The Washington herald., 1912-06-25
BALL PLAYERS HELP
Boost TAG DAY
Griffith and Johnson to Sell Tags
to Help the Boy Scouts
Movement.
THOUSAND BOYS WILL ASSIST

For the purpose Of raising funds for
the benefit OF the Boy Scouts Of the city,
tag day will be observed in Washington
to-day. More than 1.50O boys viii tramp
the streets Of the city from early morn
ing until late at night offering the tags
for sale. II Is expected that 1900 VIII
be disposed of during the day.
The project Is a large one, and ex-
tenslve plans have been made Never
Before will the National Capital have
witnessed a tag day conducted on so
large a scale. Plans have been under
way for months, and It Is expected that
the sales to-day will be conducted with
cut a hitch For the purpose Of in
teresting the boys OF the city in the
tag day project, a free excursion was
given to River View the latter part OF
last week Nearly 500 boys went and
each not only promised TO aid in the
sale OF tags, but to get companions like
wise to assist.
The boys will start early. Six big
touring cars will leave the Boy Scouts
headquarters in the Metropolitan Bank
Building in Fifteenth Street, between F
and G Streets Northwest, at 7:3O o'clock
this morning loaded with large supplies
Of tags. The 1900 boys who have sig
nffed their willingness to aid in the sale
Of the tags have been assigned to posi-
tons in various sections OF the city.
They will be at these designated places
by o'clock this morning.
Motor Cars to Help.
Throughout the day these cars will be
kept busy visiting the various juvenile
salesmen and replenishing their supplies
OF tags. Some Of the boys have been
assigned TO positions in department
stores, some will take up positions on
busy street corners, others will make
tours OF business houses, and still others
will wander about from house to house.
One OF the features OF the day will be
the sale of tags by eight members OF the
Washington baseball team. The names
of the players have not been announced
in full, but they will be led by Clark
Griflth, Walter johnson, and Schaefer,
the funny man" The ball players will
distribute the tags from automobiles
They will start from the corner OF Fiji
teenth Street and New York Avenue
Northwest, about IL o'clock this morning
in touring cars. The ball players will
proceed slowly down Fifteenth Street TO
Pennsylvania Avenue, east TO Eighth
Street Southeast, and thence south TO
the Navy Yard. Along the way the play
ers will sell the tags.
They expect TO reach the Navy Yard
just at noon as the thousands Of en-
IT.
While Griffith and johnson and the 9TH
er members Of the Nationals are selling
tags TO the Navy Yard men, Schaefer
will give a rare demonstration OF his
ability as a comedian. He will sing and
dance and enact a thousand monkey
shines which are bound to bring laugh
ter from the bystanders.
Autographed Tags.
The ball players have signed several
thousand tags. which will be sold at spe-
cial rates. The regular tags will cost
five cents each, whereas those bearing I
the much-priEed signatures will be sold
for ten cents. House tags will be sold
for twenty-five cents, and fifty cents win
be asked for the big ONCE and automobile
tags.
Returns from the sale Of the tags will
be made TO the headquarters Of the Boy
Scouts in the Metropolitan Bank Build |
ing. and to the various branches Of the |
United States Trust Company. The banks
will be kept open later than usual in |
order to receive the full returns at once. !
The Boy Scouts headquarters will re-
main open until late into the night
The money derived from the sales will
be used to further the interests Of the
Boy Scouts Of the city. A large part OF
the receipts will be expended upon the
summer camp at River View, a new in
which will be opened July l. |
1t was announced last night that this
camp had been named Camp Archibald
Butt in memory Of the brave aid to the |
President who went down to a heroic |
death in the Atlantic when the great
Titanic was lost.
The camp will remain open until the |
latter part of September. Many boys
will spend the entire season at the camp. |
while others will visit the place Of recrea-.l
tion for one week. 1t is expected that
there will be fifty boys in the camp
throughout the summer. NJ P. Junkin !
will be in charge Of the youngsters.
While plans were being perfected yes
terday for tag day three sprightly young
ster5, who announced that they were Boy
Scouts from Harrisburg, Pa, made their
at the local headquarters.
The boys came to Washington on bIcy-
cles. The entire trip cost them only $3.50. |
The boys announced in parting that they
would take an active part in the selling
Of the tags to-day.