Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-01
AMERICAN SECURITY WINS
AGAIN.

BY coming forth with three runs in the
| fifth American Security and Trust Com
| pany bested Twining, to 4. after being
| hopelessly beaten in the first inning. and
| is now undcfeated champion of section
| y. Twining tsarted out strong, getting
| three runs in the first, but the Bankers.
with plenty of never-say-die spirit kept
pegging away. and in the fifth passed
their opponent with one run to the good.
| Twining scored again in the seventh, but
| il had allowed American Security to get a
run in the sixth that should not have
been scored, and were beaten by that
| score
To Snowden goes the bulk of the credit
for the Bankers victory. Out OF three
trips to the plate he hit safely twice
with triple and home run to his credit
He broke the ice for American Security
| in the fourth, opening that inning with a
triple. from which he scored, and In the
| ffth he broke up the game by slashing
| out homer with two on bases.
Rawlings. on the rubber for the winners,
should get in for great deal Of the
| credit His pitching was Of the top
notch variety, allowing but five hits. fan
| ming six. He was inclined to be wild at
| times, passing two and hitting one, but
only once did his inability to And the
! plate figure in the runs.
Rawlings was also there with the stick
getting two singles that put his team In
the leaO. IL WAS MS SlngIe IN the IOuftn
/ that sent Snowden across the plate with
the Bankers first run, and in the sixth
/ he got hit from which he scored the
| run that won the game.
O'Rieiy got a triple in the first that
| showed one of Twinings runs across the
plate Fat was on bases twice. once by
\ his three-bagger and again in the sixth
on a base on balls, but there were two
down both times and he failed to score.
| 'Inky' Davis had a busy day on third.
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| cult, which he handled in great style. In
| the second he retired Clements by getting
| a slow bounder in an awkward position
and shooting it to first in time to pin the
| fast little Irishman. Davis also got two
| hits. After two were out in the third he
beat out one to Hiser. and again in the
| fifth he got to first sack on a bunt.
Engel twirled good ball. but luck was
| against him. He had the Bankers in a
| trance for four innings. but when he was
| hit his team did not field with him. In
| the six innings he famed nine getting
| three in the third. and had perfect con-
| troll, but the hits that were gotten on
| him, eight in number, were garnered In
the closing innings and pretty well
| punched.
Yesterdays victory undoubtedly puts
| Twining out of the running for the cham
pionship and gives American Security an
unbroken string of victories. To the Bank
ers should go all the credit that they have
earned. for they have beaten the best
they were at a disadvantage. With the
exception of Hover. Manager Bond had
the same lineup yesterday that won for
Twining the pennant in the Independence
League, and they were all we'll and At
for the battle that was before them
American Security had its regular team
on hand. bat IL was not at its best. Raw
lings, who had twiried, had pitched Mon
day, and Hayes. on second. played the
game. although he was i'll. II was the
fighting spirit in the Bankers that won
for them. and it was the fighting spirit
that the TwininsS lacked Twinins had
its opponents at disadvantage. but even
then was unable to win because it was
minus the stamina