The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-24
TEAMS ARE CRIPPLED
PetwOrth and Herald Mines
Lose Good Players.
GALLAGHER HURTS HIS HAND
Injury May Keep Big PetwOrth
Finger out of Games smithson,
smith, and Dyer Absent from Line
up Of.NewspAper Nine-TwininE and
Trust, Company Going Good.
By n. T. woRLEY.

ny n. H WOlLEls
Neither OF the post-season games yes
terday were up to tho standard expected
in a championship series. but when the
crippled condition Of The Washington
Herald and Petworth clubs is taken into
consideration. there is no wonder that
the Twining and Cornell Company mines
were easy victors.
The washington, Herald troupe are with
out the services Of their star player,
Harry Smithson. who was hit over the
head with baseball bat in riot which
occurred last Sunday afternoon at Sew
enteenth and D streets southeast. and he
| is now In the washington Asylum Hospi-
tai. Elmer Smith, The Herald pitcher,
who twirled the no-hit game against the
Southeast Y. NJ. c A. nine several weeks
ago. Is confined 20 his home with typhoid
fever, and last, but by no means least.
Fred Dyer is IN Arizona on business. and
will not return before the games are over.
! Petworth had expected to pitch Bernie
/ Gallagher against the Cornell Company.
but Bernie split his hand open two days
! before the first game was scheduled 10
! series until next week. Manager Jones
thinks his team has a good chance 70
beat out the Ninth aggregation, so he
] pitched Barnes against the Sunday
| School Leaguers and sent in his kid
/ pitchers 10 work against the Paperhang-
ers, who were conceded 70 be easy win
ners at any rate with Gallagher out OF
the running.
Big BOB Evans, whose sensational work
at first base the latter part OF the year
won many games for Petworth. Is at
Colonial Beach. and will not return until
August g. Yesterday Parker sustained
an Injury to his throwing hand from a
foul ball on Keane's bat.
With their teams badly shaken up. II
Is not surprising that the games we're
lost by the Herald and Petworth clubs
! by large scores.
II one day in the pen" means work
the next, Curly Byrd will twnl for the
Commissioners against the Ninth outfit
at Capital City Park to-day.
Manager Charles Graf, OF The Washing
ton Herald team. announces that all Of
the home games OF the newspaper nine
will be played at Th'<eenth and d
streets northeast, owing 20 the poor con-
dition Of the grounds at Georgia avenue
and Kenyon streets northwest
Twining and American Security and
Trust Company loom up as the most
likely contenders for the championship Of
section p. Each Of these teams have won
two games and lost none. and when they
get together a battle royal is bound 10
ensue, The Bankers are weak in the
pitching department. Rawlings being the
only twirler OF note on their list. and Il
is a possibility that he may be over
worked before the Twining game rolls
around. Besides. Twining has batted
| Rawlings out Of the box when he has
pitched for Manhattan. in the Indepen-
dence League, and they do not fear him.
The New York avenue clubmen have a
host OF good fingers on whom 10 de-
pend. Burke and Brady are two who
are bound 20 prove a stumbling block,
and with Geibel to hold up the receiving
end, Twining is we'll fixed 10 go through
grueling struggle.
Oakley got two put-outs and one assist
from right field in the third inning of
yesterdays game at Capital City Park.
Dempsey played great ''bootbau' at
short FOR Petworth.
Billy Belts probably has been umplring
longer than any other judge Of balls and
strikes now doing duty in the amateur
games in Washington. Belts has more
followers and well-wishers than any
other arbiter on the local sand lots. His
decisions are seldom questioned, and the
players have learned to obey his instruc-
tons. His personality is not the least OF
his many good qualities, and he is as
much the gentleman on the field as in
the everyday pursuits Of life.
Petersburg broke even with Roanoke
Monday. and in the two games Keliher.
Of Washington. who Is playing with the
Petersburg aggregation, made 1e put
outs. assist. and error. and went to
bat seven times, and failed to hit safely
once.
Say, did you notice how hard the Of
fetal scorer worked to keep tab on the
runs in the second and fourth innings?
Cornell Company worked Baggette be-
cause he caught for WOODBURY. all the
season In the Suburban League and
knows the weak points IN the batting
strength of the Baby Dolls" Bagrette
not only kept HIS opponents from steal
ing, but he connected for two hits as
we'll
Charley King had a good day landing
on the ball twice for a double and a
single Charley IS a graceful performer
and its nice to watch him line the bali
out.
The collections OF the present series
are very poor. At Capital City Park only