The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-07-19
SENATE SPORTS
KNOW NOTHING
OF PARTY Lines
All BrotherIy Love on Field
Following Acrimonious
Debates.
GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP HONOR
Members of Equal Rank When
Chasing Little White Pill
Across Greens.

BY Cntted Press
WASHINGTON, July 1s.-"sport.
lively speaking" the Senate Of these
United States knows no political lines
While acrimonious charges, counter
charges and threats fly furiously
across the chamber during discussions
of partisan measures, the Senate ION
the field is all harmony and broth.
erly love.
Take, for instance, Joe" Robinson
Of Arkansas. On the floor. joe
packs. as sport writers might say, "a
mean verbal uppercut, and a slashing
oratorical right"
On the golf course. he's totally diff.
ferent- In fact, he keenly enjoys an
early morning game with Charley
Townsend, Republican, Michigan,
whom at times. he opposes bitterly on
the floor.
Golf Makes All Equal
Golf is the game which makes all
Senators equal-and what's more
kindly and generous to political foes.
But only on the links!
The Senate, athletIcally. is "pre-
dominantly golf" though baseball, ten
mis-. fishing and swimming claim a
number Of senatorial adherents.
Sport never interferes with the
Senate's work.
Every morning while Capitol Hill is
bathed in scarlet streamers of a ris.
ing sun, Mckinley, Illinois; Jones.
Washington Capper. Kansas; kellogg,
Minnesota, and Hitchcock, Nebraska.
are "teeing Off" at one of the numer,
Gus Washington links. Mckinley and
Jones invariably start at 6 o'clock on
the public course in Potomac Park.
Others prefer the course at the coun-
try clubs.
They will tell you-these Senators
who play every morning-that they
aren't trying to make scores-"just
playing a dub game. to get In trim
for Senate sessions"
Scribes Not Scoring.
Nevertheless, few shoot in the sos.
and in the recent play with newspaper
men, the senatorial team won every
match. the scribes not even finishing
in the scoring columns.
Then, there is Willis of Ohio, the
Babe Ruth" OF Capitol Hill. Any
morning you can see him slamming
out hits at the expense Of some little
page hurler, or covering the keystone
sack with the expertness of an Eddie
Collins. the pages tell you. Freling-
huysen also Is a baseball addict, and
has equipped Senate pages with a
complete baseball outfit.
At o'clock Senator Pepper of
Pennsylvania, is playing tennis on the
White House courts. He Is the Senate
devotee of the game.
Norris Aquatic Star.
Senator Norris, Nebraska, is the
aquatic star of the upper chamber.
Practically every afternoon he prac-
tees In the small swimming pool in
the Senate office building.
There is nothing which Senator Nc
Cumber. North Dakota. likes quite so
we'll as a quiet week lend fishing trip,
away from the worries of the tariff
and the soldier bonus. Sometimes, on
these trips. he is accompanied by
Senator Newberry. Michigan, also an
ordent angler.
Motoring. horseback riding and
walking claim a good number. 1t
used to be Senator Lodges boast that
he never missed, rain or shine. walk.
ing from his home to the Capitol.
Borah. Idaho. is an enthusiastic
horseman.
Whenever there is a dull afternoon
in the Senate, Harrison, Mississippi.
and Spencer, Missouri. who staged
many a merry word-battle when the
Nat Goldstein case was under discus.
sion, slip away to the ball park to
watch Walter johnson and the Wash
ington team. Harrison seldom misses
home game.