Evening star., 1911-06-07

/, considerably strengthened by the addi-
tion Of Grason Of the Maryland Agricul-
tural College. and his being on the team
insures the addition Of lots of playing
strength, especially II he is used behind
the bat. Grason Is a mighty heady fell
low. and heady catcher, which means
whole lot to ball club. 1t makes GER
tain the winning of many games that
would otherwise be lost.
Two of the members OF the agricultural
college are at present holding down po-
sitions on the Sewerage Pumping Sta
tion team. and both are doing mighty
good work. The two men in question are
Gras coach. and Shipley. captain. Gra-
son is playing behind the bat. while Ship
ley is holding down second base.
Jimmy Kerr was unable to deliver the
goods yesterday. In the game between
the Post ONCE and Commerce and Labor
the Mailmen's star HEAVIER let the La
borites have sixteen bingles. nor did his
1T making six errors behind him. So far
this year Jimmy has been doing good
work. but he has been worked hard.
playing the outfield when not pitching,
and 1t is not to be wondered at that he
could not deliver in a crucial contest.
Another feature to the game was the
fact that Kinney who has cavorted
around third for the Laborites for the
last two years in great style. went into
the box and let the Post ONCE aggrega-
ton down with but four hits.
There is a rumor afoat that the East
ern Athletic Club Is to be dropped from
the Capital City League and the Seamen
sailors have been trying to get fran
chise in the circuit and they would un-
doubtedly welcome such a proceeding on
the part of the league officials.
The batting Of Widmayer. the Catholic
University third baseman. who is playing
the position for the Aloysius Club in the
District League. was the feature OF yes
The Brooklanders' star infielder got three
hits out of three times up for total OF
six bases. He was about the only one
on the Aloysius nine who could connect
safely with the offerings OF Wooden. the
District clerks twirler.
Runners feat yesterday in the Com
mercial League was one or the most ex-
traordinary that has been seen on a
local field in many q day. The big Moses
pitcher struck out seventeen men and
yet lost his game by the shut-out route.
Other Amateur Games.
The La Grand Athletic Club shut out
the Yankee A. c. yesterday. to o. A.
Meyer pitched great ball for the winners,
allowing but one hit. Score by innings:
RH.E.
La Grand A. C..1O2 O1o2O o612 l
Yankee A. C.....o o 100 90 .
Batteries-A. Meyer and Mcdonald for
La Grand A. c., and Dowd and Rubin
for the Yankee A. c. Two-base hits
Rubin and Jones (2). Three-base hit-B.
Mcdonald Home runsEFrailey and
Streeks. Struck out-Ry Meyer, II; by
Murphy. ..
m - {-I dafoofod
Belmont Aggies In well played game
by the score Of 4 to g. This victory gave
the Whirlwind Sluggers strong hold on
first place in the Junior League. The
pitching Of Mentzel and the good playing
of Kirchner and Cafritz were the fea-
R.HE
whirlwind Sluggers. 1 2 o o o o. II !
Aggies. O1 1O1 1OO-3 3
Batteries-Mentzel and Cafritz; Dutch
and Williamson. Time of game-1 hour
and 40 minutes. Umpire-Mr. Cncleford
The Thaddeus Stevens School base ball
team won the championship of the tenth
division by defeating the Briggs School
team by the one-sided score of 16 to O..
The feature Of the game was the general
all-around playing of the Stevens team.
In the closest and most exciting game
ever played in the twelfth division Jones
lost its first game to Payne by the shut
out route. E. Green. for Payne. and
Martin, for Jones. both pitched mastery
ball, each allowing but two hits.
Other than the air-tight pitching. the
game was featured by the sensational
fielding Of L. Hawkins, ]. Dorsey and P.
Hale. The latter. besides catching two
long flies, threw out two men at first
from right field on ground hit balls.
This is the first shut-out in this division
Score:
PAYNE 900 1 OOO OIL 2 I
Jones, 10000 2 9
On Monday luna & PaynA trimmed