Evening star., 1909-08-21
B BOYS
BATTLE TO A TIE
Rawlings for Bankers Holds
! ParkvieW to One Hit,
but Can't Win.

The American Security and Trust team
champs of the Bankers League. and the
strong Parkview outfit battled seven in
nings yesterday afternoon at the Capital
City Park to a tie. Score. 2 to.2. Umpire
Belts had to call the game at the close
of the seventh on account of the heavy
downpour of rain
Rawlings the lad that brought "Peet's
Pets to the front. and who captured the
flag for Business High in the Interhigh
School championship games. twirled
mastery ball for the money men. He had
the heavy hitting opponents at his mercy
throughout the game, being only touched
up for one hit, and that was a scratch.
Had Rawlings been supported properly he
would have walked away with the battle
easily, but six errors were chalked up
behind him, five of which proved costly.
w. Gallagher was the only suburbanite
that could connect safely.
The boys. from the H street institute
outbatted the Parkview nine, but fell
down on their fielding. 1t looked as
though several of the young bloods got
stage fright, judging from the way they
stood at the plate and tried to accept a
chance. The Parkviews were first to
kin which was fieIded nicely. but he made
and, and scored on another costly slip
The other two men went out in order. The
American Security and Trust had a
chance in the third to score a
run. but failed. Hilery hit Hay
cock in the head with the ball. Brooks
next up clouted single to right. Hay
cock going TO third on the swat. Brooks
stole second. Hillery. seeing he. was in
a bad predicament. drew himself to-
gether and retired the side in order. The
Bankers registered their first tally in the
| fourth. Maloney led off with two-base
hit to left center and tailed on Vest s
single to right. Meyers fielded the ball
fast and made bluff to throw home, but
instead threw to first. mailing West. Raw
struck out. In the fifth they failed to
either hit or score but in the sixth the
Bank League champions got busy and
scored the tieirg run, in a downpour of
rain, on single and a triple. Howard
caught one of Hillery's drops on the nose
for a single to left, and came home on
Vests second hit of the game, triple
to deep right.
of the game in the fifth session. O'Neil
drew a pass and went to second on
"Snag's" error of Meyers bunt. Hillery
came up and moved both along on his
| sacrifice. Maddox hit to Brooks and was
thrown out at first; during the play
O'Neil scored. In the seventh neither
team could hit nor score, and as every
| body was getting soaked to the skin
Umpire Belts called 'Game.'
At the start of the battle the Ameri-
can Security and Trust squad had but
nine men, and should one of these have
been injured or put out of the game they
| would have had to forfeit 1t rained
hard before the combat, but at sched-
condition, with the exception of center
field.
Although Hillerys curves and shoots
fooled four more batters than Rawlings
and he passed one less in wildness, his
opponents found him easy when they
needed hits to count. Hillery's delivery
allowed five men to connect safely. one
of whom got two.
The work OF Slab behind the plate for
the Parkview and the classy fielding of
Johnson In center field for the bankers
and the batting of West were the fea-
| lures of the game. The score: