Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-01
SPORTS
BASE BALL.

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country the great prosperity of the ma.
tional game and incidentally made q bet
ter record and coined more money than
any local club had done before in the his
tory OF the game 1t was the second
year for Manager Cantillon, and notwitl'
standing several severe handicaps he lift
ed Washington out Of last place, and the
wiseacres say he will do still better IN
| 1909. Early in the season Manager Can
tilion made one Of his good trades. when
he passed Case Patten along to Boston
few weeks with Boston. and then
retired to his home in upper New York
state, but Tannehill continued with the
locals and pitched fairly good ball.
| The Nationals made their usual poor
start, but toward the end Of May caught
their second wind and did fairly well aft
erward The best week of the season
came May %. when the locals played
eight games and won six, a record that
will probably stand for long time for
Washington club. the CieVelands ana
Bostons being the sufferers.
Around September the Nationals were
doing their best work, the result OF the
purchase OF Bob Unglaub, the former
Boston leader bracing up the team 10
wonderful degree by his timely hitting.
Catcher Charley Street jumped into the
limelight by catching ball thrown from
the Washington monument, and the pa
pers all over the country praisea the
| feat. Then came the success OF w AFTER
Johnson against the New YORK cup ~,
three consecutive games, going through
the twenty-seven innings without a
| Yankee making the circuit of the bases,
or three shut-outs. Johnson was IN eA-
| cellent trim, having fully recovered from
his illness that kept him away from the
club In the early weeks OF the season, and
| had he been permitted he would nave
zone against the Gothanites for the
fourth game.
Dave Al,izer and Fred Falkenberg
| were sold to the Cleveland cup noi
something like $4,000, and the sale turn
ed out a good one for the locals. as the
pair did little for the Lajoie crew
second Baseman Delehanty had run
In" with Umpire O'Loughlin at CleVe.
land. and, in addition to being put out
barred from the grounds for a year by
President johnson of the American
League This drastic measure perhaps
cost Cleveland the championship: as the
Nationals played like f1ends against the
Maps in the final games and defeated
them just enough o keep them from
overtaking either Chicago or Detroit.
Deiehanty had been Ill the greater part
of the season. but at that he managed
to lead the club at the bat, hitting TOT
| .307 on the year.
The amateur leagues had another good
year, but were not quite up to the sea-
son before. In the Sunday School League
Grace won the championship after
fairly easy struggle. outclassing the
other clubs in a marked degree.
| The Departmental League furnished
great deal Of excitement, three different
clubs climbing into first place at periods
OF the struggle. Treasury finally Won
out, with Interstate and Commerce and
Labor right on It's heels. The Marines
won the Marquette League honors, and
the Columbia Athletic Club finished first
In the Capital City League. In ,t:e SUD
urban League lexington finished ftrst
and the National Electric Supply Com
pany finished the leader in the CONNER
cial League. Twining was the best in
the Columbia League. and the Trainmer
carried off the pennant in the Railway
| League.
to be played for the championship OF
| the CITY at the close OF the season, and
the honor Of being the daddy of then
all" finally fell to the Columbia Athletic
Club. The final game was between Co
lumbia and Twining. and the former wor
out with lots to spare.
| In playing for the preparatory school,
championship the Georgetown Props cap
tured the title. as they defeated Techni-
cal, the winners Of the Washington High
School League
! HORSE RACING.
| Horse racing in the District Of Coium
bia was given a Knockout blow las
May when Representative Sims anti
gambling law was passed by the HOUSE
and Senate and signed by President
Roosevelt. The spring meeting Of thu
Washington Jockey Club at Benning wen
through fairly successful season. bu
| 1t viii probably be the last Of racing
| In this vicinity for years to come. Sew
eral prominent racing enthusiasts en-
| deavored to demonstrate that there coult
be racing at Benning without betting ant
| held a meeting lasting q week. At NJ
| time was the attendance over 500 and &
| large majority Of those In attendance
passed through the gates on passes. The
! District ofYicials kept close tab on thu
/ sporting fraternity and as result nj
! open betting took place, although it i:
more than likely that private wager'
| were recorded.
| The annual fall meeting Of the Wash
| inston Jockey Club at Benning was callee
| off, and although there are rumors OF 8
spring meeting. nothing definite has beer
decided upon.
| GOLF.
The golnnS season OF 1908 i'll the Dis
| trict of Columbia was the most success.
full in the history Of the favorite Scot
| fish sport hereabouts. All the tcurna'
ments of the Chevy Chase and Columbia
clubs were we'll attended in the matter
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