The Washington herald., 1908-06-28

Sylvester's arch foe-after all re was
simply a harmless old negro that Arthur
Moses or Ralph Lee or some other wag
Of the Chamber of Commerce had thrust
into the limelight. with DR.. Harpers and
Maj. Sylvester's connivance, as sort OF
vaudeville interlude to the ball-playing
performance. II took
Few Things I'm Detail.
Dorsey out of the way. the game pro-
ceeded. 1t sagged for two or three in
nings. as tame as the elected interloper,
but after the clouds had rolled by Il
warmed uD amazingly. The Board Of
Trade discarded It's conservatism. II
adopted the Chambers tactics-became
sort OF Rooseveltian itself in strenuosity.
It was less staid. less dlgnifed. less easy
going, but decidedly more impressive in
a new and different way. II impressed
the multitude that 1t was going 70 win
going 10 capture that Bradbury Cup as a
brand from the burning And it did
Speaking Of the contest in detail. the
exact number Of members OF these two
representative bodies Of business men is
not known for a certainty. but it is
BtlAtAE4 llldL oil A4lOSe dDlG ~ GAb Ap a.
pair Of white duck trousers were in the
game or ready 10 get in Il az some time
or other, II only for a minute.
The work Of Phil King. the old Prince
ton star. was spectacular in the ex-
treme, his three running catches Of Texas
leaguers bringing rounds of applause
from the well-hlled grand stand. In ad-
ditiOn. King got TWO hits. felded his
position at second base in faultless style
and scored three runs, stealing home on
one occasion.
Battery Work Good.
The Hume brothers, Tom and Ting
were the battery for the Chamber OF
| Commerce. and had their opponents buf
faloed in the early stages of the con
test. when it looked as though the BoarC
OF Trade was destined 10 a decisive
drubbing: but in the latter innings th'
batsmen became more confident. and
aided by their opponents errors. noseC
out victory in the last round.
Rcesch and Charley Church started 70
the Board team. but Roesch gave way Il
Conner in the NTH. The latter pitched
strong game. excepting for the seventh
/ inning. when four hits and a couple o
errors netted five runs
Rain began to fall AT the conclusion o
/ the fourth inning. and the wet ball ant
muddy field marred the wo-k OF the play
! ers in no small degree
/ For six innings the Chamber Of Com
/ merce looked to have a walkaway. EacI
team garnered run In the opener an,
/ then no more scoring was INDUCED in un
I'll the third. when fieiders choice, tw
errors and two hits gave the Commerc
\ team three runs. In the fifth two NOR
were added on three ielders' choices an
/ two errors
In the sixth the Board OF Trade adde
another run on base on balls. a passe
/ ball. and hit
In the seventh four hits and two error
\ gave the Chamber Of Commerce five runs
making its total eleven. and ending IN
! scoring for the side. In It's half OF Ii
same inning a hit batsman. a single,
base on balls. and a Wild pitch gave N
Board Of Trade two more runs.
RnttIing Double Plays by De Mol
In the eighth the Traders got busy wit
the stick. a home run, two triples. foy
bases on balls. and passed bail nettin
FIVE runs.
In both the eighth and ninth innings
looked as though the Chamber Of Con
merce would score again, but a fast COZ
bic play. unassisted, in each Of thes
rounds by De Mon killed their chance
In the ninth. with the score II 10
against them. the Beard of Trade player
scored three more runs on a pass. a
/ error. a passed ball, and two single
Charley Church's hit scoring the winnir
] runs