The Washington herald., 1910-06-10
Bv n. T, WORLEY.

the pest game on the amateur ilonu each /
evening were very much disappointed /
yesterday when rain called OF all con- /
tests, as a rare treat was promised in |
the independence circuit should the Man |
haitian and St Martins teams clash I
Manhattan knows that TO win the PEN |
nant IL will have TO trim the Churchmen
several times this year, and Kraft's men
feel kind Of peevish and fretful about
lining up against their opponents Just
now. The rain has so cut up the schedules
In the various leagues that IN some cir
cults several Of the teams have not yet
played each other Few Of the clubs have ]
struck their true gait. due TO the cold and
the wet grounds. and the advent or
real warm weather and clear skies viii
be matter for genuine JOY with every
one who holds pass to the 'Dippy Club
OF Baseball Rooters."
Well. boys. it's happened. At last the |
terrible slugging demons, the romping. !
raging Tigers of amateur baseball have
struck theiTsstride. For the past three |
weeks We wave watched with interest
the hungry Tigers getting ready for the !
fray. and have patiently listened to the |
harping or those who said they knew
that the Cornell aggregation was due to
strike its stride. While not waxing en-
N--Nsfatts'NAl NfNA tllt tllWCHElts We X
became convinced that the critics, those |
who visit Capital City Park each day, |
were saying something. When the Pa !
perhangers administered a crushing de-
feat 10 the AlOysius club recently we
pr1cked up our ears, but Wednesdays
game was most convincing, and We are
certain that Manager Cornell's crew is
on Its march pennantward. VIII the
cornell Company win the flag? We cant
answer that question yet but venture the
suggestion that the fight viii be be-
tween two teams only, the Churchmen
and the Cornell outfit. The battle has
just started; at this writing the Aloysius
club is leading by a small margin, and
The Capital City fans are keyed up TO
watch what promises to be a fight that
viii equal the grand battle in the North
east circuit in 1897.
Poor old Hamine! Our friend Patty"
Holmes is shedding brfny tears because
his pets failed 10 wallop the Ninth street
club Wednesday afternoon. Brace up.
Patty" old fellow; keep plugging away
and your time viii come It can truth
fully be said that In baseball. like an
other scrappy game we know, faint
heart never yet Won" Ninth's ability
to lambast the horsehide and field the
leather IN veteran style entities il TO the
lead which IL now holds, and before the
Ninth Streeters can be dlsIodged some
or the other clubs viii have TO develop
their team work until il can successfully
cope with that Of the present leaders
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone team broke into the Marquette
League Wednesday with bells. not the
little ding-a-ling kind-oh, no: with COW
bells. They made fifteen bulls during
the nine innings OF play
Owing TO Agricultures unexpected vic
tory over the Commerce and Labor tribe
in the Departmental circuit day before
yesterday. both the Commissioners and
Post-ofice mines have a show for the
flag, Post-ofiee, il is conceded, has a
poor chance for the bunting, but while
there is life there is hope and a few
more surprises like the one handed out
by the Farmers will put the Laborites
down the ladder.
Just how much Commerce and Labor's
defeat of Wednesday can be charged to
overconfdence on the part of the Labor
ties. is a matter of speculation, but there
is no doubt but that this element entered
into the result. The Laborites had so
pinned their faith on winning easily
that when they fell behind and failed 10
Il
they actually got blue around the mouth
As pointed out before in this column, the
short schedule this season in the Clerks
league IS going to aid OF hurt the teams
and a club tiIat gets a lead OF one OF
two games viii have the best Of the argu-
ment but there can be no loafing.
Ferguson. the twenty-year-old pitch
er on the Post-offce team. who re-
Gently was given a try-out with Wallie
Warren's Frankfort KY, club, has a
brother two years his senior who is
playing professional ball with an indie
pendent team in Detroit where he re-
sides. He also has IL younger brother
who has not manifested any interest IN
the game as yet. Ferguson is a hard
worker, but the love of baseball seems
10 run through the family as his
mother and sisters are regular specta-
tors at the Department League games
and root when "Fergie" clouts the ball
to some far nook in the field.
The Commercial National Bank is lead
ing the Bankers league with a clean
slate and from the play evinced by this
aggregation, they are liable TO finish the
season in front with out a defeat The
Mayne brothers are the strong men of
this team and should they ever stay
away from game, it would make big
difference and might prove fatal
The Farmers scored the first shut-out
Of the season in the Departmental League.
Yum" Moreland has turned down his
offer from Frankfort. Ky, and will stay
In Washington this season unless he
receives a better offer from "Wallie"
Warren or from parties connected with
the Newark team in the Tri-State League
who have been after Moreland lately
yum" is not anxious to leave the city
as he holds a good job in the Census
once and has a host of good friends
among his fellow-clerks. but should he
get what he thinks is proper in the way
of salary he viii pack his grip and
skidoo.
Johnnie" Priest is playing good bah
for DanvilIe. and in Saturdays game
connected with the ball for three hits
It's hitting which the fans in these
small towns want and it's dollars TO
doughnuts as long as Johnnie sOaks
the leather he will be absent from our
fair city. But should his batting fall off,
we refuse to predict what might happen.
When in the course Of human events
it becomes necessary to chronicle the do
ings Of the Suburban League, be II
known TO all mankind that "Ollie" Clark
Is playing a game in right field for Sill
yer Spring that entities him to honorable
mention and makes it possible TO enroll
his name on the books OF the Sons OF
Swat"
Sergt Robbins, the ventriloquist, who
Is managing the pension Bureau team,
blames this wet weather on the comet,
which has long since passed from our
midst. Tell US Sergeant, did the comet
make your ball team bump the bumps?