The Washington times., 1911-05-06
NO JOKE, 1T WAS A
REAL BAD BEATING
Steamboat Bill" Otey Had to Unload His Passengers
and Groom Couldn't Prevent Athletics From Cob
bling Everything at the Picnic.
By SENATOR"

AS the excursion steamer William
Otey was leaving her moorings at Flor
ida avenue yesterday, a heavy gale
struck her abaft the mizzenmast be-
tween the stoke hold and the kitchen.
After her captain had made three in
effectual attempts to keep her on her
course, he was compelled to put back.
unload his passengers. and start all
over again on the trim, long racing
launch Robert Groom. BY that time
there wasn't any need of sailing to that
picnic. fer a lot of rough-neCks from
Philadelphia had got there first and had
gobbled up everything.
Anything But a Joke.
All Joking aside. there wasn't any
use of starting against those Phila-
delphia chaps yesterday. They were
hitting wickedly, fielding beautifully.
and luck ?-say, every man sleeps in
a crib trimmed with nags' feet. The
result was that the first whitewash-
ing of the 1911 season was handed to
our. pets and Jeems Robert McAleer,
master of our veal and woe, consid-
ers shifting his team around. A 9-to-0
defeat makes you keep awake nights
anu ot6 llAOSS Plllh hie
with the sea-green alligators.
Yes, in that very first session pain
leaked from the grandstand in large
gobs. Steamboat Bill" Otey lost his
compass. struck up against lighter
and wallowed around as II in mortal
agony. The fans were, anyway. Old
ring had splintered the pavilion fence
in left for a bingle with one down,
and Otey rose to the occasion and
11I 1,,V1 1Nafr, ,erin IL D,,t
then BilI's compass fell overheard
into the LIQUID.
Frank Baker Walks.
Frank Baker looked pleasant and
Otey walked him. That was just after
Rill Cunningham right hand had melt
ed away before the heat of Ansmith's s
toss to catch the flying oldring. Then
Harry Davis looked pleasant and Otey
pleaSan Teked % ETC. 4Sn fePcins eurRhS R oIdTins
Steamboat Bill' didn't look over good
that minute. but Ielivelt closed hostili-
ties bv getting under Mc1nnis' ballooner.
Getting by the second sandbar in safe
ty it remained for the third to wreck
the passengers were rescued from their
peril the wreck was fast going to pieces,
the waves rolling clear over her. Rube
Oldring dug out a single to center and
was sacrificed bv Collins. Baker ripped
a double to center, scoring Oldring.
Jecms McAleer rolled his left thumb
over his right thumb and back again.
KidletS Elberfeld earned some DIP
plause when he seized Davis bounder
and tagged Baker trying to make third,
but Murphy came to time with rip
ping double to left and "Stuffy" McIn-
mis- screamed triple to center, sending
Davis and Murphy across. Really, some
thing ought to have been done with that
fellow MeInnis. But what do you know?
Ira Thomas sailed right into Otey's
slants and picked off another triple to
left, making "Wid" Conroy work those
little legs Of his far faster than he has
done in many day. The score was
5 to 0.
Rescue Badly Needed.
Jeems. Robert McAleer, reposing on
the bench, offered one slightly used Gig.
arctic and a perfectly good car ticket to
the young man of his staff who should
go to the rescue OF the old scow. out
there. Robert Groom, perpendicular per-
son, essayed the task. He was inclined
to grieve last night because a terrific
gale blew upon him.
In the fifth Bill Cunningham wore
boots on hands and feet and Baker got
a iob on the bag. He hustled to third
on Davis single to right, and came in
when Murphy sent up a sacrifice fly to
Conroy. But the eighth inning provided
all those things that caused the Midian-
ties and Mennonites and the ten foolish
virgins scattered around the field to
groan. Robert got his about then.
A cloud few over Jack Lelivelt, and
Danny Murphy tried to hit it with the
ball, reaching third before the pill came
down to earth. Ira Thomas walked