The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1909-07-22
DENIS LICK THE 6. q.
AT BASEBALL 26-16

Representative Nicholas LongWorth.
OF Ohio. failed to i've up%to his ad-
vance notices. He presented natty
appearance Al his golf trousers. but
bases. 8Ot q base IN balls once and
then In the last half Of the sevanth
allowed fash OF rare speeda1Wheu
he beat U q tiny little lnfield hit.
His other acquaintance With the ball
was . couple OF foul tips and several
out by the democracy. The offlcial
score looked too much like AsHouse
tariff bill coming out OF the Senate
COMMITTEES 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 runs In the second and
after that substitutes were called on
with increasing. frequency and tho
batting order was shifted every In
ming.
The nearest newspaper scorers could
come to h base hits and errors was
to give the democrats - OF the former
mo Jest tntended-and I'VE OF the lat
ter. The republicans were credited
with 20 hits and nine errors. The real
reason there were not more errors Was
because the players sidestepped the
hard ones and coulcno t reach the
long ones. Texas leaguers were there
In punches, and onc In chasing a pop
ny the republican catcher and pitcher
collided with fearsome result. Repre-
sentative Burke, OF Pennsylvania, who
was at the receiving end for the ma
Jordty, IL OF slight build, and when he
orashed 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 m
.Alphonse and CASTOR, three demo-
Gratis with a warped idea OF chivalrous
courtesy rushed home and added three
runs to their already opulent total.
Everybody Had = Pass.
The first victory OF the day for the
Tree d was won at the gate. The
game was supposed to be for charity,
but everybody seemed to have q pass.
This certainly is funny" said the
old gatekeeper;; as the passes poured In.
If / got paid for a ticket 7 would not
know where to put It."
The republicans were captained by
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 q 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
! inning score of 10, he hid the
game we'll in hand. Representative Old
field, of Arkansas, was the catcher. It
was In battery work that the demo-
Gratis excelled, although their smuggling
was a revelation to baseball en-
thusiasts.
There were some funny mixups at
the plate all through the game. Once
a thin democrat began to chase a fat
one around the bases after making q
long hit. He caught up with him at
third and then the two ran home to-
gether. Catcher Burke got the ball
In plenty Of time to make the most
phenomenal double play on record by
tagging h two n out with a
take this and that" but he dropped
the ball. Nearly every player wore a
hat, and after stealing a base someone
invariably had to go back and retrieve
his "~skypiece." The stay-at-home
White uniforms of the Washington
American 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, of
Red Banks, N. j. Score by innings:
r. Fl. e.
Republicans q 0 l 0 10 1 2-16 20 8