Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-28
WONDER WHATS THE MATTER.

was Arthur Plant. who has recently in
scribed Napoleon of Finance on his
cards. He has not been seen in athletic
circles since he was John Crossley star
pupil at the old Columbia Athletic Club.
He emerged from his Information yester-
day afternoon looking as pink and cute as
Cupid. There was many a girl who point
ed him out nudging her neishbor and
saying, ''Oh. isn't he darling!
For while it looked much as if the
Chamber of Commerce would carry Off
the cup which the J. G. Smith Company
had offered to the winners. The lnvinci-
BILE Hume. who learned to be battery
on the heights overlooking the long-since
defunct ST. Asaph race track. struck out
all corners with startling ease.
The opposing batters were SO bewildered
that Fourth Assistant Postmaster Cen
eral Peter Voorhis DeGraw felt called
upon to shout through a megaphone that
the spit ball was being used. After that
the battery was hit more frequently. And
then it rained.
Incidentally it rained-just enough of a
shower to make the diamond muddy
that the rubber soled shoes of the players
would not take hold Of the clay. Finest
kind of plays were spoiled by sudden stop
slide, thud. When the player recovered
himself and began to remember that it
was a game of ball he was playing per-
haps a run two would have been
scored.
Then. too, there was anxiety to make
%,
announced that the first man home could
have Maj. Sylvesters job for month
The honor fell to Robert Hume, who
passed it up, much to the top cops dis
gust
In the fifth inning Phil King tried to
steal third. All of both teams. including
the substitutes, got in the play. The
Chamber of Commerce team assisted King
in his journey from bag to bag. The
Board of Trade players trooped off behind
a effort
the ball that some one had thrown to head
King off. This wild throw, which, resem-
bled the fight Of comet, cost the Board
of Trade run.
When one occurred there were scenes of
wild disorder. ~
Yerkes made sensational one-handed
running. slipping, sliding, tripping catch
of T. Hume's long drive to the fence in
the fifth inning. There was prolonga ed
cheering and some talk of a Carnegie
medal. Langley's pair of unassisted dou-
BILE plays threw the crowd into Mysteries
also:
Errors in Bunches.
These brilliant instances were lost in the
maze of plays wherein SO many errors
would be made that no human scorer
could keep track. 1t would have required
an automoton with gatling gun arrange
In the sixth inning when Conner batted
a long one into right field two runs could
have been scored had the men on bases
decided to try for home. The sight of the
HURTING sphere sailing high above the
heads of the players seemed to fascinate
Switzerland and r. Hume They stood
fast moored to their bases shouting en-
couragement to the small mob of fielders
who were chasing after the ball.
Up to the last inning it was all in favor
Of the Chamber of Commerce. The Board
of Trade had nice little habit of sending
any one at all to bat, provided he looked
like member of the team. In return tor
this bit of diplomacy the Chamber of
Commerce started off ev"ry inning by let
ting one of the Humes bat.
After eight innings of this and after
the scorers had given up all hope of max
| ing anything at all out of 1t Phil King
kicked because the Board of Trade want
ed to bat Langley instead of Cleggett
The Chamber of Commerce had found 1t
easy to put Cleggett out. He was a prime
favorite with the rOOters, however, be-
cause he wore dinky little hat and
| looked much like beau of some fame in
sporting circles known as Bob Fitzsim-
mons
Traders Turn the Trick.
But it was the ninth inning that was
the hair-raiser. With everything against
them the Board of Trade went to bat
| and won the game with a superb bat
| ting streak that would make the Ma
| tionals weep with envy A home run and
three triples and few smaller ones de-
cided the business
The procession of runners as they cross
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