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THE CHICAGO BANKER
September 19, 1908]
Shorty Lubbock’s costume as umpire was the best thing seen here since Duckstarter’s minstrels sang. His top hat, Prince Albert coat, gaudy vest and tennis shoes made an irresistible combination. Some alarm was experienced however, when he commenced to shed various portions of this costume.
He absent-mindedly left lying on the ground the canvas sack containing $1,000, that was to be the prize contested for. The yardman hauled it off in a wheelbarrow after the game was over.
The box score will indicate some of the salient points of the contest and the balance of the benefit will be enjoyed by all the citizens of Houston who listen to the notes of the concerts that will be rendered in the park, the musicians to be paid with the proceeds of the game.
The score:
U. B. & 1	. Co-ab	r bh po			a	e	First Nat.	Ban ab	k— r bh po			a	e
Wagner, If . 5		0	0	1	0	2	Lacy, ss ..	. . 4	3	3	0	1	0
Sebastian	3b 4	0	0	2	1	2	L. Dunn, lb. 5		2	3 11		0	0
Huweiler.	ss 4	1	1	3	4	0	Belden, 2b	.. 4	0	1	4	4	1
Heyne, 2b	. . 3	1	2	2	1	0	Miller, 3b .	.. 4	0	0	4	1	1
Milby, lb	.. 4	1	1	7	0	1	Winnie, c .	.. b	1	0	b	3	1.
Malone, cf	. . 4	u	0	2	1	4	Webb, If ..	. . 4	0	0	1	0	0
Crain, c .	. . 4	1	1	6	2	1	Reese, rf ..	. . 4	1	2	0	0	0
Bradshaw,	rf 4	0	1	0	0	0	Huss, cf ..	. . 4	1	1	1	0	0
D. Dunn,	p. 4	Ü	2	1	1	1	Bringhurst,	P 3	2	0	1	2	0
Totals .	. .36	4	8 24 10 11				Totals ..	. .37 10 10 27 11					3
By innings:
Union Bank ...........................000 000 310— 4
Hits ...............................010 000 511— 8
First National Bank...................304 000 03*—10
Hits ...............................404 001 01*—10
Summary:
Two-base hits—L. Dunn (2), Heyne (2).
Sacrifice hits—Miller.
Stolen bases—Lacy, Belden. Winnie, Milby, Huwei-ler (3).
Double play—Malone to Heyne.
Bases on balls—Lacy, Heyne, Crain.
Hit by pitcher—Belden, Bringhurst.
Struck out—Miller, L. Dunn. Webb, Huweiler, Bradshaw, Huss, Bringhurst, Wagner, Sebastian, Reese. Passed balls—Crain, 2.
Umpire—Shorty Lubbock.
has been seen since Atalanta chased the golden apples.
And then the ladies who saw the game. They were just as pretty as could be duplicated in any financial center among the wives and sweethearts of any plutocracy.
Between the two teams, which can only be compared with each other, financial honors are easy. Each bank has about five millions of deposits. As to the matter of the ball game, the First National showed a somewhat keener edge.
Perhaps it was the green uniform knickers, or the immaculate white stockings, or the blue, dinkey feather stitched caps, but they looked dressier than did their opponents and played a better article of ball.
Lacy, Dunn and Reese were the hard hitters of the team. Dunn landed twice for two sack-ers, but this feat was duplicated by Heyne of the trust company.
Bringhurst was a better pitcher than D. Dunn, although Dunn made the most strikeouts. Then Bringhurst had the livelier and best support. Miller, Huweiler and Belden made the star catches of the game, putting the fancy frills on long runs and quick snatches.
Malone, the center fielder of the Union Trust Company, made four errors, but to balance that he participated in a very neat double play.
Sebastian, at third base, was a little too eager and made some overthrows of first base that were costly.
Good base stealing was one of the features of the game.
The ladies were out and about 300 adherents of the players were divided by the color line, the gold and green remaining on one side of the grand stand and the green and white going to the other.
Nationals Win Out
Houston, Tex.,' September 12.—The bankers from the Union Bank & Trust Company and the First National descended on the West End diamond like a Denaen shower showing that their alertness did not confine itself to showing the exact hours that notes come due plus days of grace reckoned in.
As for appearance the tout ensemble of the teams in their gorgeous costumes was as rich as a miser’s dream, and it is reasonably certain that no team of millionaires in the United States could have played a better article of ball than they put up.
Parties in the grand stand said in admiration that Andrew Carnegie could not have batted better than did Heyne of the Union Bank and Trust Company and that John D. Rockefeller could not have made a better catch than Miller of the First National did in the third inning, unless it had been a real dollar instead of a mere baseball that was batted at him.
It is doubtful if Fricke or Harriman or Thomas Lawson, or Corey, or any of the most noted magnates of Wall Street, could have excelled the stately and stylish ball game put up by the local bankers.
Financial circles will be all agog when they know that Houston has two teams of bankers that can play as good ball as any that could be pitched from Threadneedle Street in London or the Paris bourse.
Even the Rothschilds, with their wealth running up into hundreds of millions, could not have done much better than the Houston boys did, although the latter only represented 10,-000,000 of dollars.
Nothing so swift in precious metal athletics
one year. These collections this year aggregate nearly $9,000,000.
Changes in Customs Methods
According to information received here, the propositions which were informally suggested by the Treasury Department to the subcommittee of the Senate Finance Committee, which has been looking into the tariff, have not been favorably received by members of the Board of General Appraisers. There also seems to be more or less doubt in trade circles with reference to the expediency of some of the suggestions made. It is believed that before the suggestions for changes in the customs administrative act reach a more formal and official stage they will be largely revised. The suggestions put forward by Secretary Cortelyou’s assistants when the committee was in the city some time ago were practically some old ideas of Secretary Shaw’s which he had left behind him in written form when he left the Treasury Department.
New Amsterdam Bank Dividend
J. H. Edwards, the receiver of the New Amsterdam National, was in conference Friday with Lawrence O. Murray, Comptroller of the Currency, and it was decided to at once draw checks to the creditors of the New Amsterdam National for an additional dividend of 40 per cent.
Custom House Brokers Organize
The customs brokers throughout the various ports, including the port of New York, organized a national association on Wednesday after rece'ving certificate of incorporation.
The purpose of the meeting is to take action on an increase in capital stock proposed by the directors. It is planned to increase the capital from $500,000 to $750,000.
S. G. Bayne Returns from Vacation
S. G. Bayne, president of the Seaboard National, has returned from a brief vacation, during which he visited Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
New York Banks Send Money South
The New York banks have this week lost between $4,000,000 and $4,500,000 cash.
The drain from the South has been heavy. The total loss to the interior is computed at $2,000,000 and there has been a loss to the subtreasury of $2,327,000.
This throws some light on the firmness of money rates during the last few days. The clearing house banks should still be able to show a reserve surplus, however, of fully $55,-000,000, provided loans have not been expanded.
On Auto Trip
William B. Joyce, president of the National Surety Company, has started on an automobile tour through the White Mountains, to be absent about two weeks.
Banner Year for Taxes
Comptroller Glynn announces that the present fiscal year, ending this month, is the banner year for the collections of taxes from the corporations in this state.
During the twelve months Mr. Glynn has collected, in corporation taxes over $1,000,-000 more than any other Comptroller in any
Ezra B. Tuttle has been unanimously elected president of the Williamsburg Savings Bank, to succeed the late Gen. Jeremiah V. Meserole. Mr. Tuttle is a wholesale coal merchant and has been interested in the development of street railways in the borough. He has been a member of the board of directors of the Williamsburg Savings Bank for years. Cornelius H. Tiebout was elected second vice-president. Battery Park Bank injNew Home
The Battery Park National of New York City, owing to the demands of an increasing business, has outgrown its former offices, No. 24 State Street, which it has occupied since its organization, and AVednesday took possession of its new quarters in the Produce Exchange Building.
The larger facilities will enable it to meet the requirements of its growing business as “the bank of the shipping and export district,” with transactions of a wide and diversified character. The officers of the bank are: Elias A. de Lima, president; Calvin Tomkins, vice-president; Edwin B. Day, cashier.
Off for Trip Through Montana and South Dakota
Lawrence L. Gillespie, vice-president of the Equitable Trust Company, has left for a trip through the mining districts of Montana and South Dakota, after which he will proceed to Denver to address the convention of the American Bankers Association on September 29th.
The National Bank of Commerce
The stockholders of the National Bank of Commerce of Rochester, received formal notification of a meeting to be held October 6th.