The Washington herald., 1911-08-21
By c. w. SWAN.


season series is a thing of the past. the
fans and statistic lovers are given a
chance to look over the work of the
respective teams, both in the field and
at the bat
In Section A, Division A. the Cornell
Tigers led the section with the stick
and are last in fielding, which goes to
show that hitters are more in demand
than fielders. Post-offlce leads in team
fielding and Is second in hitting. The
Tigers are in the lead for the honors.
but it Is a well-known fact that the old
baseball luck played a prominent factor
in their lead. A wild heave by Fergu-
son gave them a game from Post-office
when the Mailmen had the contest
cinched.
Sherwood Hitting Light.
Sherwood. the team that lead the Sun
day School League in hitting. is last
In this division of the post-season series.
They are also next to last in fielding.
This aggregation of youngsters had been
cracked up to be one of the fastest
fielding teams in the District. but to
date they have displayed that quality In
only one game, the first Of the series,
when they trimmed the Post-office team,
8 to ? In that game the Sunday School
League champions Simply outPtdSeu
themselves; that Is all there is to II.
The Aloysius club, pennant winners OF
the District League, put up a great
game in the early part Of the week, but
they lost to Pest-ofiice Saturday in one
of the best games of the series. Man.
ager O'Connor has corralled fast bunch
of ball tosscrs, but they lack the neces-
sary hitting power to land the cham
pionship. In the box they are about as
strong as any team in the series, with
Bob Hummer, Bernie Hummer, and Tai
bert Lynch. This trio Of beavers can
hold their own with the best. and If the
team could slam out a few hits the title
would just about be theirs.
Post-omce Going Strong.
Getting of to a bad start. the Post
Office team put up good article Of ball.
and but for a fiuke would be in the race.
As 1t is, there is hardly a chance for the
Mailmen to land the honors. Ferguson
has pitched good ball in every game, but
luck has been with the opposing team
and put an end to his hopes. The re-
turn to form Of Jimmy Kerr is one Of
the surprises of the series, and the vet
eran will more than likely twirl one
more game for the mail slingers-that Of
to-day against Cornell.
The Cornell Tigers have taken the lead
simply on their ability to slam the pill
This bunch of pitcher chasers are about
as good a hitting team as could be
picked in the District. and their is hard
" a club In the series who will outhit
the Paperhangers in the games. The
Bankers loom up as the team which will
play the Tigers in the finals, but the
Manhattan aggregation has yet to lose
q game, and from the way the Bankers
are going at the present time it looks
as IL the Independence League cham
p.ons will give the Bank team a rub for
to-day's battle.
Division b, Section 4.
The first week Of the post-season
series is a thing of the past and the un-
certainty Of baseball is shown by the re-
suits which have been recorded.
In Section B OF Glass A, Manhattan is
leading with three victories and no de-
feats, while American Security is second
with two wins and loss, their other
game having resulted in a tie. Although
Manhattan is first in team standing. Pet
worth. which occupies the third position,
is far ahead Of any Of the other clubs
in Its section in team batting, having
stung the sphere for an average Of $50.
The other three teams in the section are
closely punched near the $50 mark,
American Security topping the others
with a .267 percentage. while Manhattan,
the leaders, are hitting .256. with An
drews bringing up IN the rear with al.
Petworth's fine hitting has been offset
by miserable work In the field and an
utter lack Of any base running ability
whatsoever. Time and again excellent
chances to score runs have been thrown
away because Of foolish chances taken
and q tendency to increase individual
performances instead Of perfecting team
play.
The American Security boys, although
playing all Of their games on foreign
diamonds, have upheld their regulations
as flelders. and lead their opponents In
this respect with an average Of .937.
Manhattan 10 close upon the Security
boys' heels with q mark Of .sN. Andrews
follows with S6S, while the figure hung
up by Petworth totals only SO. which, as
has been stated. together with no heady
base running. has made their hitting
prowess useless.
Variance In scores.
A peculiar feature Of the games so
far Is to delve into the results and at
tempt TO pick q winner by comparative
scores. In the three games played by
Manhattan the team has upon each occa-
oiou eSoioo - Aens, "ttsic sa'oh ophS-
nents, American Security. Petworth, and
Andrews. have tailed two, four. and nve
times respectively. American security
made total Of twelve runs IN their
gams with Petworth. which team IN turn
put across the same numosr AGAINST An
draws. yet IN two games tho team from
the Bankers' League was able to score
only eleven runs against Andrews. one
jees sah ~ made by team IN one