Evening star., 1909-07-11
BANK LEAGUE NOTES.

| The infielders of the Bank League ap-
pear to be much better as far as fielding
goes than the outfielders. 1t is mainly
due to the poor work of the outergar-
deners that such big scores have been
rolled up, as a missed fly usually proves
disastrous. The whole league Will un-
doubtedly be much stronger next season.
as it ierally takes one year for
new egation to strike its stride.
W. ington Loan and Trust Company
| has onsiderably strengthened us nine
by the addition Of the Hodgson ana
| Langford battery. Hodgson mas not
been twirling up to expectations. out ne
has been receiving miserable support.
and this accounts largely TOR ,. the many ny
the other hand. Langford is proving OF
great value by his snappy work ana ms
hitting. He is left-hander with sooo
eye and usually connects when the
pitcher puts them over.
Merchants and Mechanics has Barnes,
the hitting center fielder. leadlng
off. owing to his ability to work ms way
to first. He recently secured three nlts
in the scrimmage with Mash.hs,e. s;s nosil
ton brilliantly. He also has q strong
throwing arm and is making an unusual
number of assists for an outne!deI; Inns
team has about the best collection OF
fielding outfielders in the league. ana
mental in affOrding this nine Suons
bid for the championship.
The Moore boys are hitting the ball at
P Moore is batting fourth for this nine.
Dooley is also hitting the ball.
The Merchants and Mechanics nine Is
-trn q
| line up for the deciding game with Ameri-
can Security at American League Park
| Tuesday afternoon at 4:30. The latest
acquisition is '.Shag" Rawlings OF busi-
ness High, on whom the hackers OF thIs
| team are depending to check the string OF
victories of American Security. The Sc
curly hoys are also getting a hVely cor
| lection Of bail tossers for the summer
and have about the strongest iookIns
bunch in the circuit. Should tne Mei
| this scrimmage, 1t would mean 1Ilple
| tie between these two teams and Riggs
National Bank. The RIGGS players are
anxious for American Security to iose' as
| it would give them another bid LOT the
championship.
Eberly at third base is putting up
good game both in the field ana AT tne
bat for Merchants and Mechanics. Car
penter Is also playing wen ana mo- mas comas ons
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| his way around the second station. Raw
| lings is batting fourth.
Capt. Snowden of Riggs has a move
ment on foot of taking the best aVallaoie
material from his team and the american
| Security and Trust nine and playing q
picked team from the Baltimore banks.
The Washington boys could get strong
lineup from these two teams In case
American Security should drop the game
TO Merchants and Mechanics, Riggs
would be in bad shape to play on the tie'
as the team has had no practice since tne
contest with American Security some rev
weeks ago.
Another Western High School player
has ioined the Bank League ranks, as
Howard. catcher of the Georgetown High
School nine last year, has been employed
for the summer by the American Security
and Trust Company. He will probably
be played in the outfield. His brother is
playing an excellent game at third TOT
this same team and is also batting Weil.
In West American Security seems 10
have picked up a live one. He Is deliv-
ering the goods at second base Desloes
clouting the ball. He ranks with the
leading batsmen of the league, but mas
only PLAYED In three Bank League games.
In ali these contests he banged the horse
hide to advantage and also played q
snappy game around the keystone sack
West is a former W.oodside player and
bats fourth on the Security nine.