The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-02-27

military attache. Theskipg was es7
corted to the royal box. Tie multi
,tude rose up and +chercd, while the
,,trfe Baseball teams lined up in front
of tile box and gave three cheers and
a cheer for the, king. II
lH,CAmbassados iPagc4 tlyenh presented
JHJ: tNfcGraw, Charles Al, ( Gonniskey,
Jim callahansand Others to the king.
who shook the hand of each man
lleartilygand said: 81 am delighted
ito meet you and to have the pleasure
cf;seeing the teams play
The American ambassador then
handed new ball to the king which
the latter threw to Callahan, thus
isymholically pitching the first ball.
Prom that moment until DAILY knock-
ed his home run in the eleventh In.
ming and won the game for the sox
the king was intensely absorbed In,
The contest. Ambassador Page sat at
ais right and Secretary Laughlin at
his left to keep the king posted on,
the plays. The king was, eager for
information. He did not miss sin
gle detail and insisted on every play.
being explained to him. But it was
not necessary to explain anything to
l,imftwice and by the end of the see.
ond inning he had grasped the rudi;
,n,ents Of the game.
In the eighth inning with three
';men3on bases and one man out. the,
batsman hit to first! who threw
home, thus preventing a run. The
king Immediately said: II see the
wisdom OF that first baseman throw.
ing home because 1t stopped a rum
It was in this inning that Pitcher
Benz hit a batsman with the ball
which caused rooter to yell, that's
right; kill him." The king rocked
back and forth with a laughter and
when the player took his base TIE
king, who was still laughing remark
!. cd: HE certainly deserves something
for being hit" Y 5Sc
On another occasion u foul nearly
hit policeman wlio was standing on
the. side lines. causing him to duck.
and then lose the dignity which he
should have maintained in the royal
presence. Again the kings merri-
,aent cquailed that Of anyDof the
crowd BY tbs time Eng;,and's mon
arch had become not only one of;the
fannicst of fans, but a. competent
critic, and on one occasion wien the
unipircTcalled strike the king dis
sented. e 81
On the other side of the field the
hero Of tile: blcachers was Mike Don.
I'm, the Giants center fielder. Mike
won their hearts within five minutes
of the opening Of the game, anu ii
thereafter they shouted Mike,
Mike" at him on every OCCASION d
Through Ambassador Page last
evening King George sent to consts-
!, Likely and Mefsrawsa message thanking
tthem for the great pleasure he de-
Ilriyed from witnessing such i mag.
Itnidesnt game. There lsaHttle doubt
THAT the king Is Sorry that the teams
are to sail for home on Saturday, as
ySthis will prevent him from seeing Nj.
ether contest. Z
Il McGrawaand Comiskey were them:
selves enthusiastic. oycr the game.
They said 1t was, a first class contest,
Just the king to. give the English AN
Opportunity Of passing Judgment son
the sport, comislsey said: This Is
The climax Of our trip. We have had
cyations everywhere, but to play such
game before such a crowd in the
presence of the King Of England viii
send every member Of the teams
home a happy man." r
Tie game resulted In "a hot finish.
1t was tie atitwo runs at tie end
OF the ninth. The Giants scored
twice In the first half OF the ninth,
on Lobert8 home run, and Crawford
tied the score againwith a home run
which brought in a man from SEES,
ond ahead ofSthe batsrnan. In tia
eleventh the Giants went out in or
der. q;
DAILY; the first man rs for chr
eago in the eleventh, made a home
run and this gave the game to chi
eago BY the score Of S to 4. Tie
siants made four errors, while the