Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-28
Re al Game 1t Started To Be, Bot
Great Doings Distinguish
Play With Chamber
Of Commerce

Four tired looking reporters gathered
| in the shade of the grandstand at Ma
tional Base Ball Park late yesterday
afternoon nd tried their best to figure out
what had happened in the alleged game
of ball played by the teams from the
, Board of Trade and the Chamber of
Commerce for the benefit of the Wash
inston Playground Association
The news writers We're all suffering
from a mild form of nervous exhaustion
and had the hunted look of men who
have been near death and have seen
hose things which it is not meet for man
to speculate upon.
Each of their four score cards looked
more like the spatter work of an inky fly
crawling upon Chinese laundry tickets
No two were alike in any detail. But
the four reporters resolved to strike ar
average and the game will go down in
history as won by the Board of Trade by
a score of II to II.
It Was to Be Real Ball.
When Arthur Moses and Dr. Frank
Gibson decided to have a ball game. the
| intention was to have a burlesque game
a game in which the older members of the
| two organizations could get out on the
diamond and make fool plays and pro-
woke barbarian laughter from an audience
which would delight to see the dignity OF
Washington lay aside its halo to disport
itself in an unSeemly way.
But this was frOwned upon. 1t was
said yesterday by Gen. George II. Harries
| scheduled to pitch in the game as origi-
nally planned, that the idea was too pre-
posterous to be entertained.
Consequently real. bona fide gam
arranged
lined up yesterday had every intention to
| play real ball
But alas for good intention! Had all
| the great humOrists of the age contrived
| a comic opera and concentrated in it all
the comedy that they are equal to- IL
| could not beat the Simon-pure and invol-
| untary opera bOuffe that was unfolded in
yesterdays play:
To begin with the two teams started of
with the idea of drawing blood. They
| wanted the other teams scafps. and had
| brought all the ladies to watch them dc
the deed. They bOasted they had not
| forgotten how to play the game, and
were willing to bet any amount on the
| result.
Talk to Deaf Ears.
| sPresdent Harper of the Chamber OF
Commerce introduced to the grandstand
Commissioner Macfarland and Director
John Barrett of the bureau of American
republics
These latter gentlemen acted in the
capacity of a pair of openers, the Commits
sioner making speech which not sou
| heard. owing to the clamor of the Grove
| for the teams to play ball. and Mr.
| Barrett saying to the same deaf audience
! his sole ambition was to introduce base
| ball into South America.
Then the comedy was started by the
| Hume brothers of the Commerce team
| The first one knocked a grOunder that was
| easily eaten up and the second one throw
! ing out his chest because he managed tc
| get to first base. While a dispute was
going on between Phil King and the water
| boy Robert Hume walked over to the
scorers and threatened to kill them II
| they did not give him a hit.
Phil King. with memories of Princeton
| days clustering sweetly about his brow
| resolved to make a double home run. Ir
| the effort he knocked a fly that was
caught with one hand by Langley, the
| star of the Board of Trade team With
King put out easily the Chamber OF
Commerce began to look like a funeral
plume on hearSe.
Chamber Takes Fright.
| Later on when kaufman. who batted as
| II he were driving tacks, was put out the
| boys from f street began to confer among
themselves and ask each other what was
| what and why twas thus
| The last man TO bat in the first inning