Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-08
SCORE TELLS STORY
Metropolitan Chevy Chase Ag-
gregation Smothered.
SLAUGHTER AT BALL YARD
North Atlantic Fleet Team Scores
Up Eighteen Runs.
ITS COMPETITORS BLANKED
Rafting Good Playing by Locals,
But They Were outclassed-Pro-
ceeds for Charity.
SLAUGHTER AT BALL YARD
ITS COMPETITORS BLANKED
North Atlantic f1eet-1S.

North Atlantic Heet-lS.
Metropolitan-Chevy Chase-0.
Those few sad words tell the result
Of the slaughter at the ball yard yes
terday, when the officers Of Uncle Sans
North Atlantic Navy played base ball
with some OF the leading players Of
the Metropolitan and Chevy Chase
clubs who had combined to resist the
attack of the fleet. But while they
tell the result. they do not tell the
story Of the thrilling confiict-far from
it.
Did you join the throng which wend-
ed its way to American League Park
Yesterday afternoon-about six bells?
This was very nautical affair, for
not only did future admirals line up
on the diamond, but the present ad-
miral Of the navy sat in the grand
stand The Secretary of the Navy him
self threw the ball out when it was
time to play, and two able seamen an
nounced the score with navy signals
and placed it on the scoreboard. The
result of the game was all navy.
Society Folk as Witnesses.
There were some of the leading society
folk at the game, and the boxes were
filed with pretty girls and dashing beauX.
Some of the debutantes sold programs
and peanuts and ginger ale-all for the
sake of sweet charity. The proceeds OF
the game and the programs. etc, all go
to the Chidrens Hospital. Some or the
grave and reverend senators and other
prominent officials watched the game In
one party were Senator Crane of Massa-
chusetts, Senator Gallinger of New Hamp-
shire and Senator Carter OF Montana, all
good republican regulars. and It's nkely
the manner in which the navy men leaped
lrpOn the combination of clubmen re-
minded them of the onslaught of repub-
lican regulars in the Senate upon the COM
bination of democrats and insurgents.
Details of the Game.
But to get back to the game. The first
five innings there wasn't the sign or
score on either side. And all must take
their hats off right now to Mr.. Pollard
OF the Navy team, who allowed only one
hit and struck out seventeen men IN the
eight innings he pitched. and to preston
Gibson who did the slab work FOR the
clubmen for the work he put over In
the first Ave innings. Our Pres was
there with the shoots and the speed IN
those first five innings he allowed only
four hits and KEEP. those Well scattered.
Hi in the sixth-it would be well to draw
the curtain here. But, even then, II ne
had been given proper support, GIBSON
might have pulled his team out OF the
bad hole it speedily filled.
It was all because of bunts-slmple mt
tie hunts which rolled down the third
base line and then down to the first-base
Iine-that the navy broke into such big
lead in the sixth. The navy men had been
swinging at the ball, as II they wanted to
knock it out Of the lot. up to this time,
and they hadn't been able to find it safely
but when they began bunting it was all
up. The clubmen didn't know any more
about handling hunts than newly webs
know about handling pots and pans
Garnett in a Dilemma.
Ta.~ s.vaI,, Earpeff tho fret b,..,,...