The Washington herald., 1911-05-14
AMATEUR LEAGUES ARE
NOW ON THEIR FIRST LAP
Fast Article of Ball Has Been Played in Many Circuits
Weak Teams Will Be Strengthened
worth Has Clean Sheet

has been a surprise to the other teams,
winning two and losing one to the present
time.
With the best amateur diamond in the
District to play upon and the most liber-
al offers of any league, the teams of the
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A League have been
able to play but three regular games.
Car Department and Union Station seem
to have the best teams in the circuit
while Southern Railway is a close second
President Bond, of the organization, is
confident of getting full games in every
day in the near future, but states thai
as traffic is very heavy present 1t is
practically an impossibilty to start the
games before 6:l5 At the present time.
This league has furnished many hard
fought battles in the past and no doubt
will do so again when the league strikes
its proper stride.
There is only one amateur league that
Is not a member OF the amateur COM
mission. namely, the Southern Railway
League. Treasurers are leading the
league at the present time. with a clean
record of three wins and no defeats.
While the class of ball played in this
circuit is not the fastest in the Dis
trict. it affords a pleasant recreation for
the men employed by the Southern Rail-
way and its affiliated branches. Quite
a few good ball tossers have been turned
out by this league, and many hard
fought battles have been pulled Off
In the Suburban League, Petworth is
making a runaway race of il. having
yet to meet defeat. Manager Torneys
Baby Dolls are one of the fastest teams
playing amateur ball in the District and
bid fair to equal their record of 1910.
Parkview and Silver Spring are the two
runners up at the present time. while
Takoma and Brightwood are the weak
sisters OF this fast organization.
Both teams have made additions to their
line-ups which promise to strengthen
each in on small degree, and the stand
ard of ball which has been shown in the
league for the past three seasons will
be continued.
The Petworth team has shown remark
able early-season form. and without a
doubt has played the best ball of any of
the teams in any of the leagues. Four
games have been credited to their won
column, and their opponents have only
been able to score total of three runs,
Brookland being the only team which
has sent runner across the pan. Only
three errors have been made by the team
ing ability displayed.
The showing of the Ingram Memorial |
team in the Sunday School League has |
been the best that has ever been wit |
messed by the fans of the Northeast cir |
cult. The kid Ingrams" are the young |
est bunch OF ball tossers playing in a !
Class A league, and while they We're de- |
feated Thursday by the Hamline tribe |
in one of the fastest games ever wit |
messed at Thirteenth and D streets north |
east. they are still the league leaders |
By trouncing Ninth, last years cham |
pions. to !, the youngsters stock rose !
to par value. and now every fan of the |
Sunday School circuit is pulling hard |
for them to land the bunting.
Elmer Smith. the crack twirler Of the
kid Ingrams," to date has two victories
to his credit holding Anacostia TO one |
hit in the first game and allowing the
heavy hitting Christians but two lonely |
safeties, one very scratch home run.
Smith was invincible with men on bases
and it is due to his air-tight pitching
and the great defensive work of the
men behind him that the youngsters are
now leading the league. He is ably |
held up by Frank Goebel and backed
by one Of the fastest teams that has
ever played in the Sunday School organ
ization. Capt. Cassidy on third. "Oz"
Varello at short. Jack Dodge at the
middle station. and Leland on first, make
a strong defensive infield, while with
such heavy hitters as Vanderlip, Crabb.
LusCombe. Bollough. and Upton, the
outfeld is we'll fortified. So much has
been said regarding the great work of
Smith that we will pass that up but in
Flynn. Boots Walters. Crawford, Gar
land. and Hutchinson, a strong pitching
staff is corraled.
Hamline and Ninth are both to be
feared in the present race. while Car
olina, Sherwood. and Anacostia are the
weak sisters of this circuit. Anacostia
looks to be a hopeless tail-ender. while
North Carolina is not far above them.
Taking all in all. there are but three
teams of the Sunday School League race,
namely. ingram. Ninth. and Hamline.