The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-31
In New York
nv PAUL HARRISON

nrau york = The baseball game of the century has ben played IT
 tha rock- hound, wind-swept fast- ,asses of Nyack, N. Y. MT Ben IIecht and Mir Charles MacArtnur Tad Something to do with 1t: So oio thrae elephants, four admiIais. aftv chorus girls, an Omnipotent Oono in a, flowing burnoose, the Ar monk Independent Fire Company Drum Corps, the 'Hangovers oI
 tack and Charities select saloon lil Manhattan, and the NyacA Eagles. .... Ia. done some sports reporting III HIS time, is not able to reveal the eA- act result of the contest. put concensus of estimates places e S
 fhe Eagles. or 3S-14 in favor or inc Hangoyers. There were, Tn all five home runs, twot toucn- downs. one grand slam, vuiner, hle and three goals in the nnaA chucker. A.. cut cago literary twins who now are | in the movie business, got up the game for the benefit of the Nyack Rotary Club charities. The part n ars live in Nyack, which is town nrev;nusIv famed as the residence If other eccentrics, such as pr Pierre A. Bernard, who once was | in the Coming business himseiI' and a Mrs Eva Something. or other. who used to go 1oyriains
 halfway across the continent III
 taxicabs.
 Practice Before the Bar
 Over the teacups in Jack anu Charlie's celebrity-rendezvous III l Manhattan's Fifty-second street; l Macarthur and Hecht Droacheu the sporting proposition to tneir l hosts. So Jack and Charlie asreeo to organize the opposing team: They enlisted Haywood Broun, Bud dv Adler. Philip Ammidon. Hum" phrey Bogart, Monte Brice, Will liam Collier Jr, Woolworth Dona- hue, Erskine Gwynne, Prince Mike Romanoff, Dudley Field Malone | Esmond O'Brien, Big Bill Tilden, Ernest Truex, Cornelius yanderpht | Whitney and about 30 more actors, l writers, playboys and such. | Meanwhile allegiance had been | sworn to the Nyack Eagles by 70 other sterling sportsmen. includ- | ing Jack Dempsey, Walter Huston, Bert Lahr. Ernest Lubitsch, Tom my Hitchcock, Jr, Billy Rose, Jimmy Savo. Adolph Zukor and James Thurber onen of whom
 live in Nyack.
 Both the Eagles and the Hang overs, you see. wanted to be able to make plenty of substitutions. This was fortunate, because there
 were several casualties on each
 side long before the game began.
 Night before the contest poth teams met at Jack and Charles for signal practice and trying-on of uniforms Some of the more conscientious ones were still prac- ticing at noon the following day, and 50 failed to join the long mo- torcade of buses and limousines when it finally got under way,
 with police escort, for the Nyack arena.
 Borrowed Elephants
 The Hangovers wore red socks
 and jerseys, golf knickers and football helmets. Blue sailor suits were provided for the Eagles. except that few showed up in | the fu1l-dress uniforms of admir- als. There were two bands. and three elephants borrowed from the stables of the aforementioned Dr Bernard. In the grand entry, the animals were ridden by Dom John Carl Krindler, Admiral Paul 1 Calico and midget Midshipman
 Billy Rose. who was unseated
 when his mount shivered.
 The mayor of Nyack tossed out I ..+- irl and tho was on. Herbert Bayard Swope | appeared in the role of Judge Lan-
 dis. There were about ten um- ] pires, and for a while 1t was fear ed they'd win the game for them- | selves. The weather was too cold | for the kegs of beer which had
 been provided for every base, so | the brew was given to the e1e- plants, which seemed very grate-
 ful.
 Grand Stand Play
 Ernest Truex, Bill Rose and Jimmy Savo, being small, gracious
 ly awarded themselves a handicap | by doing their batting from second
 base. This resulted in some confu-
 sion among the fielders. who auto
 matically became catchers. When Hangover Truex lifted a high ny 1 into the stands, where 1t was | caught by Helen Hayes, the batter
 was called out because Miss Hayes
 is the wife of MT McArthur. who
 was functioning as manager of the l Eagles.
 Chill winds. oncoming darkness and Ben Hecht's sly strategy in substituting elephants as pinch
 hitters all combined to bring the game to rather disorderly term ination. When 1t was over, some body recalled that no one had been appointed to keep score.