Evening star., 1909-07-11
ELKS VICTORIOUS;
KNIGHTS ARE GORED
Thousand Spectators Contrib
ute to Charity-LoWe
Makes Ascension.

Tossed high on the branching antlers
of the Elk, then rolled in the dust and
otherwise mauIed, the knights OF CO.
lumbus went down to ignominious de-
feat on the diamond at American Base
Ball Park yesterday afternoon. Score:
Elks, g.; knights, l.
The game was played for charity, the
benefits going to ST. Vincents Orphan
Asylum. and fully 1000 spectators wit
messed the contest and cheered every
thing and everybody from ICY" Cum
minss all the way down the line.
Mart Becker was on the firing line
for the victors and throughout the nine
innings he made noise like Walter
Johnson. moving down the knightlets
in winrows. Whether it was On account
of his deceptive shoots or because he
looked and acted like the Idaho phenom
Becker had the Indian sign on the lads
who sailed under the patronage of the
the monarch of old. they marched up the
hill to the plate only to turn around and
march sedately down again.
How High He Flew!
On the other hand, DR.. Tommy Lowe.
who essayed the role of finger in chief
for the knights, took an aeroplane jour-
ney in the opening innings and before ne
could adjust his steering planes and get
back to earth the Benevolent and Pro-
tective Order of Elks chased one another
across the pan In such numbers that the
result was never afterward In doubt.
Four hits, coupled with three bases on
balls In the first half OF the second round,
sui1ice to summarize the story of the
smash.
DIR. Tommy" gave advance indica-
tions of the impending disaster at the
very opening of the game. The Elks
went first to bat, and Lay, the first man
up, stopped an inshoot with his biceps
and ambled to the initial sack. Much
dust and more excitement SURROUNDED
second when Lay tried to steal, because
Umpire Ritter, VINO ofticiated on the
bases, emulated the runner in sliding.
Lay went into the bag feet foremost,
while Ritter scraped the scenery with
his chest, making swimming motions on
the yielding earth to Indicate that the
runner was out. Smith, next at the
bat, drew a pass. and he, too, expired
while trying to pilfer. Phil King un-
corked d drive into left field which Bic
laski misjudged, and the runner was
ail-in at third. ''Cy' Cummings laid
every one of his :,9s pounds against
one of DR.. 'Tommys" shoots, but the
pellet bounced into Fitzpatrick's mitt, and
+. King was left.
Then Came the Flood.
FOr the Is. L. ~. T.. Mcintyre opened
the second inning with a bingle, and
Venneman made the game look like real
base ball by laying down a sacrifice
Then came the deiuge, and ten batters
faced Lowe before the proceedings end
ed. Murphy drew a free ride to the
initial bag, and all Of the sacks We're
filled when Keliher dropped a safety
back of third. Becker brought in two
n T
promptly filled the bases again by pass
ing Lay. Smiths infield tap forced Kel-
liner. ut the plate, but Lowe was still
soaring in cloudland and he forced In
run by serving four wide ones to Phil
King. The mighty "Cy'' Cummings I'm
coied his system and poled short sin
gle between first and second, turning a
tip-f1op in his haste to reach the base
ahead of the ball. Lay and Smith count
ed on the hitlet, and Mcintyre ended
the inning by whiting.
Three more runs were garnered by the
Elks, one of them in the sixth on Beck
er's two-bagser and McDonalds wild
heave of Lays grounder, and the other
two in the ninth on Lays hit, base
on balls to Smith and McIntyre's single.
Cloudy-But Couldn't Rain.
The only real threat emitted by the
X. of c. was in the first inning, when
McCarty doubled. only to be nipped at
third on Fitzpatrick's roller to Becker,
and Mcdonald singled, but the latter
was caught stealing and Bielaski ended
the session by tanning. j. Moriarty
opened the second inning with safe
drive to right garden, reached second
on a passed ball and came home with
the Knights only run when Quinn clout
ed to center. During the remaining in
nings the knights connected safely only
twice. Slavin. in the fourth inning, and
Quinn. in the seventh. being the only
followers of c. Columbus to earn tenn
porary distinction with the willow.
Score: