Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-22
Sunday School League Notes.

The Sunday School League closed one o.
the most success VI seasons OF It's caree-
! last Thursday when tie tinai game BE-
tween thany and Ninth was played
IN conscientious and Woodworking o.
GERS OF the organization did everything
In their power this season to bener: and
please the large audi noes that attended
Tie games each day. and they are as
sured that the league next season viii
De made up Of SOM of the swiftest ma
teriai IN he city, and 1t Is a known fact
that many a-e now anxiously awaiting
the cal OF the umpire which will open tts
| 1910 season.
The race this season. although a two
team affair. was on OF the most interest
! Ing and exciting In the CITY. II was not
decided ss until the final same was played.
was pulled of, the Ninth and Bethany
teams were ted for first place with twenty
games won and four lost Comparing
the race OF this season with that o last
II can be seen that there was grea,
difference II the teams. az they Uere
much more evenly matched. The rut
| Tor the bunting last season was q run
away affair for the Grace aggregation. tt
NEAREST rival was the Fifth team aho
some 300 points separated them. This
year the Ninth and Bethany teams ran
neck and neck rom The drop OF the hat
although the Hamline aggregation started
out well by winning its first Your games
but after performing this feat k droppcd
rniserably, and as the season grew on the
team weakened, and after Il had played
nineteen games the condition OF afairs
was such that L was necessary for e TO
orteit Its final six contests.
II was Langdon's first year In the
league and because Of the eligibility rule
il was hard matter for Manager Love 10
IA tv,t Non SoS-
aggregation. Notwithstand .ng the fac.
that the Episcopal leader carried with
him team that had much room or In
provsment, 1t Certainly was a game
three games and each day that the sub
urbanites were sche juled to play Il haa
between nine aud fifteen players on the
bench. Better luck next year.
The article OF ball that the Mind,
Streeters put up against the Bethany
Baptist troupe Thursday did not mark &
| as . pennant winning aggregation. Litch-
field, OH the mound for the B;oomiagdal.,
boys. was very wild and had no control
and but for the mastery work OF Capt
Manefee behind the bat would probably
have lost his game and the pennant II
the FIRST inning the first three batters To-
the Christians reached FIRST IN a. ETY.. bur
they tailed 10 put d man over the pan.
And so il was in tbs following tive In
nings. In three innings after the :.rst
| the northeast aggregation had two or
with one down and failed To tally. They
had ten men die on the sacks II tie first
six innings.
The work OF Harry Dodd In the finai
three games against Ninth has made hin
q warm and fetime ( lend to his man
ager. Mr.. Stokes. Harry played gram
ball n the field. and his timely stick
work in each lontesl had much to d.
with the defeat OF the Ninth squad. Beth
any got but four hits of Buscher Thurs
day. and one-haif OF these were made b.
Dcdd, nSle and double. and the
two-bagger was the only extra base
clout or the contest. In Tuesdays con
test the Baptists again made but four
hits and again Ha ry was In the lime
! CHI with tr'p:e and s!ng.e. He
made two Of the i've hits in last Satur-
days combat, and IL three games he had
eight chances il LETT held.
There is probably not first baseman
in the city who has accomplished what
Tom Quant~elle or Ninth has earned fol
himself this season. a Adding average Of
800. Tho tall boy took part In twenty
four games. and is cred ted with two
hundred and eight pUtouts, six assists
and but a single error. total OF two
hundred and fifteen chances. His PLAY
ing at the keystone corner this season
has been brilliant. as he found little difH-
Guilty In raking OF ali kinds Of thrcns
and digging them out OF the dirt.
John Murphy covered considerable te--
ri,ory III the Quilted FOR Peck last Wei
nesday. He pulled down three f'es. aro
all were hard. iong-rlnning Chances.
There is not a player in the league pi.o
batt-d II sach iard luck Saib ~
Ninth. Charlie hits all the twirlers and
HIS them hard. bur in his few games
with the Christians he was robbed or sew
eral long hits by phenomenal fielding.
DOR your hat 10 that kid Balzar. He
proved too strong for the Ninth Streeters
last Tuesday. Pitching one-hit game
against that husky bunch Of willow
beavers il som eat. His SD tier was
breaking fne and tire good work 81 Man
cfee ST The receiving enc had much 10 90
with the Baptists' victory over the CHRIS
tians. Smoke tanned ev ry member
Of the Ninth team with the exception or
QuantrelIe and Stecher. The forraer was
the man who connected for the lone
h!nglc.
kind that brings out the finer points OF
the game. II established q record for
Jack Spaulding. The hefty one. who
covers acres OF ground around short for
the Bethany aggregation. did not have .
fielding chance IN the eight innings q
play.
Yum" Mo-elan6 pulled one Gown from
the BAT c. Dugaa Tuesday which was
nothing snort OF marvellous There was
one out At the time ana the catca whic.,
tho Bapt!stS from scoring but ono run