The Washington herald., 1907-05-12


One stunt after another. with a base
ball game-a real game-in between. was
the feature yesterday Of the annual shad
bake of the Washington Bar Association,
which took place at Marshall Hall, when
staid. dignifed gray-haired jurists forgot
the bench and took up practice with ball
and bat The sought recreation. they dis
covered. developed into work, but on they
played nearly until the bell was sounded
that 'aI was we'll, the goose hOnks high.
and the shad is done"
But the one great feature Of the game
was the home run by Justice Harlan
Cheer after cheer greeted the justice
when he turned the trick. and he was
urged on and on as he made the circuit
Of the sacks. and eventually reached
home. And at the same time the other
side was cheering and acting nervous be-
cause the ball couldn't be found
Eventually il was discovered. but JUS
tice Harlan was safe at home and had
won the day. Justice Gould was close
second in the matter of hits and pounded
out a three-bagger There We're other
hits Of one and two bases. but no one
paid any attention TO them after Justice
Harlan and Judge Gould had accomplish
ed the marvels of the day.
$50 Members Attend.
One hundred and nifty members Of the
association left Washington early in the
day and made a pilgrimage down the
river by boat for the spring event that is
looked forward TO always with much In
terest. Songs. and not speeches. prevail
ed. There were no speecbes-there never
are at the shad bakes-but there was
plenty Of song.
The ball game was a great success.
There were runs aplenty-the score makes
no difference-and only mandamus pro-
.ceedings would make the players divulge
it; errors, but no writs, and hits galore
Many runs were made, but most of them
We're accomplished on the walk There
were flies now and then, but they were
not what one could call high. And
''fowls"-wen, the less said about them
the better.
Every member of the two teams wanted
TO act as umpire-it is only natural that
the lawyers should want 10 render a de-
cisiOn. And there were no pOStpOnements
of trials. Whenever Justice Harlan or
any of the others on the bench called for
a man on deck, he had to be there IN
functions against curves were granted
when il was first announced that there
was TO be a. ball game. Several times 1t
was necessary for both side. when their
own men were on third, or even second,
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bring the men to the home plate.
Bali Grounds Crowded.
The courtroom. or rather the green field
was crowded. BaiHns and officers of the
law-off duty-were everywhere. Men
who hadn't yelled since they We're boys
brought out cheers yesterday thu would
do justice to any of the semi profession
ais who play about the city every day in
the summer. But, anyway. the game and
the bake made a great success.
Immediately following the tossing of
the ball and the game of see who can
strike out the most. the big shad dinner
was served Not only did the attorneys
have shad-more than they knew what TO
do Without there were oysters, ana
everything else that is good and appro-
pirate.
Late last night, weary, tired, and sore,
but happy. the lawyers returned 10 the
city.
Alexander H. Bell was the chairman of
the entertainment committee.
Justice Stanford represented the Supreme
Court of the District. Chief Justice CIa-
baugh was unable TO take part in the
festivities. Chief Justice Shepard, of the
Court of Appeals, and Justice RObb. Chief
Justice Peele, of the Court of Claims, and
Justices Barney and Howry were among
the crowd that included practically the
entire membership Of the Bar Association.