Evening star., 1921-03-29


opportunity is afforded, as in the e
local team this afternoon, the hust
the most OF 1t.
Proof is found in the program of
ftors, which includes a motor trip to
the many points of interest in and
about the city in the morning and
luncheon at the Ponce de Leon, which
has the reputation of being the hand
soonest and most costly hotel in the
world.
VIII Have Busy Evening.
Following the game the visitors are
to be guests at dinner at the Alcazar
Hotel after which they will attend
program of water sports arranged in
their honor at the Casino. Another
forenoon event was golf match in
which President Griffith was paired
with Freddie Mcleod against George
the president of the St Augustine
base ball club.
If any further evidence of the pro-
gresSiveness of St. AugustiniaDs is
needed it is embraced in an official
proclamation by Mayor p. r. Perry
declaring a half holiday in recogni-
tion of the diamond attraction. After
an imposing list of "whereases" given
under his hand and the seal of the
city. etc. in addition to being properly
attested to by the city auditor and
clerk, his honor sets forth:
Il proclaim that between the hours
or 2 and s pm. be and is hereby de-
clared a holiday and that all places
of business within the corporate
limits Of the city be requested to sus-
pend business as far as practicable
between the before stated hour. so
hof Oh oft in he
community SO desiring will be given
the opportunity to attend the above
mentioned game"
Big Crowd Ii Assured.
That's the way the people of this
famous winter resort go to it when
chance comes to advertise their city
and at the same time entertain its
populace. and the prospect is that the
largest crowd ever assembled here for
a sporting event will turn out. AS for
the game itself. it promises to afford
tho big leaguers some real practice.
Tho Giants possess the title of anna
teuf champions OF Florida and have a
reputation throughout tho peninsula
They have many victories over state
sidering the fact that tho Nationals
were given q good battle by one of
them yesterday at Daytona, when they
won by the not too wide margin of
to 8, they may have to do some
hnst1ing to 9void the stigma Of defeat
son win do tho pitching for the pro-
fesaaonala
YesterdayNs gxme proved . really
contest Zachary and
Sh4w divided work on the mound and
were located for an even dozen safe
ties one more than the visitors were
able to compile or a pair Of Florida
League hurlerA Due to the short
stretches Of the outfelds, the diamond
being located on an island, homo runs
were rather numerous and naturally
had a great bearing on the outcome.
Harris. Judge and Zachary turned in
homerA the latter two with a mate
opposition did likewise.
Trip to Dayto1A T1hesone.
Tho eighteen houra. with numerous
stops and layovers en- rcute, required
to traverse the distance between
Tampa and Daytona served to i'm
press the place on the minds of the
athletes. and another prominent fac
balls and strikes The late lamented
Silk O'Loughlin never had anything
on tho homegrown Empirical product
when 1t came to originality in an
nouncing his decisions. A spectator
could close his eyes and imagine him.
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IDENTIFY having received his inspira-
tion in . Zoo. At that he did a good
Job Of guessing. few kicks being
registered
The Grifs had some trouble solv-
ing the shoots of a left-hander named
inning that they registered bingle.
Charity got IT and scored the first
run when an error put him on second
and two infield outs followed.
Harris lifted . bah into the river
hack Of right held for . tally in the
ths nth Judge di dthe Same thing
fer two moro runa Gauncefs range
W1D definitely determined in the
1txSh. when . p98a. doubles by Eller-
b end Charity and Zachary's round
trl1 valleD accounted for four runs.
seventh and prevented further scor-
ing. Zachary slid by in easy fashion
untQ tho fourth when three consecu-
tive hits. including a double, gave
Daytona its first run.
shaw StunE in Ninth.
Shaw relieved him starting with the
sixth, and after one scoreless round
he was located for circuit clout. Jim
famed three of the next four men up,
and in the eighth whitfield three in
row. but STUN mbled in the final session,
when he was reached for a pair of
GiugieS and another homer that gave
the natives three runs.
With two out and the opposition
only three runs to the bad the crowd
rooted frantically when one of their
idols connected for a double. But the
naxt batsman popped to Ellerbe to end
the game
Altrook. as usual, cut up on the side
lines, and the large crowds of Day
tontans. most of whom has no pre-
vtous frst-hand knowledge of his
ability as comedian. giggled and
roaTed all through the game at his
antics. Nick relieved Judge at first to-
ward the close OF the game and
cracked out safety on his only ap-
pedrance at bat.
Clyde Milan twisted his ankle in the
deep sand while batting in the sixth
inning He limped about for a while
but continued TO play, and TODAY had
completely recovered.
The Washington players were guests
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