Evening star., 1912-09-04
BY II. c. BYRD.

The championship for this year has
practically been decided. There is not one
chance in a hundred that either or the
two other teams in the series now Delng
played will beat out the Pepco club for
first honors. The game yesterday re-
moved whatever little doubt there may
have been regarding the final issue
If Pepco wins the game today with
Ninth it will have the championship with
out dispute, but even if it were to lose
there would not be much chance that 1t
would be defeated in the final run
Neither of the two clubs now contenders
are near as strong as the Electricians,
and there is little chance for either OF
them to finish better than second.
The only fight there seems to be IN
view now is the one between Ninth and
Southern for second place. The tie be-
tween these two clubs in Mondays game
would seem to indicate that they are
pretty nearly of even strength. 1t is
possible though, that the second honor
will not be decided, there not being time
in which to have the games played IL
there is another postponement.
Pepco had the better of the play yes
terday from start to finish, there not
beng a time WHeIl IL ui0 ioL oueSie'' 49,
Southern aggregation. It's superiority
was so marked as to cause one spectator
to remark that there was little use TO
finish the series as far as the winning
or losing of the championship was con-
cerned.
The only real classy exhibition there
was in Yesterdays game was Ied Sui
livan's pitching. OF course. the Soutnern
crowd did not show any marked aDiiity
as hitters, but. nevertheless. the work OF
the Pepco hurler was of a kind to cause
it to appear that he has a chance to be-
come mighty good finger before an
other year has gone by.
Sullivan had a good curve breaking,
and while it was not necessary Tor MIN
to use It it is worth while that he did
have it had he been forced to really work
to win his game. Besides a fast breaking
curve Sullivan had more smoke than Or
dinarily, although that was due TO the
fine rest secured since pitching the Post
Office game in the series in section A.
Ask Sullivan what he did not want
printed in the sporting sheet.
Young, who plays third for the South
ern team. is an exceptional fielder. His
work all through the season has been or
a high class, and in yesterdays meeting
he did nothing that would tend to be-
smirch his record. His play, with that
features Of the game. While fast field
er. Young is not overly strong at bat.
The first of Georgetown's foot ball
players came this morning. Jack Hegarty,
who will captain the team this year, ar
rived just after midnight.
Hegarty had little or nothing to say re-
garding the prospects for the season.
Ninth and Pepco will meet today in the
intersection series. The Church team
does not stand much chance to defeat
the Electricians, especially since the lat
ter organization has decided to pitch Bar
ton The best club in the District does
not stand any better than an even chance
to win from Pepco with Barton doing the
hurting. and Ninth can hardly be classed
under that head. The Electricians will
probably win almost, If not quite, as de-
cisively as they did in the opening game
last Saturday.
There was one pleasing quality to the
plav of the Pepco nine yesterday-the
amount of energy displayed. Even while
the club was so far ahead in the matter
of runs there was hardly the least chance
it would be caught. In the majority OF
cases in which team gets good lead
on the opposing aggregation, 1t is in
clined to quit. more or less and take
things easy. Not so with the Electricians
Yesterday. There was not an idle mo-
ment during the whole period of play.
The ball was kept going around the in
field every time there was anything like
a lull in the play, and the men generally
displayed an amount of pep not looked
for under such conditions.
After the first inning Of the game yes
terday it was plainly seen that Pepco out
classed Southern. II anything. more than
ii did Ninth Saturday. The Southern
team misjudged balls hit to the outfield
which should have been easily handled.
and it's infield messed UP plays in a way
not calculated to win ball games.
If "Biliy' Martin continues to show the
improvement that he has during the last
three months he will come mighty near
beating Hollander out Of his job at short
stop next spring at Georgetown. II Mar
Tin continues toA hit as well as he has