The Washington herald., 1910-06-02
AT THE HOTELS.

"a notable game OF baseball Of ys
olden times, as the history Of that game
goes" said Ben J. Fletcher. OF Seattle.
WASH who is at the New Willard, was
pulled of in Manchester, N Il, In 1877.
The Harvard nine was playing the local
club Inning after inning was played
without a run until there were twenty.
four innings. and still no run. In this
game Catcher Jim Tying made the un-
precedented record Of thirty-one put
outs and three assists. That game is
still talked OF around Harvard. Tying
was the first player in the baseball world
to use a catehers mask. This twenty-four
inning game was next TO the longest in
the history OF baseball. The longest was
played at Devils Lake, n, Oak, July
IS. 1901. between the Grand Forks and
Fargo teams. There were twenty-five in
nings played in that game without either
side scoring point. The biggest score
on record is that made at Buffalo in the
COS, when the Niagaras beat the Column
bias 200 to 10"
Speaking Of baseball for women, Mr..
Fletcher said that one Of the few women
pitchers in this country playing with a
team of men is Miss Carrie Meyer, OF
Allentown, Pa. who has a pretty good
record as a pitcher. "A few years ago
she pitched q game against Reading"
continued Mr.. Fletcher. and was one Of
the biggest drawing cards of that section.
report of the game said she did not
rely on her speed. but that she pitched a
MN Inc
for the other team. The opposing pitcher
was a good one. and yet ne was hit nine
| times against her seven. She played an
errorless game. At the bat she brought
in one run by making a timely single.
THE records of baseball show but two
real. genuine woman fans. One Of them
was Helen Dauvray. afterward Mrs.
John NJ. Ward, her husband being q
| player with something OF a record The
| other Is Mrs. Charles Wilson, OF New
| York. Her son Buster was the mascot
Of the Giants. Accompanied by her hus-
band, who is a wealthy real estate man,
they have seen about every important
baseball event in the United States. Hi
| hi' Dixwell, the most unique citizen Of
Boston for a generation, with his shrili
staccato voice. and old 'Well-well,' Of
| New York. are about the most widely
known fans Of the masculine persuasion
In America"
Harold G. Hathaway OF New York and
all the world. who has Travelled every
where. and is a writer. is at the Airing
ton. Ia speaking on Russia, he said that
If you are a foreigner IN Russia, the first
thing your country people tell you is:
Don't talk; think what you like, but
don't talk"
IF you dabble in literature or journal
ISM" he said. conceal the fact as long
as you legitimately can. You are very
| interesting and agreeable, and I have en-
| joyed meeting you, but you must not
mind If I ask you not to mention that we
had been together, secretary OF a cabi-
net minister said TO me.
III private individuals live in constant
uneasiness. if the native and foreigner
distrust everybody but intimate friends.
II they are always afraid something may
happen in case they make injudicious re-
marks, one can imagine the atmosphere
in which a newspaper editor lives and
works. Every day or two he receives
from the censor a new list Of subjects
| which he may not discuss, and his safety
can never be absolutely assured. In the
news and editorial columns he is su-
! pervised, and he dare not accept an adj
| vertisement without the official sanction
4 Of the government. But I would never
theless, not agree that the influence OF
the Russian censor Is in reality ali that
! it is generally supposed abroad 10 be.
and I would not agree that the Russian
| press is characterless, coloFless, and
merely the obsequious nouthpiece Of the
powers that be-
THE traveller in Russia soon becomes
aware OF the existence OF the censor
His letters will probably not be opened,
but his newspapers VIII often have col
unln OF 'eaviare'-as the Russians play
fully call it-something being blackened
out fastening to borrow a paper from
a friend in the diplomatic or consular
service, who is exempt from censorship
he discovers often that he has missed
only silly scandal or a piece Of petty
gossip about the imperial family. Seriou.
articles. unless relating to Russian inter
nal affairs. will probably be intact TIT
censor seems TO adopt much the sam'
attitude toward the national press. lie ]:
IN a way omnipotent and omnipTesent
and the editor has to keep him always il
mind But when you examine his work
as publicly exposed and privately dis.
| eussed by persons who understand il, yOI
find a great gun, heavily loaded. which
/ sometimes creates havoc, but which otter
does not bring down big game"
Discussing China and conditions in
that country, Samuel Lambert OF
Shanghai. who is at the Shoreham. and
who is engaged in Shanghai in the tx
port business. said that one Of the great
est disabilities under which China labors
as a nation is as simple as it is sad
''An immense proportion of its popula-
ton very rarely set 2 meal sufficient
either in quantity or in nutritive power
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