The Washington herald., 1911-03-12

baseball campaign, the excellent pitching
record made by Walter Ferguson, one of
! the mainstayS of the Post-office team in
the Departmental Baseball League, was
| overlooked by many of the fans.
Ferguson played nineteen games last
year with Post-office in the Departmental
League, and with the KenilwOrth Club,
which was a member of the Capital City
circuit for a part of the season. or
this number he won fifteen and lost four
His record with the Mail Clerks was thir-
teen games played, eleven won and two
lost He batted second and was consid-
cred one of the best hitters on the Post
Office nine
Walter anticipates an even more sue
cessfuI season this summer than he eN-
peIienced last year. and states that his
arm was never in better shape.
Bernard Cleveland. better known to
the followers of the embryo big
leaguers" OF this city as"'Bernie" and
"BIondic." who. last season caught a
majority of the games which the Bright
wood team played in the Suburban
League. who has been released by Man
aCer Sullivan. Of Richmond. has about
tract rendered him by Huntington. Of
the Mountain States Valley League. He
had the sam" opportunity offered him
and declined last season.
Bernie while with Brightwood. gave
every Indication Of being possessed with
tic necessary essentials with wlGcn to
further his interests IL thy professional
Tanks. being gifted not only with an
F,1aIr I..I~v
ability /" execute the S7re. but with
that much needed NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
out which f@w succeed.
His record with RrightwoOd for
twenty-onc games shows that his
fielding average was .963. while he hit
for 81. which figure does not show
that Of the twcnty-fOur hits he had
credited to him. six were doubles and
five went for triples. an evidence Of
his ability as a "clean-up" hitter.
It is predicted that cleveland will
enjoy a most successful season. and
this opinion is shared by his many
friends, who are aware Of his capa-
bilitics. and who will follow his ca
rocr with interest.
John H. Andersun who was reelected
secretary of the Departmental Baseball
League at a meeting OF that organization
last week. deserves all the credit for the
reorganization of the clerks circuit As
stated previously in The Washington
Herald. the chances for d reorganization
of the Departmental League were any
thing but bright when the managers held
their first meeting. but by the hUstlinG
OF Mr. Anderson enough teams have At
last been sCraped together to make il
practically certain that the clerks will
again be among the amateur Organiza- /
tions Of the Capital.
Yesterday nearly twenty candidates for !
positions on the Park View baseball team
were on the grounds at Georgia avenue
and Kenyon street for preliminary praC-
ticc. Park View obtained its franchise
in the Suburban League Friday night at
a meeting held at the residence of +. s. I
Jones. in Petworth.
Among those who turned out for prac-
tice were Miller. Solari and Hiser, catch |
ers; T. Chism. NJ. Junghans. Buck"
Curtain, and Koehler, pitchers; Anderson. |
Mazur. Flynn. L. Junghans, F. Jung |
hans. COrby. Thomas, Nau. and Stone |
lnfielders. and Oliveri. W. WidmayCr G :
Widmayer Garner. Hopkins. and Ryan. /
outtielderS.
Park View Will lose some OF its old !
time players. SUCH as Maddox, kcllihcr. |
Mace, and "Phuic' Buschcr who will !
enter minor league baseball. but it is .
believed that a pennant-winninE team
can be turned out.
Walter Chism will be remembered by
baseball fans as one OF the best pitchers
in the city two years ago. Walter Sa5s
he can prove that there are some come
backs. and that he is one OF them.
Edwin O. May will be the leader of l.
the team during the coming season. and
he has called a meeting OF the Candi-
dates for the team with a view of electing
officers
Park View is dcsirous of completing
schedule OF games TO be played before
May /, and would like to hear from teams 4
n the District Of Columbia, Maryland.
and Virginia. Address l.. s. MOhler, ~ I
Morton street northwest.
Lefty" Clayton will play with the
'etworth and Bureau Of Engraving
md Printing teams this year.
Friends in this city who remember
'Hext" Perry. for three years the first
,aseman of the Congressionals. when
hat team was a member of the Inde-
,endenCe League. will be pleased to
earn that he has made his start in the