Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-24
SHRINE is WINNER
OVER GROTTO NINE
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get appropriate interment. but it also
had arranged for a burial. At great
cost it had constructed under it's altar
a fine sepulcher for that Grotto effigy
and goat. For one full years it had de-
terrnined that the body" Of the Grotto
1t could not prepare such incantations
and magic as would be necessary for
success in June, 1918. SO in the eighth
a base on balls and mighty triple by
Dust-which should have been caught
scored one run, and Il few minutes later
Dust busted down the third base line at
a mile minute clip and laid himself
open to arrest by becoming guilty of
stealing home plate. He was let Oft.
though. as a hastily formed jury de-
virtue when said crime was committed
in winning from the Grotto-the jury
was Louis Wilson. Roe Fulkerson, Hen
ry Lansburgh and several other mem
bers Of the Shrine.
When the ninth inning opened up.
with the Grotto one run behind. Thomp-
son not only had to face the bats Of
the Grotto players, but was assailed
by battery armed with roman can
dies. which fired three salvos before
Umpire King called n halt on the war
fare and decided that line drives were
enough for the pitcher to dodge with
out him being put to the Inconvenience
Of ducking balls of fire at the same time.
time.
While the thousands iourneyed to
the park to watch the fun they knew
was in store, there was the serious
side to the contest. The base ball
itself. while to the players of all-im-
portance. was rather an incident to
thousands felt they had been welded
into closer bonds of friendship and
brotherhood drought whole-souled
mutual aid to the cause of charity.
lx.l1 tr,t.
dowmcnt fund of the Masonic and
Eastern Star Home. and by reason Of
an outgrowth Of the contest thousands
more may go to the Red Cross. It
gave men a chance to forget for the
moment great cares and opened up
new ways and thoughts to those who
made their first visit to a Masonic
game.
At the end of the struggle-and it
was real struggle, for all the fun
the "body" of the Grotto were again
brought forth by the Shrine. Exhibited
for a few moments, each was borne
VIGOROUSLY away to the resting place
prepared for 1t.
Just before the game started sig
nal honor was conferred upon l.. Whit
ing Estes. potentate of Almas Temple
by the Grotto. Mr.. Estes was called
to the home plate and presented with
a solid gold card for life membership
in the Grotto. 1t was only the second
time in the history of the organizatio
that such honor has been given.
Potentate Estes departed Immediately
after the game to catch :, train for
MINNEAPOLIS. where he is one of the rep
resentatives of Amas Temple at the
Supreme Council meeting of the Shrine
He left before getting chance to
congratulate his players. but stopped
off at Harrisburg long enough to tele-
graph word Of how proud he felt over
the victory He is accompanied on the
trim by Louis c. Wilson. Henry Ians-
burgh and James T. Gibbs. the other Of
fetal representatives
There was good base ball and bad
base ball. played before what undoubt-
edly was the largest crowd that ever
watched an amateur contest here. An
estimate placed the number of persons
present at 10000 Forest Thompson
pitched good ball for the Shrine, fan
ming twelve men. though he was hit
hard In one or two innings
Mclean did some fine fielding at sec
ond Walker and Mccarthy hit the ball
hard for Grotto. and Dust batted well
for Shrine. The game was one Of the
hest of it's kind ever played
There was plenty of fun, good base
hall fine craftsmanship on the part OF
ewerybody and a general good time. There
ia however. ono question which must al
ways remain unanswered:
What does the goat thinf? He can
not tell because the Shrina has him
hidden where he is not to De found
Here is the story in cold figures: