Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-30
UP AND ABOUT EARLY
Washington Men at Old Point
Enjoy Fine Weather.
FISHING PARTIES MADE UP
Chamber of Commerce at Old Point
Comfort.
BASE BALL GAME PLANNED
Team Will Play Picked Nine From
Fort Monroe and Has Hope
OF Annexing Victory.
FISHING PARTIES MADE UP
BASE BALL GAME PLANNED

OLD POINT COMFORT. Va, Nav 30
Old Point Comfort awoke this morning
to one OF the finest days that this old
place ever saw. Perfect chamber of
commerce weather for the third sue
cessive time in the history of the annual
jaunts of the Washington organization
The crowd was up and doing early.
The base ball team, which goes to Phoe-
bus this afternoon to try to take a fall
out of the picked team of the Fort Mon
roe bunch, made up its final signals after
breakfast. The boys are confident of
winning from the soldiers. There are
eleven teams in the fort. and the picked
team has won victories from professional
mines.
The batting order of the Chamber of
Commerce team will be: Lowe. second
base: Leverton. third base: Bull. short
stop; King. first base: West, catcher;
Scheckels, center field; Quinn. left field
Becker. pitcher; Kreb or Cohan, right
field. Phoebus, where the game is to be
played. is little village about a mile
from Old Point Comfort. The game will
be played here because admission will be
charged. and this would not he permit
ted on the government reservation in the
fort
Several fishing parties went out into
Hampton roads this morning with bait
and tackle enough to catch a record
mess of fish. Yesterday one party went
fishing and came back with 200 floun-
ders, spot and weakfish. For the bene-
come to Old Point some day it should
be said that these fish were all caught
in the vicinity of buoy No. ,.
Practical 1oxers Rusv
The practical joking spirit is sitting up
and taking notice. Last night the hotel
rang with the laughter of men who had
managed to get joke on some one. One
very delicious form of joke got y. d.
Prince out of bed at ) clock this morn
ing.
What's the natter" he asked through
the phone in a sleepy voice.
You left a call for ) o'clock
mo, / didn't"
you did,
Mr.. Prince went back to bed and after
an hours sweet sleep there was a bang
ing on MIR. Princes door
You left a call for o'clock and you
didn't get up" roared voice outside.
Now, you have got to get up
Another enterprsing joker offered the
use of field glasses last night for a view
Of the comet. He had a hundred people
after him. all eager to take peep. only
to find that the field glasses were pair
of black bottles tied together.
Trip Down the River.
Going down the river on the South
land there was the usual crowd which
can always be found aboard a boat on
a Saturday before a holiday. Many a
person slept fiat upon the deck of the
steamer, but the wise Chamber of
Commerce crowd had its own reserva-
ton of staterooms.
Saturday night was an ideal one for
the beginning of a jaunt like this one.
the open decks until dusk. with eyes
upon the place where the comet ought
to be. And. Of course. there was the
flow of .exuberant wit which always
leave their formality back in the state
room along with their luggage and
their stiff hats. Speaking Of hats, a
great change took place in the Cham
Der Of Commerce as soon as the good
ship eased out into the channel. There
was a distinct holiday air. The bust
again. and the expression of this change
was clearly seen in the many and varie-
gated caps that adorned the. heads of
those who had come along for real
good time and didn't care what kind
Of hat he wore-so long as it was
sporty! Yes, there were Scotch plaids,
reds. green and brOwn-checked caps,
white felt hats that roll up into ball,
plain gray caps wide Capt. OYSTER
caps. with long visors la F. street.
and. in fact, all manner OF rakiSh caps
that lend class to the sternest business
face. For instance. d. J. Callahan had
Il splendid Partisan dawn gray effect,
also a flannel shirt with collar to
match. Thomas Grant had knock
about Of plain but rich brown in two
tones: Harry Johnson wore cap of
Scotch plaid that would have been the
envy of the Clan McGresor And there
were many others. rivaling the comes
in Importance and brillance. Old Hal
ley did appear later. after splendid
dinner in the Southland'S dining saloon.
Every one was on deck watching IL.
Songs and Stories.
Later when the sentimentality of the
business men began to come TO the sur
face, there were punches OF sweet sing
ers scattered about sweetenng the gio-
rious night air with barber shop and also
some genuine melody Has Any One
Here Seen Kelly?' WED with the tenor
Of an ambitious singer who tried some
excerpts from the Italian lyric opera. In
the steamers srillroom group of good
souls poured melody. into the bay for
three hours.
There were stories told, too. So many
good ones that a Chamber of Commerce
Cookbook could have been made up on
the spot. Also, there were members.
young members. of course, who SaZed
long and hard upon two or three brand
new married couples, who were just
starting llpon their HONEYMOON II was