Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-03
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ABOUT ARMY CANE
Lieut.. Comdr. Anderson, Baseball
Representative, Tells How
Ii Was Done
NEVER FEARED DEFEAT

The following Is the speech Of 1t
Cpmdr Lesley B. Anderson, baseball
representative Navy Athletic Associa-
Itiop. uDon the return of the baseball
squad from West Polpt lane i. 1919
In connection with baseball would
like 10 take this opportunity Of invit-
|ing your attention to one o. the ON
cial rules III the game, which states
that the last ball in play shall be-
come the property of the winning
club Here is that particular ball.
Details All right Here they
are Our plan of attack was In brief
as follows: TO start the game with
Gaines pitching: We knew his speed.
land curves would be effective for III
least three innings. We expected 10
follow mp this south paw With Ralph
Baker, shifting from left ID q right
handler: then az the end of the game
have a. M Baker slip them few spit
baIla To finish up on. Gaines was go
Ing so we'll at the end Of kbe third In
alng that we decided 10 ct him try
the fourth II was go thing We
did. II made the game Interesting
with the bases full MEGA ~ let loose
q home run. Then Ralph baker went
in the box and showed real baseball
sayey. He let Mcsrath make home
run. after which McGrath didn't have
much pep, II was soon evident that
he couldn't last much longer.
In the sixth Miner led on with the.
first Navy run. followed By Pine and
HlakesIee Things began to look bet
ter with the score to 8. But let me
tell y0u. that Navy team went up
there 10 win When the score was Ave
TO nothing. Blakeslee smiled and the
team smiled. why its only the fourth
inning, was what they ware thinking.
And the mule! The mule couldn't
stand those smiles. He, tn call 1t he
IL want to, let out across the field
with two Cadets as sea anchors The
Cadets dropped OH but the mule con
finued on and jumped into the Hud-
son River The mule hasn't been seen
aimee. The last person saw that
night was the police sergeant looking
for the mule
And lii the seventh inning Oh that
seventh / hear you All stood up for
the seventh down here In the Armory.
THAT was fine. The backing you gave
the team was what really made them
hght. And they did fight.
with two on bases BIake6lee failed
to carry out orders His Instructions
were to bunt the first one II Il was 4
strike. The first one was strike, s
drop. and he let It so by Then he
didn't know what To do. So to solve
the dlAlculty he put the next ball
pitched over CuIlum Hall. And the
score was Army 5. Navy s.
''The Army tied the score In their
Aaalf, but We didn't care. We knew
then SIS well as we knew efore the
game, and IS well rs we Bnow now
THAT they were licked
.The game wasn't actually over,
however, until the eleventh, when
Blakeslee opened up with three bag
ger over the right nelder's head. The
bit was labeled four bases but II only
went FOR three, because the Army Is
aever slow to learn. Their right
fielder was playing Sos yards from the
home plate. Then Humphreys landed
the ball against Cullum Hall, but 4
bounced back and he only got two
bases. Those two were enough. for
lBlakeslee came Ii With the winning
run. But TO show that there we're no
hard feelings. We didn't stop. Mil
holland walked and Clnnghley hit the
ADan. We want that ball as trophy
when 1t stops hope some ship will.
eight It and pick Il up. About this
time Il N. Baker leaned against oTls Of
Milton'a shoots. Any ether man on
the team could have made eight bases
ION the nit. Baker stopped 81 third,
nut they called him out for little
thing ike missing second base pr
about two yards You see he hadn't
rehearsed the play very well earlier
In the season,
.sTha game wasn't Ofaeially over
until BlakesIee, whose name you've
heard asefora.. caught this hall out In
center Aald. The team vas great,
,conldnf hare heen bettar Fight,
night, fight. al the way slagpssg Not
only tina othar team but thas Whole
Army IL hope the Nayy Which has al-
ways stood Tor clean sport, Will never
let enthusiasm and desire 70 Yin,
iaaye them oRan 20 criticism Oar
bench as put Atteen fRat in 'front.' g
Inc Corps .OR Cadets On The thiEa base
side. We coulda't hear ourselves
think. The Army bench mas on the
first base aide. RetMean our bench
and the stand the grOupa VAS resaFy-
"a gor tbs menagerse. We sol dtxsy
trying 10 Match the GnSne. and avoid
the mules heals at the same time.
when tinae was called TO bandage
mn Miner, who. III the way. played
Ithat ganae with ! three-inch slit half
inca deep ln his ankle. re moved our