The Washington times., 1912-06-25
BALLPLAYERS SELL
AUTOGRAP TAGS
FOR BOY SCOUTS
Johnson, Griffith, Schaefer,
and Other Stars Work for
Youthful Fans.
"Get tagged. everybody's doin' it, mis-

''Get tagged. everybodys doin it, mis-
ter
This from the upturned face of a
youngster who could hardly see the top
of your desk started the cry which is in
the air in Washington today, where the
Boy Scouts are holding Tag Day"
In every nook and corner of the city
where a boy can make his way-and he
or she who. tries to evade by staying in
doors will find out how the youngsters
regard locks and doors today-men,
women, and children, horses, baby car
riages, automobiles, and almost every
thing animat., inanimate, and otherwise
1t isn't only the boys that are work.
ing for the Boy Scout movement today,
but the idols of the Washington juvenile
Walter johnson, the Nationals star
pitcher; Clark Griffith. the manager of
the home team, and a group of his shin
Ing baseball lights-are busily engaged
talking for the sale of tags.
Ball Players In Game.
This morning johnson, Griffith, and
other members of the baseball team
lest we forget, Germany Schaefer was
In the party with his comedy-stormed
pennsylvania avenue from the Treasury
to Eighth street southeast, and then
made their way to the Navy Yard. SELL
Great crowds OF fans collected all
along the line OF route as the grimaces
and cat calls of Schaefer sounded the
announcement that the Washington
baseball stars. had few words to say.
Phen from the automobiles in which
trey carried hundreds Of the tags Griff' S
Climbers dispensed the cardboard pieces
and collected the money.
With admiring eyes a crowd Of the
boys who are selling the tags gathered
at Fitteenth street and New York ave-
nue. this morning to watch the ball
players begin the part they are 10 play
The baseball stars carried several
thousand autographed tags. Some con-
tained the name of Pitcher johnson,
the Idaho Phenom; others the name OF
c. c. Griffith, the manager Of the
greatest baseball team the Capital has
had in years, and others the names OF
the different players who took part in
the tag selling.
The names Of Dan Moeller f. Ain.
smith: Ray Morgan, George Mcbride
Chick Gandil, and ]. c. Milan an.
peared on various tags. All these and
the players named above appeared in
motor cars at noon, having divided into
two squads. One group in a car owned
by Arthur Moses sold tags at the cor.
ner Of Fifteenth street and New York
avenue; the other at Ninth and T
streets: The second group rode with
r. A. Klock.
Two Xmas OF Tags.
There are two kinds Of tags The
large one can be purchased for 25 cents
If you buy 1t while you are walking. II
purchased for a machine or carriage the
seller will take fifty cents away from
you. The smaller tags are being sold for
fve cents each.
Autographed tags containing the
names of the baseball players of course
command higher price. They sold at
the, beginning of the journey for twice
and three times as much as the ordi.
nary cardboard pieces and seemed des.
tined to find purchasers before the
journey in the automobiles was ended
Gee! people ought to pay lot OF
remarked a diminutive newsboy as he
saw Walter johnson hand a man q
tag and collect the change for it.
Funny Man Schaefer" was at hi
ney he executed capers which command
ed laughs" and acted as a sort oi
spellbinder until the crowds were fittet
out with tags.
At the navy yard the players were
met by, hundreds of fans, all anxious
to see them in their new roles.
Schaefer entertained, and Waite
Johnson. Griffith. and the rest OF tn
gratulatIons on the showing the team
made on its trip west. But the fan
We're not allowed to monopolize the tin
with shop talk. Get tagged" "Ge
tagged" was the slogan or the part.
instead of Play ball"
Boys Cover Whole City.
Six big touring cars left the Bo
Scouts headquarters In the Nationa
Metropolitan Bank building in Fifteenth
street opposite >the Treasury Depart
machines were loaded with tags an
were carried to the different stations
about the city and distributed to tn
boy salesm"n.
THE Riddles kept their promises t
be on time 20 the man. and had al
tho city shortly after s O'Clock.
Department stores office buildings
and every other structure was bein
stormed short time later. and ar
still under fire.
Business men AM women employed !
the downtown Offices were tag yed
for the days work, realizing tha,
they did not display the outward sig
movement thcir lives for the day o
least might be uncomfortable.
The money derived from the sales 1
the tags will 20 to furthering the Bo
sum collected will be expended on tn
summer camp at River View. a ne'
institution which will be opened July
This camp will be named Camp Arch
bald Butt, in honor of the memory {
the aid to the President, who lost hi
life in the Titanic disaster.
The camp will remain open until Ser
tcmber. Many boys will spend the cl
tire season at the camp, while other
VIII have :he privilege of visiting th
institution for short periods. 1t is e1
rected that there will be about ftt
boys who will summer at the cami
NJ. P. Junkiu will be in charge of I'll
youngsters.
Mrs. Kern IndorSed