The Washington times., 1909-06-29
BOARD AND CHAMBER
TOCROSS BATS TODAY
Proceeds of Baseball Game
Will Go to Fairgrounds
Association.
PLAYERS CONFIDENT
AND FULL OF GINGER
Pitchers Will Be Largely Re-
lied Upon to Win the
Game.

With practically the entire member
ship of both organizations preparing to
be on hand TO encourage its respective
teams. the baseball game to be played
at American League Park this after
noon bctH cen picked mines representing
the Chamber OF Commerce and Board
Of Trade promises to be one OF the most
enthusiastic contests of its kind ever
pulled of in Washington. The game Will
be called at 1 o'clock.
Two weeks of practice and prepara-
ton ended today with the announce
ment OF the lineup OF the two teams.
The Selection OF players for the Board
OF Trade team is final, and the batting
order has been definitely arranged. The
Chamber OF Commerce lineup, however,
Is subject 70 change. While the infeld
has been practically determined, there
are a number of good men out for the
outfeld. ana several Of them VIII prob
ably De given a chance TO play. The
game is expected to open with Knox,
kaufman, and Guy in the positions Of
left, right and center, respectively, on
the Chambe- team.
Teams About Equal
On paper. both mines appear TO be
about on a par in fielding and batting
ability, and until the first ball is thrown
ali speculation Will be futile as to which
side has gotten in better condition and
VIII be more likely TO win the game.
There are several stars in both aggre-
gationsi, whose records are chiefly re-
sponsible for the speculation that IS be
ing indulged in as 10 the outcome Of
the contest.
Chamberlain viii probably open up IN
the box for the Board of Trade. but
4 RXnAcTHn vi
than four innings, when he will be re-
uevec by COnnOrs- Great things are
expected Of Connors, as it was this
speedy little tWirler who, last year.
largely won the game for the Board of
Trade team. His arm is not in the
best OF condition this year, but 1t is
believed that he viii more than give
good account of himself.
Not only is the infield of the Board
OF Trade unusually fast, but IN the
practice games several of the members
have shown up well in the work with
the stick Switzerland and Brooks
have both attracted attention through
their batting, while Carlisle is counted
upon TO give an exhibition 2 Ia Wag-
ner al short. The Board of TRACE nine
taken as a whole, is regarded as. being
superior 10 the team which represented
that organization in the game last
year.
Chamber Shows Up Well.
TingUe Hume viii probably pitch the
entire isame Tor the Chamber Of Com
msrce- he pitched effective ball IN last
years contest. and IL is believed he
can duplicate his record. The infield OF
the team has also shown up unusually
well during the recent practice games,
which makes it fairly certain that tn
playing Of the Board OF Trade infield
VIII constitute no spectacular feature
of a monopolistic sort.
While the outfeld OF me team will
be subject TO change, Ray Knox is
practically assured Of playing at left
field. Knox has given good account
OF himself in all OF the practice games,
so far. He has been playing both at
third and IL left field and has an error
less record Kreh has also been playing
IN gilt-edge form
Harry and Phil King are expected to
do some feature work with the bat
That they have not lost their Old-time
form is evidenced by the fact that in
the recent practice games they knocked
several balls so far away they were
never recovered.
From the number of tickets TO the
game which have been disposed Of, IL
Is estimated that close to 1900 people
viii witness the contest.
The receipts Of the game VIII be
turned over TO the Fairgrounds Associa-
ton and used in maintaining the chill
drens Fairgrounds this summer.