Evening star., 1909-07-18
Brentwood leads in team batting
Sunday School League Notes.

Following is the schedule for this week:
Monday-St. Paul VS.. Peck.
Tuesday-Hamline vs. Ninth.
Wednesday-Langdon VS.. Bethany.
Thursday-Hamline VS.. ST. Paul.
F'riday-Bethany vs. Peck.
Saturday-Ninth VS.. Langdon.
Ninth has suffered but three defeats
this season, and each time Bethany has
administered the dose.
At the present writing there are thir-
teen postponed contests and one tie game.
Sidewheeler Litchfield of Bethany said
the other day that If the Baptists failed
to win the pennant he hoped to be red
headed. Terrible wish.
Sam Wood made his debut with Ham
line last week and certainly delivered the
goods with the willow. He ripped off
five singles and double.
Charlie Dugan Of Bethany underwent
a painful operation last week. 1t was
necessary for bim to be put under the
influence of gas.
Hamline won its two games last week
1t defeated Langdon by 10 to 8, and
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Manager Holmes troupe batted out a
victory over the Peck Memorial squad.
The league gave a lawn fete on the
grounds Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
and Saturday OF last week. 1t was a
success
McGregor OF Hamline received an in
jury on his initial appearance last Mon
day. which will probably keep him out OF
the game for some time He showed up
We'll with the stick, getting a trio of
singles and a two-bagger.
Porter Is putting up much better
game for Langdon since he was taken
from behind the bat and put in the In
field He had thirteen chances at short
and third last week and handled them
in q clever manner.
The fastest game Of the season was
played Thursday between st. Paul and
Langdon. Eight and one-half innings In
seventy minutes Is going some. A fan
at the game remarked that you couldn't
make better time in an automobile
Too bad that the Ninth-Bethany battle
scheduled for last Tuesday had to be
ton of the grounds. Both teams were
strongly represented, and the crowd be-
gan to gather at 3 o'clock. This Is the
second postponed date that these teams
have.
Dick Gordon pitched a good game for
Manager Holmes crew Wednesday. Dick
held the Georgetown aggregation hitless
for six innings. In the seventh a scratch
single by Powell was made. and In the
ninth another scratch and a clean drive
by Murphy were registered.
McMorris continues to play brilliant
ball at short for the st. Paul Methodist
aggregation.
Monk Walters Is putting UP a good
game for the Christians, and Is hitting
the ball hard.
Symanoskt relieved Brady after the
latter had twirled four innings last Fri
day. Sym twirled but one inning, and
only pitched to three batterS.
Long Tom Quantrelle continues to play
a great game at the keystone corner for
the Ninth Streeters. Because of his
height and reach very few throws get
and pulling in wide ones seem mere
trifles to him.
Manager Holmes stated last week that
his team Is not out of the running. He
10 confident of many more victories before
the season closes. and also stated that
he would make them all hustle. Those
two victories last week seemed to en-
courage the cyclist.
Tom Murphy has greatly strengthened
that Peck troupe. Versatility seems to
be his strong point. He plays a good
game in any part OF the field, and Is
some pumpkins with the willow. On his
one down in right garden, and when
Walters located the sphere the George
town man was crossing the counting
block.
Frioays contest between Ninth and
Peck was surely q warm battle. The
score stood 4 to 2 in favor of the Me-
mortal aggregation when the contest was
ming with two down. With a runner
on second Buehler hit to Rogers and me
play was an easy out In throwing to
first Rogers lost control of the ball and
It went many feet over the first base
mans head 1t was raining so hard at
this stage that 1t was necessary for Um-
pire Hughes to call the contest.
Taggart. who was the mainstay Of the
Bethany pitching staff last season, and
who has been twirling all the games for
the American Security and Trust Com
pany this season. expects to take his
regular turn in the box with the Sunday
School Leaguers from now on. Hooks
should be capable Of causing any of the
teams in the league considerable trouble
in solving his delivery If he pitches his
drop ball with the effectiveness 1t had
last year.
That fellow Warden Of Hamline Jumped
from nowhere into the class Of 300 bat
ters last week. Will he hold the pace?
That remains to be seen. In his first
three games with the Methodists he was
unable to connect safely with the sphere.
and his appearance at the bat marked
him as very poor sticker. Note the
change. In Mondays contest that big fell
low laced out two home runs and as many
singles. In Wednesdays game he peeled
off a single and his third home run of the
week. When the official averages were
published In The Star last Sunday he
had three large ciphers as a batting
average. and now he has the good mark
Of .315.