Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-18

but little feeding for him to get as
fat as a butter ball.
How would it do to take out some
fresh grass when you go? Bill will
enjoy it and so will the jackies.
Visitors to the flagship We're greeted
with the lusty singing of "Sing Me
Song of the South" Somebody Lied"
"Dixie Dan" and my Yankee Sailor
Boy" and other popular ditties by
group of tars who made the lower
decks reverberate with their voices.
They were members of the Tennessee
minstrels, an organization that fulfills
a double duty, beguiling the hours with
it's entertainments on long cruises and
gaining large accretions to the naval
relief fund by it's shore performances.
And this minstrel company has for its
manager and guiding spirit the flagship
chaplain, C. II. Dickens.
Mnstrels at Venice
At San Diego the company went
ashore last Friday night to the Gar
rick theater, gave their show and the
relief fund was $400 richer and the
patrons compensated by a frst-class
performance. The mnstrels are to
give performance Thursday night at
the Venice auditorium and Venetians
are arranging to furnish the $500 peo-
pie needed to fill the house. Fred t.
| Walling. the interlocutor, and F. Va
rilla, the bandmaster, are getting the
program in good shape for the occa-
sion. Walling says oliver Moroscos
"My Yankee Sailor Boy" is just the
thing and is popular with the whole
fleet.
During the morning Admiral Sebree
remembered that the baseball teams
of the fleet had not been giving atten-
ton to the great American game, and
he issued an order that the teams of
the Washington and Tennessee go
ashore and play a game AS most of
the members of the flagship team had
been given shore leave before the or
der was issued the California was in
structed to take its place and the
teams went to Point Firmin, Wnere
seven innings of good ball We're played.
The Washingtons won by score or
4 to 8. in spite of the fact that Mid
shipman Metcalf of the California,
who was a crack player at Annapolis.
did the twirling for the Golden State
team. The battery for the Washingtons
was Damalgaski and English. Higgins
was behind the bat for the Cali
fornians.
Baseball Rivalry
The admiral. now that American soil
has been reached, was anxious Tor an
other test of supremacy between the
rival teams. The last series was at
Ia Rochelle. France, where the Wash
ingtons won two out of three and the
fleet championship. Except for some
practice at MagdaIena bay the teams
have been idle since then and then
was last September. That they We're
in good trim was shown by the error
column, the Washingtons having only
four errors and the CALIFORNIA; three.
The athletic committee of the fleet
has arranged a cutter race for Satur-
day morning through the inner cham
mel to the turning basin, and the ad-
mirals cutter is out to win the cham
pionship emblem. On the same day the
game between the teams of the flag
ship and the Washington will be played
at Point F'irmin and the flagship toss
ers are sure they will win it.
Visiting hours on the war ships have
been announced from 1870 to $50
o'clock each day to any of the ships
except the one which may be coaling.
Yesterday only the Washington and
Tennessee were accessible and their
crews We'd with each other in showing
courtesies. This is because the jackies
have just tasted South American gen.
erosity and are glad to be 'back
home"
eve have been handed lemons every
where" said one of the tars AT Rio
they charged us SO cents for glass of
beer and nearly everywhere we were
uelu up SNSlS NiiO W. HSANsNN - -
ashore"
Here they say they are finding good
treatment and they appreciate it. The
extensive provisions made for the en-
tertainment of the men behind the
guns have made a hit with them and
they cannot show too much courtesy to
the visitors.
Visitors who took the word OF some
ticket sellers at the Fifth street land
ing at San Pedro found themselves de-
ceived before they got back. man
was selling pink tickets which he. said
were good for a return on any boat.
They were good on a boat going out
but having no return coupon the visi-
tors were told by other boatmen that
the arrangement didn't go. Attempts
were made to collect an additional fare
from many passengers, but firm re-
fusal usually ended the matter but
left the impression that the arrange
ment was understood between the boat
men and was an effort to blur an
extra fare.
AS a matter of precaution visitors
should pay the outward fares cents
-on the boat that takes them out and
nav the return fare on the boat which
happens to be available. Even the re-
turn coupon may not be good on any
boat" as several found.