Evening star., 1909-07-13
CONGRESSMEN TO PLAY BALL
SPECTACULAR CON-
TEST EVER NEXT FRIDAY.
Prominent Members of the House
to Perform-Proceeds to GO to
Fairgrounds.

One of the most scrumptious and or
nate base ball games ever framed up for
the refreshment of the residents of this
fair city is scheduled for next Friday aft
ernoon. when picked teams representing
the triumphant republicans and the unre-
constructed democrats of the House of
Representatives will clash at American
League Park The price of admission will
be 30 cents, or one-half a buck. for the
grandstand seats and % cents. or one
quarter Of a dollar, for the benches in the
bleac chers. Present indications are that
there will be a record breaking crowd.
The gate receipts will go into the treas
ury of the Fairgrounds Association.
The republican team will be captained
by Representative 'Tener of Pennsylvania,
who, by the by. used to be a profes-
sional-a real money-earning. horny
handed professional ball player-and the
democratic team by Representative Kin
kead of New Jersey. Mr.. Kinkead is not
such big noise with the horsehide. but
he is one of our leading Fairgrounds
workers. He raised the first dollar and
a half contributed for Fairgrounds up his
way by getting up a contest just such
as this base ball-politico battle promises
to be.
Mr.. Kinkead's team will line up. bar
ring cold feet or sickness, as follows:
McDermott of Illinois, center field.
Kinkead of New Jersey, catcher.
James of Kentucky, first base.
Hughes of New Jersey, left field.
Garrett of Tennessee, third base.
Driscoll DAM of New York, right field.
OConne1l of. Massachusetts, shortstop.
Hefiin of Alabama, pitcher.
Robertson of Arkansas. pitcher.
Mr.. Tener Is more cautions He says
that in view Of the sedentary lives led
NV ncf n C0nprQSS n
poses to have a flock of substitutes on
hand Consequently he announces most
of his lineup in pairs as follows:
Thomas of Ohio, third base.
Anthony and Vreeland of New York.
first base.
Cole of Ohio and Butler of Pennsyl-
vania, right field.
Dawson of Iowa and Taylor of Ohio,
left field.
Tener of Louisiana and Morehead of
Pennsylvania, shortstop.
Bennett of New York. second base.
Longworth of Ohio and Slemp of Vir-
ginia, center field.
Burke of Pennsylvania and DENLY OF
Michigan, catchers.
Gaines of West Virginia and Hawley
Of Virginia, pitchers
Announcement will be made tomorrow
as to the time of the game and with
reference to any further details that may
have escaped notice in the excitement OF
this moment.
Undoubtedly 1t will be grand affair
Twill be worth the price of admission just
to see the Hon. Nicholas Longworth OF
Ohio, son-in-law of Bwano Tumbo and a
parlor entertainer In his own right. pllr-
suing the elusive high fly. Twill be
worth even more than the regular fare to
see Mr.. Hef1in of Alabama forget for the
nonce his decided views on the race ques-
ton and endeavor to put 'em over for the
Unreconstructeds.
But these are only few of the features
Of a game that promises more amusement
and instruction to the square inch than
any other aggregation Of talent in Ameri-
ca today, including the moving pictures
and the wax works.
Let 'em come on. We are ready with
the price Of admission.