Evening star., 1911-08-10
SIX CLUBS WANT BERTHS
IN INDEPENDENCE LEAGUE
President Roakes Has Many Applications
fo- Franchises for Next Year-Oxon
Hill Disputes Bladensburg's Claim.

from the circuit. because of the fact
that each club had three forfeits reg s
/ tered against it.
| II begins to look as though the
| American Security and Trust Company
will be a formidable contender in the
I post season series if that game it won
| from the Aloysius Club yesterday is
| any criterion of its strength. The
manner in which ii humbled the
ton that the Bankers should have
been placed in the best class. and not
| in with teams which have little or no
chance to defeat it.
The Kendall and Manhattan clubs
| fought that game out yesterday as
though their very being depended on
the result. From the first though, it
was thought that Kendall would not
have much of chance to win from the
Donnelly crew-not against the ag-
gregation that was presented yesterda !
| to represent the club Kendall had a
good team on the field. a better one, in
tact than 1t has had at any previous
time this year. but a that 1T did not
| look as good as did the Manhattan
nine. After Rawlings settled down in
the second inning Kendall had little
chance to score. the best it did being
TO pop up weak es or send out slow
grounders. Mcmahon. who up until
yesterday, has proved a stumbling
block TO every team in the Independ-
ence League. was rather easy for the
Manhattanites. they garnering eleven
hits off his delivery in seven innings.
Rawlings and Donnelly's work with the
stuck is mainly what gave the Manhattan
club the game by a wide margin DON
nelly connected for three safe drives.
while Rawlings drove the ball to the
street twice for what should have been
, home runs had it not beer for the fact
that he was held on second base once
because of ground rules
1t seemed rather an uncalIed for rule
yesterday in the Mahanttan- Kendall game
that ball hit to the road should go for
only two bases. While the crowd lined
the street, and possibly might have pre-
vented quick return to the diamond, il
was more than 235 feet away from the
plate which is the distance that fence
or obstruction must be from the plate to
insure the full benefit of long hits without
being restricted by ground rules.
AT that the Kendall team died hard
1t scrapped for everything, and even
more than was coming to it.
Oxon Hill is out with challenge to the
Bladensburg team. which is claiming the
championship of Prince George county.
Manager Heiskell of the Oxon Hill club
says that his team has yet two more
games to play of the series of four with
Bladensburg, and that Of the two games
that have already been played the two
clubs have won one each. the first going
to Oxon Hill by the score of to l and
the second going ten innings. to a to
> score, in favor of Bladensburg.
Oxon Hill has good record for the
year and it wants to arrange a series of
games with the Bladensburg team for the
championship of the county, it claiming
that at present it has as much right to
the leadership as has Bladensburg.
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will be held tonight at which it is intend
ed to make final preparations for the
playing Of the post-season series.
II Fienli is eligible to play with the
American Security and Trust Company
that club will be mighty dangerous op-
ponent for any of the others in the big
series The Georgetown twirler seems to
to have something on the local amateur
batters, as was evidenced in the manner
in which he disposed of the Aloysius club
yesterday. The Churchmen were able to
get but two hits off his delivery.