The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-07-17
DEMOCRATS WIN
BASEBALL GAME
CONTEST BETWEEN MEMBERS or
HOUSE WAS SENSATIONAL
AFFAIR.
SCORE WAS 26 TO I6
Many Lauehable Situations Occurred
Democrats Showed Real Speed
Republicans Weak on
Base Runn.nc.

i Washington, July lG.-With Uncle
Joe" Cannon looking cn and powerless
to call the minority 70 order or bring
in special rule, shutting off bass
hits. the Democrats Of the house wal.
loped all sorts Of tariff schedules out
of the Republicans at American
league park today ami won the mst
famous congressional baseball game
on record, by a score OF 2G to lG. The
minority wanted to make il lG to |
but the Republicans defeated that
proposition once again.
The Democratic victory. the first o.
the extra session. was followed BY a
cloudburst. The deluge did not de-
scend until the seven inning battle
ended with the stout members al
putting and groggy from running
bases and chasing balls, and the lean
men prone on the grass from exhaust
ed energy, The crowd taat Witnessed
the game was equally weary from
laughter.
President Taft did not attend he
was at Chevy Chase with Vice Presi-
dent Sherman, playing golf
Many Kinds Of Bal.
Mere different kinds or baseball
Were played in that game than ever
crowded into seven innings before,
and strange as it may seem. Il was
not at all bad. The Democrats put up
a rattling good game in the field
sometimes.
Hetln, of Alabama, playing in the
outer garden reminded one OF Ty
tcobb. No one ventured 10 tell Mr..
Helm just why once he had :
chance TO be hero. The Republl-
cans suddenly came to life in the firth
inning and were scoring eight, or nine
or ten runs. when a line fly wen.
winging out into the left field straight
at Heflin. The portly Alabaman who
played in white flannel trousers with
black silk watch fob dangling from
his belt. cast one weather eye at the
ball and another at his bare hands
| "and ducked" The hit should have
been good for a holue run but How
land, of Ohio. fell exhausted on the
second sack and yelled for somebody
to come and finish the run.
Longworth's Work.
| Longwcrth, of Ohio, signed AT a
tremendous outlay, II was said by the
Republican manager. failes to live up
70 his advance notices. He presented
natty appearance m golf trousers,
brown stockings AMI negllgee shirt,
bgt he "Caseyed out twice with two
men on bases. got base on balls once
and then in the last half of the
seventh showed a flash of rare speed
when he beat out a tiny little infield
| hit. His only acquaintance with the
ball was couple of foul tips and sew
eral long runs after two baggers slam
med out by the unterrified Democ-
racy.
The official score looked too much
like house tariff bill coming out of
the senate committee en- finance II
be printed in full The Republicans
1AhNh " tAtii bRi-lLei iAiic VII tNtobEI-
out the game. but the Democrats wore
themselves ont 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.
43 Hits in All.
The nearest the newspaper scorers
old hands at the business -eoull
come 10 the base hits and errors was
10 give the Democrats % of the for
mer-no jest intended-and OF the
latter The Republicans are credited
with 20 hits and errors The real
reason there was not more errors was
because the players sidestepped thu
hard ones and could not reach the
long ones.
Texas leaguers were there in
punches and Snce in chasing a pop
fly the Republican catcher and pitcher
collided with fearsome results Burke.
Iof Pennsylvania. who was at the re
eeiving end for the majority, is Of
slight build and when he crashed IN
to Gaines. of West Virginia. The little
catcher was sent hee;s over head 10
the ground. He picked himself up
undaunted and then while he and tho
pitcher were doing 'AlphoaSe and
CASTOR. three Democrats, with
warped idea of cnivalrous courtesy,
raced home and added three runs to
their already opulent total
The Umpire Problem.
The problem of securing salts
factory umpire was one which gave
the players a world of worry. The
Democrats declared that if Speaker
Cannon handled the indicator they had
DO chance on earth. The Gordlaa
knot was cut when Rev. Father James