Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-11
SUNDAYS CHOOLLEAGUE
Standing of Section A. Teams.
st. Stephens Handed Out q Big Sur
prise to CONGREGATIONAL.

st. Stephens Handed Out Big Sur
prise to Congregational.
At last the unexpected happened! The
race in section A of the Sunday School
League has been without parallel In
Capital City amateur base ball history. Ten
days ago four teams were tied in the games
won. The next day the leaders lost and
dropped to fourth place, showing the first
seasons champion Guntons into the leader
snip. This was not unexpected. as they
We're up against the champion Blues
Games succeeding this panned out per dope
sheets and according to form. Then fol-
lowed Babe" Torney's swat for homer
in the Fourth-COngregational game that
put the champions out of the running.
In short. all the big four" teams took
their last games against the weaker teams.
and put up game fights against their rivals in
the swell quad, until a tie seemed inev-
liable that the board of directors took up
the matter of a play-off deciding on three
games.
But a parley sometimes goes through, as
does 1Oo-to-1 shot poke his first
under the wire once in many moons.
mere was only one combination against
many that could prevent a tie-up-that one
went through, and Gunton Temple will not
nave calvary, Fourth or Congrega tional to
pay on for the championship.
~ remained only for Congregational to
TAX. a the Saints into camp, and they got
score of 4 to 3. The Saints have not been
..a'eiinS at the fast clip a which they set
out at the opening of the season, and the
samie was conceded to be easy for the run
ls-up' as the Saints We're not only sup
posed TO be Observation-Disclosures being
out oi the city and Mcknight out of COM
MS with crippled wing-but many
get full team out ''e -
Ihey got the full team out: got n 40
&c and put Lynham up for sacrifice
Ana nde th Hong gre siuggers.
Hanued over the sphere in only ono eams
TINS season. The slugeers looked f,r So
sdeeluiiy to juicy batting averages and an
'I Bea ni.'t the fri They ga got neither
ana scored. and things looked easy: bn mt
.nere was nothing doing In the second
t La me Congregational faithful, who
eu me hitting ability of it's team. only
srnled. but as inning after inning went Nv
with ST Stephens creeping nm snd ny ny
nara hltters failed to connect at opnort,Ine
tunes with ''Waddy's'' swift and slow IN
thu, Gut shoots, the snIie came off. and
.hey began to realize that 1t was not "alI
"a Joke but that CONGREGATIONAL was IN
against the real article w
Sheckeis was also in his best form and
~ IN. ne start the game was another bat
Tie or the twirlers-one with a reputation
against an unknown quantity. and the
proven tWlrler did not have any of the hest
OF IL. Both received support brilliant at
III VIC carly innings errors by
klpp and Hayden were responsible for two
runs. ana In the latter part of the game
"heckells work suffered by poor support
Nhlttenden was the star in the field for
Congregational. his running one-hand pick
up that started double play being one of
the prettiest fielding stunts seen this sea-
son. But the work of MCDONALD at first was
a revelation to the fans Nothing eoual to
1t has been seen this year in the league
FOR big chap he is marvelously fast, and
ne hauled in three wild throws close to the
ground In front of the runner that 1t
seemed impossible for him even to reach
and each time he retired his man His
great playing practically won the game for
LYMAN and st. Stephens and Incidental
~, the championship of Section A for Gun
ton.
In the first inning Beall walked Torney
was safe on bunt to Conner. who shot the
chute In the mud, and Beali scored on
h1pp's error With two down in the third
Iorney singled. stole second. reached third
on Hayden's error and counted on a passed
ball.
The Saints went down one two. three In
the first. In the second a safety to right
by Lynham awaited nothing as he was
doubled up by Chit" and "BalIy" They
scored In the third on pass to Kipp Mil
ier's sacrifice. choice and passed ball
by Hayden
Congregational increased it's lead to two
In the fifth on singles by Sheckells and Tor
ney and Chittenden's long fly to Miller.
This finished CongregatlonaPs scoring al
though they had a good chance In the
seventh when Torney. first up. drove safely
past short. Torney while running to
ond was hit by Ballengers single to right
Chittenden followed with a line drive to
right. but Sebastian flew out to Miller, who
made a beauty running catch. and Pom
eroy, who was hit, was forced at second
by Clements.
st. Stephens scored one in the sixth on
Meningitis liner to left, sacrifices by Con-
and Hayden and Ballenger's error on
a chance from Mcdonald
The Saints brought in what proved to be
the winning runs in the lucky seventh"
Thomas slow poke to Sebastian went be-
tween his legs. Willis walked and he and
Thomas pulled off a neat double steal An
other passed ball by Hayden scored
Thomas. and Willis crossed the rubber with
the winning count on Hayden's fierce line
drive to center. The score: