Evening star., 1911-07-03

I'm the majority Of the amateur leagues
teams are running neck and neck for the
remnant. II is doubtful if there has ever
been a year in amateur base ball when
the teams which are leading the various
circuits were so evenly matched. In two
or three OF the leagues the two leading
mines are tied for the top position. while
others are right behind them. In only
one or two out of the twelve circuits Is
the race practically decided.
The Commercial and the Olympia leagues
each has two teams tied for the first po-
eition. In the former the Willard and the
Andrews clubs each has won twelve and
lost four games The Walford nine,
which UP to a few days ago was first with
a good percentage. is now close third,
being but one game behind the leaders.
The Olympia League teams which are
tied up for the high honors are the South
land and the Braddock mines, each are
with ten games won and six lost Silver
Spring Nationals are fair third with
eight won and six lost.
With the exception of the American
Security and Trust Company in the
Bankers League, there is not another
circuit in which the second team is not
close up to the leaders. and in the ma
FORTY of the cases. there are three mines
which are in striking distance of the
pernant.
In the Departmental League Post Of
4ce and Commerce and Labor are having
it out. with the odds in favor of neither.
At present Post Office is in the lead win
q percentage of two games. But the class
OF ball that the I.aborites have been put
ting up has been 81 consistent that they
should have just as good an opportunity
TO win the rag as the Mailmen.
Out In the District League the Com
missioners were ousted from the lead
last week by the Aloysius club and are
now in third place. The District clerks
lost two games in as many days and
are now tied with the Adams Express
team for second. with the Aloysius club
first. Either of the three teams may
win the pennant, even though the club
men are now in the lead with two
game margin.
mp to a few days ago. held first place in
the Capital City League. and which was
touted as having almost a cinch on the
pennant, has dropped to third place with
Cornell Company and Navy Yard In first
and second place respectively. Neither
the Seaman Gunners nor the Marines
have bettered their positions in the race.
one being exactly where 1T started and
the other having dropped behind lit
tie.
II
N. c. A. League has a good lead on the
other teams I'm that circuit. but the South
ern nine Is by no means beaten out for
the pennant as yet and has still good
chance to cop the rag.
Ninth in the Sunday School League
seems to have something on the other
teams in that league and with the excep-
ton Of the American Security and Trust
Company has a larger lead on its rival
clubs than has any Of the other clubs in
any league.
In each of the other circuits II Is nir
and tuck between several of the clubs for
the pennant, with the prospect that the
close races will continue right to the
end of the season. 1t is probable from
present indications that the pennant will
not be decided in any Of the circuits until
the very last game is played.
There is no doubt that IL the races in
thee various leagues continue as they are
now, with two or three teams fighting
till the last minute to determine the
championship. interest will continue un'
abated. The leagues In which the close
finishes are put on are the ones which
There is little tagging of the interest
when two teams are within striking dis
lance OF each other in league.
II begins to look as though the Inde-
pendence League is going to have the
same sort of finish as last year. when
the Twining and Manhattan clubs were
was not decided untf1 a game was
played of after the regular season had
closed. This year IL seems that the
Manhattan club is again booked to play
q stellar role in the performance. with