The Washington times., 1910-08-17

With the publication Of the rosters Of
the different teams, and the schedule Of
games 10 be played, representing the
league leaders participating in the
coming series. the fans are busiIy fgUr-
ing out the probable winner. which viii
represent the city in the intercity series
with New York and Philadelphia
While the winners OF the two leagues,
Capital City and Independence. have not
been designated. II is likely Cornell &
Co. and Manhattan viii be their cham
pions.
Upon this assumption, in Section =
are Cornell & Co., the Commissioners,
Ninth, and Petworth- IN Section B,
there are the Columbia GOD Printers.
the Adams Express Company. the Her
aid. the American Security and Trust,
and Manhattan teams.
Every team win play two games with
all Of the others IN its section, thus
having every team play q total OF six
games IN its class Finally, the winners
OF the two classes are to meet in a
series. best two out Of three The final
winner is TO represent the city in the
big intercity series which has been on
foot for the last two months
Grounds Fairly Awarded.
The award Of grounds as made Mon
day insUres every team playing on for
eisn or neutral territory often enough
TO preclude any possibility OF advantage
from location. In one or two instances
a home team has been given the prefer
e2ce because or its ability TO draw a
crowd This excellent idea gives ample
opportunity TO get a fairly good at
tendance, which VIII help matters
financially
The two teams admittedly the strong
est in the amateur leagues are. perhaps.
Cornell < Co and The Commissioners.
Of the Capital City and Departmental
leagues respectively There are those
who strongly hack Ninth because OF its
strong hitteTS- strangely enough Meth
CT Cornell nor the Commissioners has
a wide reputation for popularity Va
rious reasons are attributed to this al
though II Is admitted ny the majority
that both teams have PLAYED consistent
ball al year. and have had few set
Hitters vs.. Pitchers.
Cornell has n great hitting team. and
IS said TO play better inside baseball
than any other in the CITY Its more ex-
perieuCed men have made il capable Of
-ovtEencraIin- and outhitting the others
The Commissioners have IN Byrd and
Robinson admittedly the two best pitch
ers in amateur ranks. On the other
hand. the team Is not especially strong
in hitting but fields well Cornell Is
not especially strong IN he box TAX
inC everything into consideration. the
two teams may compare faTOrably On
fern and past performances.
Ninth must be taken 5ntc considera-
ton II view OF the fact that In Wal
ters- MarCeron and MOTeiand II has,
pernaps. the heaviest hitting collection
OF Outnelders In any league. It's pitch
ers Dc not class 1iD as favorably as the
other tV-C nor is its inheId as strong
Section B Is Close.
In section P there is q toss Iip. Many
Of the teams are about evenly matched
on offensive and defensive strength,
AMI breaks VIII play an important part
IN many contests
In section there IS perhaps. q larger
following TO each team than there is
fo- any team IN section A Columbia
GOD. Adams Herald. american Security
and Manhattan all have rabid bunch
Of Fans IN the string The prospects
have teen discussed at length but deri-
nt-e Goa, uIsi0nS have not been reached
as to the probable winner 10y anyone
Columbia t1clD has played consistent
ball al year and easily OutclaSseI the
Other teams IN Its league Its pitchers
have performed Wei and IL has the
backing Of a large following Columbia
has maintained an even gait all year,
performing Creditably and showing 10
signs Of q stamp In games with other
teams not in the league II has generally
won
Adams Came Back.
Adams defeated Southern an the Ter
u-inaI r. r. y II c A League IN a
post-seasor series after Southern had
tied the race Adams got into a bad
slump al the Tag end Of the season and
allowed Southern TO win two games
Later Il had the satisfaction OF lan0llE
defeating Southern IN the series IN
fielding it IS WOefullT weak. although
Il has good pitchers and fairly strong
bunch OF hitterS-
The Washington Herald got 10 the top
over its rivals in the new Commercial
League this year. ana displayed 5000
judgment all along 1t has a number
must clear by the middle OF the week.
Earlier in the year IL played Sood hall
and had matters all its way Rivalry