Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23
Amateurs Not WELDING the Bat So Effectively AS During
DONNELLY, MANHATTAN CLUB,
LEADS AMATEURS IN HITTING
Former Georgetown Player Has Average Of
.o13 for Twelve Games-Gossip
of Plays and Players.

Spring lost to the leaders. Gill pitched
magnificent ball, but poor support caused
the losing of the contest.
From whatever standpoint the situation
in the Olympia League is viewed, it
seems that there will be a close race for
the pennant until the very end Of the
season. Rraddock, in third place in the
league. is only game behind the Silver
Spring team, and may develop into a
dangerous contender at any time
Tpsets in dope are mighty numerous in
the amateur circuits and 1t is no strange
thing to see a club leading league one
week and the next be down in third place.
The loss of game or two means great
decrease in the size of the number in the
| percentage column. Suppose for in
stance that the Southland team were to
lose two games during the coming week,
and the Braddock team, which is in third
place. were to win two. the Silver Spring
| team would then he leading the Olympia
League by a margin Of half g. game,
while the Braddock team would be but
| half game behind first place.
| Another instance of the same thing may
| be cited in the Departmental League.
| Perhaps nine-tenths of the people who
are connected with amateur ball have al
| ready conceded the Commerce and Labor
| team the championship and Yet II 1t loses
one of the four postponed games 1t has
! Yet to play and Post Office wins all of its,
| it will have to play the Mailnen again to
decide the premiership of the organiza-
| ton, and if II were to drop two games
! instead of one and the Post Office does
not receive a defeat, it will thus lose the
| pennant without even chance to meet
the present runner up in deciding con-
| test
/ The margin by which some Of the clubs
| arc hanging on to their top herths are
| mighty small. indeed. when it comes 10
| considering the upsets and irregularities
that generally come in amateur ball. and
| it would not be very much of surprise
to find that when the season is ended and
! the league championships are decided
| many of the clubs which are now at the
head of the circuits they are in will not
be the ones to fly the bunting during the
coming year.
| Many Of the players who were leading
| their different circuits during the early
| season in batting have dropped until now
! they are not even among the first five.
! The only two men who have been at the
| top Of the batting list in their leagues are
| Sullivan of the st. Stephens, who is the
heavy sticker in the Marquette. and Heck.
who still leads the batters in the Sunday
| School circuit.
! There is likely to be a great deal Of dis
| sension among the various leagues when
! the time comes to differentiate between
| the class b and class organizations
| During past years this point has always
| been a great bone Of contention when
1
| and 1t is probable that 1t always will. The
| presidents generally want their leagues
| classed as high as possible. while some of
| the managers want their teams to be
| classed high and others want theirs to be
| placed in the class B list, because they
| think they will thus get better oppor-
| tunity to play in the final game for the
pOst-season championship. 1t generally
happens that the managers who want to
be in class B have their teams placed In
the class A leagues and vice versa.
1t is probable that the Commissioners
will be dropped from the District
League at the meeting which is
scheduled for this morning. The club
which now styles itself the Commits
| sioners has forfeited four games, and
| under the rules of the league it there
| by forfeits it's right in the circuit.
4 meeting of the Sunday School
| League will probably be called at the
! Ingram Church tomorrow evening, when
the following revised schedule of games
will be adopted for the balance of the
season. This schedule eliminates Ninth
Street altogether. Should any games be
postponed. they will be played off on the
| first open date on the schedule submit
ted below in the order in which they
are postponed. Schedule: