Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-13
G. o. P. Gods on Mt. Olympus
or Up Salt Creek Evoke
Them.
FAIRGROUNDS Benefit
HELD AT LEAGUE PARK
Box Score of Congressman Imprint
able, But the Tally Was
Around 20 to 4.

The heavens wept when the G.. o. p.
gods on Mount Olympus or up Salt river.
or wherever they are located. saw there
was no other way of ending the con-
gressionaI base ball game at American
League Park yesterday. and rain put a
stop to the affair somewhere about the
fourth or fifth inning. when the demo-
Gratis had twenty mine runs and the re-
publicans had four, Historians and score
keepers will differ perhaps about the in
nings and the score. but there is a ire
mendous margin of safety. The repub-
licans couldn't hit Webb. the anti-liquor
democrat from South Carolina. and on
the other hand Patton of Pennsylvania,
who was on the mound (ss they say on
the regular sporting page) for the re-
publicans couldn't get unanimous con-
sent to get strike across the plate to
save his soul.
Now. the real feature of this game was
the come back Of Samuel Winslow of
Massachusetts, ranking republican of the
House in point of girth around the vest
missing the Serene Payne record by a
hairbreadth. Winslow played ball before
the curved ball was heard of. before the
padded glove was known, and in the
days when the umpire was shot at sun
rise as a regular thing. Moreover. Wins
and was captain of the Crimson team In
1855 Tor was IL 1775D when they won
every game played. Not having played
since that eventful year. he essayed
upon the field yesterday armed with one
large mitt and as much weight under his
vest as he used to carry all told, and
stood at the first sack and never missed
a bet. He got all the applause. leaped
as high as three inches after high ones
and damned the first ball all over the lot.
he a "
bases. He had brought along a mes
senger boy to do that for him, and 1t was
accepted with satisfaction by all con-
cerned.
Box Score Unprintable.
Some pernicious reported may perpe-
trate q box score upon the unsuspectine
public, but IL will be a sad imitation. The
real box score ran never be printed
There is no way to express what hap
pened. AS a memory 1t is a large blur OF
congressional legs straining madly to-
ward all the bases at once, with Repre-
back I'm the grass OF center field with his
feet waving wildly In the air. More f1y
balls came his way than ne has intro
duced pension bills, which is going some
and he tried to stop all the balls with
bare hands, being unsuccessful $50 times
the center Of this picture is the active
Prince Cupid, known In the Congress
sional Directory as Jonah d. Kalaniana
ole. delegate from Hawaii, smoking broad
thick cigarettes and playing ball with thu
slashing swing of a cricketer, while thu
well carved legs Of Oldfeld. democrat
from Arkansas, are seen to rumble evel
onward around the bases for total o.
six runs.
The game opened with a surprise, To-
hardly had Pat Harrison OF Mississippi
swung at the first ball when he damned 1
pretty nearly q mile and made run II
the first two seconds of the game. Younl
Scully Of New Jersey also whanged I
Texas Lacquer to the bare-handed -Austir
Of Tennessee. who threw 1t heller skelte
into a flock Of republicans who had gath
cred on and around third base in an eff
fort to head OF the onrushing Scully. bu
the ball dropped into the midst of the as
semblage and before any one could find i
Scully was home.