The New York herald., 1921-08-12
Newport Society
Seeks Diversion in
Baseball Game
Team Composed Of Summer
ColOnists to Play Against
City Officials.

gpecial Despatch to THE NEW YoRK HERALD.
NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 11.-Baseball is
now on the minds of society. Whether
II is due to the recent defeat OF the
Navy here by the Great Lakes team, or
the ordinary morning talk at the read
ing room, baseball in going to be played,
and with their usual daring the sum-
mer residents have challenged the city
officials. Sumner Gerard will head the
summer colony ball throwers and Mayor
Jeremiah P. Mahoney will be the cap
tain of the city team. Among those
who have already reported as candi-
dates for the positions on the summer
team are Messrs. George Peabody Gar
diner Jr., Charles Dunlap. Louis S.
Treadwell. Joseph Hartman Jr., Suy-
dam Cutting, Henry p. Russell. Arthur
9. Gay and Henry Sturgis. Mr.. Gerard
has issued a call to any summer visitors
help In any way in the coming contest,
10 send their names to him at his Red
Cross avenue residence.
The posters for the game are being
circulated and are attracting consid-
cradle attention, and the affair promises
TO be one of the leading social events
OF the season. Already the patronesses
include Mines. Vanderbilt Alexander
Hamilton Rice. Edward j. Berwind,
Arthur Curtiss James, Brady Hartman,
Pembroke Jones. 7. Suffern Taller, Ir-
win 3. Laughlin, William Storrs Wells,
William y. Sims, Charles S. Whiteman,
J. Francis A. Clark, Douglas z. Dis
mukes, Stuart Duncan Hugh d. Auchin-
Gloss, Bradford Norman, Cornelius H.
Tangeman. James H. Darlington, John
Elliott and Goadby Loew.
The committee in charge of the enter
tainment includes Mayor Mahoney, Mr..
Sumner Gerard, Miss Maude Wetmore.
Dr. Alexander Hamilton Rice, Mr.. Will
lam +. Whftehouse, Mrs. Clark Burdick.
Mrs. jeremiah p. Mahoney, Mrs. Sims.
Mrs. Dismukes. Mrs. Walker Breese
Smith. Mrs. John Nicholas Brown. Mrs.
Louis 5. Treadwell. Mrs. Max Levy, Mrs.
Joseph Hartman. Mrs. Fletcher w.
lAawton, Mrs. Charles Moran. Mrs. Her
bert w. Smith, Mrs. j. Francis A. Clark.
Mrs. Whitney Warren and Mrs. Robert
w. Lovett.
Gives Party for Children.
NAS. ehioiohe Jones gave childreN'S 8
party at Sherwood this afternoon for
the Young daughter of Mrs. John Rus
sell Pope.
This evening at the Clam Bake Club
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert G. Shaw End
were the hosts. and as usual the gath
ering was somewhat cosmopolitan. Af-
ter dinner there was informal dancing
and almost everybody came.
Mrs. Oliver II. p. Belmont gave a
large luncheon to-day at the Golf Club
and fifty of her friends greeted her
there.
Tonight brought many entertain
ments and those giving dinners took
their guests later to the dance at the
Glam Bake Club. Mrs. John Nicholas
Brown gave a dinner at Harbour Court.
Mr.. Conde Mast gave a dinner at Cave
Clif and Mrs, Astor had friends for
dinner at Beachwood.
Mrs. Frederick w. Rhinelander viii
give a luncheon tomorrow and Mrs.
William Fahnestock will give a dinner.
On Saturday Mr.. and Mrs. John Aspe-
gren will have large dinner at the
d'Hauteville villa and Mrs. Whitney
Warren also will entertain.
The committee in charge or the New
port Horse Show. consisting OF Messrs.
Henry +. Eldridge. Prescott Lawrence,
Reginald G. Vanderbilt and DR.. Thomas
g. Ashton, to-day sent out the prize
list for the twenty-fifth annual show.
Society is always greatly interested in
these events and the boxees have al
ready been taken to almost full capacity.
Judges for Horse show.
The judges this year will be Mr..
Charles +. Williams of Stonington,
Conn, for the harness and breeding
classes Mr.. r. Penn Smith of Union
vile, Pa, saddle classes, and Mr.. Al
fred 3. Maclay of New York, hunters.
The entry list closes August is. There
are fifty-three classes in this year, one
OF which is for hunt teams of three
each, TO be ridden by hunt members or
hunt servants in livery. Mr.. Clarence
w Dolan has offered the prizes for
this class and Mrs Francis p. Garvan
has offered prizes in the saddle classes
Mrs. Oliver G.. Jennings will give q
dinner for fifty guests Saturday evening
and the event will be followed by infor-
NAL dancing
Mrs Charles r. Phelps. Jr.. and her
daughter. Miss Elizabeth Phelps, ar
rived last night TO visit Capt. W. Wood
ward Phelps. y. S. r.. and Mrs. Phelps.