Evening star., 1909-06-27
Bank League Notes.

| the Episcopal High School twirler it was
scheduled to use against the Amerl-
can Security and Trust Company boys,
and the rumor seemed to have no founda-
ton whatsoever. However. 1t would not
have mattered much, as all the pitchers
looked alike to the Security players that
day, the heavy hitters of the nine hav-
ing their batting eyes with them, forcing
Riggs to employ three Of its star slab
men to check the advances Of its oppo-
nents In this game Riggs seemed to be
playing mostly defensive ball after the
first few innings had been played, and
was soon overcome. The American Sc
curity and Trust Company team also es-
tablished the belief to the spectators that
it is composed of players who have plenty
of backbone and lasting qualities.
brennan is still slugging the ball with
much consistency for the Commercial
team and is leading this team at the
bat. He has been switched from his old
position at third to left field, as he pre-
fers the outfield to the infield 1t appears
to agree with his batting, he has been
much in the limelight in the recent games
by connecting for safe ones against all
the pitchers. Commercial got live one
when they secured him from National
City.
"Ianky'' Offut seems to be going the
rounds in the Bankers League and be-
fore the season is over is expected to play
on every team in the circuit. He quit
one of the teams at a moments s notice TO
don a Riggs uniform, but warmed the
bench the greater part of the scrimmage
between this team and American Security
and Trust Company. He Is a good hitter
and fielder, but is no Ty Cobb In running
the bases.
In spite Of the fact he is playing with
a very sore finger an injury sustained IN
one of the practice games, Finney is still
holding down. his job at the third corner
for American Security. This greatly ham
dicaps his work In the field but does not
seem to have much effect on his batting,
as his hinges have been very timely of
late Boykin is the real hero of this
nine when it comes to heiding, but 1t Is
doubtful If any of the shortstops have 1t
on him when taking into C, nsfderatfon his
good work both in the field and at the
bat Many are of the opinion he is with
out peer in this organization.
Dutch Hoover is throwing to bases
very poorly for the Commercial nine, but
is certainly meeting the ball squarely
these days His one speciality, however
is coaching the pitcher, and his l!ne ot
talk back of the bat does much toward
steadying the man on the firing line
This team has good twirler in Sesy.
whose underhand delivery has them all
guessing He usually has couple or
bad innings which generally result dis
astrously for him and his team.
American Security and Trust Company
has annexed a star ball player to Its list
in West, who can hit the ball Tor keeps
and can well be fearedsby the opposing
fingers His regular position is behind
the bat, but, owing to badly swollen
finger, he has been playing second Tor
this team He has been displaying much
nerve and grit to play with such an In
jured digit. but realizes he is too valuable
player to be kept from the game II
there is the slightest possibility of play
ing His batting has already increased
the teams hitting considerable, and for
this reason he holds fourth place In the
batting order.
Scharf is keeping up his good work in
the box for National City. and ranks
among the foremost twiriers of this Or
ganization. He has a very weak team
back of him: and this is mainly the rea-
son he has come out on the short end IN
the ma jority Of the scrinmages he has
pitched in this league. He has quite
few sharp breaking curves 'up his sleeve.
and this combined with. his peculiar de-
livery, often battles the heavy slugsers
of the league
Vann is the latest acquisition to the
BANK OF w dSllHStOH iltHC, dll0 iSo Wcih-
ing on the receiving end for this team
His fieiding and base throwing plainly
show lack of practice, but he is at pres
ent doing the best hitting of any MEM
bers of this nine. Vann is a former foot
ball player and track man Of Central
High School, and has always displayed
plenty of hight tn his work on the athletic
field.
Another good game is In store for the
followers of this organization. as the fray
between Merchants and Mechanics and
American Security and Trust Company IS
predicted to be closely fought, and so
naturally interesting. The former bank
has strong bunch of sluggers, but If the
Security boys field up to their true stand
ard, they will outclass this team on the
defense.
Riggs claimed to have the game with
American Security on ice before the con-
test had started. but before the game had
progressed very far some one made the
remark that the Ice must have melted.
American Security wrestled the title OF
''uphill nghters" from riggs In this
game, and the gameness displayed by the
former nine is the talk of many infiuen-
tial men Of the Washington banks.
Depenbrock is rapidly establishing the
reputation of being an all-around player
on the American Security and Trust Com
pany team, and for this reason Is of
great value to the team. Dutch is a
hard worker and is in the game from
the start, and often lines them out for
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