Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-30

III d soou SdlHS nut DIT the same time a
rather one-sided affair, the Southern Rail
way team climbed up another peg In the
race. for the championship when ii defeat
ed the Trainmen team yesterday after
noon in the Terminal Railroad Y. Nj. C.
A. League, by the score of to o. getting
one of the few shutout games played in
this league this year.
The real credit for the victory should
go TO Strobel, who was on the mound for
the winners, and pitched gilt-edged ball.
allowing only three scattered hits during
the game. but his support was also of the
best, which really gave him the shutout.
Strobel struck out ten men.
Knighton. who was on the firing line
for the Trainmen, pitched steady game,
although he was touched up for seven
safeties, one of them triple and one a
double.
Thompson, who was behind the bat for
the Southern Railway aggregation, gave
nine exhibition. having ten putouts to
his credit and three assists. taking all of
them without an error. Thompson also
sent the first run of the game in when
he tripled in the second with a man on
base.
Barnes OF the Trainmen played star
game in left field. He made one Of thd
most sensational catches in the field
yesterday ever seen on these grounds
Young, who was the batter, caught one
on the nose which was labeled for a sure
triple and possibly home run, as Young
Is undoubtedly the fastest man on base in
this league.
The ball was between center field and
left field. and il did not look as though
II was possible TO catch it, but after a
wonderful sprint Barnes caught the ball
Just as II was going by him.
Young. who played short for the South
ern Railway BOYS yesterday, also made
one or the prettiest plays of the game
The batter sent one through the pitcher
box which looked as though II was go
ing to center field. But Young while on
full run. picked the ball off the ground
In front Of second base with one hand
and heaved II TO first in time to retire his
man.
Not forgetting that the Trainmen won
the game the day before by a seventh
inning rally, things looked kind OF bad
for the Southern bunch in the third when
Strobel filed the bases with only one out
but the next two men up we're easy outs
This was the only really bad inning that
Stroebel had. as in the next inning he
struck out the entire side, to show tina,
he was still in the game.
Anderson played a good game at third
Tor his team yesterday. taking nearly
everything that was within his reach
He saved his team a couple of runs In
the NTH, when, with a man on second
and third. the first baseman threw the
ball low. causing 1t to take a nasty
bound, which Anderson stopped with his
back, making the ball bound back to the
pitcher and holding the men on the bases
This game gives Southern only -four
more games TO play, and If it wins al
four OF them. which il easily ought Il
do. IL will then be tied for first place
with the Adams Express team, in which
event an extra series of possibly three
games will have to be played off to SET
who gets the championship rag. In case
Southern loses one of the remaining foul
games IL throws IL out of the running
and gives Adams the undisputed title Il
the championship of this league