The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-07-22
LICK THE G. O. p.
AT BASEBALL, 26-16

Representative Nicholas Longworth,
OF Ohio. failed to live up to his ad-
vance notices. He presented a nattyf
appearance In his golf trousers. but
he 'Caseyed" out with two men on
bases base q got IT. . , base n on o % sne once seys and
showed q fash OF rare speed when
he beat out q tiny little infield hit.
His other acquaintance with the ball
was Q couple OF foul tips ana several
long runs after two-baggers slammed
out by the democracy. The olficialA
tariff bill coming out OF the Senate
committee on finance to be presented
in full. The republicans stuck to their
original lineup throughout the game,
but the democrats wore themselves
out making 10 run In the second and
with increasing frequency and the
batting order "a shifted every in
ming.
The nearest newspaper scorers could
come to the base hits and errors was
to give the democrats % of the former"
mo Jest i~ntended-and Ave of the lat
ter. The republicans were credited
with 20 hits n nine errors. The real
reason there were not more errors was
because the players sidestepped the
hard ones and could not reach the
long ones. Texas %leaguers were there
IA ou1AcLeS, anu once III cndsluS u pop
tiy the republican catcher and pitcher
collided with fearsome result. Repre-
sentative Burke, OF Pennsylvania, who
was at the receiving end for the ma
jortty, Is Of slight build, and when he,
crashed into Pitcher Gaines, OF West,
Virginia, the little catcher was sent
heels over head to the ground. He
picked himself up %undaunted and then,
while he and the pitcher were doing an
"Alphonse and Gaston," three demo-
Gratis with a warped idea OF chivalrous,
courtesy rushed home and added three.
runs to their already opulent total.
Everybody Had a Pass.
The first victory of the day for the
free traders was won at the gate. The,
game was supposed to be for charity
but everybody seemed to "a a pass.
This certainly is funny" said the,
old gatekeeper, as the passes poured in.
IF l got paid for a ticket L would not
know where to put It,"
Representative Tener, of Pennsylvania,
who played short. Representatives
Gaines and Burke were the battery.
The democrats leader was Representa-,
tive Kinkead. of New Jersey, who,
played second, and made a brilliant
record by making a double play at the.
end of the seventh. with Nicholas.
Longworth as n of the unwilling vic
tins. Representative Webb, of North
Carolina, pitched for the democrats,
and outside of the fifth inning, when
the republicans equalled the democrats
high inning score OF 10, he had the
game Well in hand. Representative Old
fleld, Of Arkansas. was the catcher. It
was in battery work that the demo-
Gratis excelled, although their slugging
was a revelation to baseball en-
thusiasts.
There were some funny mixups at.
the plate all through the game. Once
q thin democrat began to chase a fat
one around the bases after making a!
long hit. He caught up with him at
third and her the two ran home to-
gether. Catcher Burke got the bali
in plenty of time to make the most
phenomenal double play on record by
tagging the two runners out with a.
take this and that" but he dropped
the ball; Nearly every player wore q
hat. and after stealingeea base someone
invariably had to g6 Back and retrieve
his "%skypiece." The stay-at-home
white uniforms of the Washington
league team were in great
demand. Some old-time grays and
blues We're also scattered about the
diamond.
The problem of securing a satisfac-
tory umpire was solved by the selection
OF Rev. Father James Reynolds, or
Red Banks, N. j.. Score by innings:
Democrats ..2 10 2 zoos 7-2s %
Republicans Q 0 1 10 L 2-16 90 >