The Washington times., 1934-05-24
LAWYERS PLAY
FANCY BALL
At OUTING

The annual spring outing Of
the District Bar Association was
a great success.
Principally it was a success
because the committee in charge
exacted full charge from those
attending whether they came
early or late and the affair was
a financial triumph for the first
time In many years.
Secondly it was success be-
cause the New Dealers, in a ninth
inning rally, defeated the Consti-
tutionalists by a score Of z to 6
in a hard-fought baseball game
played in the afternoon.
Promptly at 2:30 p. m. the
game was called and batteries
were announced.
Originally the batteries were
]. L. Townsend, pitching, and
Lunsford Hammer, catching for
the Constitutionalists, and Jim
McCabe, pitching and Sam
Beach catching for the New
Dealers.
The score stood 6-to.3 in favor
of the Constitutionansts at the
beginning of the last half Of the
ninth inning-due to the sterling
pitching Of Leonard Townsend,
junior partner of A. Mitchell
Palmer. The later was absent
because of the recent extraction
of a number Of his best teeth.
And it was a chivalric tendency
of catcher Sam Beach that gave
the winning score to the New
Dealers.
There was still a chance for the
ConstitutionalistS in the last half
Of the ninth when Lunsford
Hammer having learned too soon
the knack of poking beer bottle
through his catcher's mask was
relieved in the final half.
The Constitutionalists were at
loss for a substitute until Sam
Beach graciously offered to catch
for them during the last half.
Reassured by the presence Of a
friend behind the plate, the New
Dealers began hitting the ball to
the outfield in grand style. Dur
ing the rally three runs came in,
tying the score 6.to-6, when
catcher Sam dropped a throw to
home and allowed JiggS Donohue
to come in for the winning run.
c. Leo DeOrsey was captain of
the losing team, and Archie Shipe
led the New Dealers to victory.
It was originally planned that
Jstices Peyton Gordon and Jen-
ningS Bailey would umpire the
game but Justice Bailey, an ar
dent tennis fan, became engroSSed
in the tennis matches, and JUS
tice Gordon deferred to the
seniority of Municipal Court
Judge Robert Mattingly. The lat
ter was both umpire and referee
of the game.
"Umps" Mattingly, as he came
to be known, gave some good de-
cisions as well as some bad ones,
according to the lawyers, who say
that is just the way he works OH
the bench.
j. Bruce Kremer and Capt.
Dave Pine were supposed to UNI
pire the Softball game but it was
played too far from the taprocm
so someone else had to take over
the job.
But the most important thing
was that the outing was a finan-
cial success. Approximately 400
paid admissions were recorded at
the gate before the close of the
day. This was due to the buSi-
ness-like arrangements of Cen
eral Chairman Benjamin S. Mi
nor; his secretary, Guilford S.
Jameson, and Lucien Mercier,
who marshalled the forces at the
gate which required each person
who entered to bear the ticket
of paid admission.
It was a great feather in the
cap of F. Regis Noal, association
president, who has renovated"
the bar association, according to
a cartoon on the program, and
who is being touted already for
a second term-an innovation in
the history Of the organization. !
Henry Thomas, Alexandria
lawyer; Robert Peters, of Mary
land, guest of Austin Garfield,
and a number of others equally
prominent, were circulating about
the place listening to the jokes
of District Attorney Leslie c.
Garnett, Crandall Mackey and
Justice Luhring as well as telling
some good ones themselves.
Col. John Philip Hill was vice
chairman of Benjamin S. Minors
general committee and Lucien
H. Mercier was treasurer. The
following subcommittee chairmen
were jointly responsible for the
success of the outing:
Abram F, Myers, tickets; John
]. Carmody, entertainment: Gull
ford jameson. program; George
D. Boswell, baseball and Lucien
H. Mercier, golf and tennis.
The golf scores Of the lawyers
will be published later. Guy
Mason, who made holes in one
on two separate occasions at
Congressional, played at Beaver
Dam yesterday because there |