed to a
late hour. Among the guests were Charles
SIG aiund. Potentate; J. H. Orem. Orien-
tai Guide; J. B. Roeder, Assistant Dlrec-
tor; Prof. Frank McBee. Assistant Raban;
George B. Skinner. Henry E. wilkins and
Charles Winkleman. Alchemists; William
r. Hall and j. Edwin Davis, Chanttrs Al
koran: Frank Wilcox. Henry Fisher VIII
liam L. Townsend. Henry c. Snavely Har-
~ johnson. Henry S. Rippel George w.
Boettinger. Walter Rowles, Christian Hax
James II. Stevens. Owen Schumann, H. l.
Cochran. and w. A. Cline, Of Boumi Tenn
pie, and 3. NJ. Aitcheson, Of Acca Ten pie.
Richmond.