Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-22

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duty. He wanted to go to
&A the baseball game ca the
opening day. but he stayed
~U at the Capitol like a good
N " boy, who would not play
hockey" for anything in
the orld.
there Ia one thing upon which
Senator Kittredge fairly doteS it is
baseball game. He knows all the
lingo OF the diamond. he can tell the
percentage OF any player. and keeps
the history Of the baseball field at his
tongues end. Consequently the open
ing day OF the ball season appealed to
Mr.. Kittredge. He has not missed the
opening day for many years.
But Mr.. Kittredge had work to do
at the Capitol. and so the game went
on without him. What would my
constituents say" remarked Mr.. Kilt
redge, "if they learned that | was out
at baseball game when ought to be
attending to my work"
There is ping pong table in Sem
ator Hanna's house. 1t is set in the
large reception room down stairs.
where there is plenty of space for the
players. In the Hanna household the
game is now all the rage. Mr.. Hanna
does not participate in the fascinating
sport He stands off and applauds the
clever strokes of the players.
Someone asked him the other night
to keep score.
Keep score?" queried the Senator.
Il don't know how
Why, it's just like scoring tennis"
Il never played game of tennis In
my life," confessed Mr.. Hanna.
Chile's new envoy, Mr. Walker Mar
tinez, has won golden opinions in the
few months of his residence here. AS
a matter of fact he is one of the clev-
crest statesmen in the South American
republic he represents and was a po-
tent factor in the overthrow of the am
bilious Balmaceda. At the recent Pan
American Congress he played con-
spicuous part and he has served his
country both in Argentina and Brazil,
where he succeeded in re-establishing
the friendly relations that were broken
| OF at the time the republic was found
ed. Nine. Martinez and his four chill
dren accompanied him to Washington.
One of the expert gardeners in the
| agricultural department has been sent
| to the white house to trim the rose
bushes In the flower garden just west
Of the presidents residence. He had
been working for an hour or so when
man in a SLOUGH hat with a short
coat buttoned close up to his neck
| approached the gardener and offered
some suggestions.
you are cutting those bushes too
closely. There won't be any flowers
on them this year." said the stranger.
THAT so?" asked the. workman. as
he continued shipping off the twigs.
well, | have been trimming rose
bushes for thirty years and IL you
knew as much about this Job as
do you might be doing 1t yourself"
The other man turned on his heel
| and walked into the white house,
where he entered the presidents pri-
| vate room. sat down at the presidents
| desk and went to work at his own
| Job.
Representative Burkett OF Nebraska
was formerly an Iowan, and he well
remembers his first visit to the state
| Of which he Is now a citizen.
when 1 was boy" said Mr.. Bur-
kett recently, 81 was great baseball
| crank. l was the catcher on the nine
| Of the Missouri Valley College, and
we went over to Nebraska to play
| against a nine in the Tri-State League.
Iowa was prohibition state. whereas
in the town of Blair. where We made
our first appearance, liquor was plenti-
| full. Our nine, | am sorry to say,
yielded to temptation. When the game
was called l was the only sober man
| in the party. ] remember that the
shortstop, in trying to stop a grounder,
fell down and did not get up for twen-
| ty minutes. When the score stood rs
| to against us we gave up"
Mr.. Burkett has never lost his love
for the game. and may be relied upon
| to constantly grace the grand stand
with his distinguished presence.