Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-04
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again whenever he came to Lowell, and
the annual games were his special de-
light.
Out at Lowell Field they had arranged
q special box for the President and other
distinguished guests, which he occupied
for little while. but when II came time
for practice he said: 1t don't seem
quite like ball game sitting here. I'm
going over there and sit with the boys"
And he did,. They made a place for him
In one of the seats in the first row of the
regular grandstand, where the sun could
tnoa on on hin and when he got warm he
other fan and enjoyed himself 10 the
limit.
Lowell Field was not as new and sub
stantfai place as the stadium at JEFF
terson, but the stands would hold almost
as many people. and the grounds being
the field.
BY o'clock every inch of space was
Never before had SO many come to see
game at Lowell. This time, however,
the Lowell folks outnumbered the JEFF
ferson adherents. Today more than two
thirds OF the people waved green flags
and banners. and the balance showed the
colors Of the rival school. The complexion
of the crowd was reversed. Some who
had been at the other game wondered IL
this was a sign that the score would be
reversed too. Jefferson fellows who were
just little superstitious hoped so, while
the Lowell crowd said they didn't be-
ieve In superstition of any Kind. Finally
the teams marched on to the field, the
university band preceding them, but this
time as they reached the plate it was the
maroon which sat on the bench back OF
third base and the green went back Of
first. I'VE licked them when they had
the advantage Of being on their own lot
said Fred Penny. who was sitting In the
stand with Johnny King. and I guess.
now we have them on our own Tot, we
will make 1t two straight
The practice before the game gave the
crowd chance to pay their particular
respects to the individual members Of the
team, by special songs and cheers for
each OF them. The band played Hail to
the Chief once for the President and
two or three times for Hughes. Then
each member of the team was introduced
to the President, and as each member Of
the team came up the Noise Club an
nounced:
Here he is-Honus-
What's the matter with Honuso
He's all right!
And then everybody would sing:
For he's a jolly good player.
For he's jolly good player.
For he's jolly good player,
Which Jefferson can't denyi
OF the particular stars of the first game.
1t was enough to make any player nerv-
GUS and anxious, and it's a wonder 1t
didn't. What 1t did do, however, was
to make every one of the boys take a
special vow to play the game Of his life
that day.
Again the two men in the blue suits
and blue caps trotted out on the field.
Again the umpire who was to work be-
hind the bat Chis time II was NJ. S. Lee
consulted with Hughie and Church. The
gong sounded. The umpire said PLAY
ball" The Lowell boys trotted out on to
the field to their regular positions. Again
the umpire took of his cap, faced the
stands and said:
Ladies and gentlemen, the batteries
for today's game are Cam. pitcher: Brest,
catcher, for Jefferson. Radams pitcher;
ellis, catcher. for Lowell. Cam and Brest
for Jefferson. Radams and Gibbs for
Lowell. Batter up
i. This time Laird Of the western school
stepped quietly to the plate. He looked
at Radams and Radams looked at him.
Each was studying the other. though to-
day Radams had a little advantage. He
had seen Laird at bat. and Black had
gone over the other game carefully with
him SO he knew something about each of
the batters. At least he was sure he did
have a slight advantage, and SO he did
not hesitate an instant, but began to
shoot them over. The second big game
was on.
cTo be continued tomorrow.)