Evening star., 1909-05-23
Capital City League Notes.

Capital City League Notes.
| Judging from the past performances
of the teams and their players, it looks
4 like the Columbias, Brentwoods and the
Marines are the hardest propositions in
| this league to beat.
| The st. Stephens team which has been
| for the past five years one Of the strong
est aggregations of ball tOssers in the
this season. some mighty poor exhibitions
of base ball. From the opinion of the
/ fans, change In the captaincy and
several of the players would improve the
an idea that the Capital City Base Ball
Park is a platform for an argument or
| q sparring match, instead of place
! where the nations greatest game 1s
played. Umpire Joe Handiboe was forced,
! in the last two affairs, to put several
of the Sunday school boys out of the
| game for their sarcasm and not playing
the game properly. President James A.
| Shea ought to take q hand in both of
these cases and uphold the arbitrator
Ill both.
Luck has been breaking pretty good so
far for the Columbia Athletic Club, last
years champions. Their only defeat eat
Government Printing Office tribe We'd
nesday, the 10Th, by close score Of 8
to 8. Darkness had great deal to do
| with the loss Of the contest. as Larry
until he heard something drop behind
him and the crowd looking toward his
direction The ball came from Rider 8
bat and went for double. 1t was in
| theS ninth. inning. with one man down.
when the man scored with the winning
| tally.
Teddy Mccarthy Of the Brentwood
nine is lacing, the horsehide in his 1908
| STYLE when he led and set things afire
| in the Departmental League with his
| stick. He has in his past three games
| landed the sphere into safe territory for
| triple, a double and two singles Con-
tinue the good work, Ted, old boy, Fitz
| is with you. -
Jake Leonard has been showing class
on the firing line for the Government
| Printing Office squad Of late. His rec
| ord is won three and lost one. His
| only defeat was due to the miserable
support given him by his teammates, they
making nine costly miscues. How could
he win with such supporters?
Bernie Gallagher. one of the stars on
the Columbias pitching staff. seemed to
be in that grand old last years form.
His first and only victim this season was
| the Brookland bunch. Bernie and the
other eight whipped them to a stand
contest the former "Swampoodle' boys
struck out ten of the twenty-one outs,
! and allowed only Ave bingles.
tial sack for the Brentwoods has been
| of a classy manner. He participated in
| five games and only made one slip.
Forester, the latest find of Manager
O'Connor, is a good one. This youngster
| halls from Fort Myer, over the hills In
Virginia. He has excellent control and
plenty of speed and puzzling curves. In
| his first game he held that strong bunch
of Marine hitters down to five safeties.
| and finally won by the large and nice
| score of II to 1.
Smoke" Balzer. the boy who shone on
GEORGETOWN field this spring. Is on Brent
woods twirling staff. Maybe this don't
help some Smoke" as many know, IS
in class by himself-that means in the
District.
Maurice OConnors says his team is
stronger this year than last. Let's hope
so.
Manager Cornell OF the Brentwoods has
| twenty of the best local material on his
| team. All the boys want to get on the
Brentwoods. 1t surely must be good
managing or something else. or the ball
tossers would never show up.
Teddy Mccarthy has held that third
port on the circuit down without Slip
| up.
Larry Kicker, in left garden for the
/, Suburbanites. has been up to the standard
of the best. if not the best. A very few
TIL, .yr ~
Nuss first sacker for the Marines, has
| connected safely for two home runs, this
being the greatest number of homers this
| season.
Some Of the conspicuous figures on the
bench in the afternoons are Will Nc
CartEy, Dolly Gray, Hank Dawson and
knockey.
Dutch Heinrich was out Thursday in
Brentwoods' uniform for the first time
| this season on any diamond "Dutcn"
who starred with Trinity two seasons ago,
and st. Stephens last. was put out Of
commission, as some know, while play
| ing with a local bakery team in George
| town last year. 1t was while sliolng to
second when he received his injury He
was taken to the Providence Hospital,
where an operation was performed. After
the successful operation and three weeks
rest Dutch was able to witness the
/ pOSI-ScdSOh SCiACS. lAC Will wear the
| Suburba mites tOgS.
Three games Of the eighteen scheduled
were postponed on account OF rain, two
being the past week.
! The ST. Stephens aggregation was the
| first team TO forfeit this season. 1t oc-
| Cured last Monday afternoon, the game
going to the Columbias, Moriarity, cap
| tain of the team. causing the forfeit for
violating the rules.
Simon and Green. both twirlers for the
Brooklanders, pitched the first shutout
| contest OF the season. The Suburbanites
| won by the score of IL to o..
"Curley". Brown, third baseman for the
| leaders has signed a contract to play
with Winchester the coming season
Joe IIandiboe Is handling the Indicator
in grand style. His decisions are precise
| and accurate, Joe knows the game from
| A to 4. therefore there is no room for a
| kick. .ss...-.
| Groundkeeper Tech Parsons hard and
| conscientious work this season has been
greatly appreciated by the officials of this
| league. -.,...
"Af' Handiboe, who plays with Brent
| woods and who has been walloping the
leather so hard of late. is very popular
with the fans at the Capital City Park
Mullen is putting up fine game at
second and is clouting out his hit regu-