Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-30
TWO CLUBS MATCHED
aREAL" BASE RAIL TO BE
PLAYED WEDNESDAY.
High-Toned Exhibition to Be Given
Receipts to Aid San
Francisco.


game win doubtless be reached when flext
Wednesday afternoon two bold and deter
mined teams selected from the member
ship of two local clubs=the Metropolitan
and Century-will follow a brass band
around the American League Park in order
to make an exhibit OF their athletic and
muscular mien. and create the distinct Inn
preston that they are to forthwith en-
gage In a contest that viii bear real re-
semblance to the game of base ball as
1t Is understood and played In the tweO
tieth century Those who comprehend
what base bali Is and those who perchance
may wish to know what base ball may
be should foregather upon this stirring oc-
cas1on.
1t will cost a trifle to be admitted to this
battle, but 1t will poy to go. first because
of the heated argument now on as to
whether the game will be awe-fnspiring.
funny informing, and second because
the receipts will all go to the aid of the
San Francisco sufferers Society has al
ready smiled upon the great undertaking
interestedly and generously.
A box costs So; admittance to the grand
stand is rs cents, and to the bleaching
boards, so and % cents. respectively.
Among those who have secured boxes
are Senator John Kane, Mrs Benedict, Mr..
and Mrs. Hugh Wallace. Col. and Mrs F.
l.. Denny Mr. and Mrs Pierre Lorillard
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Slater. Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred. B. Mcclure, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam c. Denny. Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Bel
mont Mr.. and Mrs. Charles j. Bell, Mr..
G. r. Fortescue Col. and Mrs. L. r. Rus
sell. Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh s. .Legare. Mr.
and Mrs. Oliver Perrin, Mr.. and Mrs. Ma
thantel Simpkins, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Howard, Mr.. and Mrs ]. H. Merriam. Mr.
and Mrs. John F. wilkins and Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H. Poor.
The Lineup.
From the following list the members Of
the Metropolitan Club team will be selected:
E. A. Mitchell, Fleming Newbold. Joseph
Gaines, Horace Westcott, II. de Sibour, r..
Huidekoper, F. Huidekoper, William c..
Denny. Samuel Reber, ]. H. Merriam, NJ.
Carlisle, G. r. Fortesque. Newton Quick.
Mason Quick. David Porter, j. +. wilkins.
Battery-Joseph Gaines, pitcher; NJ. Car
Isle, catcher
The Century Club will send to the field a
team selected from the following members:
w. b. Hibbs, Thomas l.. Hume Alfred p
Meade, Edward B. Mclean, Rodgers K
Wetmore, w. H. Merriam, r. J. Danger
field, F. X. Ellis. TIillard Owen, Frank B.
Poe, 7. Donnell CasseHs and R. Ross Perry.
Battery-Edward B. Mclean. pitcher, and
w. B. Hibbs, catcher.
Umpire of Note.
Representative James Wadsworth will
give his services as umpire, and has, ac-
cording to authentic reports, burned a
quantity of midnight oil in close and con-
scientious study of the rules. II by any
mischance Mr. Wadsworth cannot serve
Representative Nicholas Longworth will be
asked to stand in judgment. because he
knows hit when 1t Is made in his pres
ence or when he makes it himself.
Certain rude persons, distinguished rather
for untimely impulses to mirth than for due
appreciation of manly but not too valiant
sport, have suggested that locomotive head
lights and man-ofwar searchlights be held
in readiness in case the shutdown gun
should reverberate coincidenty with the
opening of the sixth inning.
1t is said that large number of substi-
tutes will be selected from both clubs,
and this has been done for prudence sake
because 1t is feared that as some of the
selected players can be inordinateIy swift
when really trying, there might at any
stage of the game occur collision with
the ball, or something else which might
eventuate In disabling the collider. Great
care had been exercised as to the line up
In both teams, and it Is asserted that tho
two criterions of selection for the more
important posts are a graceful carriage
and developed capacity as a base ball
slang singer.
The Particular Features.
But these matters are trivial compared
with the possible results of this notable
contest. There is much discussion of the
opening for Illustration of individual Prov
ess which the game will afford; society
will be largely in evidence and give vent
TO enthusiasm in appreciation of the fine
points of the game. which, 1t Is declared,
Will be numerous. In all circles the ar
dent hope Is expressed that the casualty
list Will not be large
The American League Park has been
given for the afternoon by the manage
ment a band has been detailed to furnish
the music, and inasmuch as everybody will
want TO see this monster aggregation of
scintillating science and furious fun all
probabilities point to substantial fund in
receipts for the aid of sufferers In San
Francisco.