The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-20
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Democrats Beat Repunns.se Eoae
Baseball Game.
very AMUSING GAME

The Washington Base Ball Lovers
Were Furnished Hare Treat
by Two Teams, One Democrats, and
the Other Republicans, Playing u
Charity Game on Last Friday.
With Uncle Joe" Cannon looking
on and powerless to call the minority
to order, or bring in special rule
shutting of base hits, the Democrats
of the House of Representatives wal
loped all sorts of tariff schedules out
of the Republicans at American
League Park Friday and Won the
most famous Congressional base bali
game on record by the thrilling score
of 26 to 16. The minority wanted
to defeat the proposition. The
Democratic victory-the first of the
extra session-was followed by a
cloudbufst. The deluge did not de-
scend until the seven-inning battle
had ended with the stout members
all putting and groggy from run
ming bases and chasing balls, and
the lean members prone on the grass
from exhausted energy. The crowd
which witnessed the game was equal
ly weary from laughter. The throng
included many distinguished Of
| ficials.
President Taft did not attend. He
was at Chevy Chase with Vice Presi-
dent Sherman-playing golf.
More different kinds of base ball
were played than ever before were
crowded into seven innings. Strange
as it may seem, it was not at all bad.
Representative Heflin, of Alabama,
playing in one of the outer gardens,
reminded one strikingly of "Ty'
Cobb. No one ventured to tell Mr..
Heffin just why. Once he had
chance to be hero The Republi-
cans suddenly came to life in the
fifth inning and were scoring eight
or nine or ten runs, when line fly
went winging out into left field
straight at Hef1in The portly Ala
baman, who played in white flannel
trousers with black watch fob
dangling from his belt, cast one
weather eye at the ball and another
at his bare hands. and 'ducked. >
The hit ought to have been good
for a home run. but Representative
Rowland, of Ohio, fell exhausted on
the second sack and yelled for some
body to come out and finish the run.
Iongworth's Lone Hit.
Representative Nicholas Long,
worth, of Ohio. signed at termen-
dous outlay, it was said, failed to
live up to his advance notices. He
presented natty appearance In golf
/, trousers. brown stockings and neg
ligee shirt, but he "Caseyed out
twice with two men on bases, got
base on balls once, and then, in
the last half of the seventh, showed
fash OF rare speed When he beat
out a tiny little infield hit
The official score looked too much
like a House tariff bill coming out
of the Senate committee on finance
to be printed in full. The Republi-
cans stuck 70 their original lineup
throughout the game, but the Dem
ocrats wore themselves out making
ten rounds in the second, and after
that substitutes were called for.
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
@cr-nn lest intrnded-and of the
latter. The Republicans are credited
with 90 safe hits and 9 errors.
Catcher and Pitcher Collide.
Texas leaguers were there in bunch
es and once in chasing pop fly the
| Republican catcher and pitcher COL
lided with fearsome results. Repre-
sentative Burke, OF Pennsylvania,
who was at the receiving end of the
majority, 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 Castor,
three Democrats raced home and ad-
ded three runs to their already opu-
lent total.
Deep. dark. dank rumors were in
circulation for a time that ringers
would be introduced into the contest,
but when they lined up, the nine Re-
nublicans were all stalwart Grand Old
Party men, while the Democrats were
of as pure .Icffersonian strain us
the halls of Monticello ever knew.
Victory for Free Traders.
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 Il pass.
The Republicans were captained
by Representative Tener, of Penn
sylvauia. who played short Repre-