Evening star., 1911-08-29
rant Game Today in Inter Section Series Sports Of All Sorts
RICHMOND WILL LIKELY BE
!, BANKERS STUMBLING BLOCK
Trust Company Team Has Proved Weak
All Year Against Curve Pitching in
Which Cornell Man Is Strong.

Cornell and Southland club it was early
| shown that the Southland aggregation
| has little or no chance in the present
| series. Gallagher in the box for Cor
nell had retired the Olympia Leaguers
In rather easy fashion, and in Cornell s
| turn at bat a pair of two-base hits on
the part OF Cy Mcdonald and Hessler
had put one run across the pan with a
/ man on second.
In the part of two innings that was
played yesterday three hits were made,
and all three were two-baggers. Jack
Spaulding, third man up for the South
/ land club, lined out a two-bagger. and
Hessler and Mcdonald of Cornell
clouted the ball for two bases. At that
! rate there would have been some hit
ting before the end Of the contest.
| 1t is doubtful IL there is a third base
man in the District who plays better
| fielding game than does Billy Sullivan,
the Aloysius clubs man. In one de-
partment Sullivan is the superior of
any other man in the local amateur
leagues; that is, in handling hard hit
| balls. No matter how hard the ball
comes off the bat toward him, he gets
1t in just about as easy manner as
easy roller. Sullivan is not slow.
either. when 1t comes to bunts. In the
Aloysius-COrnell game Saturday he
made a nice play off slowly hit ball
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and as it went through Lynch's legs
Sullivan was right on the job and
nailed his man at first by hair.
It is almost a certainty that the Bank
ers will start Fienle in the game this
afternoon against the Cornell club. The
Georgetown boy. when going right. Is
hard man to hit effectively, and that he
likely, even though he is pitted against
the herdest hitting amateur club in the
District.
did such good work for the Bankers in
Saturdays game against Southland. is
q fairly good hitter. On his nigh school
team he was about the best hitter of the
got three clean hits out of five times al
bat.
There is a fine question drawn in the
While it is probable that the matter will
not be thrashed out, as the Southland
club is not likely to be factor il the
race. it would be a good thing to have
the matter settled for future reference.
spaulding went to Lynchburg for trial
with the Virginia State League club rep
resenting that city. He was there but
ceive any compensation whatever for his
services. Now. the commission has de-
clared that under such conditions map
does not become ineligible to play ball
under its jurisdiction. 1t was held in q
meeting Of the commission. in regard to a
similar case. that 1t was not the desire
Of the commission to keep boys from go
ing higher when they had the opportu-
nifty. and that 1t would not stand in the
way Of players going away for trial
provided the said players did not receive
compensation while with the club which
was trying them out. 1t was held under
such conditions Q man was not made in
eligible. Now that Is exactly the status
Of the Spaulding case, and il he was not
made Ineligible by his action the question
arises has he forfeited his rights to play
and thus given the opposing teams
grounds on which to protest him. Under
the Interpretation Of the commission he
has not. 80 -
! If both the games between the Bankers
and the Cornell club are won by one
team 1t is not likely that yesterdays; post
poned game between Cornell and South
land will be played, as there would be no
necessity for It. The result. even though
the Southland club were to win. would
not affect the final standing Of the clubs.