Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-15
Suburban League Notes.

Games this week:
Monday-Parkview vs. Brishtwood al
Parkview
Observation-Disclosures vs.. Brightwood al
Parkview.
The Suburban League season will wind
up Tuesday. The championship will not
be decided until then. Last season
Brightwood and Parkview had to fight ii
out for the pennant after the regular sea-
son was over. The race this season has
| been even more exciting and closer.
President Pages resolution at the anna
teur commission meeting the other night
calling for part of the class games to
be played at American League Park was
decided In his favor. 1t is a sure bet
that the Suburban games will attract
larger crowds than any of the other
teams, This league has following OF
several thousand persons, who will as
semble to watch their favorites.
That Brightwood-Petw game the
other day was certainly a hummer. 1t
| was the only 1-to-0 game in the city this
year-that is, in amateur circles. There
have been many close games, but none
where there were only two hits made
during the entire performance, and only
history. 1t was certainly too bad that
there was not larger crowd. Most
everybody thought that Brightwood would
have cinch in Petworth, but they were
badly fooled.
Garrett and Barnes were the opposing
pitchers in that great 1-to-O game. The
former should have won, but his team
port, while Brightwood played errorless
ball. The hit made off Barnes was OF
the scratch variety. and the one off Gar
rett was so close to the foul line that
| many thought it a foul. At any rate, it
went for a triple and cost Petworth the
game.
Fallon ana Ahalt are two great ball
players. So think the small boys that
gather to witness the Suburban League
| games. They were the only ones to get
hits in the Brightwood- game
the other day Ahalt's bingle won the
game for Brightwood, while Fallon's was
| wasted. coming at time when it was
not needed.
Just watch the Suburban League in the
post-season series. No matter which team
| wins, Brightwood or Parkview. the other
teams will sit up and take notice. Both
are of about equal strength There Is
one thing certain, the winner of the
Suburban pennant will be given lots OF
support nearly verybody who has
see this circuit win the District title.
Next year the league will see a good
many changes. Takoma and Reed will
more than likely be dropped and Bloom
ingdale and Woodside given franchises
There is still another possibility of the
league being enlarged into an eight-ciut
circuit
Petworth for the first time this season
e. 80 IL 1xA Do, l.,
a game in this manner Thursday. Man
ager Jones was not very well pleased
when he found out that his team had but
eight men out on the field ready to play
The ninth man put in an appearance
within a few minutes after Umpire Fin
negan had forfeited the game.
WOODBURY., Takpma. Reed. Petworth
Brightwood and Woodside are planning
to arrange a schedule of games that will
extend into the latter part of Septem-
Der. The games will more than likely
start after the post-season series Is
over. Whether the league will be called
the Suburban or not has not been de-
cided upon yet. The promoters of the
proposed circuit say that it will give
the patrons of the Suburban League ar
opportunity to witness games for the rest
of the season. The move Is a good one
AMI will receive the support of many OF
the fans in the league.
1t wouldn't he bad idea If several OF
! the other leagues would adopt another
schedule, so that games could be played
up until the LIST of October. The seasons
ended entirely too soon, and, because
there is lot of interest in amateur base
ball now, the games should be kept up.
1t is more than likely that the league
will have but one set of grounds next
year. instead of three. as this year
tators were required to stand up and
watch the games. but next season they
will be provided with seats. Despite the
fact that everybody had to stand up tc
see the games every contest saw big gath
| erings. and at some of the games the
were necessary.
| The official scorer of the league has
been requested to publish an All-Sub-
players to pick from that it is a hare
matter to decide. so the heaviest hitters
| will count for more than anything else
| in the picking. For pitchers. Gallagher
of Parkview. Robinson of Brightwood
and Garrett of Petworth are the best
Barnes and Mcfarland are good twirlers
but of late the latter has been warming
| the bench, while Barnes has worked in
but few games. Salb and Smith of Park
view are the pick of catchers. kelihel
is first choice for first base. For second
base Davis of WOODBURY. has been Sc
lected. Hiser of the same team is abou,
the best shortstop In the league, so Is
picked for that place. Mess of Parkview
is probably the best third sacker in the
circuit. Steele of WOODBURY. is good
third baseman, but his heavy batting gives
him job In the outfield. The rest of the
| outfield is made up of Maddox and Mullen
with Mckinney substitute. The All-Sub-
urban team should line up as follows
Mess, third base: Hiser, shortstop
Steele. center field; Mullen, right field
Maddox, left field; keliher. first base
Davis. second base: Salb or Smith. catch
| er: Gallagher, Robinson or Garrett
| pitcher; Fague, Nau and Sherman. sub
stitute infielders Donaldson. Murphy and
Baggette, substitute outfelders.
West Virginia Fair Dates.