The Washington times., 1902-09-12
LAWYERS WIN FROM
WASHINGTON DOCTORS
Defeat Medical Men in a
Game of Baseball.
Decision Rendered by Presiding Judg:
Suter Causes Dissatisfaction and
Another Bout May Result.

The lawyers and doctors of Washing
ton held an interesting and animate.
discussion at the American League Base
ball Park yesterday afternoon between
the hours Of anG $3.50 o'clock. Tn,
dispute was occasioned by an assertion
/ OH the part of the Doctors that thel
could beat the Lawyers playing the ma.
tional game of baseball
| Uhe presiding judge was Mr.. Suter
and his verdict at thesend of the nine
| innings was that the Lawyers had made
| five more points in the discussion than
| the Medicos.
There was apparent, however, an air
of dissatisfaction with the verdict. and
threats were made that motion for a
new trial would be made before the snow
flies in the winter.
Lawyer Nicholson. who led the debate
for his side, was chiefly responsible for
the verdict being rendered in favor ci
his craft Although thesDoetors pune
tured his shafts CT eloquenoe fifteen sep
arate and distinct times, the Lawyers
were only ablesto cut open six of Dir.
loves twisters. The party of the first
part gained the decision principally be-
cause the party of the second part. that
is, the Doctors, backed up their leading
physician in very poor fashion.
Work for the Undertaken.
to
that if the doctors made as many mis-
takes in diagnosing the diseases of their
patients as on the baseball diamond yes
terday, that the undertakers OF Wash
ington would soon be working overtime.
Twelve times did the doctors make mis-
takes, while the lawyers slipped UP in
their arguments only ON three occasions.
Judge Suter said afterward that ne
would have been compelled to render a
verdict in favor of the lawyers. in any
event. because he could not figure in
anyway how fifteen points of commission
and twelve points of omission could beat
six points of commission and three
points of omission.
For the information of the eighteen
men who participated in the exercises,
it may not be amiss to retail few OF
the incidents of yesterdays discussion.
The physicians started out as il the
lawyers had no case at all, and at the
end of the first round Of argument they
had scored three points in their favor.
1t looked very much as if the doctors
would make good at this early stage, for
when the lawyers appeared DR.. Lowe
dealt them out allopathic doses of goose
eggs that set them to thinking. They
got together in the next round, however.
and determined that if they could not
gain the case by puncturing DR.. Lowe s
prescriptions, they could at least better
their end by rafting their opponents.
This proved very effective remedy.
for the doctors were easy prey. They
vent all to pieces and nearly every one
of the nine men contributed an error or
two. DR.. S. Edmonston. who officiated
as DR.. loves chief assistant, early in
the contest was seized with an attack of
cirrhosis of the mitt, and his efforts
proved more disastrous than helpful.
DR.. Lowe, himself, was taken every
now and then with an unconquerable de-
sire to throw the ball into the grand
stand 1t was rumored that he espied
a number of partisans of the opposing
team chuckling to themselves in the
stand and that he thereupon became
angry, and attempted to put the afore
said partisans out of business.
He made four Intellectual attempts
to throw the ball into the stand. and
the lawyers, of course, were quick TO
take advantage of them. Then, toe,
Dr. Lowe on ten different occasions told
the patients who faced him that he was
too busy to give them treatment at the
time, and sent them to DR., Ready at
first base. Lawyer Nicholson. on ihe
other hand, turned down only two re-
tanning fees, and thirteen times he caus-
ed the Medicos TO bow politely and re-
tire.
Hard to Describe Game.
Tt would be almost impossible TO at
tempt a description of the dispute in de-
tail. One incident. however, that at
tracted considerable attention, was
when Lawyer Hawkins, who had reach
ed the third sack. stopped at that bag
and asked DR.. Beall whether he knew
the difference between a scire facias and
the rule in Shelley's case. and DIR. Beall
averred that Lawyer Hawkins knew not
he spoke. The latter quick
ly bade DR.. Beall good-by when Dr.
Lowe tried to hit one of his enemies,
who reposed in the grandstand
DOLL Tpy cun,s,