The Washington herald., 1909-07-12
ON THEIR LAST LAP
All Clubs Fighting Hard to
Better Position.
AGGIES LOOK LIKE CHAMPS
Farmers should Easily Win Re
naming Departmental League
Games, and Are Expected TO BE
Real COntenders for District Cham
plonshiP in Post-seasOn Series.

The Agriculture squad has not expert
enced the slump which was expected by
the followers Of the government organi-
zation. and have shown in nearly
an Of their games championship caHber,
there being Httle doubt in any ones mind
now that they win win the f8s IA
the Departmental hands down.
One fact that is bound to cause hard
Feeling in the post-season series this fau
Is that Sanders. the Farmers ystar twirI-
e.. is also the star pitcher on the Brent
wood team. and Ia case these two clubs
figure in the games FOR the local cham
pioaship this fall. as they are both ex-
pected 10 do, Sanders VIII be placed ia
a position 20 choose between them, which
VIII leave the crack slab artist bur little
choice. HobsOus choice, iu fact as his
bread and butter depends on bis decision
Without Sanders, Brentwood can hardly
hope 70 cope successfully with the AZ
sies, as they have no pitcher his equal
Tor when going right. the big fellow can
not be mated hereabout.
II must be remembered that Sanders
is a veteran, having figured ia two cham
pionsnip series and playing college ball
before he entered the government serv-
Ice. This question as 90 whom Sanders
must play with IN the post-seas9n clashes
only goes q point oct the need OF "a COM
mission % regulate the playing OF ANA
teur league baseball in the District OF
Columbia, as has been argued by the
writer IN other articles. L is hoped that
the point viii come up So forcetul-y this
October thar IL viii make an impression
on the minds Of the different m0glIs in
amateur b2sebaud1m. and cause d cry
for some action 10 remedy the evil
Forfeit games are putting the Depart
mental League iu a class by itself. and
20 add % this. the games are getting
poor, big scores being made almost every
day This last trouble seems 90 be wide
spread, however, and is not confined 70
the Departmental organization alone
Tan end teams are ge.lus IN their l.cks
nowadays. and Nays won column is get
tlng 10 take on a right healthy look
Brentwood demonstrated 10 the salts
faction OF all in the game with The Co
ium5ia Athletic Club last Thursday. that
they were the masters OF the Clubmen.
and 10 Sanders must 20 the credit fo-
the second win or the Suburbaniyes over
their plJcky rivals in two weeks. he
twirled grand ban. received good sup
port. and his teammates cIouted the
BAN hard The crowd az Capital Cry
Park was almost as interesting 20 OBJ
serve as the game itself and the place
vas fardly big enough 20 accommodate
them al, as the benches were crowded.
a ring was around the inside. and the
fence looked like loaded apple tree.
An interesting sideught. one cnat IS
hardly without lts comic feature. is the
way IN which the Columbia players have
scrambled 20 get berths On teams thar
have q good look-ln for the pennant in
other leagues. most OF the Columbia bows
going out and joining forces with the
Parkvisw team In the Suburban League
which al that time was leading. How
ever. the Parkv.eW manager so weakened
his team by putting in the new lineup
that the BrightwOod Club took them into
camp. . 10 3. very shortly AFTER the
change was made bur Brightwo0d had
strengthened and Of course was just that
much OF q harder proposition to buck
up against than fl was earlier in the
season.
BrOOkland has not demonstrated 20 the
sporting public that IL win have any
claim on the District championship this
season. and in view q the claims made
By the Suburban team and its hackers
IN past years. It's showing So far has
been pitiable- Playing independent bali
and playing IN a league each has its adj
vantage and disadvantage. and it looks
Ike the change was not agreeable 10 the
BrOoklanders.
ST. Stephens came up Ike cork, and the
Marines went down. down. down. just
the reverse. last week when these two
clubs met 10 DO battle at Capital Civ
Park, and % say the result was a sur
prise would be TO put the matter in an
exceedingly mild light
Pension Bureau should win in the Mar
queJte. and in an easy fashion. as the
CongressionaIs and Tangiewood teams
are having some unpleasant surprises
coming their way these days. while the
Pensioners go on winning games and
marching toward the goal Blooming
dale set the Tanglewood crew back a
notch last week, It being the second time
the Clubmen have handed il 10 the
GeCrgetOwners. this year. The race for
second place is about as warm a night as
can be imagined. and az present il looks
I5I-a the Co7, gre ina Is r,.r--f4 min f~ 90