Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24
partment base ball team of. the Railroad

| partment base ball team of. the Railroad
Y. NJ. c. A. League was much In evidence
yesterday. The big fellow scored twenty
points and came in second TO Young IN
the battle for the handsome point trophy.
He showed up particularly we'll In the
jumps. winning the running broad jump
by a foot margin, and landing thlrd
place in the standing event
The fungo hitting seemed tc amuse the
crowd greatly, most of the good play
ers of the league entered this contest.
but were unable to hit the ball at all
because of their anxiety to kill 1t. kehl
won it, but his hit was not as far as
ffteen-year-old hits 1t in an ordinary
game.
The shot-putting event brought out the
surprise of the day, when ]. w. Greg
ory the Manhattan teams star ball play
er. won it from w. T. Platz by nearly
| two feet. Platz has been throwing the
iron pill over thirty-nine feet III practice
and he had any number of hackers on
hand who claimed he would win in
walk Gregory's put of thirty-six feet
one inch is considered a very good put
for novice in the game and If the big
| fellow would settle down to training he
should develop into mighty dangerous
man.
The meet was ended by an exhibition
relay race the Southern Railwd. relay
team being the only one OF four entrants
to put in an appearance. Ii was declared
by all to have ben a marked success, anc
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formulated. The officials are seriously
thinking of making next years games
handicap ones, but no decision VIII be
made until the committee gets together.
The summaries are as follows:
1o0-yard dash-First heat won by ". L. Kehl.
Car Department: second, ]. NJ. Cults, Southern
Railway. Time. o.12.
Second heat by II. ]. Salmons, Car De-
partment second H. c. Holbruner, Southern
Railway. Time. OIL.
Final heat won by H. ]. Salmons. Car De-
partment second. w. L. Kehl. Car Department;
| third. H. c. Hofbruner, Southern Railway.
| Time. oil 2-5.
one-mile run-won by J. NJ. Cults, Southern
Railway; second. c. c. Elsea, Shop; third, Il.
Il. Hancock Southern Railway. Time, $3.50.
Blunt and run to first base-Tie between II. c.
Holbruner. Southern Railway and w. T. Platz,
Southern Railway. Time. 0.03 25. Holbruner
won the ross-up Third. tie between W. B.
Young, southern Railway, and J. n. Hanley.
Throwing base ball for distance-Won by W.
| B. Young, Southern Railway. distance 315 feet;
i tsnse 2o feet, ihIrd W. Hughes. jr Car
| Department distance 2s6 feet.
pariment: second. H. j. saImons, Car Depart
ment third, f. I. Naughton, Southern Railway.
/ Time, OPS.
Running high jump ,handcap,-won by w.
B. Young, Southern Railway tsnIatch,, height
; feet inches: second. W T Platz, southern
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| third K. b. Hancock, Southern Railway d
/ inches). height feet s inches
| Throwing base ball for accuracy from home
| plate TO second base)-Won by W. B. Young,
| southern Hallway. distance feet inch: Sec
ond W. T. Platz. Southern Railway. distance
way. distance 6 feet
4I0yard dash thandicap)-Won by W. B.
Young. Southern Railway (scratch); second, H.
| G. Hsbruner, Southern Railway Us YARDS
bird, ]. u; Quits, southern Railway Is ysrds,.
standing broad jump (handcap,-won by W.
I. Platz, Southern Railway t3 fnchesl distance
S feet inches; second, J. NJ. Cults, Southern
| Railway scratch. distance feet Sig inches;
| third. W. L. kehl. Car Department g inches),
| distance 8 feet inches.
| Circiing the bases-Won by W. B. Young.
Southern Railway. time 0.15; second. Il. 6.
Hobruner, Southern RAILWAY. time oi5 S,5'
| partment, and ]. NJ. Hanley, Station, time
0.15 40 Hanley the toss-up.
Fungo battng-Won br W. L. Kehl Car De-
partment. distance 2S0 feet; second, II. c.
Holbruner. southern Railway. distance 271 feet
inches; third, W. b. Young, Southern Rail
| way. distance 26s feet.
Running broad jump-Won by W. L. Kehl
Car Department. distance 10 feet inches; Sec
ond. j. W. Gregory. Southern Railway, dis
tance Is feet inches; third, tie between A
$. Bundy. Trainmen, and H c. Hobruner
Southern Railway distance Is feet 5 inches
Twelve-pound shot-put-Won by j.. w. Gregory
second W T. Platz, southern Railway, dis
lance, "a feet 612 inches; third, w. L. Kehl
Car Department. distance 81 feet 10 inches.
Relay race-Won by Southern Railway team
R. b. Hancock)-only entrant.