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Show WRE88HOI PLAY GREAT MAW Democrats Win, Aided by Umpire .and "Loaded" Half Dollar. WAsfcrNOTON. Aug. I. Democracy trfnmphed again Moaday, when the Re-, publican congreasmen bit tha dust some ef them swallowed quarts of It on the baseball diamond In tha struggle for the championship of tha house of representatives. Soore 11 to Charges may ba preferred against tha Derao-, Derao-, cratlo umpire. Jamas T. Byrnes of South Carolina, who had a rabbit's foot to his pocket, and. Republican bait players charge, a loaded half-dollar also. The game, played for charity, really was decided by the umpires. William M. Wilson. Republlcsn of Illinois, did all he could to stem the tide of party defeat, de-feat, but on all ctoee decisions, when Infuriated In-furiated members of both .parties crowded on the field and threatened riot, the oaly solution waa for Byrnes and Wlleon to resort to the tone of a coin. Byrnes had the coin snd did tho tossing. Byrnes , arou avefM-l-' '-'- - - ' Cola Wu Loaded. "You're safe," he Invariably ordered, reversing tha- decision ot the other wen pi re. Thus were the fates with tho Democrats, although they had no such gilt -edge ball players on their team as Nicholas Iongworth of Ohio. iong worth, shortstop for the Republicans Republi-cans and Its captain, played Ilka a fiend In the field' and pounded out two two-baggers two-baggers and a home run. -The hall he knocked for a home run was stolen by a canal boat driver, who found It In tha canal below the heights of Georgetown, upen whieh the game was played--In the third Inning there wera only ' four Innings because another would have meant physical defeat for all concerned Representative Webb, Democrat of North Carolina, had been neatly caught at first base, but In his dee pe rati on he had knocked down. Representative 8lemp. who -eras guarding tbo bag. Umpire Wilson called him out. "Thinks H't Jog Omaaoa." "Stay where you are," shouted Umpire Byrnes as he ran forward. "Swallow no ! such Republican dictation. . Ha thinks ; he's Joe Cannon. There was a conflict of tongues and some serious threats which startled tha audience of Washington's social and con- ?;resslonsi circles, until ft was agreed to one the coin on the proposition. (The coin waa tossed snd th Democrats won. . Again when - Representative Murray, Democrat of Massachusetts, had gone to second base snd was there being touched out by Representative K'mball of Iowa, Republican. Umpire Wilson called mm out. Byrnes again ordered him not to stir from his position of party regular lty and to sit on the beg. Another near riot, another coin tossed, and again tho Democrats had won and three mora rung crossed the plate. Qams Is Lurid It wss a lurid game while It lasted, the Gopher battery. Miller snd Anderson of Minnesota, carrying off honors for the losers, and Webb of North Carolina and Kinkead of New Jersey for. tha Democrats. Demo-crats. Others who participated for tha Republicans were Lafferty. Oregon, center cen-ter field; Stomp. Virginia, flret base; Porter, Pennsylvania, who made three hits, third base;. Reybum. Pennsylvania. Wt field; and Parr of Pennsylvania, right field., Supporting the Democratic battery bat-tery were Harrison. Mlglssslppl, third bene; Reill. Connecticut, who lasted one inning, and MrDermott. Illnole, first base; Carter, Oklahoma, second 'base; DrU-cctl. New York, rftft field; Garrett. Tennessee, center field, and Scully, New Jersey, right field. 8ri:lly knocked a home run, tho halt landing In Congressman Copley's automobile. auto-mobile. - - |