Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-31
Excursionists Defeat Soldiers
in Base Ball Game.
BACK TO BUSINESS AGAIN
Jolly Crowd Arrives on Early Morn.
ing Steamer From Norfolk
EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD TIME
Annual Outing, Unmarried by Acct
dent or Untoward Incident, is
Voted q Grand Success.

rs soon as the dim outlines of the city
| of Washington became visible to the early
risers of the Chamber of Commerce party
aboard the returning steamer from Nor
| folk this morning decided change over
came the men who for two days have
been hard at work loafng. The mere
sight of the city. with its suggestion of
business to be done, changed the gay
| holiday aspect into hard-headed. hard
listed. businesslike affair, with every one
SAYING:
We'll. back 10 work again. Had a
good time? l did. Fine; I'm going again
next year.
Then, at about o'clock. the boat tied
up. The crowd streamed off. carrying
grips and suitcases, and the trip was at
an end. 1t was voted success. and the
triumyirate given credit for carrying out
the successful details is composed of Ed
ward T.. Jones, u. J. Callahan and Thorn
as Grant.
The base ball game yesterday put
every one in prime condition for a joliy
trIp back home. The Chamber of Com
merCe team really should have won by
larger margin, as Becker was not hit
once until the seventh inning when the
Soldiers landed on him three times only
but managed to get the bases full. The
four runs made in that inning set the Sol
diers wild. as il put them one ahead of
the Chamber of Commerce team.
Concerning one of those runs the Cham
ber's rooters will never be satisfied that
it was Il sure enough run. The score was
three apiece, with Soldier on third. The
man at bat drove a sting ne hit into the
intieid he went to first and the man at
third started for home. West stood seady
TO intercept the runner at the plate and
caught the ball. which was thrown home
to him hard, blocking the runner, who
tumbled all over West six feet from the
plate.
Umpire Alone Satisfied.
The one man on the field who believed
it was a run was the umpire. He claimed
the Soldier slid under West. That deci
sion put the Soldiers ahead one run.
However, when the Chamber went to
bat. couple of hot drives. one to the
fence made a difference in. the score
again. Becker lined one into the far DIS
lance that made the crowd crazy. Lev
erton had his eye on the ball and whang-
ed singing drive into the proper place
But the star play Of the day goes to
Quinn, center fielder for the Chamber team
one of the Soldiers drove a difficult fly
far out into the field. 1t was a toss Up
whether or not it was Quinn's ball OF
Cohn s at right field Quinn started after
t and seemed to run about 1ifty yaros.
-ra bling the ball on the fly after
desperate sprint, and cutting off the
soldiers in their confident expectation OF
another score.
John Shekeils took Becker's place in
til" box in the seventh. He had tick
fish proposition with hit meaning
score, and had oil he could do at one
stage OF the gaEl" To keep the Chamber
Of CONNER" team in the lead. The bust
ness men had made thre. runs in the
eighth. and the Soldiers came to bat last
in the ninth. after preventing any more
scores by the observation-disclosures.
\ wide pitched ball nearly gave them
q chance to score, but Shekells recoy-
cred himself with ease and struck the
last man out.