The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-20
Sporting Addenda
TAFTSEESBALLG GAME
PREsIDENr ROOTS HARD FoR
WAen the Home Team Was WalIOped He said He Was . aHeudeo''
 -Sherman Ia .

Washington. April ls.--(specfai.)-- President Taft went out to the baseball game today. saw Washington walioped to { by the Boston American leaguers was initiated into the mysteries of the s'spit ball'' shared Ave cent bag of peanuts with Vice President sherman
 a ict fI R shs sSs ysn sn win him ana saa sssdly that he hoped he wasn't a "hoo
 Although the game was one sided almost from the first. there were some thrilling play mixed with the bad ones on the part of the Washington players and the President remained until the
 The fnai play was the best of the game. A Washington player sent q crashing hit to centre that seemed @ wear a home run tag. Speaker. the toward the fence. made 6 leap into the air and the ball stuck fast in his gloyed
 No one in washington could recall United states attended a ball game in this city With all of his love for out door life and sports. MT. Roosevelt did nSt go witsu the ss ,sn WSs aonss ausns
 President Taft arrived at the game today at the beginning of the second inning. Boston was at bat. two men The game was interrupted by the cheering which spread in great wave from the grand stand to the farther most corners 9f . the Tids ,c,sia ssacn,ng rss ognixed the President and saw him greet the Vice President. The latter. dyed-in- -the-wool "fan" had gone di- rectiy to. the grounds from the sen-
 Mr. sherman kept a detailed score of the game, supplying the President with such statistical information as he ask ed for every now and then, and caus- that if he ever lost the job Of Vice President he might get place on Ban
 crR0P The Prssidsnt'ss s srriyal srr and the brief intsrrupsion os play had the effect , !. of of pitching recruit from the minor Before is the s last last Bostonian was out in wRiie the President was was stili hopeful Tn the rsS the Ssy sous o pes Psysrp the. ball after. stopping it and Boston got away with four more ta1ifes. II was then that the President. said he
 President Tom c. Moves. of the Washington baseball team. who sat with the President during the last four innings. when the locals played much m doo'' or not, he would aiways be vel. come. The President was disappointed that Washington failed to win, but said he enjoyed the game and hoped to get out to the park frequently. As the President is to reside near Boston during the summer he was glad that Boston was the team to win so long as Wahfngton had to lose.
 The President was the center of all interest up to the sixth inning. when Washington got the bases full with nobody out Then the ruling passion put the chief magistrate temporarily In eclipse and the faithful rooters yelled their heads of for Deiehanty to init .er out. and for Charley Street to .'bih 1t in the eve" Two runs resulted from the combination of bats and cheers Mir. Taft was as Interested as all the rest. He knows baseball thoroughly.
 The President was accompanied to the park by Captain Archibald w !. Butt, his military aide. and two secret
 Earlier in the afternoon Mir. Taft had ridden horseback with Captain Butt for mope than an hour on the speedway. The day was warm and ideal for the national game. It had .tfe effect of putting temptation Tn tn z Presidents way when Vice President
 with weather such as this. Mir President. we ought to play golf twice a week instead of once"
 .aTiIere is something In what you say, Jlm,w replied the President.
 The President occupied No. In the front row along the first base line. There Is no screen protection there, but the President paid no heed to the foul