Evening star., 1911-08-13
Game in One Section Big Sur
prise, While Other Is Ac-
cording to Form.
CORNELL AND BANKERS
FAVORED AS WINNERS
Series in Each of Three
Classes viii Be Well
Contested.
BY "CURLEY- BYRD.

class A and the American Security and
Trust Company and Petworth teams in
class IA met yesterday in the opening
games of the post-season series One of
the contests proved to he the greatest
| surprise of local amateur base ball for
the present year while the other was de-
cided just as was expected.
In the game played between the two
class A teams the Sherwood nine. which
did not win the Sunday School League
pennant until just about half an hour be-
fore the start OF the post-season contest.
got away with Post Office. one of the
clubs which was expected go he the most
formidable contenders, in a handy style
by the score of 3 to .. At the start of
the contest Ii was thought that the Post
Office would have II easy, just as had
been expected and predicted, but such
was not the case. In the first inning the
Mailmen chased two runs across the plate
and things looked easy for them, and
they began TO play as though they
thought so, but IL was only a short while
before the Sherwood aggregation came to
the front with three runs and held the
lead until the end OF the game.
The other contest played resulted just
as was expected. The American Security
and Trust Company, the champion team
of the Bankers League, found the Pet
worth club too slow for II and trounced
the Suburban League nine by the score
of IL to 1.
Just as has been stated before. IL was
found that the Bankers League Is too
fast for the class In which 1t is placed.
Petworth being about the next best team
| to the Bankers.
Every league has finished its season.
| Until Yesterday three circuits remained
| in which the leadership for the present
1a6 lAo hut In
| that settled the final disposition or the
| flags their seasons were ended Man
haitian retained its lead over Kendall In
the Independence League. Sherwood pass
ed Hamline in the Sunday School League.
while Southland kept the lead 1t has
held all season in the Olympia circuit and
clinched the pennant in that organization.
Each of the three mentioned teams stood
a chance of losing the pennant had they
lost the games played yesterday.
Now that the winner in every circuit
has been decided, each OF the different
clubs will bend every effort toward the
| winning of the post-season championship.
There are several of the clubs which will
go in the game with not even chance
to capture the highest honors in amateur
base ball, but IL Is certain that every
one will put the best it has in the fight.
The fight in class b promises TO be
mighty warm one. more so In fact thah
II does in classes A and IA. The Olym-
pia Marquette and Railroad Y. NJ &. a.
leagu are about evenly matched and
there should be little to choose between
the three clubs OF course, 1t would
seem that the Naval Medical School
which Is TO represent the Marquette
League. should be the favorite by virtue
of the fact that IL has Rice. a pitcher
who is too good for that class of ball
but the other two clubs also have good
| ment TO send into the box-men who have
not been found wanting at any time dur
| ing the entire seaSon-Hughes and Ebert
| Whichever of the three clubs in class
B wins the championship or that class
| it is certain that il will not do so with
| out fight that will try the incttle OF all.
The class y section. conlf oSed OF the
| Sunday School. Capital City, Depart
| mental and District, was treated 10
| big surprise right on the start, when the
| Sherwood team Of the Sunday School
beat Post Office OF he Departmental
Basing the assertion on what happened
| in the game yesterday, X might weH pe
said that there is no teidn2 what VIII
happen In that class. and any club may
! win the championship. 1t is only once
IN a while, though, that an upset or the
kind which took place yesterday occurs.
and it is not likely that another ike X
will be seen again in the series.
Taking everything INTO consideration,
the Cornell Company is favored IN thls
section. There seems little doubL mat
the paperhangers are the strongest team
| in the section. While they have been
scored on to a good extent during the
season. the team has more than mace
defensvely.
The Aloysius club has not SHOWN
| enough offensive strength during the
year in any of its games TO warrant its
being favored the most formidable
| contender in the series in the class \ d.
vision 1t has always been good de-
fensive organization, but IL as doubuful
IL il can meet the opposing teams at
tack with enough success to win games
for 1t when il can only score two or
three runs 10 "A game.
While Sherwood trimmed Post once
YESTERDAY there is very little likelihood
of the team being in the running for the
champion ship. 1t would hardly be able
to stand UP in front OF the Cornell Com
the Aloysius Club. which is extremely
doubtful Then IL has to meet Post
Office again. and the mailmen will not be
so easy I'm the next game
Sherwood. though has in Noone and
Porter a pair OF twirlers who are bound
to be troublesome for any of the teams
against which they work If they show
the same form they did in the games they
won Yesterday.
In division B of class A there is moth
ing to it except the American Security
and Trust Company. Neither Petworth
nor Manhattan is strong enough TO give
II any kind of battle let alone beat it
out for the leadership OF that section
Petworth was defeated yesterday, II to |,
and it is probable that Manhattan, rSp-
resenting the Independence League. VIII
fall Just as easy prey to its slugsers and
crack pitching.
None of the batters on the other clubs
will be able to connect with Ffenli to any
great extent while II is not likely that
the American Security clouters viii go
against any pitcher they cannot hit fairly
effectively Such combination means
nothing if not games won.
AS has been pointed out hundreds or
times. and as was evidenced yesterday in
the game between Sherwood and Post
once. upsets are so frequent in base ball
fc I'm
winner in any SERIES and thus any pre-
diction which might be made regarding
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