The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1909-07-20
DEMOCRATS TRIM
c. 0. P. AT BALL
Minority Congressman Win by
Score Of rs TO I6.
UNCLE JOE COULDN'T BUTT IN
His Special Rulings Could Not Shut
OF Base Hits and the Democrats
Walloped All Sorts Of Tarin Seized
ules Out Of the Republicans.

Washington. July l7.-With Uncle
Joe Cannon looking on 90 powerless
to call the minority to order or bring
in special rule shutting on base hits
the Democrats OF the house OF repre-
sentatives walloped all sorts OF tariff
schedules out of the Republicans at
Anne erican League park and won the
most famous congressional base ball
game on record by the thrilling score
Ci 26 TO l6. The minority wanted to
make il l6 TO !. but the Republicans
defeated that proposition once again.
More different kinds OF base ball
were played in that game than ever
crowded into seven innings before.
ard strange as Il may seem II wasn't
all bad. The Democrats put up a rat
tl.n- good game in the field some
tlmca. Representative Hefiiu. OF Ala
bala. playing la one of the outer gar
dona. reminded one strikingly of Ty
Cuha. once he had chance To be a
hoTo. Iae Republicans suddenly came
10 l.lc ia the Rfth inning and were
scoring eight OF nine or ten runs
when line hy went winging out into
lett fed straight at Hefin. The portly
Alabaman cast one weather eye at the
bali and another at his bare hands.
and "ducked." The hit ought 10 have
been good for a home run. but Repre-
sentative Rowland, OF Ohio. fell ex-
hausted on the second sack aud yelled
for somebody to come oa out and lin.
ish the run.
Longworth Not In Condition.
Representative Nicholas Longworth
OF Ohio. signed at a Tremendous out
lay. ii was said. BY the Republican
manager. failed TO live up TO his ad
vance notices. lie presented a natty
appearance in golf trousers. brown
stockings and neglige shirt. but he
"Caseyed out" twice with two men Oh
bases. got bob once and then In ths
last half OF the seventh showed q
Hash of rare speed when he beat out
tiny little infield hi;. His only other
acquaintance with the ball was a cou
pie of foul tips and several long rams
after NO baggers slammed out by the
unterrihed Democracy
The official score looked too much
like a house tariff bill coming out OF
the senate committee on finance to be
printed in full. The Republicans stuck
TO their original lineup throughout
the game. but the Democrats wore
themselves our making ten runs In the
second. and after that substitutes were
called upon with ever increasing fire.
quency. and the batting order was
shifted every inning.
The nearest the newspaper scorers
old hands at the business-could
come to the base hits and errors was
To give tho Democrats % of the for
mer-no Jest intended-and five OF
the latter. rhe Republicans are cred
tied with 20 safe hits and errors.
The real reason there were not more
errors was because the players side
stepped the hard ones and could not
reach the long ones
The first victory of the day for the
free traders was won at the gate. The
game was supposed to be for charity,
but everybody seemed 10 have a pass.
This certainly is funny" said the
old gatekeeper. as the passes were
handed in like bills dropping into the
hopper on the speakers desk the first
day OF session. III got a paid-for
ticket l wouldn't know where TO
put tt