The Washington times., 1901-08-08
sHRINERs BEAT LAWYERS.
Former Amateurs stin Show knowI
edge of RaseiaII

| Sweet charity was the excuse given by
| nine distinguished citizens. members Of
Almas Temple Knights of the Mystic
Shrine, and a similar number of talented
members of the District bar to eavort
| around the diamond of the American
League ball park yesterday afternoon,
| while some so spectators found much to
| amuse them in the efforts of the players
| to prove that. being once was-ers. they
still retain some of their former clever
| ness in the line of baseball.
! 1t wasn't much of ball game, when
considered from the standpoint of the
| out-and-out fan. bu- to those onlOoker5
who were present for the fun Of the thing.
simply because they knew the players. ii
was simply great. and nobody cared be-
cause the umpire didn't dare to assert his
authority and call the game on account
of darkness until nearly 7:S0 O'Clock.
when, had the game been continued for
another inning, it would have been neces-
sary to provide arc lights to enable the
fielders to get a line on the ball. The
players themselves were having entirely
too good a time to take any note of the
fight of daylight, and not even the
thou~ht Of late supper and the weak ex-
cuses that loomed up before the married
contingent We're enough TO bring forth
the suggestion that after all, the boys
might be a little lame from chasing
around SO much, and besides isn't it get
ting a little Iate?'' The man that would
have breathed word about stopping the
contest would have been ignominiously
turned down and some of the two dozen
or more anxious substitutes would have
been given chance to display their
abilities as ball tossers of decade ago
Some of the legal lights were undoubt-
edly crackajacks when they were in
their prime, especially Mr. Eugene Carusi,
who was affectionately dubbed Cupid
by one of his admiring friends. The day
was when he was classed among the
best of the local amateurs, and even in
his work yesterday he showed a famii-
iarity with the hang of the thing that
was really surprising, especially when one
has been so industriously engaged during
sile !s.:t dozen years in acquiring formid-
able supply of embonpoint and deep un-
derstanding of the Law of the land in
stead of keeping in training and contin-
uing to be regarded in the light of an
especially good amateur ball handler
But of all the players on the side OF the
le gal gentlemen, Mr.. Carusi was by all
odds the most expert and was not even
Gouldsboro player who, in the days when
he was cn important member of the
Princeton stonewall infeld, was regarded
as one OF the stars of the college world
1t should be remarked that Pitcher Tay-
lor of the Lawyers. put up rafting
good game, and has the distinction of
sending eleven of his opponents to the
grass. In the third inning, in particular,
he was under full steam. and retired the
side on strikes-not a bad achievement
by any means. Bernard, who did pitch
ing stunts for the jolly Fat Men in their
Fourth of July game with the Elks, ofh-
ciated for the Shriners. He was not much
of a puzzle to his legal opponents, but
he had the assistance Of a dozen errors
on the part of the Lawyers, and II was
solely on account of these misplays that
he emerged from the field with the smile
of victory on his face
Mr. Hector ClemeS, who had charge OF
the finances OF the affair. announced that
there We're So paid admissions. but
count revealed the fact that there were
523 persons within the enclosure Mr..
Clemes accounts for the apparent dis
crepancy by averring that two small boys
were admitted to the conflict for a dime,
two nickels. and five pennies. The score: