The Washington herald., 1915-05-23
SOCIAL LEADERS
OF CAPITAL LOSE
Racquet Club Of Philadelphia
Wins Ball Game Held
i
for Charity.
CONTEST NETS $1,000
Local Athletes Cannot Hit and Dave
Tenant Batted Freely by Visitors.
Score Is ] to ;.

Frequent exhibitions of juggling by the
infields and the ability of the outnelders
to grab the balls before they bounded
over the fence featured the ball game at
American League Park yesterday after
noon between the Racquet Club. COM
posed of society men of Philadelphia ana
team representing the Metropolitan and
Chevy Chase clubs, Of this city. for the
benefit of the free wards OF providence
Hospital.
The players fought bravely through six
innings when the heart of King Pluvius
was touched by the painting OF the out
fielders. who had covered every inch of
the field a score of times in pursuit Of
the elusive sphere. and poured down
d.luse of H2O. ending the game with
the score to in favor Of the Quaker
City team. The winners were AWARDED a
silver loving cup.
The score does not give either team
credit for the amount of exertion re-
quired to stop the ball when hit. and
TO hit it when at Dat. 1t often seemed
as though some mysterious force kept
the bat from touching the ball. as the
volunteer athletes swung with all their
might. And when the ball would occa-
sionally get in the way of the bat the
entire infield deemed it their duty to
throw out the runner. One of the fea-
men left on bases.
1t looked as though the Racquet Club
would walk away with the local aggre-
CATION up to the fourth inning. when
Dave Tenant. pitching for the locals.
was yanked in favor Of Lieut. George
yesterday, L. s. A., who kept the visitors
to one hit and one run the remainder
of the game.
The Washington team. especially the
outfield, demonstrated its remarkable
ability at sprinting when the Racquet
Club was at bat, but the local boys
found il so hard to get on base that
their f1eetnes. of foot awaited them little
In scoring runs. Ted Coy. former Yale
football star. played right field for the
locals and Danny Hutchinson, Of the
University of Pennsylvania, held down
third for the visitors.
Few Hits, Lots of Errors.
Both teams got in the way of so many
drives without stopping them that the
hits were few, the locals making six
and the visitors seven. Giving the field
er the benefit of the doubt in every case.
there were about six errors chalked up
against each team.
In spite of the threatening weather. a
large number of society folk filed the
boxes and grandstand. The ladies in
charge of the affair stated last night that
they expect the receipts reached 81, 900.
Miss Isabel Hagner occupied the box
of Secretary McAdoo. Others In boxes
were:
Chief Justice and Mrs. White, Mr..
and Mrs. George Howard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alexander Wichfeld. Mr.. and
Mrs. LarZ Anderson. Mr.. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Letter. Mr.. and Mrs. Murray
Cobb. Mr.. and Mrs. Reynolds Hit,
Mrs. Stephen b. Elkins. Mr.. and Mrs
Woodbury. Blair, Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh
Legare, Admiral and Mrs. Glover. Mr.
and Mrs. Frank B. Noyes. Mr.. ana
Mrs. J. s. Webb. Col. and Mrs. John
r. Williams. Mrs. Norman Williams
and Mrs. Ord Preston. DR.. and Mrs.
James F. Mitchell, the Misses Riggs.
the Misses Patten, Mrs. Miltenbergsr.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Belmont. Capt
and Mrs. Baldwin, Mr.. and Mrs. H. a.
Nandergrift, Gen. and Mrs John A
johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. William Bur-
ton. Mr.. F. A. Richardson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Glover. DR. and Mrs
Louis Lehr. Col. and Mrs. Charles
McCawley. Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Bona
parte, Mr.. and Mrs. Cpshur Moorhead.
Dr. and Mrs. J. Breckenridge Bayne.
Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge Jordan, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Hagner. Mr.. and
Mrs. Britton Browne. Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Roosevelt. Mrs. Robert Nc
Cormick, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederic A.
Delano, Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Kauh-
mann. Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Brit
ton, Mr.. and Mrs. S. c. Neale, Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Cleveland Perkins. Mr..
and Mrs. l. T. Mann. Mr.. and Mrs.
Mason Gulick. MIR. and Mrs. Benjamin
Minor. and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank J.
Hogan.
The box score, as accurate as poss-
ible. will be found in the sporting
section.