Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-26

The leaders pitching staff consists OF
the following: Gallagher. Litchfield. Meis-
ter and Hester. Hester will not play WIN
the Columbias owing to the treasury
team winning the Departmental League
pennant.
Since the Government Printing once
bunch defeated the Brentwoods last mon
day by the score Of to Z 1t moved 'ii'o
| third place. Going up. emo. g.me
There was some class to that sane
Tuesday between the Columbia Atnletic
Club and the Bloomingdales. Meister
who Is one Of the leaders star sap
artists, pitched wonderful ball. lie snut
out his opponents 3 to o. allowed only
one hit and didn't give base on pai's'
Some pitching.
Boo Hoffman, was the only batsman
Of the Bloomingdale team who could MT
Meister Tuesday.
The Columbia Athletic Club put up
another frst-class article of ball Thurs-
defeating them by the score Of to l..
Gallagher. who did the box work for the
winners, pitched a creditable game. al
lowing only three hits. giving one pass
and making eight strikeouts. Jimmie
Kerr twirled a good game until the fifth
round. when the leaders came In and
made two TALES.
Hurley was the hero with the willow
Thursday. He hammered out home
run and q single.
first for the leaders were of a classy
nature Thursday
A fast double play was one Of the fea-
lures OF Thursdays contest.
Buscher is doing good box work for the
Bloomingdales.
Railroad 2. NJ. G. A.. League.
The schedule for this week follows:
Monday. q. Trainmen VS.. Car Depart
ment; Tuesday. %. Shopmen vs. Union
Station: Wednesday. %. Car Department
VS.. Trainmen; Thursday. 80. B. and O. VS..
Coach Yard; Friday, 81. Coach Yard vs.
Shopmen; Saturday, 1. Union Station VS.
B. and O.
Fridays game between the Car Depart
ment and b. and O. was postponed be-
cause Of the death Of wallace McGrath,
the Car Departments third sacker. A
postponed game between the Station and
b. and O. was arranged. but that was
stopped by rain.
The Stations clear-cut victory in an
eight-inning skirmish Thursday from the
Irainmen may prove disastrous to the lat
ter IN Its race for the cup. If the Train
men lose another. the Clerks stand a
chance for first place.
nave been made in the past week. Ryon's
homer, Capt. Jenkins three-sacker in
Mondays game and Busher's. Osbornes
ana WoodWard's triples were all near the
record mark.
limbaugh rounded into form Thursday
and struck out thirteen men.
thompson and RaDee are holding their
own at first and second. respectively.
jenkins is the candy" at first for the
Trainmen. but Umpire Flynn doesn't think
so.
Osborne's work at short certainly is
worthy OF praise. as is his willow work.
Linthicum handled third in fine style in
his last game.
Independence League.
The Independence League is entov,np
the height of prosperity It is sur.
prislng TO mark the daily increase in
attendance despite the fact that the
neid OF play Is several squares from the
populated section OF Washington. Since
the close OF the Departmental and Sun
oay School leagues several teams in the
independence have obtained the services
OF high-class material. Manhattan has
landed LeMat and Buckley, Twinine has
ADDED Gordon and Advent has signed
Tnomas and Jack Humphrey, as well as
seitz and Goodno. while many Of the
Nlnth Street boys Of the Sunday School
League are now playing with the team
from that church in the Independence.
Although 1t is evident that Twintne
Will win the flag, Advent is by no means
out OF the race To date there has not
been one forfeited game in this league.
and President Morley must be given
great credit for the prosperous condt-
tions.
Falconer of Gurley accepted sixteen
chances without an error at first base
Tuesday.
George Seitz made his debut Tuesday
with the Advent club. and outpitched
Iaggart, the famous high school star.
he allowed Gurley but five hits. and
finish.
Powers pitched a splendid game for
Tw1ning Monday. tanning eleven men in
seven innings. and allowing but four
A decided Improvement Is marked in
the Wallach outfit. Manager Murray
has landed Stuart and Reynolds for his
pitching staff. and his new infeld-
Brewer. Ahern. Lynch and Strothers-
is hard to beat.
Diver is continuing his brilliant
work at short for the leaders.
Manhattan has lost Gill, the minia-
lure shortstop. but Buckley is covering
the position In gilt-edged style. His
work Thursday was remarkable.
Skinny Terry, playing third for
Twining. is an aggressive player. and is
In the game every moment.
BY daring base running and brilliant
headwork. Jesse Mosburg of the Advent
club scored four of his teams seven
runs against Gurley Tuesday. He also
landed on the sphere for two three
baggers.
The league is looking for good UNI
pire. and would like to hear from some
one at an early date The applicant
may present himself to one of the man
ayers on McDevitt's field any evening
at $50.
Marquette League.
The schedule for the week follows: Mon
day. Turnerites vs. st. Vincent; Tuesday.
.Vigilants VS.. st. Paul's: Wednesday, Ma
rines VS.. st. Joseph's; Thursday, Turner
ties VS.. st. Paul's: Friday, ST. Vincent's
VS.. st. PauTs; Saturday. st. Joseph's VS..
Marines
The games this week Pre- mise to be the