Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03
BANKERS CAPTURE
AMATEUR H0N0RS
Win Local Championship by
Superior Work in Almost
Every Department.
B0TELER PROVES HERO
OF DAY FOR HIS TEAM
After Pitching One Game, Cen.
trail Boy Steps in at Crucial
Time and Saves Second. J
By "CURLEY' BYRD.

By "CURLEY" BYRD.
Boteler, local high school boy. sent in
with two men on and nobody down in the
first half Of the seventh inning of the
second game in the Bankers-Cornell
douole-header yesterday. succeeded in re-
firing the side without a single tally be-
ing registered against him. and won for
the American Security and Trust Com
pany the right to represent Washing.
ton in the intercity amateur series.
Also Logan Cunningham should be
given credit for the foresight which
he used when he changed pitchers at
the psychological moment. Cunning
ham. when he saw that S Rawlings.
who started the game for the Bankers.
was faltering. gave him the sign, and
sent Boteler out to take up the burden.
and the ex-Central boy made good.
In the first half of the seventh Ed
monston. the first man up for the
Cornell club. hit safely into right field
for single. Mullen was hit by one Of
Rawlings curves that refused to break
and then Boteler who had delivered
the goods in great style in the first
game. began by making wild pitch
and sending the base runners to third
and second, respectively. Charles
Moran was up and there was nobody
down. 1t looked blue for the Bankers.
but Moran had one called strike. and
then took two swings at the ball. and
met nothing but where the ball ought
to have been. Handiboe was next up.
and he drove the ball at Davis, who
handled 1T clearly, and threw out Ed
monston at the plate by good margin.
Handiboe stole second, and Cy Mac
Donald hit an easy roller to Davis. who
threw out Macdonald at first. A diff
cult situation was met and overcome.
and the Cornell club was beaten out
of the amateur championship of the city
for the first time in years.
Wooden Wins First Game.
When the first game started there APP
peared on the mound for the Cornell
club a diminutive youngster of the name
Of Wooden who had not been much
heard of this season, and many and free
were the predictions to what the
Bankers would do to his twisters. Just
the opposite proved to be the case.
though, because he made the best ciout-
ers on the Trust Company nine look IKE
schoolboys. The little fellow pitched
superb ball from the start or the con-
test, having excellent control and never
putting the ball over the plate unless
he had TO.
without a doubt He held the Trust
COMPANY team in subsection from the
start of the initial inning He ala not
have any great amount OF speed or any
fasi-breaking curves, but ne ola NAYS
control and Judgment, and the two to-
gether assure a pitchers success. he
allowed seven hits. the majority or them
scratches and struck out eight OF tue
opposing batters.
Onposed to Wooden in the first game
was Boteler, the ex-Central boy. and he
was not far if any behind his opponent
in his work Boteler also had splendid
control and he pitched good bali IN
every inning errors being responsible
for the runs scored against him Had
perfect game been played behind MN ne
would have won, as the only run iiiaee
made by his club was earned, ana the
Cornell team should not have had either
of the two that it sent across IN the
second chapter The Cornell nine played
a perfect game back OF wooden. ana
while he allowed a few hard MT paIs'
his support counted materially In heip-
ing him pitch his game, while boteler
was being placed in holes at all times
bv the errors behind him, there being
five charged up to the Security ana
Trus, team in the first contest
Mcdonald Saves Game.
There were several critical stages In
both games when slip or MISS
meant the. losing or winning OF the
contest Cy macdonald saved the nrst
game for the Cornell club by making
one of the best pick-ups seen on the
Capital City League diamond. After
HAYES and West had each singled. and
taken third and second respectively on
an infield out. two were down ana
Riddle hit a sharp grounder TO King
at short, who made ciean PICKUP
and then threw poorly to frst Mac
Donald stretched, il seemed. about ten
feet, and got the ball on mean bound
and saved the scoring or two runs,
Riddle being out by hairs preaotn.
And in this connection IL might De
mentioned that MacDonalds work
around the first bag oyershadowed
anything that has been seen on the
local amateur diamonds In a long
while Some of the poorest throws pos
sible for the feeders TO make were
handled in a clean-cut style by the ex-
Georgetown man, and several times ne
pulled his club out of dangerous holes
by his excellent work around the nrst
cushion. Riddle, the Bankers first
sacker. also played good ball. and de-
serves lots of credit for the clean man
ner in which he handled his many
chances, but practically every throw
received by him was good.
For the Bankers Davis. Hayes, Raw
lings and Boteler all did work in the
field that at times bordered on the
sensational. Davis. in the first game
especially, doing great work. when he
handled ten out of eleven chances. and
many of them difficult. In the Sec
ond game Rawlings went back into
the crowd in left field and stabbed.
with one hand. long fly that looked
good for at least two bases With ono
exception the whole Cornell club field
ed brilliantly during both games. only
one error being charged up against the
club in the two contests.
Bankers Deserved to Win.
On the whole. both games were well
PLAYED, and the Bankers won simply be-
cause they played better ball. There were
no excuses for either club in either of the
two games The Bankers as whole
were faster on the bases. they displayed
better pitching talent In the box. they hit
the ball more OPPORTUNITY and they played
the game better from an inside stand
point In other words, from what was