The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-06-13
CLUB MEMS PERFORMANCE
FOR CHARITY A SUCCESS
Westmorelnnd Players Curry OF IIonOrs
of Annual Outdoor COntest with
Commonwealth Performers.

For the bcncA, Of the Sheltering
Arrns Free Hospital. number OF the
younger members OF the Westmore-
land and Commonwealth Clubs, az
sisted by a few OF the not ro-terribly-
young, staged At the Broad Street
open air performance as ever de-
lighted the eyes and ears OF IN Inter
estcd audience.
During the nino acts OF the produc-
ton. which WAS known as BASEBALL
the attention Of the spectators never
f.ltcrcd; IL didn't even flicker. But
i, was no: always directed toward the
performers, for very frequently II was
attracted. or distracted. by the part
taken by Individual members of the
audience. In that respect IL was. SO to
speak. q more or loss retrospective as
scmblagc.
Baseball" as presented yesterday
afternoon by this duplex company.
proved TO be- not an altogether cohcr-
ont creation. hence IL moved without
tic logical So iucnce OF cause and eff
feet commonly TO be found In we'll
CONSTRUCTED efforts. For example, when
the brightly shining star Of the double
case. Mr.. Jcriuan-- who, by the way
aroused unbounded enthusiasm by the
uniform merit OF his performance
haStcncd furiOuSl: across the sward
and. putting GU: one hand In a perfect
Is balanced manner. graspcd the re-
Volving theme OF "Bascball' and held
u above the earth. IL was somewhat
difficult TO understand WHY he CON
,inled TO hold IT, instead of passing it
quickly to some one OF mis- associates
And this difficulty OF understanding
was enhanced by the very apparent eX-
element Of his supporting company
every me,nhcr Of which was dancing
Nlih much agility straight up and
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some musical and some rather stridcnt
However. this is mere carping; the
fact remains that M. Jerman distin-
su!shcd himself throughout the after
noon, establishing himself beyond
question as one OF the ablest opponents
OF 81 baseball" Mr. Jones, OF the Com
monwealth Club--as WAS MIR. Jerman.
too-Gave another puzzling interpreta-
ton. Time ana again. hc took his
rositton in what is generally considered
tho centre OF interest, lifted his baton.
and assumed the attitude OF one about
To take an active part in the perform
ancc. But each time tho theme was
tossed toward him, thus giving him tho
opportunity to return il in some di-
VeTvent direction, he made futile mo-
tons at Il, as IL were. and, when this
had been done three times, Mr. Jones
invariably walked away without hav-
ing. so far as the uniformed spectator
''u4i bt4!, 'tNNpi1!D1l Sl!t'1 any t!!4UE To-
Y ard the forwarding of the movement
OF the piece.
still il is 10 be regretted that Col
onei Pollard. carried away through he
was by the thrilling character OF the
entertainment. should have permitted
himself 10 CRY out many dcrisive and
r!baid bits Of sarcasm and satire at
the expense of the earnest Mr.. Jones.
who was doubles doing his best. and
vas probably suffering from temper
airy indisposition. Colonel Pollard also
Interrupted the work Of MIR Rose who.
with Mr.. Bailey. had charge OF the
stage. by calling out n sharp admoni-
ton to the effect that the Common
an even brcak"--whatcvcr that may
mean.
Although the drama resolved itself
into a tragedy at the cnd-for the
commonwealth players-its progress
was relieved by much comedy, both
iiGht and farcical. Conspicuous among
these lighter moments were those
caused by the substitution OF certain
pinch hittcrs" for the regular members
OF the cast. for their efforts almost IN
vaiiably ended In disaster
colonel Hin. Mr.. Mcclure, the Iotch-
KISS Brothers-one OF whom. the
Honey Boy" Is Well known on the
local stage-and many others deserve
extended mention. but lack of sp.ce
prevents more than the following pro-
gram and recapitulation of the per-
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