Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-30
CHEWCHASE CLUB
wins BALL GAME
Defeats Its Old Rival, Metro.
poIitan, in Annual Con-
test for Charity.
SOCIETY OUT IN FORCE
TOCHE6R FOR PLAYERS
Score Is IL, too, With Some Lively
Batting in the Fifth Inning
That Assures Victory.

The Chevy Chase Club base ball team
stepped on it's old rival. the Metropolitan
CUB team, out at American League Park
yesterday afternoon in the annual game
between the two clubs. The score was IL
to 0 In favor OF Chevy Chase.
The down-trodden Metropolitan Club.
however. struggled gallantly through the
nine innings. 1t could not connect safe
ly with the shoots of Capt Myron NJ.
Parker. jr. of the Chevy Chase aggrega-
ton. who allowed only five safe hits dur
ing the entire game. It must be admit
ted. though. that after the fatal fifth in
ming. when Chevy Chase fell upon Capt
Preston Gibson, the slab artist of the
Metropolitan Club. and gathered in nine
runs. Capt. Parker eased up and just
lobbed the ball over the plate.
The game was played for the benefit of
the free ward of Providence Hospital A
large gathering of men and women
prominent in Washington society watch
ed the teams struggle for supremacy, ap-
plauding the errors as well as the plays
of their friends.
Give Capital Support.
It must be said that the Chevy Chase
inf1eld gave Parker capital support and
looked good for base hit or more.
Weaver at first. Harold Chase at short.
Ptlson at second and DR.. Spencer at
third danced about the diamond in
clever style.
For the first four innings the game
moved along without particular event,
though Chevy Chase showed its ability
to score by taking a run in both the first
| and second innings.
The Metropolitan Club opened the same
at the bat. Henri de sibour. veteran
| steal second and third, but there he
| died. For Myron Parker after walking
| him frightened up and pitched nine strikes
| retiring the side.
All Over in the Fifth.
| Preston Gibson. playwright as we'll as
pitcher, who used to pitch when he went
to Yale a dozen years ago. took up the
task OF pitching for the Metropolitan
team. kortright Church. the Chevy
Chase Gather. himself a more recent
graduate of Yale. was the first man to
face Capt Gibson. He connected safely,
driving the ball to left field for single.
DIR. Blair Spencer struck out. but Dr.
a. Y P Garnett drew a. pass He was
out later stealing third. Parker and
Weaver each hit safely. While P1lson
was at the bat Parker got caught on
second Church stole home during the
mix-up, but a moment later Parker was
put out.
In the next frame. Randall Hagner and
S. S. Hanks Of the Metropolitan team
each hit safely, but Murray Cobb struck
out, Henri de Sibour. jr.. was out on a
sacrifice and Preston Gibson popped up a
fly to the infield-
The fifth inning was a scream" that
is during the batting of the Chevy Chase
team. Capt. Gibson apparently had
wearied or the Chevy Chase men had
their eye on the ball. They made total
of seven hits, which, aided by the errors
of the Metropolitan team. yielded a total
of nine runs. 1t was all over but the
shouting The Chevy Chase club did
make another run in the eighth and
made the score a full dozen. Church.
who led his team at the bat with four
safe hits. got the last run.
Official Score.
The box score, from which the error
column has been omitted, not for the
sake of charity, but because the official
scorer lost track, was as follows: