The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-16
NATIONAL SOLONS CROSS BATS IN
 SWATFEST TODAY

Washington, July 16.-The minority members of the House are going to do their darndest this afternoon to show a palpitating constituency that they can beat the Republicans if not in Democratic politics at least in Demo- cratic baseball Two picked hines, the majority and minority sides will cross bats in a swat-fest at the Am erican League park this afternoon for sweet charity's, sake-at least that's the way it's advertised, but the Dem ocrats see a chance to get revenge chine and win a Democratic victory the first for some time.
 John Tenor who used to be a real professional baseball player and who IS now merely representing a slice of Pennsylvania in Congress. organized the Republican team and challenged the Democrats.
 John Garner who glories in the fact that he's Democrat and comes from Grand Old Texas has sworn in a stalwart bunch of aspirants. Both sides have been warming up for the past week and are trained to the min ute.
 Sunny Jim' Sherman is to keep tall ly. Uncle Joe" has been debarred from the field for fear he, might bring in a rule against the minority but de- clares he'll be in the grand stand to whoop her up for the G. O. F. Presi-
 
 invited to the game. Freed from the House rules and, working under base ball regulations where there is no pos sibility of a rules committee stacking the deck and no book of precedents to help 'em out, Garner and his braves figure that they'll mop up the field with the Republicans even if they have got a professional player for captain.
 For the Democrats, Ollie James of Kentucky will hold the fort at first base and anybody who can touch the base while Ollie is around Jhas got to go some for Ollie covers lot of space. Garner is going to lick 'em up at shortstop; McDermott of Chicago will handle the center garden; Kinkle, of New Jersey will backstop the gravity defying curves either Hefin of Ala bama or Robinson of Arkansas will hand out from the pitchers box :; Hughes of New Jersey will tend to matters in left field and Ennis J. Gar rett of Tennessee is expected to be a tower of strength on third O'ConnelI of Massachusetts is the utility man.
 Nick Longworth who is otherwise famous as marrying the daughter of the only ex-President. will mind the center patch for the Republicans; An thony of Kansas will hold down the initial sack; either Cole of Ohio or Butler of Pennsylvania will watch out for pop-ups in left field; Bennett of New York will hang around second Thomas of Ohio will occupy the sack nearest home; Burke of Pennsylvania or Denby of Michigan will wear the mask behind the bat and attempt to hold the curves of Gaines, of West Virginia or Hawley of Oregon, while Captain Tenor will be on the job at shortstop. Slemp, who comes from Virginia. is a substitute. The two teams include some of the largest men in the House James, Gaines. Hefin, Tenor and Denby are all six footers
 Vreeland of New York who was to have played at first for the G. O. P. team is still nursing a broken collar bone which he acquired on Wednesday while practicing for to-day's event.
 The proceeds of the game will go to swell the funds of the Washington Playgrounds' Association.