Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-05

Il | Judging by the qudI1tN OF paii pidH eu ~
far this season. the Sewage Pumping
i Station ball team looks to be about the
| one best bet in the Capital city League.
4 In the two games played SO far the team
/ has shown itself to be better than any
1 of the others. having won from each OF
/ the two teams which have in turn won
\ from the other nine i'll the league. Inc
/ Cornell Company was wallcpcd in the
l opening game of the season 10y Il TO
score, and yesterday the Navy ard was
\ the victim, 4 to .: The other club in the
/ lea que. Eastern Athletic Club. has lost to
both the Cornell and Navy Yard clubs.
The Pumping Station has shown a
marked ability to hit the ball and also to
do good work in the field. Murray, Davis,
Muliin, Steele and Taylor are a danger
| Gus combination to any pitcher they go
up against. while the infed IS fast
fielding one, Davis. on third, and Col
lingsworth, on second, being an especial
~ strong pair.
| In Martin the team has a good twirler
one Who Is we'll able 10 hold the heaviest
hitting clubs i'll the league TO small
sco.es. A good pitcher with a good CLUB
| behind him means that that club Is likely
to win the majority of its games. and
there is every likelihood that that condl-
ton will be found existing at the end or
the present season.
The AlovsiuS club seems to have Just as
good a club as represented it last year,
despite the fact that it seemed two weeks
ago that the nine would be way below
standard this spring. The walloping adj
ministered to the Columbia 1o1 team yes
terday. II to o, shows that there are but
two teams in the league as far as the
pennant Is concerned. The Aloys1us cluo
or the Commissioners is sure to get away
| ,t1, 81 Goo &c \ "
either of the other teams in the circuit
will have much of a chance to beat them
out of It, While there are two other pen
nant winning teams from last year. the
two circuits from which they came were
not as fast as the Capital City or the De-
partmental, and there Is hardly a chance
for either of them to be In the running
this season. let alone win the champion
ship.
Leonard who will be the main depend
ency in the box for the -Aloysius club this
year. Is pitching in great form, and VIII
be troublesome for any club against
which he pitches. The club has two other
pitchers in Hummer and Lynch, who
should also do good work
The much-talked-of game between
Georgetown and Catholic University will
come off tomorrow afternoon at Brook
land. No base ball game ever PLAYED
between two teams in the District mas
more comment than the one scheduled
for tomorrow between the TWO local uni
versities Whether Catholic University
will be able TO repeat the victories gained
last year or whether the Blue and Gray
nine will get the much desired revenge
for the former defeats is the much
mooted question.
Just how the game will come out is
hard to tell. one thing that is going to
work against the Brooklanders is the
fact that they have not been getting the
right kind of practice lately. The men.
instead Of working together, have been
playing around town on the clubs III the
amateur leagues. and have thus rcen
sacrificing much needed time for the per
fecting of team work. There Is no room
TO doubt though. that with Green in the
box the Georgetown nine will not have
an easy time getting away with the
game, as the Broolllanders slab artist
has been winning games this year with
ssven and eight errors behind him.
The National Union Club appears to be
a much strengthened team since last year:
| Manager Van Buskirk having gathered
together a fairly good aggregation OF ball
! PLAYERS for the ason's campaign. II
none Of the other teams strengthens much
the fraternity nine should make good
showing during the entire year.
That Technical High School nine is
going some just now There is every like
| lihood that the team is just beginning TO
show its true caliber. 1t Is hitting the
ball terrifically and is fielding in perfect
style. Coupled with the fact that the
team is playing a good game in the field
and is hitting the bail well. the pitchers
are doing good work In every game. Both
Garland and Austin are pitching good
ball, and Garland especially is accom-
plshing a great deal more in the box
than he gave evidence OF being able to
| in the Tecll-Western game. The former
Commercial League twirler is just about
th1rA sc in, fl<. tyCrt >hTnl lie
even though he did not show 1t In the mi
tial high school contest AS has been
said before, the Manual Trainers are go
ing to be heard from Yet before the
, school series is ended.
! Flunks are likely to affect the final re-
suit OF the standing of the high school
| teams 20 considerable extent. Accord
ing to we'll defined reports from several Of
i the schools there are quite Il few men
riIo on the ragged edge in their
F., studies and will be lucky to get through
. with clean slate when the marks go in
| today.
| 1t is reported that Central and Tech are
| the ones likely to lose heavily because of
The funk rule. each school having men
, who are not likely to get past the adj
yiSory marks.
An almost positive statement was given
out last night that the Twining club would
be dropped from the Independence League
The president and other leagO officials
are at present working to get together
another club to take the place of the
| weak organization to be dropped. and as
soon as the matter is satisfactorily ar
| ranged there will be another club in the
league instead OF last years pennant
| winner.
Smith. who pitched A one-hit game in
the Sunday School League Wednesday
against the Anacostia nine. again went
on the mound yesterday for the National
Union team against ST. Martins in the
Independence League. and in spite of the
fact that he allowed seven hits he did
good work. exceptionally so when il is
considered that lie pitched the day be
fore.
| The Seaman Gunners trimmed the
Naval Medical School yesterday by the
score of > to ]. Rice. who worked for
,the Gunners class, pitC he'd in great form
allowing the Medical School lads but four
bingies and sending twelve Of them to
the bench by the strike-out route La
Sale who worked in the box for the
Seaman Gunners, did good work also