BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1901-11-29

been sold, and the chairs were ell occupied.
The music furnished by the lnsular fonce
Bana was by far the best ever heard acre,
the game was easily the best ever played
on the island, and the happiest crowd Of
rooters who ever stretched themselves IN
lusty shout were on hand in full regalls.
uThat big fat soldier" from his perch on the
Roust made his presence known to every
man. woman and child preseLt, and the
program which he rendered was a feature
Of the days festivities.
The rope lines were crowded iClth natives
whose enthusiasm knew NO bounds, q
shouting, screaming, Yelling mass OF
humanity whose nervous strain was even
greater than that of the players themselves.
TIE irrepressible funny man was there, the
"true sporLD had to sacrifice big dish OF
mum pudding to arrive in time to place
net Uncie Bill was never lost sight OF, and
The ladies, Porto Rico's fair rooters seemed
To he even more interested and enthused
than the men. 1t tcas one grand superb
round of pleasure from the time the Abogado
called the game, until the last man was out.
The game was success even beyond the
fondest hopes of its promoters. !.
AS for the game itself, two columns could
be written the brilliant plays, but they would
fail to adequately describe or picture in any
way the grand efforts made by both teams
TO play the games of their lives. The soldiers
won after the hardest battle that they have
vet had to fight in Porto Rico. Each ant
) every man on both teams played his best
and for the loss of the game blame can at
tach to no one. The soldiers were the bes
team yesterday, as one man put 1T ny Jus
suicker,n but when they fiolshed ther
were absolutely no doubts in their mlHd
but that they had been playing ball as the
never played it before. Many indlvIdua
p!ays of noticeable brllliancy could be name
90 all the men alike is due the credit TO
the exhibition given. The thanks OF to
: baseball world and especially the spectator
5 who were present yesterday are due to
the men. There were no accidents to ma
/, the DAYS entertainments, and everybody le
feeling entirely satisfied with himself an
the world.
A meeting of the committee of arrang'
D ments will be held at the Office OF the b
e lesin on Saturday (to-mOrrow) nigh whe
the final accounts will be rendered and turl
: ed in, the total proceeds OF the game will
u made Sublic, and tine money turned over
'i the soldiers and sailors in such way thi
e they can have the best bene its from 1t.
n To DR.. SdIey and Mr.. Keedy, who acts
u as Umpires during ths game, the Tanks
T. all are due. Evsry decision was corret al
s. timely, and to the entire satisfaction of bo
'e teams. To Messrs Mon, Shine and Di
rs the Committee on Grounds Of the Assocl
a. tion, who SO kindly permitted the use OF tt
20 grounds for the day the Committee on beh'
- OF the public extends sincere thanks al
AZ assurances of appreciative gratitude.
er The score by innings was as follows:
O. Independents 050OOOO1-7
II Civilians 1O30O1 0OC-5
It. BATTERIES:
10 Independents-Lutz and Amey.
v. Oiyl.isns-Maule aud Ham.
r. Umpires: Messrs Sidley and Keedy.
.. Time OF Game, Hour and 40 mlnut'
m Attendance, 5000.