Evening star., 1909-06-27
KNIGHTS AND ELKS
ON BASE BALL FIELD

The Eiks and Knights Of Columbus or
Washington are greatly interested in a
base ball contest, to be played at the
American League base ball park Satur-
day, July 10, at $50 o'clock. It Is de-
sired to give material aid to st. vincent's
Female Orphan Asylum at Edgewood,
d. C.
This asylum for girls Is now filed to
its capacity and, with the large number
of children under the care of the sisters
of charity, in charge of the institution. It's
maintenance is becoming more and more
problem to the directors. Appreciat-
ing the good work carried on through the
conduct of this asylum, members of
Washington Lodge No. 15, B. r. 0. Elks.
and the seven councils of the knights
of Columbus in Washington have Joined
forces to carry out q base ball contest
that will be both a credit to the respective
organizations from the standpoint of the
fan as we'll as an aid to charity that
knows no creedS nor persons.
At recent meetings of the Elks and the
Knights of Columbus committees were
appointed to arrange for the ball game.
A joint committee was organized as
follows: Thomas j. Donovan, chairman;
Felix Mcguire, secretary: Harry King, E.
J. Murphy, P. 7. Moran, T. B. Nolan, T. F.
keliher, Andrew J. Cummings, T. J.
Heany and P. P. Finnegan.
This committee set to work Immediate
ly. Harry King was made the manager
for the Elks base ball team, while Felix
Mcguire exercises the functions Of that of
flee for the X. of c. aggregation. Both
managers are gathering a strong list OF
players.
nown and a member Of the Maryland
house OF delegates, will come in from
his country seat at Pinehurst to captain
the Elks' players. Manager King is Jubi-
What matters" he said to a reporter,
whether the score Is 36 to 0, just so this
great and good cause of the orphans Is
served. But those who go out to the
American League ball park. which Mr..
Noyes has SO generously loaned us for
the occasion, will see a fine contest. 1t
will be the real article. While Mr.. Cum
mings and myself are not prepared at
present to announce our lineup, we have
assurance from men in Elkdom to play
creditable exhibition. We have men prac-
ticing with us that have had major league
experience. They are only taking light
practice now. 1t wonld be dangerous to
do otherwise, especially in the case of
men having sedentary occupations They
can't stand unusual exercise for a great
length of time. 1t stales them
c. O'Neill will be the captain OF the
have gone through the rosters, of the
various councils in the knights of Colum-
bus with the time-honored fine-tooth
comb, and have ''discovered' a great
aggregation of players already engaged
in District leagues. Following a later
meeting Of the joint committee the prob
able lineup of the players will be an
.nounced.
Thomas ]. Donovan, chairman of the
joint committee, feels that he and his
acknowledgment have steered clear Of the
possibility OF trouble with umpires
through the selection Of Billy Belts to
handle the indicator. Belts is an old
timer Of the National League, and has
had great experience in umpiring col
lege games in the north.
Mr.. Donovan states that there has
been gratifyingly large number OF re-
quests for seats reaching the committee.
Practically all of the boxes haye been
engaged for the event, and when the
time comes for the game to be called it
is expected that there will be monster
crowd on hand