The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-07-07
JUDGE MAKES RECORD
AS BASEBALL L PI, YiER
He Assumes Important Place in
Game Between Statesmen
and Newspaper Men, and
Wins, Though Charlie
Puts Him Out at
Second.
Especial to The Times. Dispatch. j

--- day with three representatives
OF the allies. and 1t Is ap-
parent that there is to be no
opposition on their part to the, selec-
tion OF Frank H. Hitchcock as chair
man OF the Republican National Com
mittee.
The men here to-day were Congress-
man James +. Burke. OF Pittsburg, who
was manager OF the Knox boom; Con-
gressman William B. Mckinley, OF
Illinois. who was the head and front
OF the Cannon boom. and Senator Bev-
eridge, OF Indiana. tho lined up with
Fairbanks. although II has been said
that he was part a Taft man.
Both Congressman Burke and Me-
kinney spoke out strongly for harmony,
and said that there would be no op-
position to the selection OF Hitchcock
80 far as they are concerned.
Matter OF Necessity.
The selection OF Hitchcock, It is said,
Elli be as much matter OF necessity
as anything else. Other men have
been approached. but have refused to
Z allow their names to be considered.
Desirable candidates are apparently
hshting shy OF what they believe will
. SeihPatbA ~ manage, Win
the popular feeling against campaten
contributions. AS one OF the men here
comforting with Mr.. Taft put It this
morning: II Taft wins there Will be
no credit to speak Of for the chairman.
put II ANYTHING goes wrong. he will be
damned 1t is thankless Job. and not
many men care to tackle it,
senator Crane has offered no objec-
non 10 the selection OF Frank II.
Hfrhrnrk IT,
that Mr. Crane himself could have
had the place II he wanted 1t. He has
refused from the start. however. To
allow his name to be considered and
ne H1ath,ained that attitude when his
& ;SaSaslabiitty was discussed here in the
conference with Judge TAFT
The Indiana politicians are now more
pl.eeTtS opposed to the naming Of
hitchcock as chairman than any others
The throwing out OF the Fairbanks
delegates from the South still sticks
IN heir crop. and Judge TAFT is trying
20 sooth them before the meeting Of
the subcommittee here Wednesday.
Taft us Ball Player.
Judge Taft to-day dIstinpu,shad
himself or, the diamond when = game
OF baseball was played between the
statesmen sojourning here to confer
with him on sundry matters reIatinr !
TO the coming political campaign and
tthe the newspaper men who are endeayor-
Ing to keep the public Informed upon
the candidates daily actions.
ne game was the result OF the ac-
tiyity OF Senator Murray Crane, WHO
mas mad long conferences with the Re-
publican candidate while here Mr..
Crane had no sooner finished his
breakfast to-day than he began plan
ming for a contest of skill between the
statesmen and the correspondents.
The statesmen's nine was made up OF
Senator Crane. pitcher; Representative
Burke. OF Pennsylvania, catcher: Joln
G. Eversman, secretary to Representa-
tive Mckinley. first base: Representa-
tive Burton. OF Ohio. second base: Rep
resentative Lawrence, of Massachu-
sets, third base; Representative Nc
Kinley, centre field; Senator Beveridse,
left field; and William H. Taft. right
field. When the game began Mr.. Taft
was having talk with Senator Bev-
) eridge on Indiana politics. and they
gave their proxies to two negro boys,
who gained them more glory in the
matter of fielding and batting than they
themselves scored after they finally fin
ished their talk and assumed the re-
sponsibllity of the game.
The game was no tlys contested. but
the correspondents lost out after eight
innings by a score OF II to II.
The correspondents went outside OF
their own numbers for a second base
man. placing Charlie Taft in that re-
ssponsible position. Charlie distin-
guished himself when his father Went
to- the bat and struck the second ball ball
I delivered to him.
The bali went whizzing toward sec.
ond base, and it looked as Il It would
give Mr.. Taft a home run, but the
alert Charlie nipped his fathers hopes
byAcatching him ou AZ.
The game was played on the local
ball grounds, Just after a heavy rain,
and as the participants spurted In the
mud in their frantic efforts ito run the
worse for wear when the eighth inning
had been played. Mrs. Taft came out
TO see the game, which was witnessed
by a large number Of spectators from
tho 3h0tel laEt 49, Is t.3ft