Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-18
BUILDERS AS HOSTS
Maryland and Virginia Visitors
Have Good Time.
BALL GAME AND BANQUET
Norfolk Defeats Baltimore by Lop-
Sided Score.
FESTIVAL IN THE EVENING
Carroll Institute Hall Scene of Con-
vivial Gathering-Shop Talk
Is Tabooed.
BALL GAME AND BANQUET
FESTIVAL IN THE EVENING

Acting as hosts to their associates from
the principal cities OF Maryland and vir-
ginla. the members Of the Washington
Builders and Manufacturers' Exchange
yesterday entertained fully 400 Officers
and members OF the builders exchanges
OF the two neighbortng states. With
the visitors came their wives and sweet
hearts. and the entire day was devoted to
sightseeing and pleasure in the National
Capital, the enjoyment finding its final
expression in a banquet which was serv-
ed last night in the large hall at Car
roll Institute.
No phase of the gathering was devoted
to business, because the real effort Of the
Washington builders and manufacturers
was to make their guests forget all of
the vexing problems in their several
fields and endeavor and to devote all of
this mid-September week end to simple
and unalloyed pleasure. The general ex
curSon to builders TO this city also af-
forded opportunity to the base ball teams
of the Baltimore and Norfolk exchanges
to play off tie in their 1910 champion
ship serieS-and the Norfolk boys won by
the goodly margin of Is runs to 4.
Setting for the Banquet.
The banqueters assembled at Carroll
Institute at O'Clock last evening, and
every seat at half a dozen long tables
was taken The committee on decora-
tions, David S. &oumpf, chairman. and
the entertainment committee, John r.
Galloway. chairman, had attended we'll
to the accessories of the feast The big
room was appropriately draped with flags
and bunting, the stage was fairly hidden
behind a bower Of palms and ferns, and
orchestra and Snpcia1 singers DIS
courSed patriotic airs and popular songs
while the courses were being served
Mr.. Galloway acted as POSTMASTER, and
among those he called upon to speak for
the different city, interstate and local
organizations were Samuel ]. Prescott,
president of the Washington exchange;
John Trainor. president of the Interstate
Builders and Traders Association of
columbia: Perry W. Ruth president of
the Norfolk exchange; William F. Gill
man of the Richmond exchange. w. T.
Galliher, first vice president of the Wash
ington exchange; Frank S. Chavannes,
president of the Baltimore exchange, and
l. II. Scates, secretary of the Interstate
Association.
A pleasant surprise featured the close
of the banquet, when Benjamin T. Pillow,
secretary of the Washington exchange,
presented to POSTMASTER Galloway a
medal of honor" which. in it's form,
was significant of the occasion.
Interest in Ball Game.
The principal feature of the entertain
ment of visiting builders during the after
noon was base ball game, played on the
field of the Capital City League. LIST and
NJ streets northeast. In this contest the
old rivals. Baltimore and Norfolk, were
pitted against each other, and the contest
was particularly interesting to the build
erS' exchanges of the two cities because
it was the third and deciding game of the
1910 intercity series The Baltimore build
ers had one game to their credit, a 3-to-2
victory achieved in the Monumental city
earlier in the season. Norfolk also claim
ed credit for a J-to-O shutout, the result
of a strenuous diamond battle in Norfolk
few weeks ago.
But the Baltimoreans had mighty small
chance to root in yesterdays game, for
Norfolk took lead of six runs in the
rst inning and was never headed.
Henchey was on the mound for the vic
tors, and he held the losers safely over
the entire route Three scattered hits
of the nine innings the Baltimore boys
went out in order. BY dint of strenuous
base running. coupled with an error or
two. the losers managed to accumulate a
total of four runs.
Scored Six in, First.
Kohlhepp essayed the twirling for Bal
timore, and he started out in the first in
ming by allowing three hits, issuing three
q wild pitch This combination, with
two errors added, produced six runs for
Norfolk. The lads from down the bay
sent two more TALES across the pan in
the fifth and one in the eighth. knipp
pitched the last three innings for Balti-