The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-21
WASHINGTON GOES WILD
OVER THE NATIONAL GAME,

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Washington, June 21.-The ma
tiona. capital is wild over the great
national. game. Enthusiasm has
found no bounds during the past fort
night as local fandom has watched
with an ever-increasing pride, its
team in the American League annex
victory after victory in its race for
the championship pennant. Men,
women and children OF high and low
degree have concentrated their atten-
ton on the great pastime. The name
o. Clark Griffith is heard these days
repeated as often as are the names o
President Taft, William Jennings
/ Bryan. Theodore Roosevelt. Oscar
Underwood, Woodrow Wilson. Champ
Clark, Judson Harmon Billy Finn.
Billy Barnes. Tim Woodruff and va
rious lesser luminaries in the politi-
cal armament
Keen interest in what the Repub-
/ lican and Democratic conventions arr
u do az Chicago and Baltimore re-
srectiyely, has not served 10 dwindlo
in the least the acute feeling of Gag
erness displayed by the averag@
| Washingtonian in his daily scannin4
CT the box scores on the sportin"
pages OF the four dailies OF this city
and their several subediiions il III
shape of bulletins.
The oldest inhabitant yOuchsafe.
that the excitement is just as grea.
as when the warriors of the old
South were clamorng "On TO Wash
layton. The equal OF the presen'
feeling Of local pride in the basebal
world ha, Ie,er bcior. been Wit
messed and possibly never will b.
again for the team has rs nd"d rap
| idly from the station ol 'hil cndcr
and non-contcndcr for T. remnant u
the record Of having won NOR" games
away from home than las any Other
team in modern baseball annals.
Men never before interested in the
game, over night have become hilar-
ious bugs" and last saturday when
| Nashington defeated cleveland Is
TIE score Of q to ), thousands stood
outside the newspaper Offices in a
great downpour of rain ana watched
the scOreboards set up ii front Of til"
newspaper offices and al various 9th
CT places along Pennsylvania avenue.
When Washington mri Philadcl-
hhia, the champion team o! the
world here Tuesday thousands Were
turned away because tho large park
would not accommodate all whp de-
s.rrd 10 SOC the boys perform Many
Mere unable to secure tickets an hour
after the sale began and great num-
h"rs spent Monday night at the parl;
grounds
The interest in baseball contests
has only been cqualcd here this year
by the very keen interest displayed
in Washington at the time of the Ii
tanic disaster when the newspapers
We're issuing extras with all the lat
est news every hour,
Next to politics "a subject always
aprOpos in Washington next to
baseball and the Titanic disaster
the present crusade against the house
fly has compelled most attention. The
Evening Star has director a campaign
that has done much to rid the city
OF this pest and it Is probable that
the American cities will rapidly emu
late the example of this one in III
rcc'ing a campaign AGAINST tho lly.
As a result of the present fight NASH
ington is healthier this YEAR than i'm
Many wears and il is announced ,hai
the crusade is 10 continue unti Il
man can afford 10 pay $40 for 'tsfy
one captured 50 scarce will they h,.
The Star pays prizes 10 IT,, chiMteu
most successful in the hunt ana
many fly killing clubs are in ,A.s