The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-05-17

l1eLtS Oh B0NeTllleut. lTeSlueut turu-
ing likes u game. He attended the
opening league game here. and 1t is
sud that he yelled on certain occa-
sions like Il blencherite.
The greatest fun which Washington
ever knew In public life was the late
Vice President james S. Sherman. He
attended virtually every American
league game that was played in this
city until one session when he was
compelled to stay In the nat be-
cause at that time there happened TO
be no president pro TEN of the senate
to take his seat in the presiding off,
GERS chair.
Senator Charles A. Culberson of
Texas always has been a fan of high
degree, and he has had a close runner
up for degree honors In Senator
Charles e. Townsend of Michigan.
There Is In baseball q hit known as
the Texas Leaguer," which Is a base
hit rather of the pop fly order which
lands just back of one of the basemen
too far for him to get 1t and too near
TO the base line for an outfielder to
get X. This is not much of a hit for
length or strength, but 1t is q safe hit,
nevertheless.
Senator Culberson, Ii Is said, does
not like the name of "Texas Lacquer"
rs applied to this hit. He has de-
clared on occasion that the state of
Texas Is GO big that home runs can
be made there without danger that the
ball will fall outside the stnte boun-
daries, and that moreover Texans be-
lieve in long hard drives.
Lonoworth Their Alarm Clock.
Representative Nicholas Longworth
of Ohio IS one of the house baseball
fans. When there are 40 pressing leg
islative duties Mr.. Longworth leaves
his seal In the house in n sort of II
nonchalant way about 3 o'clock in the
afternoon and saunters out into the
corridor.
When Mr.. Longvorth gets up 1t is
noticed that "A good many fellow men,
bers rise from their seats and saunter
down fhe aisles in equally nonchalant
manner. 1t might be supposed that
this goodly company simply is going
out into the corridor to get a drink of
| water. The illusion, however, is lost,
for when the corridor Is reached Dem
ocrats and Republicans streak 1t for
cars bound for the corner of Florida
avenue and Seventh street where they
watch the greatest game the sun ever
looked on.
In the days that are past congress
men have found trouble by going to
baseball games. Nothing has hap
pened this year so far, but 1t is likely
to happen at any moment. Some years
ago when they were trying to put some
railroad legislation through and every
vote was needed, one way or the other
ms the parties viewed 1t, it was found
that members whose votes were In de-
mand we're absent. One day the speak
er called the sergeant-at-arms and told
him to take five assistants and go to
the baseball grounds and there arrest
and bring before the bar of the house
every member who preferred the ma
tional pastime to national legislation.
Members Sometimes Arrested.
Liz Stl AiN WV ~ IN "a
der and The result-w -that about
twenty members of the house of repre-
sentatiyes of the American congress
were led back to the capitol under ar
rest before they had been given an
opportunity to cheer the home team
to victory.
The arresting of members has not
-. ,.,a,oJ IN lnt-c u-han thpJp Xynrp
baseball games. Once when President
and Mrs. Taft gave a lawn party on
a beautiful May day in the White
House grounds the invited ones, of
course, included members of congress.
Now 1t happened that on this partic-
ular day the house was in for n long
session and the attendance of all the
members was needed because n vote
was to be taken which promised to
he close. The speaker called the SER
peont-at-arms and told him to 20 out
and bring in the absentee members, no
matter where they were.
An order from congress is an order
and the sergeant-at-arms and his as
sistants made up their minds to obey
1t. They knew where most of the
nav were, and so they stationed
themselves near the White House
grounds and inside of a half hour they
had arrested a number of congressman
who were accompanying their wives,
their daughters or their s~weethearts
to the White House party. Possibly
this would have raised n street row
" - r.. IL f,nt that ,.4at
of the attending representatives knew
that their duty lay elsewhere and so
they did not care to protest too loudly
in public.