The Washington herald., 1911-07-30
Nv C, w. SWAN.

lTan Ine I6dHlS lldI represented
delphia and New York last year.
In Richmond there are four amateur
leagues under the amateur commission
and only one circuit will be counted in
picking the team to represent the South
ern city in the Intercity games.
The Battle-ax team, present leaders of
the Richmond Amateur League, the
parent organization, will more than
likely win the pennant in that league
and represent Richmond in the series.
With a record of nineteen won and only
one lost, the Battle-aN aggregation will
enter the series we'll prepared for hard
battles. and the outcome will not be as
easy for the Cornell Tigers. or the team
that wins the title in Washington, as
it was for the Tigers last year.
In Richmond the feeling among the
amateur ball tossers is that the Battle
ak team will be more than a match for
the Cornell Tigers, who are picked gen.
orally to win the title here. But Sid
Lodge the local ball tosser, who played
on the Richmond team Of the Virginia
League, said. regarding the team: Cor
nell can beat them Il to and never
have to exert themselves" This may
be going it rather strong. but coming
from one who has seen the team in &C
ton and who knows a fast ball club
when he sees one. it should be pretty
good.
The following is the personnel of the
Battle-ax club, of Richmond, Va:
Joe Boehling, pitcher, has been with the
club four years. Was star pitcher on
McGuire's School team. He has refused
several league offers. Last year was
champion amateur batter of the city.
This year has batted .375. and mas not
lost a game in the box.
J. T. Whitfield, first baseman, formerly
played with the White Ducks, OF Man
chester Fourth year with Battle-aX.
This has been his best year in fielding
and batting, having an average of .569.
Charles Schmidt, left fielder, played
with High School and Skreemers. Second
year with Battle-ax. He is good
fielder, covering Il large territory. Good
bunter, and has batting average Of .209.
Frank f. BIount, third baseman, began
playing ball with ST. Andrews team.
Second year with Battle-aX. Undoubt-
edly best third baseman in the city and
destined for big league. Has fine throw
ing arm, covers lots of ground, and hits
the ball hard. Average. .S27.
LOUIS w. Dowden, second base, played
with st. Andrews team, and for two
years with Journal team. Probably the
best all-around player in the city. Fine
bases. Good base runner and heavy
hitter.
Charles Doggett, shortstop, playe1 with
High School. Third year with Battle-ax.
He is a good fielder, accurate on ground
halls, and pegs to first base with speed.
hits the ball and a good base
unner.
James Bowers, center fielder, formerly
played with Fulton Brownies. Excellent
fielder and good base runner. Hits tho
Eall hard.
Lee Whitfield. right fiedc: and pitcher.
Last year won sixteen and lost two garles
for the Billikens. Good fielder, and when
in the box uses his head. and has only
lost one game this year.
Frank Boehling. catcher, formerly play
ed college ball. Has been backs.op for
Battle-ax for four years. Knows how
to coach his pitcher and is invaluable TO |
tine team
DR.. William Fl. Parker, manager of the |
Rattle-aX club is a great lover of anna
teur sports and has been interested IN
baseball for several years. Whenever the !
occasion arises he gets in the game and
holds his end up. A sreat deal of -he |
credit for the excellent showing of the |
team is due 10 the hustling manager, AMI
the fans of Richmond are strong for him. |
The only salvation for such cases as |
the Joe Engle one is for the commits !
sion to adopt the one-man one-team |
rule as submitted by President Beach, of !
the District League.
This would put stop TO player join |
ing three teams and causing one of these |
TO lose the pennant or hurt them to a |
grave extent. should the league take |
action on the matter
There iS douht n 10 mind /
that the commission will attempt to put |
his motion through some time this |
winter. Should the commission fail to |
10 this amateur ball will again be full |
IF muddles as it was this year.
Another good thing for the betterment !
Of amateur ball would be for the COM
mission to appoint all the umpires and |
,hange them, say once every week That
would do away with the case brought to
light in the Sunday School League when |
Manager Love withdrew the Ninth team
rom tie circuit because Shorty" Hughes
vas not discharged. Such cases as this
an do nothing for the good of amateur
'alI and can do a lot to hurt it. So-you
'residents-get busy and put these mo-
ions through.
There is n real cartoonist in WASH
ngton who is hiding his light under a
oushel. This young parsonage is no
'ther than Walter Halleck, the author
# the cartoons on the Andrews team
md the Commercial League that ap-
oeared in The Washington Herald re-
.ently. Never receiving any instruc-
eons whatever, Halleck just naturally
ikes the pen work, and his drawings are
| topic of wonder at the paper store.
There is bright future ahead of this
and when he has graduated |
rom some good school of art-well-Bud I
Fisher had better look to his laurels.
That Andrews team has surely forged |
o the front in the Commercial League
ace, and 1t has been due to the hust-
ing manager of the Canaries, more than
else, that r. p. Andrews will
epresent the Commercial League in the
series.
Manager Dineen win go any distance
o get player. and in signing the Fort l.
battery, Drummer and
Moore. he made a ten-strike. Brum-
ner is a twirler par excellence, and
Moore viii go to the Virginia League
iext season. Both are heady ball play
RS and can also use the willow to tell /
ne effect
Should the Capital City League throw
nut the games that Joe Engie pitched
or the Cornell Tigers. II will cause an
upset In all this dope about Cornell
winning the post-season series. But the
easue officials viii hardly do this, an
Manager Cornell played Eneie IN good
aith. not knowing that he had signed
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