The Washington times., 1901-08-27
ASHLEY'S AERIAL JOURNEY
Went Up Into the Air While the
InteriOrites Made Runs.
The Pitcher for the Government
Printing Office Harshly Treated by
Secretary HitchcOck's Young Men
Fielding on Both Sides Yellow.

Avenue. Any information leading to their cap
ture will be greatly appreciated by Charlie Wing
| l.2s East Baltimore STREET, Baltimore.
If this Acknowledged Celestial will i'm
| mediately get into communication with
Pitcher William Ashley, alias bill Sill
vers," of the G. p o. ball team, he will
| receive much information RI garding these
! runaways, as Bill explored all the ether
around the vicinity named yesterday
evening when he was slated to serve up
to the Interiorites some of his most elu
sive shoots, benders, and drops. In the
initial inning he took his stand sixty feet
from the batting slab and proceeded to
shove them over. but after a moments
hesitation he was suddenly seen to gaze
intentiy at the heavens and his mates
grew worried and were seen to knit their
brows, for they could not understand
such conduct.
But when they looked up and beheld
two large specks floating through the
cirrus clouds all was made plain, for they
saw that Bill was worried by their pres
ence and they also kne what it was only
question of very few seconds when he,
too, would be far above them and mother
earth. The ascension took place in
very few seconds, when Ashley was seen
to rise high over their heads and in due
time he reached the kites and for while
it was nip and tuck for the kites to keep
pace with him. Higher and higher Bill
scared. still leading in the race. After he
had reached a height of about LOCO feet
above sea level the kites gave it up, for
light as they were they could go no
farther. Finally, seeing that he had no
opposition, Bill descended to terra firma
once more and was informed that during
his soaring the Interiorites had scored five
OF The ones that count.
This had little effect upon him, for he
was chewing intently on his wad of
chewing gum and was free from the
vicissitudes of the world and cared not
what happened. But after a little coax
ing he decided to remain with his team
mates and finish the game without any
more ascensions. Bits conduct, coupled
with the series Of costly errors made by
the infielders, gave the game to the to-
pographers without any effort on the part
of the latter After the dust had cleared
away at the conclusion of the game the
printers run alley footed up to and that
of the Land Office lads to 9, leaving a
margin of six runs for the Interiorites.
Having heard that it is lucky to have
the last rap az the leather, the typos al
lowed their opponents to take first bat,
in order to test the authencity of this
statement The sphere was started to
slab zigzagging and it looked like a good
gooser, but Vaughn, who led his tribe
to the bat, smacked it squarely on the
nose and reached first before it could be
captured by the men on the outposts.
He was followed by another of the In
teriorites, who also smashed one to the
outfield.
Then Bum came to the front, shiilalah
in hand. and as the pellet fioated over
the plate he lambasted one to the centre
field and scored the two men preceding
him and reached second hassock before |
the spheroid was run down by the out
fielders. Several errors, made just at this |
juncture. allowed him to reach third cor
ner, and he sbedaddied home on Brad |
ley's hit. slow grounder was hit 10
short, but the worthy occupying that po-
sition could not get his digits upon it be-
fore the batter had reached the premier |
sack. But the fielder wanted all present
to see that he had caught the horse hide, !
he threw 1t over to the first baseman, |
but 1t was about four feet to the bad |
so the runner absconded to the second !
cushion and there took rest
This performance continued until Mr. |
Hitchcock's wards became tired of scor- |
ing and decided to get out and give the |
printers a chance to hit the ball lit |
tie before the game was called. The ty- |
biographical artists came in and three of |
them went to the plate feeling as though |
they would surely swat the leather out |
of bounds. After making three vicious |
swipes each at the elusive sphere they |
felt decidedly otherwise.
The men whose names appear on the |
payroll at the Land Office got one of |
their number across the counting block |
in the second and were presented with |
another in the third In the fourth they |
could get no farther than the second |
snag on their Journey, while in the fifth
they were very harshly treated, not be- |
ing allowed to make an imprint on the |
initial pillow.
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livery was again most brutally NAL
treated by the Interiorites, and after
securing several hits and a base on balls
the Land ONCE men had three runs
the North Capitol Street men decided |
that they must not be shut out and i'm
mediately proceeded TO get a man across
the rubber. They found this compare
lively easy, and thought they would
surely get two over, for they had man
on the third cushion and but one man
was out. But after seeing their rivals
double play they changed
their minds.
They did not get within hailing distance
of the coveted block again until the
seventh, when, With two men en- the
sacks, Ashley stalked up to the plate
and Strengthened out one of Dawsons
outshoots and moored his two team |
mates, while he took first bag. They
tried hard now to keep up the batting
streak, but there was nothing doing. for |
Dawson showed them over with such
rapidity and cannon-ball
speed that they were unable to hit the
sphere out of the intieid..
Thus the game ended with the Interior |
clans in the lead by six tallies and having
won their first game Of the season. just
1t this moment "a German band around
the corner began to swell the air With the
strains of that popular coon dItty, Show
Me the Way to Go Home, Babe and ell
listened for a moment and then started
1ut to lind the way to the per table.