The Washington herald., 1911-06-11

| ''Shags" Rawlings had the Commercial
nine eating out Of his hand the other day,
and Resides pets made the Commercial
! team look like class aggregation.
| Dutch" Stuckert is sure playing some
! bail for the Willard team, in the Com
mercial League. The Dutchman is field
| ing in the form that made him the star
Of the Church League a few years back
| and is clouting the ball with the best.
| The home run hit of 'Dutch's' Thurs
I day is said to be the longest hit ever seen
on the diamond.
In Porter Manager Love, of Sherwood,
has one of the most versatile men play
ing amateur ball in the District. No mat
ter where he is put, Reds" will play a
good game. In the box he can hold his
! own, while behind the bat Porter is a
/ fair catcher. In any of the other seven
positions Porter is good man.
Still another fast man has been signed
by the Commercial League. Dutch
Schwegler, of the fast Ingram team and
| Tech High, will be seen in a walford
uniform In the future, while Smith and
Goebel, the crack battery of the Ingram
team, will perform for the Moses aggre-
cation.
Quite lot has been said regarding the
excellent twirling Of Elmer Smith, but
too much praise cannot be given the
wonder Of the season. 'PiedonI," as he
is affectionately called by his many pals
of the northeast section. is one of the
youngest pitchers In Glass A amateur
circuit. Eighteen years old, with the best
of speed and wonderful curves, the best
of critics pronounce brilliant future for
the star twirler of the kid Ingrams.
Another infieIder who is putting up a
great game in the Commercial League is
little Sam Johnson, of the Moses team.
Sam has long been famed for his ability
to stop the hot ones at the third section,
but his fielding this year has been the
best of his career. Last season, as
member of the champion Olympia Ath-
letic Club, Sam put up a great game at
third and second, being used as a general
utility man by the Clubmen and never
falling down. Sam has been hitting the
star twirlers of the Commercial League
regularly and is leading the Moses team
in hitting and stolen bases.
Monk" Walters is still the same old
fast child on the paths. He is running
wild in the Sunday School League and is
getting his share in the Departmental
circuit. Thursday Monk was retired
from the game by Shorty" Hughes,
showing that the fast boy is up to his
old tricks again.
There are quite few good catchers in
the District, but in the writer's opinion
big Six Brewer is as good as the best
Anne is polling the ball in the Sunday |
~ IIoo all IL CAv,
mercial circuit and is throwing out the |
best on the paths.
While little Broome, of the Ninth team, /
is not hitting well at present, 1t Is more |
than likely due to his inability to see the |
ball. ''Millie" is some fielder, and It is /
said around Lincoln Park that the speedy i
youngster win soon be in the big show.
Amateur Editor The Washington Herald:
alexandria has a baseball team, and |
they call themselves the Alexandria |
Club, generally known as the |
"A c, and is made up of young men
who are gentlemen, and are pretty good |
ball players. but 1t seems hard for this
team to secure games with the wash |
ington teams they desire to play.
''of course cannot blame the wash |
ington boys for fighting a little shy of 1
Alexandria, as. before this year, when |
a team came to Alexandria they were
never sure OF seeing washington again. I
However. this year things are run on /
strictly high-class plan. and the teams
whom we have played in Alexandria |
have been more than pleased with their \
treatment, some of them being Tech
nicai High, three games; Eastern High.
Central. Georgetown Props, District
Commissioners, Kensington and a few
others, but in order that we may secure
more of the good teams from Washing /
ton, appeal TO you. as representing the 1
best sporting medium among the wash
fngton papers, for help.
We are now playing in an inclosed
ground. which we have the exclusive
right to use, which is fully equipped
with grand stand, bleachers, telephone
service, clubhouse with modern iulnrove-
ments and we see no reason why I'VE
should find difficulty IN securing fea,,,s
to come to Alexandria
Our local police justice is the teams
coach, who at all times has the bows
under perfect control. We are exceed
ingly anxious 70 secure games with an 4
the teams in the District League. De- Il
partmentai Sunday School. Southern
Railway Capital City, Olympia, Inde-
peneence. Bankers. Commercial. Surb-
urban. and the r. r. r. NJ. c. A..
We guarantee all expenses incidental
to any teams visit to Alexandria, and
lrfat them good while they are here
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