Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-07-25

Thursday-Columbia, 101, VS.. st. Mar
tins.
Friday-Bloomingdal VS.. Tanglewood.
Saturday-Open.
That the race is the closest since the
leagues inception is attested by the fact
that three teams, Columbia, 101: Pension
Office and the Congressionals, are prac-
tically tied for first place with but twelve
days to go. Columbia and Pension Office
have both won twelve games and lost
six and the Congressionals, their nearest
rival, has won eleven contests and drop
ped six.
Tanglewood, st. Martins and Blooming
dale win probable finish In the order
named. st. Martins. earlier in the sea-
to land the bunting. having seven post
poned games to play off and the larger
number Of them with the cellar cham
pions, but their playing of late does not
even cope with the exhibitions put up by
Tanglewood and Bloomingdale, which is
saying a good deal.
For nine and one-half innings the Con-
gressionals and St. Martins played on
even terms, the score until that period
being to 4. But in the last half of the
tenth Handiboe, the first man up for the
Compassionate, singled, but was caught at
the second corner on Lesge's hit to
Welsh. Kraemer reached first on four
rell broke up the game on single to the
right patch on which Legge Tailed the
winning run.
The game scheduled between Bloom
ingdale and the Compassionate was call
ed off on account of rain. Too bad. The
Churchmen would have been tied up with
the leaders.
Willie Buckingham, Willie Eccart and
Jimmie Sullivan, who created such a
great stir in the amateur ranks some
years ago by their phenomenal playing,
are working very hard these days in
hopes OF landing with the Bloomingdale
squad.
The league has secured the grounds at
18th and D streets southeast. All post
poned games will be played off on that
diamond.
The season will close on August Il,
thus giving the team that wins the
pennant good chance to get i'm condi-
ton for the post-season series.
The game next Tuesday between the
Compassionate and Columbia will no
doubt determine which OF these teams
will top the other when the curtain falls.
Handiboe made his first appearance
with the COngreSSiOnalS last TUESDAY and
proved to be the star of the game. He
pitched a steady game throughout. fan
ming nine batSmen and allowing not a
base on balls. Besides this he also start
ed the batting rally in the tenth inning
that made st. Martins suffer the pangs
of defeat.
Menefee of Pension Office has improved
wonderfully in his catching.
Byram, Tanglewood's premier box art
| list, has regained his oldtime form. AL
| though the players back of him made five
errors he beat st. Martins last Thurs
day by to 3.
| Harding's home ruin was one of the
| features of the Congressional-St. Mar
| tins game Tuesday. The hefty one is
the hardest slugger on the st. Martin S
team.
Parrone did not MAKE hit for Bloom
ingdale in its game with Pension Office
last Monday. Quite coincidence.
Madden Is keeping company with the
select, batting way off Of the 800 mark.
Mess is leading the league in base steal
ing at the present time.
Ball has played great game since
signing up with Columbia. He made two
hits and scored as many runs and put up
an excellent game afield In the Columbia
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