Evening star., 1937-04-11
By VIII p. Kennedy.

team, winch is to be played at the
Marine Corps base, Quantico, Va, on
May %, following joint steamer out
ing down the Potomac from Washing
ton. Representative James Mead of
Buffalo, N. Y, one of the most ardent
members OF the House members team,
says they have an excellent crop of
youngsters from whom to select re-
crultS for the team, some of them with
excellent college diamond regulations
The rival teams are being selected
from large Squads-each team to be
the pick of nearly 450 eligibles. But
each group is preserving great secrecy
regarding Just who are the most prom
ising of the recruits.
THERE are many former athletes in
Congress who are renewing their
youth and building up physique these
days in the House gymnasium, which
Is supported by their voluntary con-
trlbutionS. Representative Mead or
ganiZed the victorious team which
finally won out in the ball game with
the newspaper men two years ago. He
has been playing base ball all his life
and organizing teams around Buffalo
He is always ready for any kind of
sport and gets most of his exercise
playing catch" with his young son
Jimmy.
Representative Edward A. Kelly of
Illinois formerly played professional
base ball and in the game two years
ago hit the first ball pitched for a
home run.
Representative Matt Merritt of New
York, also a star player two years ago,
was a emi-profesSional player. His
best sport is hand ball and is rated
in the first three in New York State.
Chairman O'Connor of the House
Rules Committee, who umpired part
OF the game two years ago, indulged
in all branches of athletics while at
tending Brown University and was
especially good in base ball
Representative Roy o. Woodruff of
Michigan has unique distinction.
He played steller game at shortstop
for the Republican team 25 years ago
r REPRESENTATIVE DICK" WIG
ELLSWORTH of Massachusetts,
was one of the noted quarterbacks at
Harvard, where he played for three
years on the varsity foot ball, base
ball and hockey teams. He coached
the varsity backfield for six years
when Harvard eleven was at its best,
in the days of Percy Haughton and
Bob" Fisher.
Representative Charles D. Millard of
New York was a star outfelder and
running back for Brown University,
and once ran 108 yards for a touch
down.
Representative Dan Read of New
York was famous tackle for Cornell.
Representative Usher L. Burdick,
North Dakota, was member of the
Minnesota foot ball teams of 1908 and
1904, playing right end, during which
time Minnesota was champion of the
Big Ten, and the last year he played
the net gain around his end was
minus yards.
Representative Hamilton Fish, New
York, was captain of the Harvard foot
ball team and selected by Walter Camp
two years for the all-America team.
Representative Walter G. Ham"
Andrews, New York, was a varsity
halfback at Princeton for three years.
The North Dakota delegation in
Congress had wonderful foot ball
record. In addition to Representative
Budick, who played on the champion
ship Minnesota team, Senator Lynn j.
Frazier, who, with Representative
William Lemke, Union party presiden-
tial candidate in the election last
year, were co-Sponsors of the Frazier.
Lemke bill, fought shoulder to shoulder
in many a hard-fought game on the
gridiron. Frazier was center on the
University of North Dakota eleven and
Lemke was right guard, from 1899 to
1908. In 1899 they had one Of the
best foot ball teams that part of the
country has ever seen, and ran up a
score of 209 to 6. Minnesota declined
to play them, frankly admitting they
had everything to lose and nothing to
gain. Frazier was captain for three
years, then Lenke was captain for one
year, while Frazier continued to play,
and was reelected, but did not return.
CPEAKER BANKHEAD in his col
lege days took a great deal of
interest in athletics and was fullback
on the University of Alabama eleven,
~f41L H. Lar Ion
team, and was broad jumper and 100
yard man on the track team.
Representative "Joe" Martin, Massa-
chusetts, now right-hand man to the
minority leader, formerly played semi
professional base bali, and had con-
siderable local fame as a shortstop
and second baseman.
Representative Robert G. Allen,
Pennsylvania, was captain of the
track team at Phillips Andover Acad-
emy and Harvard University.
Representative j. G. dorsey, Penn
sylvania was captain of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania track team in
1917.
Representative Peter j. De Muth,
1 SLillcJ oilAcRy P4oyCu 1OOO DdlA dllI
was captain of the base ball team at
Carnegie Tech.
Representative Ray Cannon, Wis
consin, was a professional base ball
player.
Representative Jack Nichols Okla
homa, who caught the Congress-Press
game two years ago, is a product of
sandlot and high school teams in Jop-
lin, Mo. He played base ball, foot
ball and basket ball. In the Army
he went in for wrestling with the 10Th
Infantry of the Regular Army, and
played end on the Camp Travis, Tex,
foot ball team picked from some 10000
men.
A MOTHER veteran of the Congress
sional ball games is Representative
q. S. Guyer, Kansas, who made
speech the other day replete with the
language of the diamond, His team
uror1 tho 1oSt po mo bo r,IoveS n, 1920