Evening star., 1916-08-11
Rally in Sixth Inning.

The repuDncdnS started StrOnS anu IOf
the frst flve innings they held the lead.
In the sixth. the democrats located the
shoots Of Sydney Mudd. the youthful rep
resentative from Maryland. who was for
merly q base ball star at Georgetown
University. Before they got through they
had scored six times.
How the democrats yelled II sounded
Ike a field day In the House chamber with
Majority Leader Kitchin holding the floor.
But their joy was short lived. In the
next inning the republicans put eight
runs across the plate and went into the
lead, never again to be headed.
The congressional ball players wore real
base ball suits. some Of them borrowed
from the Washington team. some Of them
suits which they wore in their college
days. In spots there was some real base
ball. But as rule, IL the batter hit the
ball at all he was safe at first.
For the republicans, Sydney Mudd,
Royal johnson of South Dakota, who
caught; Eddie Foster" Farr Of Pennsyl-
vania. Tom Miller OF Delaware and
Dennison Of Illinois were the stars Sgd
sixth inning. held the democrats safe.
That is. he allowed them no more than
one run an inning.
In the sixth the republican pitcher
changed places with johnson, going
behind the plate. where he used to play
in his college days at Georgetown. In
the seventh inning Mudd rested at
third. while Tom Miller of Della
ware cavorted around the box. But in
the eighth and ninth Mudd went back
there was left in him. allowing only
one run in the two innings.
Webb in Bad Luck.
Representative Webb of North Caro-
lima. who led OFF in the box for the
democrats and pitched for six innings,
is an old ball player. He was running
in hard luck yesterday, however. He
went into the game with his left
shoulder in bad shape from a fall
which he had Wednesday. He pitches
right handed. or else he could not have
played AS ii was, he wore a first
baseman's mitt on his left hand to pro-
tect that arm as much as possible.
Representative Pat" Harrison of
Mississippi. who relieved Webb in the
seventh inning, was the shining star
for democrats both in the field and at
the bat. 1t was he who laced out
three-bagger in the sixth inning, with
three men on, scoring them all, and.
later. scored himself Representative
Oldheld of Arkansas and Representa-
tive Rouse of Kentucky, built on the
same generous lines, were the heavy
for the democrats. and Rouse playing
first base until the seventh inning,
when they shifted positions.
Back in the sos Representative Gal
livan of Massachusetts, was a star on
the Harvard team. Yesterday he held
down second base for the Democrats
until he couldn't move. Then he retired
from the game.
He is some base runner, successfully
negotiating steals of second and third.
But there he fell down. He started
down the line toward home. changed
his mind and started back. His feet
were too heavy and he fell over one of
them and was tagged out by Gray.
oldfeld in the Way.
Representative Miller OF Minnesota,
making a brave dash from third for
home. figured in a play that gaze the
Democrats laugh. Representative
Oldfeld's hefty person was in the base
line. He didn't move, and Miller cata-
J pulled into him. Still Old6eld did not