The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-27

Independent of the regular baseball
game at Broad Street Park Yesterday
afternoon, several other things of in.
terest transpired during the two hours
or more of entertainment If not the
most important, the gentle rain play
ed the biggest part in the days doings
outside of the hot time the players
had. But. besides the drops of water
that began to drip-drip drip calmly
aimlessly and carelessly at first. and
then threaten to turn the diamond
into a huge mud pie, there were still
other things going on. And. as a
famous man was once quoted to say,
by that hangs a tale" or words pro
and con to that effect.
Down near the decorated box at the
west end of the grandstand was Kes-
nich's band, which. by the way. did
not melt with their watery existence,
and played throughout the seven in
nings of pastiming. And in the box
were the notables of the day, sur
rounded by ladies and flags and peo-
pie and water. There for the express
purpose of making the opening sur
pass any previous Inauguration a
score of persons well known in Rich
mond and in the United States gen.
orally. not only for baseball acumen,
but for social. business and political
prominence, sat throughout the seven
innings Of ball activity and dampness
and watched the Buffalo and Virgin
ians clash. The ten thousand, moro
or less, persons who surrounded the
box kept their eyes glued on the per-
sons therein when they were not
lamping at the ball playing, and, after
n census OF the box was made follow
ing the game the consensus of opin-
ion was that I'VE 'uns in the box lie
SOME 'uns"
Many Notable Present.
OF course. Governor Henry Carter
Stuart was there. And so was Mayor
George Atnslie and Predetermined
Wiison)--Alvtn NJ Smith. of the
Richmond ball club, dressed up just
lovely. with smiles, cigars, etc. etc.
and with no place to go to except
home. after it was all over, Besides
the aforementioned were. among
members OF the gentler sex, Mrs.
Robert Kelly. wife of the representa-
tive OF the Buffalo Daily Times. who
liz in Richmond with the Buffalo team;
Mrs. ". II. Parker. Mrs. Alvin NJ.
Smith, Mrs. Grover Dula, Miss Snead.
President Gerry Simon, of the Buff
falo club. along with Dr. w. II.
Parker, MessrE. Howard Smith and
George Dannohee. friends OF his. and
Messrs. Frank Beardsley and c. A.
Mortland. representing the Richmond
Advertisers Club. Messrs. Grover
Dula. Julian Hill and Fritz Sitterding
completed the quota OF persons who
occupied the honorary chairs. The
only one missing conspicuously from
last season was Kelly Jacobs. and he
couldn't come because OF business ar
rangements.
President Simon and Fritz sitter
ding were in lively conversation dur
ing the proceedings. Simon and Sit
terding were classmates al George
town University some ten years ago.
Simon and Sitterding. a clever pair,
80 twas said, were telling each other
about their various adventures at the
Washington School. when someone IN
the rear yelled, That's enough. :nat' S
enough. When you get through ;aIk-
ing. We'll take the game" President
Simon was not particularly anxious
for I'VE" to take tho game and want
ed TO talk more, but the change OF
events in the sixth and seventh frames
led him 10 cease with the 'old memo
rtes" talk until last night when he
and Fritz are said to have met again
and talked over the adventures once
again. president simon was SURPRISED,
Just like many others, excepting. of
course. 'Tndomitable Alvin" and Billy
Smith, when the locals drove the
seven counters across the ''non-skid-
der" But he merely smiled and turn
ed. surely. slowly, sadly away.
just Talk That's All.
Outside of what the two excel
Iegians and school boys had said moth
ing out OF the ordinary WAS the run OF
conversation in the honor box. Talk
of the game followed in rapid success
sion. Mayor Alnslie commented a
couple of times on the progress OF the
game. Governor Stuart once began 10
talk. but came to a hush in n hurry.
1t was in the fifth when Richmond got
men on bases and were trying to bring
run across. No one. according TO
him. was shaking up noise. I'm sur
prised the fans are not making more
fuss and starting things" said the
Chief Executive of the State. Prssi-
dent Smith was right behind him and
told him Just to wait awhile. Cover
nor Stuart did wait and when the