Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1909-07-24
Minority Congressman Win BY
Score Of 26 TO 10.
UNCLE JOE COULDN'T BUTT IN
His Special Rulings Could Not Shut
of Base Hits and the Democrats
Wsiioped All Sorts Of Tariff Seized
uIes Out Of the Republicans.

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Washington, July 17.--With Uncle
Joe Cannon looking on and powerless
to call the minority to order or bring
In special rule shutting off base hits.
the Democrats of the house of repre-
sentatives walloped all sorts of tariff
schedules out of the Republicans at
American League park and won the
most famous congressional base ball
game on record by the thrilling score
of 26 to 16. The minority wanted to
make it 10 to /, but the Republicans
defeated that proposition once again.
More different kinds of base ball
were played In that game than ever
crowded into seven innings before.
and strange as 1t may seem 1t wasn't
all bad. The Democrats put up rat
Ting good game in the field-some-
times. Representative Helm, of Ala
bama. playing in one of the outer gar
dens, reminded one strikingly of Ty
Cobb. Once he had a chance to be a
hero. The Republicans suddenly came
to life in the fifth inning and were
GIkuI VI Ll10 Vi tCu
when line fly went winging out into
left field straight at Helm. The portly
ALBANIAN cast one weather eye at the
ball and another at his bare hands,
and "ducked." The hit ought to have
been good for home run, but Repre-
sentative Rowland, OF Ohio, fell ex-
hausted on the second sack and yelled
for somebody to come on out and fin.
ish the run.
Lonqworth Not In Condition.
Representative Nicholas Longworth,
Of Ohio, signed at a tremendous out
lay, it was said. by the Republican
manager, failed to live up to his ad-
vance notices. He presented natty
appearance in golf trousers, brown
stockings and neglige shirt, but he
"Caseyed out" twice with two men on
bases, got bob once and then In the
last half of the seventh showed a
fash of rare speed when he beat out
acquaintance with the ball was cou-
pie of foul tips and several long runs
after two baggers slammed out by the
unterrified Democracy.
The official score looked too much
like house tariff bill coming out OF
the senate committee on finance to be
printed in full. The Republicans stuck
to their original lineup throughout
the game, but the Democrats wore
themselves out making ten runs In the
second, and after that substitutes were
called upon with ever increasing fire.
quency, and the batting order was
shifted every inning.
The nearest the newspaper scorers
old hands at the business-could
come to the base hits and errors was
to give the Democrats % of the for
mer-no jest intended-and five OF
the latter. The Republicans are cred
tied with 30 safe hits and errors.
The real reason there were not more
errors was because the players side
stepped the hard ones and could not
reach the long ones.
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 have pass.
This certainly is funny" said the
old gatekeeper as the passes were
handed in like bills dropping into the
hopper on the speakers desk the first
day OF session. IF l got a paidfor
ticket l wouldn't know where to
put It,"