Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-23


noteworthy work in the high school
series just past is at present playing In
the amateur leagues and is showing just
as good If not better form than he did
against the school teams.
1t was thought by many that the am
ateur leagues were much faster than the
high school teams. but such has not
proved to be the case, as those high
school players who did good work in the
scholastic series are doing as well if not
better in the leagues in which they are
now playing, and in almost every case is
hitting with much better average.
From Eastern, Lyon, pitcher, and Var
rel1a, shortstop, are each doing good
work i'll the Sunday School League. Be-
teller of Central is playing good ball in
the Bankers League. Hunteman, Dodge
and Burley of Business are going at
fast clip in the two leagues, one with the
st. Martins team, one with Manhattan
and the other with Ingram. Garland,
Flynn. Hardie Collie, Lynch. Morris and
Eckendorf of Tech are all playing stellar
they are performing. Meyers. Holden
and Howard of Western are each playing
good ball in the amateur circuits. Mey
ers is playing in the Sunday school
League. with Hamline. Howard In the
Olympia is doing creditable work. While
pitched, one in the independence and one
in the Bankers League.
That the high school boys are playing
such good ball in the amateur circuit
speaks well for the article which IS
put up in the scholastic series. With one
or two exceptions there Is no doubt ina.
the high school teams were just as goou
or better than the average club playing In
the amateur leagues There are about
S,rn lea which would be able TO
put it over the scholastic clubs. and
when those were excepted the schooi boys
would be able to give any of them a
rub for the victory.
Flynn, who did very little work for
Tech this spring because of fiunks. went
into the box the other day In the Com
mercial League for the Andrews club
and pitched three-hit game
A mistake was made yesterday IN
these columns when it was stated that
Umpire Newman erred in calling bat
ter out and sending the runners back
to the bag in the ninth inning of the
game between ST. Martins and the Ken
dali club Wednesday, by calling an
infield out that should have been scored
a hit. The fact regarding the case was
this, that Newman was not In his posi-
ton when the ball was pitched and al
though the hit was made. he called the
man back to the bat again because he
had not ordered the game to be re-
sumed after foul fly.
The Cornell Company has won fair
lead for itself in the Capital City League
this week. The defeat sustained by
the Sewage Pumping Station at the
hands of the Navy Yard club and the
two victories registered by the Cornell
ners and the Marines have changed the
standing of the two clubs materially In
the pennant race.
There hardly seems to be any doubt
but that the Walford club in the Com
mercial League will win the pennant in
that organization unless the other clubs
in that circuit materially strengthen be-
fore the end of the season. The sporting
goods men are going at clip that BODIES
i'll for the other mines.
Such games as that which was played
yesterday in the Independence League
should never be allowed. 1t Is the true
spirit not to want to disappoint the pub
lie and to play an exhibition game when
one or the other of the teams does not
have enough men present on the field to
play a regular contest but they should
never be made jokes but, rather. real
games should be played, in which the
we'll and try just as hard as If the re-
suit were to count in the league standing.
There Is apt to be quite struggle
when the Hamline and Ninth teams meet
tomorrow afternoon. The latter cfab is
leading the league and the Hamline ag-
gregation is running close on its heels.
Hamline has been strengthened consider
ably since it last met the Christians, and
it should be able to put UP very siren
uous argument against the league
leaders.
| The Hamline and Ninth Street teams
| last year had 1t out for the championship
| of the Sunday School League, and ii
was not until the very last games that
| the pennant was decided. and 1t begins
! to look as though the same two clubs
will be after the rag this year in about
/ the same close fashion.