The Washington times., 1917-05-31
Won RINTELEN GETS
JOLT FROM SUNDAY
Evangelist Shuns Shaking
Hand Of Hun Potter.
HITS GERMAN ON TOMBS VISIT
Against Your Whole Bunch" He
Tells TeutOn Briber.

NEW YORK. May 3l.-In the language
Of certain famous ex-ball player who
is now the worlds best known evan
gelist. Captain Won Rlntelen got two
strikes on Billy Sunday yesterday when
william hit him for a home run
Taking the same thought out Of the
baseball vernaeular that is very popular
up around 1Ssth street and Broadway
these days, the German agent refused TO
shake hands with Billy Sunday at the
close OF the Tombs meeting yesterday
morning. and Billy came back promptly.
effectively and emphatically by remark
ing that he considered II an honor not
to shake hand that had tried TO bride
American officials with the Kaiser's
gold"
Il don't want to meet you." snArled
Won RinteIen when Billy was being in
troduced at the close OF the meeting. Il
hear you're against the Emperor and
are speaking disrespectfully Of him."
against Your whole Bunch.
you bet your life I'm against him. =
Billy answered I'm against your whole
bunch. You've got 1t doped out exactly
right And II you think you can come
over here and bribe our men with your
dirty gold you've got It all wrong. /
consider myself greatly honored that you
haven't touched my hand"
David Lamar, who was recently SEN
fenced, along with Won Rintelen. was.
on the other hand. very glad to meet
Billy. and spoke to him about the
good work the evangelist was doing
in New York. Billy. with Rodey and
/ - =
party. was introduced to a number Of
the Tombs prisoners, and all seemed
delighted to meet the visitors. with
the one exception
The bitter criticism Of Won Rintelen,
however, did not In the least deter
Billy from taking his usual hearty
swing at the German government In
fact. he seemed TO hit a little harder
and freer than ever before.
Lord. damn a country that will do
the things our enemy Is doing" he
cried in his closing prayer yesterday
afternoon. Il won't pray for a land
like that; the sooner it's damned the
better.
@MaIIed Fist to TraItors--
Jesus. make bare Your arm and
protect our nag that has never yet
trailed in the dust. and help US all to
see our duty to our country. Make
our boys see what an honor and privi-
lege 1t Is to serve our nag. Let those
who cannot go to the firing line buy
Liberty bonds. And show Your mailed
fist to the traitors who are trying to
keep our young men from doing their
duty on Tuesday. d, Help US to end this
terrible struggle, Jesus. Prayers
wouldn't do any good when we tried
them, 50 we've got to use, bullets
now" ~.
Billy's evening sermon was called
what to Do to Be Saved" and ac-
cording to the hair trigger evangelist,
"the Great Physician. God, has dag
nosed our case and prescribed just
two things-believe in Jesus Christ
and confess. You can't belong to q
lodge unless you comply with their
regulations and you can't be saved
and join Gods lodge unless you COM
ply with His rules. Get into Gods
territory and you can bet your life
He'll never sign requisition papers
to let the devil yank you back from
His side"
The call for trail hitters brought
forward 1.15O. In the afternoon $50
came down the sawdust paths. max
ing a total of 1.4s0 for the day.