Evening star., 1909-06-26
Benefit OF FAIRGROUNDS
LOCAL BALL TEAMS PRACTICING
FOR GAME TUESDAY.
Board of Trade and Chamber of
Commerce Members to Strive
for Cups.

With two cups to fight for. to say MOTH
ing of honor and glory. the base ball
teams representing the Chamber of Com
merce and the Board of Trade. which are
to clash in their annual contest at Amer
ican League Park next Tuesday. are 60
ing through the hardest kind of practice
every day. The Board of Trade forces are
under the direction of DR.. F. e. Gibson
their captain, while the veteran Phil King
has charge of the Chamber of Commerce
team. That the game will not be a bur
lesque of base ball is assured. for on both
teams are enough really good base ball
players. men who in their prime as ath-
letes We're top-notchers.
On the Board of Trade team are r. L.
Connors, a crack pitcher; Charles Church,
Vaudeville Carlisle and r. S. Hume, all
of whom are good ball players. while the
Chamber of Commerce has Phil and Har-
ry King. Tingue and Tom Hume and Will
Meredith. Some of the others are not SO
good. but with the men mentioned in i'm
portant positions on both teams excessive
run getting should be prohibited.
Well Supplied With Players.
AS far as numbers go the Board of
Trade appears to have a little the best of
ii. as DIR. Gibson has two or three men in
training for every position, while King is
decidedly short-handed. having but Seven
men. STILL the Chamber of Commerce ex-
poets to be there with bells on when Um-
pire Belts calls PLAY.
The purchase of tickets has been large
and the committee in charge expects
big abundance. Inasmuch as the game
will be played for the benefit of the
Playground Association fund, particular
attention is being paid to the disposition
of chidrens tickets For every fifty-cent
adult ticket sold. two childrens tickets
are given away. while those who pur-
chase two ffty-cent tickets are entitled
TO five chiIdren's tickets. The committee
wants the little ones to be on hand to
enjoy the music of the band, which will
give a concert before the game and play
appropriate selections between innings,
and to add their voices to those of the
grown-up rooters..
Tickets to the game are on sale all over
town. A large supply has been left at
the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce
on the third floor of the brentano build
Ing. 1902 + street northwest, where they
may be had at any hour of the day.
The game will be called promptly at
O'Clock pm. Prior to that time the band
concert may be heard by those who ap-
pear early to avoid the rueh.
Members of the Team.
The members of the two teams are:
Board of Trade-Pitchers, r. l.. Connors,
anu b. H. ftOcScn,
catchers. Charles D. Church and Smith
Hempstone; first base, L. B. Switzerland
and Fred ]. White; second base, John
Brewer and o. ]. DeMoll: stortstop. j.
NJ Carlisle, B. F. Crane and l.. E. Bur
dine; third base. c. E. Langley; left
field. f. r. Brooks. Leftwich f, Sinclair
and Z. j. McQuade: center field. Chris
Cocker, 0. B. Brown. DR.. H. c. Duffey
and G. B. Farquhar: right field. II. P.
West and r.. s., Hume.
DR.. Frank E. Gibson is the captain of
the team.
The team from the Chamber Of COM
merce will be chosen from Phil King.
captain: Harry King, DR.. Harry Kauf-
man. Tingue Hume. Tom Hume. and
Messrs. Murphy. Lamb. Guy, Meredith.
Plant and kreh.
The prizes are the Bradbury cup, which
was offered last year to the team winning
two consecutive games. and the Robert
\. Harper cup, offered this year under
Identical conditions. If the Board of
Trade, which won last year. repeats next
Tuesday. it will own the Bradbury cup,
while the winner of the Harper cup this
year will hold it until next years game
and then play for it.