Evening star., 1911-08-18

There is no doubt that the only dan
gerous opponent in the class for the
Cornell team Is the Aloysius club. and
that between these two lies the cham
pionshp OF the section If the AOysius
club continues as strong on the offensive
as it has appeared to be in the game al
ready played it will put up strong ar
gUment against the Paperhangers for the
title. Cornell has but one tWirler on
whom it can really depend. and that is
Sam Edmonston, and If for any reason he
should be put out of it the Paperhangers
would likely find 1t mighty rough sled
ding to win the series. With Lynch go
ing right in the box there is every chance
that 1t will not be an easy matter to get
rid of the Churchmen anyway, as none
Of the teams has had much difficulty
scoring runs against the Cornell team. for
in the two games that have been played
by it the Aloysius club has scored six
and the Sherwood nine five tallies.
The Cornell team, although the odds
favor it's winning the championship in
section A. will have to fight for every
thing it gets from the Aloysius nine.
Jack Hurley was again to the front
yesterday in the batting. With two men
on in the second. Hurley drove liner
over the shortstop's head SO fast that the
fielder did not have a chance to look up
before It was gone. 1t was pointed out
before the beginning of the series that
Hurley would prove one Of the bulwarks
of the Aloysius club on the offense when
the big series started, and the assertion
has been proved true by the facts. There
have been mighty few runs scored by the
Churchmen that Hurley's bat has not
had a part in.
Noone. the Sherwood pitcher who held
T1os hall fot1 cd 70 xo
Of showing against Aioysius yesterday.
In the first inning he began in a way that
did not argue we'll for the chances of the
Sunday School Ieaguers. Passes and
hard-hitting In the first chapter gave
the Aloysdus team six runs. a lead that
there was not chance for its opponents
to overcome.
The Aloysius club has about the strong
est pitching staff of any of the clubs
playing amateur ball on the local lots.
While there Is one to two men In the
city who as regular thing have 1t on
any one of the stan Of pitchers belonging
to the Churchmen, there is net single
team which can boast of staff which as
whole Is as strong. The two kum-
mer boys. Lynch and Greer form
quartet that Is not to be surpassed by
that representing any other clubs. AS
1t is in this particular that the Cornell
team is weak, 1t seems that that much
is in favor Of the Churchmen.
While Rhodes, the captain of the Sher-
wood team, is, and has been, playing in
the outfield for that team, he is a fairly
good twirler. He pitched one inning of
yesterdays game against Aloysius and
did not allow run. When he is in
condition he can put up pretty good
article Of ball in the box.
Too much praise cannot be given Raw
lings, who is holding down second base
L Qgfo q r
Is putting up superb game, and will
some time make a grand ball player If he
develops as he gives evidence of doing.
He is now able to field his position in
much older player Yesterday. with two
men on In the first inning and one down.
| he grabbed a hard-hit ball that he could
hardly reach and made a perfect throw
Besides being able to field his position in
good style he is also fair hitter
The American Security and Trust Com
pany has a nifty infield. which, although
composed entirely of youngsters, is one of
| the best in the District Davis, on third,
| Is a good fielder and hits fairly well, al
though not up to the average of the other
| three men. When on the bases though,
Davis is the best man on the club, being
| fast and able to use his head. Hayes at
| short, has no superior in local circles in
| the position. He can hit ard he can field.
/ DUH III q HIduleF HOt GQuateQ Dy any man
holding down a like position on any Of
| the amateur clubs. Hayes is also fast on
| the bags. Macdonald, who plays second
Is probably the best hitter in the club.
A: the bat his work IS consistent at all
| times. there being few contests in which
| he fails to land hit Macdonald also
| fields his job In good style. Riddle, on
| first. measures almost UP to Macdonald
| in his hitting ability, while as a fielding
| first baseman he Is way above the ordi-
| nary.
| Had the Trust Company an outfield to
compare with its infield, it would un-
doubtedly be the favorite in the race for
highest amateur honors. 1t has a pair
Of good twirlers who are generally able
! to hold the opposition to a minimum
number of hits, and 1t also has a good
man back of the bat. II the outfisld
| could stick and field in comparison to
have no superior in the District, but as
1t is. Rawlings is the only man of the
! trio who is good hitter. and If pitcher
| has control and knows the kind of ball
| to pitch to him. he is not a dangerous
man, by any means.
II. as has been rumored. Green returns
\ to work for the Bankers in the post-sea-
| son series he will prove a valuable ad-
junct to their forces. There is a great
deal of doubt about his returning, though,
| as 1t has been announced several times
that he would be here and yet he
| has not put In his appearance, and
nothing has been heard from him by the
Trust Company team.
sunday August ID. the Navy Yard
team OF the Capital City League will
play the sfast Hampden Athletic Club
1 Of Baltimore. This team presents a
strong lineup I'm Sewell. pitcher: Has
son. catcher; Wisner first base; Steigen-
wald second base; Latin, third base;
sullivan, shortstop: Pierce, left field; !;
Alexander. center fed, and Powers, right
field.