Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23

Jtnnrr, DonneIIy Of tho Manhattan club
in the Independence League Is leading all
he other hatters in the amateur leagues
in the city Tho Manhattan second base
man is clouting the ball for a percentage
of 6i3 in twelve games. total almost
unheard in any kind of an organization
when carded AS a batting average
DorneHy has not been hitting The ball
spasrnodlcally, but has been meeting it
so consistently there has not been a
game in which he has failed to register
a hit. His work with the stick has been
one Of the big factors in keeping the
Manhattan club in the lead III the In
dependence League race.
There is no doubt that Donnelly has
shown 90 per cent Improvement since last
year He could not begin 10 hit as well
BIS he can at present. and the best of 1T,
1t seems that his work shows no sign of
deteriorating. In the last game in which
this club took part he connected with the
ball for q total Of three hits and scored
three of the five runs registered by the
team
Georgetown will get a much more fin
tshed ball player next year than II did
this, and if Donnelly continues to play
the same kind OF ball for the Blue and
Gray that he is showing now in the In
dependence League lie will prove much
more valuable than ever.
There is no doubt that the work of the
players III the amateur leagues at the
bat has fallen off considerably a whole
since the early part of the season. The
averages at present show that there are
not near so many long distance hits nor
as many high batting averages.
This il probably due to the fact that
the pitchers are in better shape than they
hoo ar inn -
They are using more curve balls and are
getting better breaks on the balls than
they were able to during the early part
of the year.
The Capital City League is the only cir
cult in which there has been an increase
IN the number of 300 hitters since
the first few weeks of the season, and
this is probably accounted for by the
new teams since that time. thus swelling
the total number of ball players in the
league by about thirty-fve
Jimmy Donnelly not only leads the In
dependence League in hitting, but also
in base-running. His work on the sacHs
in many of the games has been a note
worthy feature.
Johnny Wilkinson CT the Aloysius Club
is the leading home-run hitter in the
District League. The ST. Martin man
ager has succeeded in hitting the ball
been a member of the AlOysius team.
The Aloysius manager started out by
using Wilkinson to fill in and generally
keeping him on the bench, but he dem
onstrated his worth so effectively that
he was placed In a regular position.
Every home run that Wilkinson has
hit has been made by sending the ball
over the right field fence. There was
nothing fiuky about the drives. as the
fence is not close by any means, and
every hit was Of the slashing variety
that drives the ball as though it had
been shot out of cannon.
Southland has again gone into the lead
IN the Olympia League, with a margin
of IS per cent over its nearest rival for
lea que honors, Silver Spring Nationals.
When the season first started the South
land club got away with long lead,
winning six games before II met defeat.
and as result there were many pre-
dictions that II would make a runaway
OF the race. Such has not been the case
go far as II was not long before its lead
had been lost and II was fighting to
keep out of second place. he team
a present, though, seems To justify the
prediction that il was better than the
o. her clubs in the circuit. and il still re-
mains in front with "A fair margin over
the other teams. Whether ii will be
able to hold il or not remains to be
seen but critics who have watched the
plav Of the teams in the league during
the entire season say that there is not
much chance for any of the other CLUBS
10 beat ii out for the championship, they
holding that the lead which ii now has
is sufficient to guarantee II beng picked
to COP the pennant especially so in view
Of the fact that none of the others has
been able 10 win with any degree of con-
Sistency from IL.
Silver Springs, enough, with Gill in the
hoy is likely to prove troublesome to the
leaders at any stage of the game. In
the game last week. in which Silver