The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-17
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 Chicago. Sept Is.--pfssident Taft. during a stay of twelve eyentful hours in Chicago today, plunged with will into the long program of entertaining that awaits him on his long Western and Southern itinerary.
 With perfect weather and crowds that fairly fought to catch . glimpse of the Chief Executive. this. the first city to be visited, set 6 high mark of enthusiastic welcome which the Presi- dent seemed deeply to appreciate. From the moment he stepped off tho rear platform of his private car at .
 temporary station on the outskirts of
 the city, until he retired late tonight
 on board the train which will take him
 President's journeyings of thirty miles
 or more over the city's streets and parkways, led him through lanes of
 massed humanity that were kept open with the greatest difficuity on the part of the police.
 Beginning with an automobile trip. in review of 150.oo0 school children.
 four deep on each side of the park Boulevards. the Presidents day was
 replete with incident. He attended and spoke briefly at a luncheon of the Commercial Club, viewed an exhibit
 of ambitious plans for the improve ment and Identification of Chicago plans. which the President said he
 hoped would be realized by Chicago pluck and energy; attended the reg
 ular National League baseball game between the Chicago champion Cubs" and the famous New York "Giants;" :" dined quietly with the Hamilton Club
 at the Congress Hotel; made notable
 address to a mass meeting in orches- tra Hall this evening. and as a finale, attended for a few minutes the ball of l the American Bankers Association at the Auditorium.
 Mir Taft was deeply impressed by the greeting of the school children, each one of whom waved little American flag and sang and cheered as he passed.
 The President referred at the Com- merctal Club luncheon to the impress sion the smiling faces and the fresh young voices of the children had made upon him, and declared 1t was mot often given to a man-be he President of
 not--to receive such a welcome.
 At Baseball Game.
 At the National League grounds this
 afternoon. the President saw his big
 gest baseball crowd. There were more
 than 30.00O people packed Into the stands and bleachers and overhowing
 into the playing nelds. The President
 sat in one of the open sections of the
 double decked stand and thoroughly enjoyed a brilliant game, in which the two greatest pitchers of the league -Mathewson of New York and Brown
 of Chlcago-faced each other.
 New York won. but the chowd had
 some compensation in cheering the President who remained to the end and waited to wave Q farewell to the
 bleacher throngs that poured across the field in a perfect cavalcade when the last Cub" had struck out.
 President Taft. when he first reached
 the park, went down on the field and
 shook hands with the members of both
 teams. Proceeding then to the re-
 served section. he held an impromptu
 reception. during which he met Pop" Anson, the famous old Chicago player; Garry Hermann, President of the Ma tional Baseball Commission. and John A. Heydler. President of the National League. Mir. Heydler was invited to a seat just behind the President. and throughout the game. MT, Taft fre- uuently referred to him for expert opinion on some Of the plays and de- | cisions of the umpire. Charles W. Murphy, President of the Chicago Club, | in which the Presidents brother is e | part owner. also was with the Presi- dent for Q part of the game.
 "rexas" Reilly. the editor of The San Antonio Light and Gazette. who
 rode all the way from San Antonio to
 Chicago to present a formal invitation to Mir. Taft to visit that city, also met i the President at the ball game. He
 was in typical cowboy costume and had
 reached Chicago on a horse from the
 Charles P. Taft ranch in Texas only this morning. The President assured Mr RAilIy that ha Waa lookinR for-