Evening star., 1909-06-28
READY FOR THE GREAT BATTLE
AND "CHAMBER'
TEAMS PLAY TOMORROW.
Base Ball Game for Benefit Of the
Playground Fund-Tossers in
Fine Fettle.

1--WE love our Nationals, but oh you
Board Of Trade and Chamber Of Com
merce!'
The Nationals today play their last
game on the home grounds for month.
Tomorrow the Board of Trade and the
Chamber Of Commerce will appear at
American League Park in a struggle for
honors for the benefit of the playground
fund. And the indications are that by
the time these two lusty teams get
through tearing up the ground the field
will need a rest Of a month.
Hard practice for both teams ended
Saturday. The Board of Trade players
will be out for a little batting practice
this afternoon, and will then be sent
home to rest until tomorrow afternoon.
The members Of the Chamber of Com
merce team will not work today
I'm going to give them a lay off, -
Capt. Phil King said.
'They are going SO strong that I am
afraid Of them. They have been hitting
the ball SO hard In practice against good
pitchers here lately that I have ordered
them not to eat but one meal between
now and the hour of the game.
Man-Eating Lot, Chamber Players.
Afraid they will jam the ball through
the fence or break some of the board
players hands if they put their full
strength behind their drives. Man-eating
lot. these chamber players
Nothing to it, Capt. Gibson of the
board said Eve can't lose. Those silver
cups are ours. Pretty cups, too. Will look
we'll in the board rooms. Star players?
We haven't any. Great on team work
Just like the Chicago White Sox in their
championship days. Inside ball? You
never saw anything like it. Manager
Cantillon has borrowed five new plays
from us and will use them on the west
ern trip as soon as George Browne gets
back in the game to help pull 'em off.
Takes fast men to do it. Nine men in
every play with u.s.
All questions of eligibility have been
settled by the two opposing captains
Umpire Belts has trained himself into
perfect condition to perform his strenu-
Gus duty The tickets are selling like
hot cakes and a record-breaklng crowd
is sure to be on hand.
Line-Up in Doubt.
Phil King said today that he could
not be quite sure of his lineup. His
brother. Harry King, is slated to begin
the game at first base. He Is a mighty
slugger and Saturday strained himself
trying to stretch a three-baagger into 4
home run. If he cannot go through
with the job DIR. kaufman will take his
place. Phil King will play second base.
He says he thinks his bad knee will
not interfere. Either Cray or Plant will
play shortstop. Both are good men.
Murphy will hold down third base
Capt. King says Murphy acts exactly
like Shipke. except that he is better
batter. The outflelders will be chosen
from the following: Ray Knox. Mere
dith. Albert. Lamb, who is also third
baseman. and Guy. who can go behind
the bat. The Hume brothers will be on
the points. Tying in the box and Tom
doing the Charley Street stunt
The name Of the Board players is
legion. They have about eight men for
every position. The Chamber rooters
say that before the game is over the
Board will wish it had been able to
play four or Ave men in each position
at the same time. : The Board roote-s