The Washington herald., 1910-05-22


As the race in the Capital City League
progresses il begins TO look Ike the Alloy
sius club and the Sewage Pumping
Station team are going 20 be the hardest
contenders for the ribbon. and those who
at first were prone to laugh and pooh
pooh the games won by the Pumping
Station lads as a mere squirt and as
lucky sreak. &c. are beginning to sit
up and axe notice and respect the new
member That luck cuts a big figure in
baseball we all agree. but when a team
goes along winning steadily from the
best teams IN the league il has 10 be
credited with playing baseball, and play
ing It right
st. Stephens and the Cornell Company
mines have not shown the form expected
OF them and even their most sauguine
and loyal rooters are taking on a wor-
ried look. Cornell has a fast aggrega-
ton, mostly youngsters, and on paper
presents a formidable front, but they
have had their share OF hard luck and
besides can hardly be said 10 have PLAYED
the kind Of ball they are capable Of fur
nishing. 1t looks like hot race for bot
tom honors will bee waged at the bottom
OF the ladder by the Midway and Navy
Yard clubs.
With the Diamond Athletic Club and
the Pension Bureau outfit 10 fight the
Columbia Printers are bound to have
anything but clear sailing in the Mar
quette League. Figured on the playing
Of the clubs thus far. the Diamond Ath-
letc Club should give the Printers their
hardest fight However. the Columbia
boys have not forgotten the fact that the
Pension Bureau outfit got of 90 a bad
start last year and finished well In front
al the close of the season. and Sargent
Robbins crew is being closely watched
by the other teams.
A three-cornered fight is on the card
I'm the Departmental circuit between
Post-ofice. Commerce and Labor. and
the Commissioners. Agriculture is a con-
tender. but is not seriously considered as
pennant possibility at this time. al
though any Of the first four clubs can
get the lead by winning a few games iu
"a row. Navy is having q lonesome time
by itself padding about in the cellar.
but managed 20 hand the Farmers O. sour
lemon last Thursday. The Sailors may
surprise a few of the wise old owls be-
fore the season is over. Il must Dee re-
membered that the fight I'm the Govern
Went League is TO Doe a short one this
summer, a sprint, as 80 were, compared
with the races I'm the other leagues. and
an advantage gained at this time may
loom up big next month. Undoubtedly
the race IS a better one now than it has
been for several seasons, but some one is
bound to drop couple Of pegs before
long.
The query that is being passed about at
the Sunday School League grounds is
Wonder If Ninth win have a walk
away this year," and the answer IS not
forthcoming At the present time the
runners-up of last year are leading by
comfortable margin and are not I'm any
immediate danger of being oustcd from
the top.
The Washington Herald. Berry d Whit
more. and r. p. Andrews clubs are fur
nishing not race in the Commercial
and the games are not the tame affairs
that are fought out on paper, but battles |
waged % a finish and backed up with I
bRawn and muscle
Just what action the board Of managers
Of the Independence League VIII take on
the action OF the Advent manager in con- /
solidaung his nine with a team from ST /
Martins Church viii not be known until I
after the league meeting early this week !
II was thought that no opposition would /
be encountered when the Advent man
ager changed the name and added a few |
star players. but now President Harry T. /
Worley has called a meeting to- consider /
what VIII be done about the matter
Meanwhile the ST. Martins team is play /
ing just the same
In the seventh inning at a game in the /
Railroad Y. NJ c. A. League Wednesday
Stewart. right fielder for the Adams /
team. hit safely 20 the outeardcu with /
two men on base, and the swat looked I
good for AT least two bases. but nay, /
nay. Pauline. twas not to be- As luck
would have it, Stewart I'm crossing first
base picked UP the initial sack on one /
of his sharp spikes and before he could !
shake the sack loose the bail was re- /
turned from the oUtgarden. Some of the /
inventors 90 that infest the games /
should get busy and patent some mate /
rial for a first base sack that viii not be /
pierced by players spike.
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