The Washington herald., 1909-08-17
Big DAY OF SPORTS
Three Championships to Be
Decided To-day.
GAMES SHOULD BE EXCITING
COntesting Teams in Bankers, Sun
day school, and Suburban Leagues
piOns of Baltimore Church League
Challenge Winning Team.

Three championships 10 be decided;
that's -to-day's sporting card for the FOL
lowers Of the amateur baseball game IN
Washington.
In the Bankers League. after the
American Security and Trust Company
team finished the season with the larg-
est percentage, President Wolfe ordered
that club 20 play Of its tie game with
the Merchants and Mechanics team,
which the American boys refused 10 do.
FORGETTING the contest, when II was scheG-
uled 10 be played, by nonappearance
Since then. however. the trust c0mp1ry
rooters have brought pressure 10 bear
upon the team and yesterday they
played the Riggs nine and defeated them
BY a large score. To-day the winners Of
yesterdays clash will battle for the
championship OF the league. and a great
pitchers duel between Taggart and
'Shag' Rawlings is anticipated.
Out east, Bthauy viii try 70 subdue
the Ninth street tribe for the fourth time
in five tries and lis hard 20 tell who
viii win this game. as both OF the teams
have some Of the best OF the city's crack
players In the ranks.
Iitchfeld win probably be sent IN -
do the twirling for the Baptists, while
SymanOsilie and BUSCher VIII work for
the Christians.
The tie game last Saturday between
these TWO teams has given the Ninth
street boys a big brace. and they are con-
hdent Of taking to-day's game from their
rivals IN brilliant fashion. Bethany has
a sort Of hoodOO over the northeast clue,
but close followers Of the game at Thl--
tcenth and y streets claim that the spell
6 now broken and the result viii DO
different from now on.
Yesterdays game IN the Suburban
League proved 10 be sensational I'm the
extreme, tie Briehtwo0d Indians scalp
ing Gallagher and his tribe Of Parkview
warriors I'm a hair-raisiug % battle
that was chiefly excitir- --r Tho display
% pyrOtechnics in the nrtl inning. when
the Par6view aggregate 1l.w sEyward-
Both Of these clubs are evenly balanced,
and there is not much difference between
them. Parkview and Brightwood each
used their star tvirler in yesterdays
game. and the result to-day should hinge
on the work Of the second rate slab az
fists Of the two teams.
The defeat Of the Agriculture team II
the Independence League yesterday VIII
have an important bearing upon the pen
rant race n the Independence circuit.
and Il begins 10 look Ike Manhattan can
not only die once. but several times.
These two teams have another game, and
when they clash there Is going 20 be
something rare IN the way of ball play
ing. the AgSies being the picked favOTites
over their rivals.
The resolution offered by President
Page OF the Suburban League, that the
winner n the Section B series o. games
/ replace the team that finishes last in the
Section A contests each season has met
with instantaneous favor among the FOL
lowers Of the different organizations who
are trying 10 put the game in this town
on a firm basis The rule IS plain. and, IL
adopted. could IN no way hurt any Of the
/ leagues. as il is as fair a proposition as
/ has been put forward 60. the commission
since its inception.
A challenge from the winner OF TO
. Church League OF Baltimore City has
I reached The Washington Herald for The
winning team in to-day's battle in the
4 Sunday school League. the NI0unm zuLaI
City boys desiring 10 play one or Two
games with either Bethany or Ninth for
the irterCity championship Of Sunday
schools.
/ The team that is champion OF the
Church League OF Baltimore IS the
Twenty-foUTth Street Sunday School Club.
and the manager desires 70 play the
same or games in Washington on Sep
tcmber IS The Baltimore club has games
/ with other SuuGSy school teams IN Ealti-
more and Philadelphia and is rated IS
the best in its home city. II finished
ahead OF eight teams with a percentage
/ % eight won and two lost.
That an inte-city series Of three games.
+ two in Washington and one in Balti-
more. az a good park. would be a paying
proposition. IS a foreEOne conclusion, as
there are fully 1900 people IN each city
. that are interested in the result.