Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-01

handy man with the stick. McCauley being
but fair batter Hughes only shortcom-
ing is his throwing, although at times it
is accurate. Raab, the stocky keystone"
sack guarder of the Interior team, showed
great ability in taking difficult chances, but
is not steady enough. Hoffman Of Agricul-
ture, while playing good ball, has not been
at the position long enough to be consid-
cred.
The short field position is not a very hard
one to decide upon, as Capt. Charley Lord
of the Treasury team has all of the others
beat about mile. When 1t comes to con-
sidering the players ability to get ground
ers and short outfeld flies. he has no equal
In the league In the batting line he has
done as well as the average. Babe Tor
ney of the Commerce and Labor team gets
second selection. His playing in the early
part of the season was at times very sem
sational, but when his team took its
slump he seemed to go with it. and
therefore cannot be considered for first po-
sltion. Clark of Post Office has been at the
short field position on several occasions and
played a star game.
Chittenden gets first call for the third
sack, as his headwork as well as his bat
ting has helped considerably the winning
of the pennant for the Agriculture team.
He is also seasoned player, having played
on the Yale University team. "Vic'' Bic
laski of Treasury is the runner up, his bat
ting giving him the place. He is large
man for the position and is unable to get
up on the slow-hit balls fast enough. Fen
ton of the Interior team is very fast in his
fielding, but lacks in batting. Thus Chit
tenden gets the preference. In the outheld
positions Harry Bryan, who has covered
left field for Navy throughout the entire
season, is given the position without a
question as he is one of the fastest men in
the league and a terror at the bat.
Pennington of Post Office is also good
one at this position.
There are several applicants for the CEN
ter field. Taylor of Agriculture has played
a fast game in this position and Is a good
sticker. Carr of Interior has played the
field better than the former, but has not
Capt. Bacon of Post Office is one of the best
outfielders In the league. Taking into con-
sideration the fielding and batting. Taylor
is given the position. In the right field
there have been so many men and as sew
eral are very good 1t is rather hard to
decide. Clark again comes into view, as
well as Hoffman. Both of these men have
covered the field better than any of the
others With Clark in this field team
would have sure, heavy batter. This COM
bination of players could give any team in
the District a hard tussle 1t has been sug-
gested that they arrange game with a
picked team from either the Capital City Or
Sunday School leagues.
The lineup of the all-department team
would be: Kraft of Navy, catcher; Sanders
of Agriculture, pitcher; Adams of Post
Office, first base; Hughes of Navy. second
base, Lord of Treasury, shortshtop: Chit
tenden of Agriculture, third base; Bryan OF
Navy. left field; Taylor of Agriculture, CEN
ter field; Clark of Post Office. right field.
1t can be seen why the Agriculture, Navy
and Post Office teams are so far up in the
race, the first two named having three
men each on the all-department team and
the latter two, while Treasury gets one.