Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-08
Sunday School League Notes.

Who is going to be the first to make that
fast st. Stephens band feel the sting of
defeat?
The NJ. P. C.'s looked good before, but
with the acquisition of hard hitting Johnny
Beall behind the bat, and with Herring and
last seasons batting champion, Ballenger,
soon eligible, Fourth and the other strong
teams will have to play sterling ball to hold
their own.
Last weeks star team performance was
the trimming of Gunton and Fourth by the
Calvary Methodists.
Several outfielders with splendid records
last season are having trouble in getting
started right Bishop and Fillius in par
ticular. Both are good htters and will
soon strike their former Stride Bishop Is
acknowledged to be one of the best sac
rificers In the league. He lays em down
pretty near where he wants to.
Judging from present going there are
four or five teams which may be considered
pennant possibilities. and there Is every in
dication that this season will be more like
the first year of the league, when Gunton
and Temple were tied for the leadership.
Fourth in second division and Gunton at
the bottom of first! The Nationals are not
the only aggregation causing rude awak-
enings to the dope mixers. ReversaIs of
form appear to be the order of the day in
the Capital city In amateur well as pro-
fessional ball.
Bishop Price, Sebastian and others are
| 6iSot Suoiiiol Out you ever
see them slide half way from first to sec
ond like the boys hero of the first wear
Slide, Kelly slider
Have you noticed the pitchers wave the
outnelderS back when BielaSki, Harding
Kerr and Beall gather up the ash and toe
the rubber? Wonder why they don't do the
same thing for Tip of Gunton and Johnny
Evans?
spectator at the Foundry Congrega tionaI
game last Thursday, and manifested his in
terest in the league and appreciation of the
Sunday School League article of ball in
a substantial way by taking three sustain
ing memberships for himself and family.
Fourth Is still smartng from the drub-
ping given 1t by Gunton, and Charlie
King says something is going to drop
Guntons percentage. Well there will be
big crowd there to see what it is
The scorers wish to express their thanks
to President Provost, Mr.. West and the
board for the stand erected for their use
in the grand stand. This enables them to
see the field and the plays clearly. which
was at times almost impossible under
former conditions and is another demon
stration of the willingness and desire of
the management to provide for the COM
fort and convenience not only of the leae ue
patrons, but the scorers and players as
we'll
Another feature of the games this sea-
son that has made home run hit with
the fans is the daily announcement of the
result of the games at American League
Park by the genial and popular umpire
Mr.. Belts. What a mighty shout went up
when that AZ score was announced All
the IS. s.. people from the president down
to the lowliest sub" are squeezing" hard
for the Nationals.
Symanoski and Graves work we'll to-
gether. and their steadness braces up the
team wonderfully They caught three men
mapping on the bases in the game with
Fourth.
GurIey and Gunton are not as well
equipped in the box department as some
of the other teams, Haring and Hutchin-
son. respectively. having done all the
twirling thus far.
Luck in base ball was never better dem
onstrated than in Calvarys game against
Fourth. A hard drive came Lords way
that he could not gather in. but he acct
dentaly detected the ball to the second
and whipped the sphere to first for a
double play
Gunton's chances do not look as rosy as
just prior to the opening of the season.
when they counted on the services of
Rapp and 'Rube" Clark. Clark is now
lined up with the Fourths. and Rapp is
not In the IS s. ranks. The ex-champs
are also minus Speakman one of last seq
sons star backstops, and a good hitter
And now Lays injury will keep him out of
the game for several weeks.
No mitt and mask artist in the league
has anything on Graves Of Calvary. He
snaps them down to second with the speed
and accuracy of professional. and holds
the runners close to the bags
Stevenson of the Mount vernons Is n
! corker when 1t comes to getting his men
off when on base. Good coaching heIps
Birmingham, the dminutive second base
man, DIDN'T overlook the good ones Tues
day. Batted at the rate of 1000
Great inconvenience is experienced on the
White Lot due to crowding of spectators
over the ropes. PLAYERS and scorers would