Evening star., 1917-09-23


In presenting the goods on behalf of
the persons who contributed the money
TO buy them Commissioner Brownlow
cited the famous saying of the Duke of
Wellington to the effect that the battle
of Waterloo was won on the cricket
fields of England. and assured the men
they could better fit themselves for the
rigors of the task they had undertaken
by indulgence in the sports made pos
sible by the foresight of Clark Crit
fifth. under whose supervision the fund
was collected.
Daniel J. Donovan, secretary to the
board of District Commissioners and
who has had charge of the work of
raising the selective service troops here.
accepted the goods on their behalf and
voiced the assurance that the District
soldiers would so acquit themselves
when transported for service to re-
fleet credit upon the capital of the ma
ton.
The presentation of the athletic ma
terials was made at the home plate
after the Districts drafted men, the
players of the Detroit and Washington
teams and detachments from the Sd
D. c. Infantry and 18th Field Artillery,
headed by Col G. B. Young and Capt.
Houlihan. respectively. had marched to
center field. where the stars and Stripes
were raised as the bands played the ma
tional anthem. Following the cere-
monies the soldiers filed into the seats
reserved for them in the upper stands
to watch the ball game.
The athletic goods. in addition to
twentv-four pairs of boxing gloves pre-
sented by the Commercial Club. in
cluded a dozen foot balls. six volley
balls. six soccer balls, which can be
used for playing basket ball, and four
complete outfits of base ball material.
each containing catcher's mask, mitt
gbac oYo' crln
and seven fielder's gloves, three bats,
three bases and one dozen balls.
On entering the park the spectators
We're given envelopes in which to pla ce
contributions to the. ball and bat fund.
and during the progress of the game Il
corps of Boy Scouts. with large imita-
ton paper mache base balls. passed
through the stands and collected them.
The contributions totaled s3s6. and will
more than paw for the continent fur
nished the soldiers yesterday.
The spectacle of the hundreds of sol
diers marching on the field to the
strains of martial music was an insnir-
ing sight and was roundly applauded
by the spectators.
The Tigers will play two games with
the Griffmen in their farewell appear
ance on the local lot tomorrow after
noon ofFcial sanction having been re-
ceived from President Johnson for the
n1aying. as part of a double header, of
the contest thrown out on Griff7th's
,rotest. Ayers is billed to pitch one
of the games and Craft the other. Man
aeer GriN7th is much impressed with
the showing Molly has made in his
duty as relief hur1e- recently. and con-
elders him deserving Of chance to
start A contest Cunnir CHAM. Da"ss or
James will work for Detroit. The first
game will start at :45 o'clock.
Sam Crane reported hack to the
Griffmen yesterday and got in a work
out with the squad before the game
Crane will get into the lineup Of the
Nationals Immediately. as Grir figures
Shanks has earned a rest. and he iS
anxious to get line on how San'
has developed during his sojourn with
the Minneapolis club. Murray may get
a chance to play later, but it is likely