Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-01


runaway game yesterday by the score of
IS to the Aloysius Club retained the.
scant lead gained in the District League
Thursday and added to it sufficiently to
give itself a fairly good margin over
the District clerks.
Three days ago the Commissioners and
,be Aloysius Club were tied for the top
berth, but now the latter has lead OF
a game and a half, one which il will be
mighty hard for the District clerks to
overcome. When club is Playing ball
such as the Aloysius aggregation Is al
nresent il is a difficult matter for a team
TO beat il out when it Is on even terms
with II but when that same nine mas a
load If a full game and d half, the mat
tor is made about one hundred times
more difficult. because rot only does 'iie
onnosin. team have to play against
good ball club. but has to also stack w
AGAINST an aggregation of players lmoued
ui,b al tba confidence of league leaders
Two DAVIS ago the Aloysius Ciub peat
tho columbia team and yesterday came
rrr, hack and walloped the Commis-
sioners in a manner calculated 10 SCI a.
rest every doubt as 10 'i'e '
two teams .h+ THO
There is hardly any doubt but that ln i,
Commissioners or the Aloysuis 1iup WI
win the District League penhan., % .a.n
has a commanding iedu oHel
teams in the circuit -,
The game played yesterday betweeh .ne
two clubs shows conciuslNeiy th". AZ
is 70 win the flag the commissioners VII
have to get hold of good t"iriei SUI
where The lack of a good HEAVIER mas
lost several games for the District cierhs
already this season. and they cd.ho. az
ford to have many more chaiheu up AZ
the wrong side of the roster OF thes VIII
he out of the running altosether mat
s to 1 score showed that the difference
between the two clubs was tnat between
good and poor pitching. Inc Aioysius
Club secured fourteen hits. Wnlle tlle
commissioners Just managed 10 coltect
fonr No club can be expected to win
ball games with the other team plilns up
such an average as that made yesterday
by the cluhmen.
Hummer deserves a whole lot of credit
for the game he twired yesterday for the
Aloysius Club the team against Whlch He
worked numbering in its batting oroer
some of the best hitters in the city. Al
Handiboe, Hessler and Hurley are three
men who must he reckoned with to con-
siderable extent in any game IN Which
they appear The three mentioned men
got all the hits registered by the Commls-
Sioners yesterday.
There is not particle of doubt that AL
Handiboe. Hurley and Hessler make up
about three-fourths of the offensive
strength of the Commissioners team ana
the defensive also for that matter, as each
of the three is good fielder. All are fast
once they get on the bags and all are not
only good hitters. but have the ablhty
to hit the ball hard. II is doubtful IL
there is better outfelder in the city
than Is Handiboe. while Hurley mas
mighty few superiors at the fielding game
around the third station Hessler IS also
a carable infielder and can play the out
field in good style also.
The game yesterday. which was ex-
pected to decide much as to the prospect
i've remnant winner in the Independence
League proved dismal failure as Tar as
its giving any more definite idea as TO
just which club is to win the nag in That
circuit The Manhattan and Kendall
teams deserve a whole lot of credit for
the game they put up. Although the
score ended in tea very unsatisfac-
tory finish as far as the spectators were
concerned-it developed strong points in
both teams. The Kendall club showed
it's ability to score runs against the league
leaders-something which ii has not been
an easy matter for the other teams in the
circuit to accomplish this year-and that
in the race That the Manhattan club
came from behind and overcame five
run lead is evidence that II is team
which is never beaten until the last man
is out. and which is in the game from
the start TO the finish. That kind of a
team Is always a mighty hard one to beat
any time. The Kendall aggregation
showed more hitting power than 1t has
ever been given credit for possessing by
clouting Burley's shoots to all corners of
the lot, getting fourteen safeties off the
Business High boy. The Manhattan club
also showed ability with the stick when
| ii got nine bingles off sic.nahon and
Knott. who are rated as being about the
| best pitchers in the league.