Evening star., 1911-08-14
|ess Leads Sunday School League Baes With Average AT
POST OFFICE HAS LITTLE
CHANCE IN BIG SERIES
Team Not Likely to Finish Better Than
Second or Third-Two of Best
Clubs Meet Today.

The Aloysius club will lose one OF its
hardest hitters in the post-season series.
Wilkinson who had the highest batting
average of any player in the circuit, and
who led in home-run hitting, will not be
able to get into the lineup. Wilkinson's
father, who has been i'll for several
months, passed away last night, and for
that reason the St. Martins man will not
be able to play ball again this season.
Two benefit games will be played this
week In the Independence League the
Manhattan club will play a team of all
stars, the proceeds TO go for the benefit
of Umpire Newman in appreciation OF
the work which he has done this year.
The other benefit will be played in the
Sunday School League between the cham
pion Sherwood nine and a team picked
from the other clubs in the circuit. The
proceeds of this game will go for the
benefit of the gentleman who was in
jured some time ago by being stepped
on by one of the players going after a
fly ball that was hit into the crowd. The
spectator was injured by the spikes on
the shoes.
The game scheduled today in division
of the class A is between Andrews of
the Commercial League and Manhattan
of the independence. On form displayed
during the season there seems to be little
choice between the two clubs as to
which will win. Manhattan If it could
present the lineup that represented II
during the last two or three games would
have the call. but as IT is 1t is not near as
strong a. IL was and there is little pref
erence between the two. Manhattan,
playing in a weakened state. may not
be able to put up as good an article OF
ball as 1t otherwise would, and that may
have something to do with the result III
the Andrews club should score a victory.
Whether or not the Aloysius club will
be able to hold the Cornell Company is
question. The fight for the champion
ship of class A seems to lie between these
two teams, and this afternoons game
will just about give good idea as to
who's who. The Cornell Company all year
has been able to score runs against any
OF the twirers 1t has been up against.
and whether the Aloysius club will be
able to hold it in check is mighty doubt
full. The Capital City leaguers are good
hitters and also good fielding combi-
nation. The only question as to whether
they will win seems to be in whether the
pitching staff will be strong enough to
hold down the opposing clubs offense.
Aloysius SO far this year has been
weak offensive team, but has shown a
great deal OF strength on the defensive.
1t is problematc whether the two quail
ties will balance enough to give the team
games. They did during the league sea-
son, but better teams will be found play
ing in the present series than in the
league race.
Noone looked mighty good in the box
for the Sherwood club Saturday. He had
the stuff, and that accounts for the vic
tory won by his club.
Ferguson's work on the mound was the
one bright spot in the work of the Post
Office team in the games Saturday. He
allowed five hits and struck out nine,
good enough pitching to win a ball game.