The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1912-05-09

army traditions. was that he might
have been picked up after the ship
had gone down. Neither did any mnn
believe that Archibald Oracle, who
was fellow passenger with Major
Butt on the Titanic, would be found
among those saved except under the
same chance OF rescue that others
would have after the steamship bad
gone down.
Archibald w. Butt was not West
Pointer. Archibald Oracle is not a
graduate OF West Point, but he Wa
at tie academy for some years and
his father was a graduate of the year
1884. Army men knew Butt and
knew Oracle and when the news came
that Oracle was saved some Of his
friends were glad in way and deeply
sorry In another way. The first re.
port had It that Oracle had a place
In one of the lifeboats with the WON.
en- and children, and some few men
believed this report.
Relieved by the Truth.
When the story came Of the way In
which Gracie's life was saved Wash
ington residents, army and civilian,
We're relieved. He was saved by one
OF those rare accidents Of chance"
which one finds in Clark Russells sea
tales. Oracle stood with the men
! while the women were saved and. like
Butt, faced willingly what seemed GER
tain death.
After 1t was learned that Archibald
Oracle had been saved some army
men who did not know him shook their
heads. but seemed willing to wait un-
=! news came which might clear the
matter up. There are West Point
classmates OF Gracies In WaE5:ngtJn
who in the face of the story that he
was in lifeboat with the women and
At the Metropolitan club the matter
was under discussion 4 brigadier
general who was at West Point with
Oracle said: wait, he was bred game
and he is game; he'll come out of this
squarely."
Archie Butt was we'll known In
Washington in both army and civilian
but it was the feeling in the service
that the spirit of the soldier in both
men. would sustain them in manifest
duty. Men wanted both Butt and
Oracle to die rather than to learn
that either had been saved at the
expense of a fellow being. Gracie's
rescue was of the miracle kind and
has apparently nothing about 1t to
show that he did not live up the best
army traditions.
Many Capital Fans.
Congress takes deep interest
in baseball that is not represent
ed alone by an effort to investi.
are fans in the senate and fans in the
house and, to get away from congress,
there are fans in the White House and
in all the departments of government.
President Taft is fan and frequently
attends the ball games on the grounds
of the Washington American League
club.
The greatest fan in Washington 10
the vice president Of the United
States, James S. Sherman. He has
been missing some games this year
because he has had to miss them, not
because he wanted to. Last year he
attended nearly every game that was
played on the baseball grounds.
Senators Smith and Townsend e.
Michigan and Senator Culberson OF
Texas are fans of high degree. There
is in baseball hit which is known as
Texas Lacquer" which is base HE
rather of the pop fly nature which
lands just back of one of the basemer
too far in the rear for him to get |
and too far to the front for an out
fielder to get it, 1t ia not much OF q
hit for length or strength, but 1t is
safe. Senator Culberson does not like
the name Texas leguer as applied to
this hit. He says the state OF Texas
is so big that home runs can be made
there without danger that the ball will
fall outside the state boundaries, and
that moreover Texans believe in long,
hard drives. He wants some one to
account for the name Texas Lacquer
as applied to this safe but compare
lively feeble hit.
Vreeland's Wonderful Scoring.
Representative Vreeland of New
York state is banker and baseball
fan. He goes to every game which 1t
is possible for him to attend without
interfering with his house duties. Mr..
Vreeland was a member OF the great
monetary commission which framed
the currency reform bill which Is now
pending before congress. He knows
figures and finance as he knows his
baseball. 1t is said that the score
card which he keeps is a marvel, be-
ing a detailed account Of the game
covering many more points than the
official scorers ever think OF putting
down.
Representative Nicholas nongworth
of Ohio, who is son-in-law OF former
President Theodore Roosevelt, is az
other Of the house baseball fans
When there are no pressing legisla-
tive duties Mr.. Longworth leaves dis
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