The Washington herald., 1910-05-22
CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.

CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE.
BY defeating St stephens. the Sewage
Pumping Station tied Aloysius. The race
looks good up 10 date.
Dawson is one OF the original funny
men Of the Capital City circuit A fan
got the best of the big fellow recently
when "Yank" was spinning of some
of his josh by singing out Go on, Yauk.
you're the chap who hits ,oo0 every night
In the Knockers League and who fields
1000 from the grandstand." We haven't
seen Dawson ar the park since.
Murphy and Sullivan are fighting IL out
FOR third base on the Aloysius team and
thus far honors are about even. O'Con-
nor certainly has q" .eloped an iron in-
field and is living up 10 his reputation
as The Old Fox of amateur baseball
The postponed games were played last
week, ana tomorrow the league VIII &c,
under way !n earnest and the battles
should be interesting
Jack Carr Is always fun Of pepper
and keeps Hurley and Murphy on the
81 all the time
"MicSy" Kellihcr hit one for the cir
cult the opening game, but has not made
a hit since. He is playing clever game
at first. however. and this makes Up In
a measure for his slump with the viii
low.
Miles seems 10 be the hes, sucker on
the Navy team.
BY securing the services Of some or the
Marine teams players. the Navy o1tl-
has been considerably strengthened
Forester. a southpaw, IS due 20 pitch
for AlOysius Wednesday when the Club
men hook up with the St Stephens tribe
Il is rumored that manager Luitich. Of
St stephens, is exceedingly anxious %
hand the Aloysils aggregation a lemon.
With luck breaking against them in
recent games, the NIidways have proven
that they are made OF stern stuff, and
have stuck everlast.ngly 20 &c. with The
result that marked Improvement in
their work is noticed
Mccarthy is having trouble with his
throwing arm and this seems to nave
taken some Of the dashiuE spirit out Of
Teddy"
Handiboe IS batting left handed with
OUT much success. Better turn around
and bat Bill"
steele, last year the star st.clser in the
Suburban league. got four healthy clouts
In one game last week He IS fas, on
the bases and no doubt this helps his
hitting, as he gets 90 first on blows az
t.r es that would be easy outs with
another man running
Now Jack" Leonard comes forth and
claims TO be the originator Of the come-
ball Jack has had a favorite hirh ball
that he has used with effect for some
years. but his latest is too much for our
feeble minds TO grasp.
Gallagher is pitching pretty good for
such poor baseball weather as old Jupi-
ter PIUvius and the comet have served
up of late. and the popular AIoysius
pitcher is expected 20 strike his old
stride as soon as the weather warns ur-
IS also fielder and batter OF
exceptional ability.
Pete Hoffman is doing good work as
umpire In the Capital City League and
is especially good on balls and strikes.
When Pete used TO play he was one Of
the worst kiCkers.
Manager Cornell. OF the Cornell Com
pany nine, says he VIII be there with
bells when the proper time 20 tinlIe them
arrives in September. Good for the jovial |
old sport
MoriariJy. the old war horse. who has
played BAH almost as long as Taylor. of .
the Aloysius Club, is back IN left field .
for the st. Stephens tribe after a long
absence. He is pretty tame these days
TO what he used 10 be
Hoffman is catching a good game for I
the Sewage Pumping Station.
'Tcck' Parson. the gentleman in /.
charge OF the grounds at Capital City (.
Park, is a regular hustler Besides chas- /
ing small boys Off the fence, he chases I
the balls, seats the ladies. and occasion (
ally throws an excited fan out Of the I
park. No, thank YOU. "Teck." we don't /
want the position.
Has anybody here seen Becker, Becker /
with the eye so true? Since the opening (
lay Martin has not nut in his appearance .
and the fans are in a quandary as TO the /
reason Becker made the longest hit I
ever made at Capital City Park when he I
'louted the hall over the brick ware /
house in centerheld.
Belmont Tigers ". PicdmOnts.
The Tigers viii cross bats with the
Piedmont White Sox in a double-header !
.o-day at Fourteenth and streets north /
east. just across from the grounds that I
The game was played on last Sunday I
Owing TO protests the grounds al Thir- /
eenth and d streets had 10 be abandoned /
.og Sunday games. The Belmont Tigers /
would like to play the Washington Giants /
series Of games for the championship 1
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