Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-13
Crowd Greets President Taft.

When President Taft and his party ar
rived in the last quarter hour before the
tap of the bell sixteen thousand fans
stood I'D to see him as II they had Just
come to Washington and had never seen
was expressed because Maj. Butt ap-
peared in khaki. Some OF them thought
he ought to have worn his full-dress uni
form. The Presidents party sat In gold
chairs-otherwise they shared the COM
mon lot of fans, with all the risk OF
being surprised by swift foul tip. Vice
President Sherman, several United States
senator's, department heads and cabinet
officers were also present.
Dolly Gray came into the Presidents
neighborhood with a schoolgirl blush and
caught the base ball which the President
threw to him. Previous to throwing the
ball out President Taft examined 1t over
and over again, which attracted attention
from all the rubbernecking fans. Dolly
Gray pitched the ball once. Then Umpire
Connolly took it away from him, and the
crowd laughed.
And the band, Away off in a corner
somewhere a husky crowd of brass blow
ers were tearing of quick harmony to
the great edifcation OF the boys who
celebrate an outing with a left cheek full
Of gum, a right cheek full of peanuts
and a thump-thump movement of the
feet. Discarding grand opera for the day
| the leader chose his pieces from the SEN
sation Of the moment. When a man
| made a run about the time when runs
were needed badly. what more suitable
music than 'Every Little Bit Added to
What You've Got Makes Just a Little
Bit More?'
And after the fourth inning. when the
| Red Sox grinned. with what seemed the
smile Of victors, the band played stop
Stop, Stop" while Pat" Donovan looked
At his men and whispered. Don't you
dare to stop; go to it and do 1t again.
And the Band Plays On.
And another time. when Boston did
something that looked like a winning
streak had come to stay. the leader
smiled. waved his baton, while that old
time favoritc. Amt 1t a Shame?" was
blurted out with brassy tenor. and the
fans laughed. Along toward the end,
when Washington had the game cinched.
the band played Marching Through
Georgia as a delicate tribute to Atlanta,
Ga, where the Nationals have been train.
ing. After Dixie Walker showed the
crowd what he had In the way Of curves
the band played what? Why, Dixie"
of course; what else?
Gessiers two-bagger brought a musi-
! cal "reminiscences In the shape Of Aud
Lang Syne.' There We're other plays
that were run off fast and furious and
the musicians had to overlook them. For
instance the crowd gave Milan an ova-
| tiOn IOr DeautlIut running One-hand
catch. the result Of a mix-up. perhaps,
but a very sensational play. The same
boy pegged wonderful throw from
out in the corner of the lot right straight
10 the plate. Henry made some fine
stops at first, and Gessler made q catch
in the crowd that brought the yelping
| fans to their feet.
During that sixth inning, when twelve
men went to bat for Washington and
| six runs came In, there was quite some
cheering. Sixteen thousand men and
women can make some noise, but there
was one fan who carried silver-headed
cane whose voice was heard far and
away above the noise of the sixteen
thousand. He had plenty Of converse
itiou. aud everybody heard II. He was