The Washington herald., 1907-08-11
Hicial time Of to-day's race was:
SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE NOTES.

The season is over and all the fans
are sad.
Rider proved himself TO be a great
pinch hitter
Gray's record as a slabman is a most
enviable one.
Hats OF to Bethany. the best team
in the leaguk.
Moreland was easily the best run
getter in the league
The league finished with financial af-
fairs in good condition.
Clements put up a swell game at the
initial corner for First.
Dick Gordon was unable 20 win a
single game of the four in which he
participated.
Belts ran the last few games in fine
order. Get Some Pepper" Billy is pop
ular with fans and players alike.
1t was only after a long and gruel-
ling struggle that WOrleys team fin
ally got the best Of Ninth and First.
There viii be quite a series Of exhi-
bition games on the Thirteenth and D
streets grounds, starting tomorrow.
GaIleher is certainly catching a splen-
practice this season. and is batting
around the 300 mark.
That Bethany teams strong point
was swatting the ball. This. and the
fact that it had an excellent sta6 Of
fingers. tells the tale
il must have been hard for that
First bunch TO lose the rag after lead
ing the league by such a big margin
during the early part Of the season.
II seems TO be the pronounced opinion
Of the crowd that Newgents success as
a pitcher Is due 10 his using his moo
de" as some OF them put H. His head
work has pulled him and Bethany out
Of many tight holes
Barnhart is back IN the game after a
vacation in Pennsylvania of two weeks,
and is playing faster ball, if possible,
than ever. He pitched the deciding game
against Ninth on Wednesday. which gave
Bethany the pennant
McLaurin is certainly the premier
hard-luck man Of the league The big
fellow twirled eight games for Waugh,
on one occasion holding First 10 two
hits. but errors Of the men behind pre-
vented him from winning any OF them.
Harry ZanelH is undeniably the star
shortstop Of the league, and, while his
batting has fallen Of some. his base
running is a feature OF the games. His
brother Gus Is also covering a lot OF
territory in the outfeld and batting op-
portunely.
Rider is playing a star left field for
Bethany. his running catch of McDon-
aids line drive on Wednesday being pro-
nounced by many who saw il the pTet-
test catch Of the season. Too bad, Um-
pire Belts could not see it for the crowd,
as he well deserved the out"
Sam Wood, tee veteran catcher OF
Bethany. is very III with fever. and has
been out Of the game for about ten days
He has been much missed and inquired
after by the fans. as he is a prime IA
vorite on account of his sunny dsposi-
tion and proverSi6i good nature.
Ruiz has played all the inheld positions
for Bethany, and finally drifted around 10
first cushion, where he has starred dur
ing the last games played His catch
of a fly TO short right field made a great
hit with the crowd. He is batting some,
too, and it breaks him all up TO strike
out
Finnigan pitched his usually steady
game against the First on Thursday, and
won Qua easily. by 10 TO 3. He had the
First team at his mercy from start 70
finish, and Umpire Belts was amused
several times at the frantic efforts and
eontortion acts Of the First players to
hit his shoots"
Ballinger certainly has a batting eyes
yet In a recent game with First the
score stood to o, in the ninth inning,
with one out, and no hits having been
made up to that time. Manager WOrley
put him in TO bat and he broke ii up
with two Dagger, which would have
been home run had It not hit buggy.
and bounced back Wood followed with
a double. Ruiz with a single. and Gus
Zanelli with a double, and the game was
tied