The Washington herald., 1909-06-27

Last weeks results 10 the amateur
baseball world were by far the most i'm
portant Of the present season. and sew
erai changes were made In the standings
Of the various organizations.
In the Capital City. League both Brent
wood and the Columbia Athletic Club
continued TO win and are tied for first
honors. but the Marines shut out the
Broekland aggregation on Thursday and
were in turn beaten by O'ConnOr's tribe.
Besides trouncing the Marines. the Co
lumbias also handed BrookIand a lemon,
making that team drop down a peg to
fifth place. St Stephens added two more
lost games TO their already large total,
and their average shrunk in proportion.
The directors Of the Departmental tried
20 see how many games they could pull
of last week, ana the scorers had to
work in the hot sun until they wished
they had never seen a baseball. much
less game. However. the only attack
Of snnStroke OF heart failure recorded
was when Post-ohlce defeated Navy. n
10 0, on Wednesday. That game was the
limit, and why the Sailors let Uncle
Sans mail carriers beat them so badly is
puzzle. as the Navy squad turned right
around and trounced the Commissioners
Commerce and Labor, besides winning
their two games with other teams. held
The Agriculture team 10 q tie score. 3 TO 4
IN ten innings on Friday. Had the games
progressed there is no telling how long
the two mines would have hattled. as
they were about evenly ma,ched, and the
Commerce and Labor aggregation had
blood in their eyes that day. There we're
Two forfeited games. Treas ry and War
being the offenders.
sunday school fans had some good
sport out east last week Bethany beat
ing Ninth, 10 g, on Thursday. and Ninth
drubbins Hamiine. by 10 , score on
Saturday. and -taWline dropped a game
70 BETHANY. 20 p on Tuesday. all Of
these sames counting heavily against the
losers Hamiine's defeats put them out
c, tls ruan,ns il beng conceded that
Bethany and Ninth viii be hard 10
d-siodse from their positions OF advan-
tago az tire top cf the heap; besides.
Hamlue IS in dlsorgauized state, com
pared with the two leaders.
The Columbia Printers beat TanNle-
wood ID hoily-wased scrimmage BY
ere tails in tie Marquette on Friday
and the GeorGetowpers lOst another 10
tAe ConEI Iessrcual combiaati tiOn, which has
heca playing ia great form recently. St
Martins UaS BANKED by the Pension
Oitce clEe bearing ont the writer's as
scrticn -n previous article that Uncle
Sl-aS clerks would be contender for
the bunting Manager Robbins bows
were surprised earlier IN the week when
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leTSe u.arsla, and, 10 beat il all the
Blcorc.ngcales turned around and soaked
Il into Tie CoaSressicnals by q last-in-
ming rally SATURDAY There has been no
WeeA % Gate III which the baseball re-
sLl-s We're more coat-adicting and where
tlerc was an all-rOmd. free-for-au fight
as there seems 10 have been during the
past Week among the clubs in the local
leagues Il appears as If every one got
dis in tie rihs and handed the other
fellow enc with an iron club.
~ hst the Aggies have been bumped.
and TWining did ii. as was expected by
the followers Of the Independence organi-
zation- The New York Avenue team has
been after the Farmers for quite q
while and have ar last trimmed them In
hair-raising contest. Much Of the credit
must necessarily go 10 the Twining bat
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work, Geibel allowing but one man 10
pilfer of him. and Burke's work being
steady throughout the game. The Wal
ZACH and Ninth teams have been winning
lately. while Advent has taken a slump
and IL begins to look like the race in the
Independence VIII prove to be an in
tsresting one after all
The Station team and the Southern
Railway boys mixed II up IN the Rail
road Y NJ. c. A League last week. Sta
ton getting away with the long end OF
the score Of a 8 to s game, although the
contest has been protested by the losers.
The Adams Express team has shown
promising form, and between the South
erneFs and the Adams Company, Stati6n
should have hard row TO hoe from this
date on.
The Aggies lost their thirteenth game.
No wonder!
NJ. Broome apd A. Buehler, are playing
well for the Ninth Street team, In the In
dependence League.
In Wednesdays game between Advent
and Ninth FIVE double plays were pulled
of, the latter club making three.
IN order to accommodate several teams
in the Independence. League having out
of-toSn games, the schedule VIII be
slightly changed during the next few