Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-08
HEARD AND SEEN
AT THE BALL PARK

said he. II am really of tremendous
value to the Office. but decided that I
needed a vacation and came out. Gee.
but I'll have a pile of work to do tOmOr
row. The boss told me that no other
man in my room can do the work that
can do"
That is a good record" said the mill
tary-looking gentleman. quietly.
Yes, 1t is. If I do say it,. replied the
clerk
There was a momentary silence. which
was broken by the clerk.
Il take it,. said he, that you don't
know much about the government serv-
ice
looking man with a quiet smile.
1T is remarkably interesting when you
get to doing the kind of clerical work
that I do
1T must be-" responded the elderly gen
tleman.
The military man left the game first.
and the clerk. with smile of satisfac-
ton at having impressed one of the great
outside tribe. drifted out afterward. If
the clerks eye ever meets this he is go
ing to take a long, quiet sneak the next
time he runs across that military-looking
man. For the military looking man was
Gen. John c. Black. chief commissioner
of the civil service commission.
MOT since "Frenchy." that noted wor-
! y shipper at the shrine of the Washing
ton base ball team. left the ball park and
withdrew his allegiance, has a fan come
forward who has attracted such uni
versal attention as large, red-faced. hu-
morous-looking man who invariably occu-
pies seat in the right field bleachers.
This man is something new In the way
of rabid enthusiasts. He is a rooter who
takes his roofing out in cigars
Arriving at the ball park the fan hunts
a seat In the front row of the bleacherS
and shucks his coat From some mys-
FERROUS place he produces palm-leaf fan
Then he brings forth the heavy artillery
i'm the shape of half dozen campaign
cigars of the kind that grow in no ordi-
nary tobacconist's. These he lights up.
one after another. The cigars last him
about two innings piece, II the play
isn't too fast
AS soon as something happens - Nc
Bride makes startling stop or Shanks
catches ball within three inches of the
and emits a wild and raucous whoop
Then he throws his cigar into the air
with the abandon of ]. Carl Cashion at
his widest.
Zine work. kid he bawls. producing
another cigar and lighting it with a
movement that appears to be automatic.
THE games won noW.' he yells. an
instant later. and the newly lighted cigar
goes into the air
So far the enthusiast has had good
luck. None of the cigars that he has
recklessly hurled has landed on any
body but some day he is going to make
a really wild pitch on the panama hat
OF a serious minded, short-tempered old
gentleman and then either he will beat
the old gentleman to the entrance or
murder will be committed.
Two fans were watching this man reck-
lessly lighting and throwing away his
cigars at a recent game.
Said the first
II want to see him during seventeen
inning game.
Inquired the second:
Want to see him go bankrupt?
No. replied the first. Il want to see
carries with him. AS near as l can
make out he must have between three
and four million for each game.
n URING the game between st. Louis |
. and Washington. which Bob Groom |
won in an easy walk. fan introduced
a new song which became the hit Of the
day for those around him. 1t consisted |
of a couplet. couple of lines that can |
be repeated again and again ad infinitum. |
After Groom had struck out has tenth
man the fan arose and this is the song
he chanted:
Bob Groom.
Human broom.
1t made a hit with the rest OF the
crowd and they began chanting it, Then
a quartet, aided by mint juleps that had
been assimilated prior to the game, in
the remark in the shape of
song with quantity of barber-shop
chords.
1t was the most popular bit of music
that has been lugged into the ball field
for many day.
rUST before the opening of the inves-
! tigation of the tariff lobby Senator
Overman of North Carolina, one of the
most enthusiastic Of fans, visited thai