The Washington herald., 1908-04-30
METROPOLITAN WINS
Chevy Chase Club Beaten in
Baseball Game.
SOCIETY WELL REPRESENTED
Smart Set AppIauds Playing Of Club
men In Contest, the Receipts of
Which VIII BE Devoted TO the
Fund for Providence Hospital.
winners Score Ten Runs in First.


went an awful grueling at the Nationals
lair yesterday. when the Metropolitan
and Chevy Chase clubs clashed in a nine
inning struggle, which was won by the
older ciubmen by II to Z
Despite the lop- sided score. a more en-
thusiastic audience has seldom filled the
seats in the grand stand of National
Park. Representative and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth. who are baseball enthusiasts.
had with them Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick
Keep. Mrs. Ralph Ellis, and c. r simp-
kins. The Postmaster General and Mrs.
Meyer had the Misses Meyer, Mr. Cora,
Of the Italian Embassy staff, and others
with them The Secretary Of the Interior
and Mrs. Garfield entertained party in
their box. With the Brazilian Ambassa-
dor and Nine NabueO were Mile. NabUcO,
the Chilean Minister and Sonora de Cruz,
the Argentine Minister and Sonora de
Portela, the Peruvian Minister and
Sonora de Pardo. and the counselor of
the Brazilian Embassy. Mr.. do Amaral.
Miss Hagner and Rear Admiral Cowles
| occupied the boz set apart for the Pres
ident and Mrs. Roosevelt.
Entertain Box Parties.
Mr.. and Mrs Perry Belmont had as
guests in their box Mr. and Mrs. Bel
mont Tiffany and Miss Cameron. With
Mrs. Janin were Miss Grace Jarvis and
her house guest. Miss Gladys ingalls,
The Mexican Charge d'Anaires aud
| Sonora de Godoy entertained guests in
their box. and Miss Juliette Williams,
| Capt. and Mrs. Summerlin, and Lieut..
and Mrs. Bulmer were together Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Pearsall. Mr. and Mrs
| Horace Westcott, Viscountess de SIbour.
and Mrs. Ned Mitchell were in Mr.
/ PearsalPs box, Mrs. Harlow, Miss Gil
! more, the Misses Morris, Mrs Hastings.
and Miss Hastings occupied a box. as
/ did also Representative and Mrs Van
/ Vechten Olcott, who had Mrs. Ruggles
| and Miss Ruggles witb~them. The Misses
/ Patten entertained the swiss Minister.
| Or. Vogei; Baron Moncheur, the Belgian
/ Minister. and Mr. and Mrs. Larz Ander-
/ son.
/ Other prominent people occupying seats
! and boxes in the grand stand were: Mai
/ Gen and Mrs. J. Franklin Bell. Mrs
/ Darlington, Miss Darlington. Miss Ridge
/ ly, Mrs. Frank Poe, Mrs Thropp. Mr.
/ and Mrs. Chatard, Mr.. and Mrs. Tiffany
/ Dyer, Mrs, Clover. Miss Dora Clover,
/ Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Hibbs, Miss
! FredeTics Morgan, the Assistant SeCre-
/ tary OF War and Mrs. Oliver. Miss Oil
/ Yer. the Cuban Minister and Nine
/ Quesada Mrs. James +. Barbour, Mrs
/ Frederick Barbour. Miss Marguerite Bar
/ bour, Mrs John r. Williams, Nine. Heb
/ binghaus, Miss Langham, Miss Alice
| Goodwin, Miss Courtney Collins, Mr.. and
| Mrs Andrew Y Bradley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Guzman, Miss Mattingiy. and the Bra
| lillian second secretary and Nine. Cher
mont
! The bleachers were empty.
| Mrs Alfred F. Hopkins, Mrs. Wheeler.
| Miss Hume, Miss Bayne. and others sold
| score cards. Miss Mathilde Townsend was
chairman Of this committee.
Marine Band on Hand.
/ A section of the Marine Band discoursed
popular airs before and during the game.
the music, no doubt being an added in
eenuve 10 the eighteen struggling and
perspiring athletes. At the conclusion Of
each half an inning the music was inveri-
ably slow and dreamy. soothing the nerves
Of the valiant athletes who were str1lg-
| Cling 70 so noble cause as the Provi-
dence Hospital fund AT any rate, The
contest went the full nine innings. and il
is no more than proper TO assign 10 the
music part OF the credit for keeping the
diamond stars at work for such a lone
time. although innumerable cigarettes
were offered up at the altar by the players
Weird 10 look upon was the garb OF
some Of the performers. Every color
known to art and nature was displayed
on the forms OF the weary ball tossers
and what matter If they did not blend
Clothes do not make the man. and q. base
ball suit does not make a baseball plaver
/ Capt. Bayne, Of Chevy Chase. was not
in his best form. and allowed seventeen
hits which, with a few errors and some
bases on balls, enabled the Metropoiitan,
to tally runs till they we're tired.
De Sibour was in the box for tht
Nets. and twirled a creditabIe game. al.
lowing his opponents but FIVE hits. He alsC
set a good example for his teammates by
getting four hits.
Runs, Runs, More Runs.
Bayne passed Cobb. Merriam. and Glib
son in the first inning, and Brooke scored
them on a triple to right De Sibour hi
for three bases. and Mitchell, Porter. anC
Evans singled, and Hagner made a thre,
bagger, the runs coming in in a steady
procession. Cobb and Merriam were dis