Sunday, 17 August 2008

Chevy Chase, Alec Baldwin in softball game; raise $60,000 for charity






EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. - Chevy Chase provided a crucial run, and Alec Baldwin helped insure that everyone did the right thing.

Chase blasted a line drive that helped turn the tide in favour of a team of the Artists team when it was down pat 2-0 in a star-studded Hamptons charity softball game against the Writers.

The Artists went on to pull ahead 4-2, their second victory in the series in two years.

Baldwin was an umpire for Saturday's competition at the far east end of Long Island.

It was the 60th installment of the annual Artists and Writers Game, a tradition started by artists including Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning.

Saturday's game raised more than $60,000 for hospice, sidereal day care and drug rehabilitation services. It also was played in memory of actor Roy Scheider, a veteran of the Artists team, world Health Organization died in February at age 75.








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