Evening star., 1911-08-15

The results OF the games Scheduled
today in the post season series will
give good idea Of the comparative
strength Of the contending teams in
each section. After the play today
there is every likelihood that it will
be fairly easy to tell the winner in
each class.
In division B Of class A the Manhat-
tan and Petworth teams meet. Pet
worth was defeated by the Bankers
League club in a manner that was so
decisive as to cause 1T to seem much
stronger team. Manhattan beat An
drews in a poorly played game yes
terday, and Manhattan plays Petworth
today. IL Petworth beats Manhattan,
as it is expected. 1T would seem that
there is mighty little chance for the
other. teams in that class to even make
a good showing against the Bankers
In division \ of class A the real
strength of the Sherwood team will be
shown. Whether or not the beating 1t
administered TO the Post Office club was
in the nature of a f1uke will in q measure
be told this afternoon in the record ii
makes against the Cornell Company If
Cornell beats Sherwood decisively there is
not much possibility OF anything other
than that the Paperhangers will win the
championship of that section, as, al
though it was able to do nothing more
than tie the Aloysius club yesterday, the
Churchmen do not present as strong a
club as does Cornell
Sam Edmondson should win the cham
pionship of the post season series for the
Cornell Company. The big twirler showed
yesterday that he is about the only man
the Paperhangers can depend on in a
pinch. and he furthermore showed that
he has the stuff to win nearly every game
he pitches in the series If given any kind
Of support at all.
1t was pointed out several days ago
that the main weakness Of the Cornell
team would be found in it's lack Of COM
petent pitchers. and such was shown to
be true yesterday. Gallagher failed to
make good against his former clubmateS,
and he is about the best pitcher the Pa
perhangers have with the exception Of
Edmondson
Edmondson is Cornell's one best bet in
the series. and it is he who will pull the
club through if it again lands the highest
amateur base ball honor
The game yesterday between the Cor
nell Company and the Aloysius club
showed just how strong a team the Pa
perhangers have. No better exhibition of
it's ability could have been given than
yesterday. With one Of the best anna
teur pitchers In the District against it
and that with five-run lead held against
it, the team got in and in a single inning
clOuted out enough runs to tie up the
score.
When any OF the Cornell pitchers holds
the opposing club to less than five runs
II is fairly certain that his game will be
won for him. Rarely this season has
the Cornell aggregation failed TO bat out
more than FIVE tallies and it has fire.
quently overcome six and eight run leads.
A team that can come through with rec
ords of that kind is going to get away
with games.
It, ,oI
considerably by the absence of Hayes at
short, errors and misplays by King In
that position yesterday being responsible
for at least two runs scored py the
Aloysius club. This handicap will prob
ably be overcome, though, with little
work.
Jack Hurley is proving himself just as
valuable to the Aloysius club as we pre-
dicted. Yesterday the former Commits
sioners third baseman banged out two
timely hits that scored four of the six
runs made by the Aloysius club. There
was nothing f1uky ABOUT the blnsles,
either, as they were both driven between
short and third at a-mile- minute gait
Hurley not only hit we'll, but stole three
bases also, IL seeming Impossible TO stop
him from going around the sacks at Will.
AS was predicted, there was little to
choose yesterday between the Andrews
and Manhattan clubs. The two teams
PLAYED base ball that was about on
par in that neither showed any kind OF
form. The article put up by the two
clubs will not get either Of them very
far in the big series. There won't be
much to the games when the two clubs
strike the American Security ana irust
Company, that club having shown that
il is a great deal stronger than any OF
the others in the class
Some idea will be gotten as to the
chance any Of the other of the three
teams in the class with the american
Security and Trust Company will have
with that nine Petworth will meet Man.
haitian today and as the Bankers have
defeated Petworth IL to | an idea or the
comparative strength Of the clubs VIII
be obtained.
II Green is eligible to play with the
Rankers there is no doubt that he and
Fienli will be pair that will be trouble
some to the other clubs in the series, II
being doubtful IL there is more than one
team in the city which can hit either OF
the two effectively enough TO win.
The class 3 series will start tomorrow
when the Car Department or the Kan,
road Y. NJ G. a. League meets the NaVal
Medical School OF the Marquette League
on the latter's grounds. There Is little
to choose between the two clubs on the
form shown during the league season. but
il is thought that the Naval Medical
School will prove the better club In that
il has one Of the best twirlers in the
Capital City League, Jimmy Rice. The
Car Department. though. and also the
Southland club. which will represent the
Olympia League have a good pitcher
each in Hughes and Ebert.
The series in class is likely to be
much closer than i'm any of the others.
the clubs seeming 10 be much fore evenly
matched
The lineup of the game tomorrow of