Evening star., 1952-06-21

Capitol Hills Democrat base
ballers beat the Republicans.
to 8, last night, and both teams
beat the national sport into some
thing impossible to recognize.
The carnage occurred in Griffith
Stadium.
The real winners are the kids
who'll get to go to; camp. The
affair was put on for The Stal
summer camp fund, and 1851 pay.
ing customers attended. All pro.
ceeds will be used for the young
sters.
It was the sixth straight yeal
that Don (FirebalD Wheeler o1
the Georgia Wheelers has pitched
the Democrats to victory.
Fireball had a pretty easy time
of it last night. except in the last
inning, when the gentlemen Of the
minority staged a two-run fill.
buster before he could force
through a motion to adjourn.
Adjourn in Fifth.
The last inning was the fifth
Congressional ball games are lin
tied to that many. No reasonable
voter could expect his legislator
to last a full nine.
No statistics are available on
the number of errors. The man
in charge Of totting them up
collapsed from overwork and had
to be carried away.
Here's how the scoring went,
as transcribed from notes pried
loose from the official scorers
nerveless fingers:
Bill Ayres of Ohio led of for
the Republicans in the bottom of
the first. He banged the ball
to Laurie c. Battle, the Alabaman
in charge of Democratic short
stopping, and Laurie accorded II
the respect he'd give Marse Robert
E.. himself-Laurie bowed low
and permitted it to pass. Con-
gresham Ayres was on first.
The second batter struck out
and the third lifted a fly into
center field. Ayres was on his
way to second and had to retreat
He arrived back at first at the
same time as the throw. HI
crashed into First Baseman Gene
Met cCarthy. knocked him down anc
knocked the ball out of Nc.
Carthy's hand.
'Pandemonium Restored.
Mccarthy jumped up. and
lunging to retrieve the ball
knocked Ayres down. Democrat
Republican relations were tense
for a moment. but pandemoniun
was restored without bloodletting
Then Bill Springer of Illinoi!
hit a clean double, whereup hi.
Ohio friend ran home and score.
of spectators swooned in shock
Fireball became petulant anc
struck out the next man, ending
the inning, the first time the Re-
publicans had been ahead in tn,
last five years. That was all fol
the Republicans until their las
time up.
Mccarthy, a Minnesotan, led of
for the Democrats in the second
He got a walk, one of the thre,
that Glenn Davis Of Wisconsin
the Republican pitcher. allowed.
Oren Harris of Arkansas ant
Sid Herlong Of Florida, the Dem
ocrat manager, got on through
errors. w. j. Bryan Dorm, whit
splits his name In the middle, dit
the same to the outf1eld with /,
double.
The next man got on through ,
flelder's choice, and then thre
batters hit safely. Runners cam
across the plate as fast as prom
ises in an election year. BY tn
time Mccarthy had batted agail
and popped up. five runs were in
Any Man in . Pinch.
Both mines lapsed into a sixe
and sevens condition until tn
fifth.
In these exhibitions, congres
sional courtesy is strained to tn
limit. Players are permitted Il
leave and re-enter the fray a
will. Substitutes shuttled in an,
out last night like hotel waiter
tending smoke filled rooms. Pinch
hitters who got on base were re
placed by pinch-runners an,
sometimes the pinch-runners wer
the men the pinch-hitters hat
subbed for.
When the Democrats came Vi
for their last bats. Gene Nc
Carthy got his second walk. Perc
Priest Of Tennessee. the Demo
lcratic whip. was sent in to rul