Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-21


in the Olympia League is leading all the
players in the amateur leagues in the city
in stolen bases The Olympia League
the games this spring, margin of six
over his nearest rival
The next men to Knapp are Burch of
the White Haven team and Bukholtz of
the Southland aggregation, who are tied
with fifteen All three men are In the
same league
The man who stands fourth in the list
Is Handy. a member of the Car Depart
ment team in the Railroad y. NJ. C. A.
League. who has annexed thirteen steals
to his credit.
Stolen bases have been exceptionally
numerous III the amateur circuits this
season. players in almost every one of
the leagues having a goodly number TO
their credit
The reason for the great number of
stolen bases Is probably due to poor
throwing on the part OF the catchers, and
the inability Of the pitchers TO hold men
on the bases. In many of the circuits
soon as man gets on first he goes
Immediately to second the first ball
pitched. and is seldom caught, and in
nearly all the cases of the faster players
he generally keeps right on 10 third
Down on the White Lot today the Com
merce and Labor team is booked to meet
the Post Office aggregation in what Will
probably prove the deciding game of the
season. liz Post Office wins II Is likely
that |: will then have good chance to
win the pennant but if the I.aborites
get away with the contest il is not proba-
bic that Post Office will he able to get
up and overcome the three-game iead
which the commerce team will then have.
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now Commerce and Labor has a lead OF
two games on the Mailmen. The Labor
ties have won nine games and have yet 10
meet defeat. while the Post Office team
has won eleven and lost two.
II the Post Office team wins today II
will cut the lead now held by the Com
merce team TO one game. and will thus
give itself another chance 10 cop the nag,
while if il loses the Labor nine Will nave
a clear lead of three whole games, and II
is not probable that il will ever be able to
make up the big percentage winch is
held over II by the league leaders.
IL Is not probable that any of the other
teams will have any chance at all to win
the championship. as the nearest aggre-
cation to the Post Office, which is sec
ond is Interior. and il has an average
Of four games won and seven lost. which
puts it so far'behind that it is doubtful
if it could land the flag If it won every
game il plays from now on. which looks
TO be almost an impossibility.
Menefee started work in the Independ-
ence League Monday with the Waverly
team. He caught the game. and his work
was one of the features of the contest.
He accomplished one thing that has been
distnctively lacking in that circuit so far
this year. and that Is pegging accurately
10 bases The Mercerburg boy did bet
ter work in tossing to the bags than has
been seen in the league this season.
The Commissioners have certainly made
good the prediction that was made at the
beginning of the season that they were
about the best team in the District
League and would be found fighting 1t
out at the end of the season with the
Aloysius Club for first place. Such now
seems to be the case. it being in the lead
with excellent prospects of staying there.
Had II not been for the fact that the
District clerks got off to poor start
they would most likely be heading the
circuit now by a comfortable margin.
If the Manhattan club keeps hammer
ing the ball il has done In the last
two games it should have no trouble
landing the Independence League pen
nant easily. In the last two contests
played the league leaders have gotten
forty-three hits.
The Seaman Gunners made a good
showing against the Cornell Company in
their first game Yesterday in the Capt.
tai City League and compared favorably
with the other clubs in the circuit.
Taking into consideration the showing
made by the Marines Monday, there does
not seem to be any doubt that ii was
wise move on the part of the Capital
City authorities to accept the applications
of the two mentioned aggregat'ons for
franchises in the organization.
Hlden, the Western twirler. was hit
harder in the game he pitched yesterday
in the Bankers League then in any con-
fest in which he has worked this season,
but at that he managed to get away with
his game.
Other Amateur Games.