The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-08-15
Fans Kept Busy Looking for
Winner of PoSt-Season
Series.
TWO FAVORITES
FOR THE TITLE
Brentwood and Agricultural Clubs
Are the Popular
COntenders.


winner is encountered on all sides
Every detail considered. and all phases
compared, it seems the general impress
sion that the Capital City League lead
es, Brentwood and Agriculture, of the
Departmental League, VIII be the teams
10 fight II out, with the Sunday school
organization a slight favOrite over the
Marquette. for third place. There may
exist some difference OF opinion over
the placement Of the last two named
leagues, but of the first there is little
room for doubt.
To weigh the relative merits of the
Brentwood and Agriculture teams and
decide which is the better IS no easy
matter. IN the first place, the leagues
which they represent are widely differ
ent. Without doubt, the Capital City
roster is the cIassiest in town, and TO
land on top Of the heap in that COM
pany any team must be as thoroughly
competent as is able TO be found on the
sand lots.
Brentwood while it has clearly shown
its superiority in the Capital city
League. has had some little difficulty
in keeping at the top of the list.
Straight through it has been pushed Oy
Columbia and, here recently, teams fur
ther down the column nave registered
wins over the champion outfit
On the other hand, Agriculture comes
from a slower league, though not 10
any very marked degrea. Several of the
clubs in the Departmental circuit were
very weak and offered easy picking fol
all Of the teams in the drst division.
Others in the first division were not
weak and were about on a par with
the first division teams in the Capital
City. From beginning TO end the Farm
er team has completely outclassed
everything in the departmental League.
Il has gone through its entire seized
ule Of twenty games with but two de-
feats- In the matter of games lost
there is not league team IN the city
which has equaled the record of the
Farmers, while but few have been able
to score as many wins.
For three seasons the Departmental
champion has been intact or virtually
so. for there have been but very few
changes. From the bottom OF the list
the Aggies have slowly climbed during
the past three years and at the present
time they are the undisputed league
leaders and man for man outclass any
team en- their organization The de-
velopment OF the team has been grad
ual. natural A combination Of base
runners. batters. and delders is hard TO
beat and in each of these departments
the Aggies win compare favorably with
any amateur team that has played in
the Capital for the past two years
III e. ar
aggregation with the above mentioned
faculties. and that is by pitching, par
excellence. The pitching STATS OF these
two teams are composed of the best
men in the city New0erry, Sanders,
Buscher. Balser, and Gray is a quintet
hard 10 beat incidentally Sanders VIII
not play in the post season series Hav-
ing played with both clubs throughout
the season ne would be in a mighty
tickllsh position should he attempt 10
discriminate and, according 10 several
OF his close friends, he VIII leave the
city for a vacation about the time the
crucial contests start.
In any event the decision in the box
seems 10 lie between GRAY, for Brent
wood. and Newberry. ror Agriculture.
Balser may be used by the Capital
City team. Both are risht-haEders and
good ones.
Newberry is an old head. He has
played the game for many years, knows
baseball probably as well as any player
in the amateur ranks and is steady.
Cray IS a youngster- There IS no twirief
IN town who has a better breaking ball
and he is fully capable of going the fun
route at top speed. A tendency 10 start
badly has been one OF the worst faults
of the Brentwood tWirler- but ia his
past few games this shOrtcOming has
been corrected 10 very noticeable de-
gree. Taken all In all the two men
who VIII face each other iu the all-im-
pCrtant games or the coming series are
as nearly equal a Is IL is possible TO fig-
ure out or paper.
Agriculture looks mighty good Brent
wood is among the best that has been
turned out for several seasons. You've
got all the dope, pick the winner
Far be 70 from US 20 -, and untangIe
that problem out In the Sunday School
League but any way Won take ID the
their patronage. Ninth and Bethany tie
up again on Tuesday. II Ninth wins &c
gets into the post season games. but if
~ loses II must go another nine rounds
with the winners 10 decide the cham
pion- close scrutiny of the box score
Of yesterdays game between these two
teams viii show that they are very even
ly matched and If there was any avail
bic seating space AT yesterdays game
fl Will surely be utilized when the two
clubs come together again on Tuesday.
s-
The Suburban League IS the only other
league ga the city which has not yet UNI
earthed its representative for the post
season contests From the regularity
with which umpires are being buried in
that vicinity IL would appear that the
fight Is waXing powerful warm and may
cause some delav iH the Section b
games before a decision is reached
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