The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-01
Charity Alone Covers Errors
In Weird Congressional Game
By THEODORE TILLER.

and gets "bawled out" from the Demo
cratic dugout.
The Marine Band plays ''DiIie" as
the Democrats take the field. Repuo-
licans make charge of Immortality
against band when It plays inspiring
Southern airs every time the Demo
Gratis get behind. Band played
Maryland, Ny Maryland" "Hows
Every Little Thing In Dixie, and
Dixie" putting pep into the majority
team. $500
Runs for Fly Ball.
Sears of FIorida-Democrat OF
course-ran far in for fly ball and
muffed it.
Rouse (Democrat) of Kentucky. rips
of two-bagger. Might have gone to
third. but was too fat. Punrs while
crowd .applauds.
NORM OF Pennsylvania, Republican
first baseman. made two errors at
once Dropped the same ball twice.
handed catch.
Webb OF North Carolina fears Pat
Harrison Is weakening in the box.
Undoubtedly webb wants TO pitch
himself.
Captain Miller starts back to plate
from nrst. thinking he was out. He
Is rescued just in time.
wahley Of South Carilna discovers
he can't throw lem across the dia-
mond. He throws them on the bounce
to home plate .,-
Pat Harrison caught of base he
tween first and second. "Is he try
ing to throw the game away?" yelis
Webb. That's twice he's done that"
Webb still wants TO pitch. So
BaHharach (Republican) tries to
score from third after three men are
out 81
Captain Miller makes great pss to
nrst' and beats Webb out Of hit.
Tive 1iea seeES.
In the nth two. men score on
SIudd's wild pitch. They move as
slowly as the woman suffrage amend
ment, but eventually lope in.
President lchuekles as Captain Mil
Ter falls over CONGRESSMAN whsley at
third. They argue with umpire
They got to Pitcher Harrison in
the NTH, and Webb takes his place.
Webb pitches two innings and re-
tires.
Democrats pull big rally in the
sixth, scoring ten runs Congress
man Joe Russell OF Missouri. sitting
In the grandstand. awakes from q
melancholy reverie and whoops like a
boy. Congressman Rubey OF Missouri,
also in the grandstand. who claims
he was the nrst man ever to pitch
a curved hall In the Show Ne" State,
stands and waves his hat wildly. A
Republican in the rear yells "sit
down.
Aieclintie. of Oklahoma. Democratic
catcher. had struck out so often he
wouldn't even remove his shin guards
In the sixth. He seemed surprised
when he made a hit and had TO run.
Gard. Democrat, Of Ohio. put in as q
pinch hitter. He doubles and brings
10 three runs.
HIts Long Fly IntO Left.
Sydney Mudd Of Maryland. Repub-
Hean pitcher. lift long ny into left.
cengressman Joe Sears Of Florida was
reading the advertising signs around
him. Mud reached third before Sears
started after the ball. 1t was
homer Much chagrin In the Demo-
cratic dugout.
McCIintlc, forgetting that he was
playing baseball and not football.
tackled Farr as he came into home.
Umpire Grin refused to stand for the
tackle stuff, and Farr was scored as
he upbraided McClintic.
Jones OF Texas imagines he's Ty
Cobb, and tries 20 steal home. He lie
caught and called down by Byrnes.
Webb. Harrison. 81 al. o..
You'll never win At baseball II you
always play II safe" retorts Jones.
"Pve played enough to know you
gotta take a chance. Besides, he
didn't touch me. am out, but
wasn't"
CONGRESSMAN Rogers Of Massashu-
sets, Republican, went in as a sub
| stitute. He wore a mutasche ard u
pair Of eye glasses. looking much like
the pictures of the baseball players
in the eighties.
prince Cupid" OF Hawaii. weigh
Ing around $50 or 900, now subbing
at second for Republicans. The Ha-
waiian Delegate looked as happy as a
ukaleIe player.
Too Fat to Get En-.
The Prince finds he's too fat to
catch anything, so he squats and
stops all grounders by taking up all
the room whereabouts.
Gard, who patted right-handed be-
fore, now bats Ieft-handed. He sin
gled over FIRST Republicans groan.
NORM threw wild to third and let
in the twenty FIRST run for the Demo
Gratis.
1t is noticed that although thers
are three coloTs reflected in the sox
of the players, Congressman Fairs
legs are so short that but two colors
show; the third is tucked somewhere
up above.
"Prince Cupid" endeavors 10 slide
hsadlong into home He turns side