Evening star., 1917-05-28
MASONIC BALL GAME
WILL Be BIG AFFAIR
Largest Crowd at Amateur Event
This Year Likely to Attend-Mary-
land Meet Wednesday.
By II. c. BYRD.

The annual base ball game between
the Shrine and Grotto this summer will
be the biggest affair of the year in the
whole section between two amateur
mines. One of the largest crowds of
the season is sure to be in attendance,
and that does not except the congrega-
tions that watch the professional con-
tests. Preparations now being made for
meeting of the teams representing the two
Fairgrounds Of Masonry are such as to
make sure success from every standpoint.
Men prominently connected in Masonry
game. George M. Evans. master Of
Harmony Lodge, is chairman Of the com
mittee and John G. Hodges. president Of
the Masters Association, is one OF its
members. ]. s. Goldsmith, monarch Of the
Grotto, is manager of the Grotto team and
member of the committee. The other
members are Louis Wilson, manager Of
the Shrine team and treasurer of Temple
Noyes Lodge; Abram r. Wingate, master
st. Johns Lodge: Frederick E. Hodge.
master Dawson Lodge; Robert H. Young,
past master Harmony Lodge. Mr.. Young
is advisory member Of the committee He
was asked to serve in that capacity be-
cause he is the man who originated the
game and his long connection with it and
with base ball in general makes the
majority Of problems of that nature like
A Is Z to MN.
John G. Hodges, as the head of the
Masters Association, is keeping in
close touch with the sale Of tickets
and he stated this morning that ex-
ceptional numbers were being disposed
OF. 1t was his opinion that there had
never been the demand for the tickets
prior to this year that there is now,
the opinion being based on the reports
from the masters of the many lodges
in the jurisdiction. The committee Is
making an effort to dispose Of 10000
of the pasteboards at SO cents each,
and it is said there is good chance of
that figure being attained.
The track and field meet at Maryland
State Wednesday morning will be the
last event of the year for the schools.
All the big high and prep schools of
Marylnad and the District Of Columbia
are entered and the list of competitors
will be almost. is not quite, as large as
in former years. There win be no in
tercollegiate part of the games. as the
State squad could find no opponent
even for a dual meet. Delaware Coll
lege was to have met State May 5. but
when the games were set back until
this week Delaware could not enter,
as it had booked a dual meet with Le-
high.
The meet will give Latta of Central
and Sheehap of Tech another char Ito
Tome Sheehan beat Latta by ma. gin
of two yards, but Bill Foley, the Cen
tral coach, thinks that Latta can win
from the Tech man. Each has wen a
race now, Latta having been the VIC
tor in the high school meet last spring
and Sheehan in the event at Tome. The
race Wednesday will make the third
and final chance the two will have to
get together in scholastic circles, as
both graduate this spring.
Tome is sending down a big squad in
the hope Of capturing the meet. Up at
Green's boys took the most points, but
gave the trophy to the next best
squad-Central High. It will be quite
a fiting ending to the Tome season
if it can score a victory.
Clarendon won from the Cleveland
nine yesterday at Clarendon by score
of to 0. Pfeil pitched fine ball for the
winners. and his duel with Shaffer of
the Clevelands was interesting. to say
the least. Clarendon scored one run
in the fourth and another in the eighth.
Ten men fell before Pfeil's delivery on
strike-0uts.
Twenty-seven runs were scored by
the Rex Athletic Club and the National
Capital Press teams yesterday in a
game at 18th and d streets southeast.
The count was Is to II in favor of Rex.
The winners counted twelve runs in
the second and third periods. which
gave it a margin that enabled it to
win. Those runs were need. though,
as the losers Tailed consistently all
through the contest. Poor fielding and
wildness on the part of the pitchers
were responsible for many of the
runs.
The Westover team went to Fort
Hunt yesterday to play the nine rep
resenting the soldiers stationed there.
The local athletic club lost by to 0.
Quayle's fine pitching for the soldiers