The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-06-23

Wen Just blame the weather
That apology seems to be right.
Excuses of the newspaper ball players.
That's about how II was. You see il
was just a trihe too warm out there on
the American League diamond. News
paper men, as a rule, are accustomed
10 tciling in the shade of a tiled or tin
roof, YOU know: they're not at all used
10 this outrageous proposition of getting
out inIO the brDilinE sunlight and stTug-
Cling over athletic contests, concerning
which they can write, but Of the genn=
Inc. active macFinery or the actual phys
zeal movement of which they know
little
Anyhow it's an excuse. and those who
fail generally have an excuse. The
Chamber Of Commerce team in contest
for the benefit of the fresh air fund of
the Association for the Prevention OF
tuberculosis defeated the aggregation
Of All-Newspap ermen by the score Of
L 10 IL Yesterday afternoon. and there
was big crowd with much interest and
munifcent receipts therefrom TO wit
ness 1t
Writers Are 0utclassed.
So. after the game. when the wiIted.
like. hunted their holes. they could Of
fer but a single Gimsy APOLOGY: "Pshaw.
Who could ulav baseball in weather of
this kind; its too hot Let's play EN-
game of hockey down on the tidal basin
next January and Wen wipe the Ice uD
With their fTiCid c2rcasses-"
That may be all right from the stand
point or the newspaper men, but
plain matter II fact the Chamber of
or mar nj a. cd Hl
paDer mon That's the story IN brief.
and sufdCiency. All in all. however. il
was Il comedy OF errors and there were
snSny ridiculous situations during the
pine or suffer for the want Of fresh air
couldn't possibly have benefited their
health more than by getting out TO
witness the fray.
For instance, the newspaper men
made seven errors Of commission. 10 say
nothing Of an innCmerable array i'm
OMISSION on the other hand. the
Chamber Of Commerce men made only
four errors as counted bv the tabuIated
score. but there was mary a play which
the charitable markers OSeriOOknd and
nut down 10 the item Of general de
1lClencN ana lack of knowledge of the
great national game not expected of
those who rank outside OF professional
ism.
Fair-Sized Sum Realized.
However. a fair-sizcd sum OF money
was realized. And returns are expected
to come in from time TO tfrle for sew
eial weeks Vet. from persons who are
holding tickets and who did not attend
the game.
President Taft Vice President Sher-
man, and other dignitarleS who had
promised 70 attend were unable TO
leave their official duties in these the
last hours Of Congress. but there was
large contingent of business men
ana citizens generally present, and
they rooted FOR all they were worth
or more correctly speaking. as much
ns the calOrlc condition of the atmos-
pheTe would allow
capt Phil King, OF the Chamber of
commerce team, romped about the
diamond IN a Respondent Princeton
uniform Neither Solomon nor the
lily haG anything on Phil from a base
pan SartoHal point Of view, and as
ne Lined up. his cohorts for final prac-
tlce the supporters Of the newspaper
RgSre gatlOn allowed a gasp which
couldn't be charged 20 the weather,
elther-and palpabIy and disconso-
lately observed.
The .jis's up: they've got il on
US. We're bunch % dead ones sure"
Battled Well, At That.
And thus it proved TO be. but only
BY one tally at that But perhaps II
Kings legion had chosen to extend
Itself the hiatus might have been
even greater. The ll-Newspaper
men ware strictly there with the will
low, cleaning a total of fifteen hits
of the delivery Of SheckeHs, Becker.
and Leverton as against eleven hits
by the Commerce men off O'Brien and
EarneM But, then, there was a bit
OF hnesse manifested by the Com
merce men which made up for this
deficiency, and when the comedy came
q close the swaEger swatting Of
the All-Newspaper men had come to
naught. The score.
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