Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-19
STANDING OF THE
DEPARTMENT CLUBS
Agriculture Continues to Lead
in Team Fielding, With
Others Bunched.


partmental League show but little change
during the present month. Agriculture con-
tinues to lead in team fielding. with an
average of g17. Post ONCE. although it
has lost thirteen straight games, is still in
second place with .910. only one point
lower than when the averages were last
compiled. Commerce and Labor, Navy ard
Treasury follow close in order, all of them
nine hundred or over. War Is in sixth place
with .Sy5. Interior has gone back few
points and Justice has pulled up until only
one point separates them in seventh and
last place respectively, with percentages of
1878 and .877.
Post Offices showing is a good one, as
the team is in last place in the race and is
trying out a number of new men for next
season. From it's standing in fielding it is
easily recognized that the poor work Of the
pitching corps and the teams inability to
hit at opportune moments has been the
cause Of the mailmen's downfall.
Capt. Doc. Kienschmidt of Justice has
gone another month without making mis-
play and easily leads the individual f1efders
with LOCO per cent. He Is the only man
who has participated in every game played
by his team without making an error and
he cannot be given too much praise. Doc.
will end the season in the lead, as he has
back before the season closes.
Every team in the league with the ex-
ception Of Commerce and Labor has at
least one man who has participated in
three or more games and has clean sheet.
They are: Agriculture. Rose; Post Office,
Stewart: Treasury, Judd: Navy. Gammell:
War. Bolts and Ellis, and Justice Klein
schmidt and Houlehan. Dutch Kinney is
leading Commerce and Labor with 1853. and
Erwin heads the Interiorftes with $50.
Volkman carries Off the BOBBY with only
.S95 in five games.
Capt. Weber of Agriculture leads the
catchers, Kinney of Commerce and Labor
the pitchers, Clemens of Navy first base
men, Spillane Of Treasury the second base
men. Mccarthy of Treasury the third base
men. Lord of Treasury the short stops
and Doc. Klenischmidt the outfielderS.
Torney Best Sack Stealer.
Evans of Commerce and Labor has the
unique record of making more putouts than
any other player In the league. Sanders Of
Agriculture holds the same record in assists.
Babe Torney of Commerce and Labor
is the premier base stealer of the league.
with total of twenty-six bases in twenty
games Taylor of Agriculture is running
him a close second in this respect with
nineteen. while Orrison of Post Office is
only one behind with eighteen. and has q
better percentage, as he has an average OF
one a game. while Taylor who has par
teen.
War has made the greatest advance in a
months period shown by any team this
season. 1t has pulled up ten points in the
last four games, and has been gaining
steadily ever since midSeaSon. After get
ting off badly the warriors have made an
excellent showing both in averages and in
games won, and have pulled up from the
tail end to the head Of the second division
They were the laughing stock of the league
when they started the season without a
days practice and several of their men
came down to play and had to be intro
duced to their team mates. But ever since
that time they have gradually strengthened
and improved until they are the most
feared of any team in the league.
Lots of Hard Luck
It can also be said to their credit that
they have accomplished this in spite of a
good deal of hard luck through the loss of
several of their best players. Before the
season opened they were granted permits
sion to draw on Fort Myer for players. but
the men they had selected were ordered to
San Francisco with the Hospital Corps at
the time of the big earthquake. They have
also lost the services of Sabins, one of the
premier all-around players of the league,
who led in batting, long hitting and was
one of the best amateur first baSemen in
the city. Sabins was ordered to the In
struction camp at Chickamauga Park,
Georgia. and will not return to his post at
Fort Myer until after the season closes
Every team in the league with the posi-
BILE exception of Agriculture has had more
or less hard luck in this respect and too
much cannot be said in praise of the league
officers for their diligent work and the way
they have kept things going. 1t is sur
prising fact that although the pennant win
ner is a certainty In Agriculture, interest
in the games has never tagged, and there
Is as hot a fight on for second position as
there was for the pennant. Even the teams
in the second division are fighting hard to
better their positions, and 1t is a bitter
struggle to keep out of the cellar cham
pionship. There is also a hard fight for
better averages. but there is little likeli-
hood that there will be any startling
changes before the season closes
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