Barristers Take the Field for Charity
Tacoma lawyers traded their robes for uniforms to play a baseball game for the benefit of the Roslyn miners.
This afternoon, the Athletic Association baseball club played a game composed of barristers for the benefit of the Roslyn sufferers. The gate receipts amounted to $301. This evening the Haymarket Theater tendered a benefit performance for the same fund. The Athletics were defeated, much to the surprise of the spectators. For the lawyers, Carroll covered himself with glory, striking two men out in the ninth with the bases loaded.
“The Athletics were defeated, much to the surprise of the spectators.”
Charity games organized by local guilds were common in the 1890s, often stepping in to support workers during industrial strife, such as the labor unrest in the mining town of Roslyn. It echoes the historical role of civic organizations acting as informal safety nets.
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