The Washington herald., 1911-07-23
Cornell Picked TO
Win District Title
Tigers Have Best Balanced Team in Amateu,
League-The Winners of Every League
Chosen-Other Comment
RH c. W. SWAN.


Now that the amateur leagues are rap
idly closing their seasons on the sand
lots, the winners are becoming known
in some circuits, and in others 1t is a
neck-and-neck race.
In the opinion of the writer, the teams
In the different leagues that will finish
the season on top are set forth in the
box opposite.
The writer picks these teams, not on
their present standing, but on the games
to come and the general team work they
have displayed this season.
In the Bankers League the race was
settled some time ago, when several
teams withdrew and the pennant was
awarded to the American Security and
Trust Company team. This aggregation
of ball tossers is about the best bal
anced in the District, but they have only
one twirIer who can be depended upon
to work regularly. With Reggie Rawl-
ings going as good as last year, the
Bankers would stand good show in the
post-season series, but with only ShaGs
10 do the hurling, it is hard to see where
the Bankers will have a look in for the
District title
Inc COTneH Tigers are dDOul lIio D'SSI
all-around team in Washington. Their
twirIing staff is great, they are all clout-
ers and every man knows the game from
A to Z. Richmond, Ryon, Edmonston,
Engle, and Gallagher make one awful
tribe of beavers, and the opposing batters
will have to do some tall hustling to
beat the Tigers out of the city title. In
the writer's opinion. the Cornell aggre-
cation are due to repeat last years work,
that of winning the Capital City title
as we'll the post-season honors Take
that infield-Cy on first, Moran on sec
Ond, "Skeets" Hayes in the short field,
and Mullen on third make an infield
that knows all the fine oints Of the
game, and they are all swatters. The
outfield is beyond criticism-Hessler,
Handfboe, and Marceron are natural hit
ters and they all can field.
Taken a whole, the Tigers are ahoUt
due to land both titles.
With no particular stars and cracks
in his lineup. Manager Deneen, of the
+. p. Andrews team of the Commercial
League has forged to the front and
Promises to stay there. The Canaries
are playing great ball and will land in
the front of the procession when the
final bell is rung. Drummer and Moore
the Fort Washington battery, will do
the majority OF the work for the Canaries
in the future, and with the soldier boys
in the points. the games are bound to
he close. Doc Crabbie and Mulvey are
pounding the ball hard, and with this
Tair of sluggers in the game the Ca
naries will come very close to landing
the bunting
Commerce and Labor. the present lead
ers of the Departmental League. are
picked TO win the bunting in the Clerks
circuit. Their heavy artillery will hit
the opposing twirlers, and the only team
that will stop them is the CorueIl Tigers
in the post-season series. The Tigers have
the better of them in one way They
have more twirlers than the Laborites, /
and that is what will coun: in me post
season games Cornell will lose Charley |
Moran to the I.abori.es and "Skects
Hayes to the Bankers That Will hurt |
them somewhat, but Manager Cornell |
can be depended upon to have men there !
to take their places. never fear of that !
Shoemaker will have Elmer Smith and |
Big" Whitney TO do the heaving for |
him, while Mcdonald will be behind the |
Ddt. ne OuIIlelu VIII 90 the STICK work, /
and maybe Monk Walters. Van Bus |
kirk. and Rapp aren't the candy boys |
with the willow Commerce and Labor ;
will give the Tigers rub for the title, !
but the writer is OF the opinion that |
Cornell will beat them out
Aloysius club is practically sure of the !
flag in the District League; the only |
way for them TO lose out is for the
the Bureau aggregation 70 beat them, |
and that is not very likely Manager |
rCunnor will have Hummer and Lynch |
Il do the heaving in the post season. |
lat Commerce and Labor and the Tigers /
viii trim them for the honors
Perhaps the closest race in Washington
is in the Independence League, with the
Kendalls and the Manhattans fighting
for the pennant. These teams will clash
three more times, and those contests
viii decide who shall represent the In
dependence circuit in the post-season
games. While the Manhattans are a
fast bunch of ball tossers, the writer
picks the Kendalls to beat them out on
their superior pitching. Mcmahon and
Knott, together with Mel to fill out,
make a fair heaving tribe and they
should beat Manhattan.
In the Marquette League the Naval
Medical School team seems to have the1
rest of the teams outclassed, and they
are picked TO win the bunting with room
TO spare. Manager Collier will make