The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-07-22
"DEMS" LICK THE q. O. p.
AT BASEBALL. 26-I6

Representative Nicholas LongworthI
OF Ohio, failed to live up to his adj
n notices. He presented a nattN
appearance In his golf trousers, but
he "Caseyed" out with two men onl
bases, got q base on balls once. and
then In the last half Of the seventh
showed q fash Of rare speed when
ne beat q tiny little inield hitI
His other acquaintance with the ball
was q couple Of foul tips and several
long runs after two-baggers slammed
out by the democracy. The official
score looked too much like a House,
tartn bill coming out Of the Senate
committee on finance to be presented
In full. The republicans stuck to their
original lineup throughout the game,
d the democrats wore themselves
out making 10 runs In the second and
after that substitutes were called on
with increasing frequency and the
batting order was shifted every in-
ming.
The nearest newspaper scorers could
come to the base hits and errors was
to give the democrats % OF the former
nc Jest i~ntended-and five Of the lat-
ter. The republicans were credited
with 20 hits and nine errors. The real
reason there were not more errors was
because the players sidestepped the
hard ones and could not reach the
long ones. Texas leaguers were there
In punches, and once In chasing q pop
ny the republican catcher and pitcher
coIdded with fearsome result. Repre-
sentative Burke, Of Pennsylvania, who
was at he receiving end for the ma
jority, L. of slight build, and when hei
crashed into Pitcher Gaines, OF West
Virginia, the little catcher was sent
heels over head to the ground. HeI
picked himself up undaunted and then,
while he and the pitcher were doing AMI
"AInhnnQa and Us Qfnn - fhroo dofnn-l.
Gratis with a warped idea Of chivalrous
courtesy rushed home and added three
runs to their already opulent total.
Everybody Had a Pass.
The first victory of the day for the
Tree traders was won at the gate. The
game was supposed to be for charity,
but everybody seemed to have q pass.
This certainly is funny" said the
old gatekeeper, as the passes poured In.
III 1 got paid for a ticket I would not
know where to put it." ..
The republicans were c~aptained by
Representative Tener, of Pennsylvania
who played short. Representatives.
Gaines and Burke were the battery.
The democrats leader was Representa-
tive Kinkead, Of New Jersey, who
played second, and made a brilliant
record by making a double play at the
end or the seventh. with Nicholas
Longworth as one Of the unwilling VIC
Tins. Representative Webb, Of North
Carolina, pitched for the democrats,
and outside Of the fifth inning, when
the republicans eQualled the democrats'
high inning score of 10, he had the
game Well in hand Representative Old,
field, or Arkansas, was the catcher. It
was In battery work that the demo-
Gratis excelled, although their sluggingI
was a revelation to baseball en-,
thusiasts.
There were some funny mixups at
the plate all through the game. Once
a thin democrat began to chase q fat
one around the bases after making al
long hit. He caught UP with him at
third n tt ia the two ran home to-
gether. Catcher Burke got the ball
In plenty Of time to make the most
phenomenal double play on record byi
tagging the two runners out with al
take this and that" but he dropped
the ball. Nearly every player wore q
hat, and after stealing a base someoneI
invariably had to go back and retrievel
his "skypiece." The stay-at-homa
white uniforms of the Washington
American league team were in great
demand Some old-time grays and
blues were also scattered about the
diamond.
The problem Of securing a satisfac-
tory umpire was solved by the selection
Of Rev. Father James Reynolds, Of
Red Banks, N. j. Score by innings: H.
r. H. e..
Democrats % II 2 0 S 7-28 20 S
Republicans 2 o / 10 1 2-16 20