The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-17

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Then hustle him of to the bumblebee's
roost and bury him deep IN the ground;
he's Of no use here. get him out Of the
way. and make room for the man that is
sound"
And, by the way, wasn't President Boil
giano going to call a meeting of the
: commission this week? We haven't re-
eeived our postal card yet. Maybe there
IS some mistake. We wouldn't miss the
meeting for the world!
Hughes. the big first baseman ana
crack pitcher on the Car Department
nine has gone TO the seashore for a
week or ten days. and the Car Depart
ment win miss his services very much
Hughes is batting around the $50 mark.
Forest Thompson has been drafted by
the Montgomery club of the Southern
League from the Wilmington nine of the
North Carolina State League Thompson
has been playing professional ball all
the year. and has been with several
different teams He has practically
made good. and his being drafted by
Montgomery is a pleasing sign.
There are nine postponed games and
six tie games to be played of before
the Independece League will ring down
its 1910 curtain, and ali Of these must be
pulled of after the regular schedule ends
on July e. This will make the league
run up until about August 20.
The game In the Independence League
Monday win break the triple tie for sec
ond place, and may shed some light on
the possible winner of the pennant IN the
Bloomingdale League Manhattan will
be opposed to St Paul's. and both teams
are very anxious 10 win. as a defeat
may sound the death knell of either.
Nuss and Camalier will do the honors
for st. PauIs tribe. while Ferguson and
Kraft win work for Manhattan
With Manhattan, Twining. st. Paurs.
and St Martins punched together like
brothers at circus, the race in the In
dependence League is attracting the at
tention of all amateur basebaIldom.
The best the Adams team can dc now
is to tie Southern for first honors in the
Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. c. A League
and hope 10 win in the play-off. The
plucky Southerners have well earned
their present position, and II they win
the bunting they will have the well
wishes of nearly every one who has ever
seen them play.
The Midways won yesterday In a
strange manner In the last inning with
'Tubby' Sutton on first, Ferguson threw
low ball which hit the rubber and
bounced over the fence. permitting sutton
10 score the winning tally Talk about
your horseshoes. well that was certainly
the worst bit of hard luck that Manager
Luitich has had this year.
Jones, Midway's crack pitcher. is one
of the hardest hitters in the league and
is batting al 500 clip.
Davis. third baseman for Sewage Pump
ing station, Is one Of the hardest workers
in the league and his fielding is grace
full and accurate. but he has a weakness
at the bat that Is the godsend of every
tagging pitcher.
The Auditors seem to have the remnant
cinched In the Southern Railway League
and have yet TO lose their first game.
Mauneh the youngster developed by Man
ager Pollard, seems to be the goods and
is pitching splendid ball The Bookkeep-
ers proved surprise and nearly slipped
one over on the leaders yesterday
Smith, at short for the Bookkeepers.
opened the eyes of the spectators by his
clever playing yesterday. He had a
number OF nice assists and figured In two
double plays and also got two bingles
Just half Of the teams output of hits.
Many members Of the Southern Rail-
way League were present yesterday at
the Southern-Adams game in the Rail-
road Y. NJ. c. A League. The interest
shown by the clerks OF the Southern is
probably responsible for the good show
ing the team has made in the railroad
circuit. This league has a membership
of at least ninety men and as many
rooters. and with the regular team the
interest in the national game is sure not
to fail in the big building down in Thir-
teenth street.
Garrett, who twirled such clever
game yesterday against Adams in the
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. League, Is also the
mainstay OF the Petworth team, in the
Suburban League. Should Southern win
out and Petworth also, there will be a
fight for the services of the crack little
twirler.
O'Neil, at short for Adams, proved the
only one who coul1 field in any kind of
form yesterday. He made several good
stops and throws, and without him pres
ent Southern would have run up larger
total yesterday.
While Hamlines victory over Ninth in
the Sunday School League yesterday nut
the two leading clubs within a stones
throw of each other-onIy twenty-one
points separating the leading teams-the
consensus of opinion is that Ninth viii
win out In the long run Hamline took
It's first game from the leaders yester-
day, after dropping three and tying one
Richmond showed up well in the third
inning yesterday when he famed three
HamlInites in a row. His good luck
continued all through the first four in-
nings. when but twelve men faced the
tail fellow.
Phipps, Anacostia's catcher. has been
offered berth on the Raleigh IN. CD
team in the Eastern Carolina League,
but in an interview last evening he said
he was still undecided. The fat boy is
considered one of the best Of his kind in
the District. having a sure arm and