Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-09
SECTION A
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SECTION b.
Standing.
CHAMPIONS OF THE DISTRICT.

With practically the same team which
| last year. under the name of the Brent
woods. which won the base ball cham
pionship of the District the Cornell Com
pany team yesterday afternoon again
captured the title by downing the Ameri-
can Security and Trust Company team
! by a score OF > to J.
Having won all Of the games played in
Section 3 of the post-season amateur
series. the followers of the Bank team
turned out in full force to see their team
possibly take a fall out of the winners
of the Section A championship. In this
they were. however. disappointed.
Although the Bank CLERKS lost 1t can
best efforts. The team presented BY
Manager Cornell was one Of the strong
est that could be gotten together In the
District and the Section b champions de-
serve much credit for the good showing
they made against such odds.
Buscher, the star twirler OF the Cornell
Company. who worked in the past three
games for his team, was again on the
rubber making four successive days he
has been in the box. He was wild at
times. but kept the six hits recorded by
the losers scattered except in one in
ming.
OF the six hits recorded against Busch
er one of them went for a double.
while the others were singles. He passed
three batters and sent four back on
strikes.
'Shag" Rawlings, who twirled the
American Security boys to victory In the
Bankers League and again In the section
games. was selected to do the finging
yesterday. He was very wild. issuing
four bases on balls and being touched
up for five hits in the four innings he
worked. He was spiked in the fourth
round by Mcdonald in sliding home. and
went into right field for the rest OF the
game.
Dolly Gray. who had been covering
the right field position for the Bankers.
was brought into the box when Rawlings
was injured. He did good work. holding
the Tigers to two scattered hits in the
three innings he worked. He famed one
batter and gave one a free ticket to
first.
In the lineup for the Cornell team were
''Cy" Mcdonald. Curley Brown and Al
Handiboe. who returned TO this city sew
eral days ago. after helping the Colds
boro team of the North Carolina League
TO win a pennant
Howard made one OF the star plays Of
Buscher's hard drive Noyes was on
first at the time. Buscher drove the
leather with lightning speed toward the
short field. Howard trapped the ball
and landed Noyes at second. and by
throwing to first in time TO get Buscher
completed a double play.
Rawlings pulled off a good play in
the second. when he threw 10 Howard
getting Brown OF the second sack.
Charley Moran pulled on a double
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Hayes was on first when West caught
one OF Buscher's shoots and drove IL
on q line for center field. Moran went
after the ball like streak and got 1t
touched Hayes. completing the double
play.
Rawlings was In the game from start
to finish He scored two OF the runs
for his team. The first he got, when,
after reaching third he came in while
Buscher and Noyes were wrestling over
the possession of the ball on Boykin's
infeld hit. He got his other on a
passed ball.
Nine hits were made by the Capital
City L.ea9uers. one OF which a
double by Buscher Salb landed for
three Of them, while keane. Moran and
Brown each got one. Noyes connected
for two safeties.
Boykin got two of tire hits for his
team. Howard landed a double and
Hayes. West and Rawlings each got a
single.
Only one error was charged against
Cornell Company. Moves being the vic
tim. He threw wild to second on a
runner stealing. Three errors went TO
the Bankers Howard having two and
Snowden one.
Moran was all to the good at the
second corner for the winners. He
landed six assists and three put-outs.
"Cy' Mcdonald got fourteen put-outS
and two assists on the initial sack.
while Brown and Salb also put up good
games