The Washington times., 1912-09-04
PENNANT CONTEST
IS PLAYED TODAY
Game Between Speedy Pc pcos and Ninth Is Looked
Upon as Critical Fight of the Post-Season Series.
Former Easily Defeats Southern.

The championship Of the city for the
amateur baseball season rests on to-
days contest at Independence League
grounds, with Pepco and Ninth playing.
win for Pepco will place the title
practically within its grasp, and Man
ager Gray has every confidence in his
team In it's effort to wrest the title from
Ninth. Kidwell is the probable Pepco
selection, with Munich behind the bat.
Manager Love. of the Ninth team. is
laying his hopes in Bryant. although
Bell may be sent in at the last moment.
big Six" Brewer is expecting to do the
catching for the Sunday School League
winners. The largest crowd of the post
season finals is looked for in the con-
test, and preparations have been made
to take care of the rooters.
Pepco had little difficulty in showing
Southern that 1t was not in the same
class in yesterdays game, and Shorty
Hughes, who was umpiring, decided
that six innings was enough to prove
1t to the fans Pepco collected six
runs, while Ted Sullivan. who was serv-
ing them up for the Pepco team, did
not allow the Railroad Y NJ. c. A
leaguers anything that looked like
run.
Sullivan was trife wild. but pitched
one OF the best short games of the
series. He allowed the Southern team
one tally, and famed thirteen batters
in the six innings. Incidentally his
teammates fattened their averages, and
could have scored many more runs
mad the game gone into more innings.
There seems TO be little doubt but
that the amateur fans are gong to
have fine league next season. for II
Is understood that the commercial
eouses that have been putting out
seams IL tho past few years are going
to have a six-club circuit. 1t has been
planned to make the Capital CITY
League park over with new stands and
a hne playing field. In addition to
this It Is pointed out that the teams
now listed for the league have given
every assurance that they will come
into the new circuit.
Cornatl Company. Loffler Company.
Amsrican Security and Trust, r. p.
Andrews, and the Washington Gas
Light Company are now booked for
possibly the Herald or Pepco. OF these
teams all are either winners of league
titles this year or were second, and
fast league with close games every day
will argue we'll for its success.
Rumor has it that S: E; Beach. who
was president of the Capital City cir
cult tbs season, will head the new
league. IT has been pointed oIt that
the commercial houses are better able
to get talent for their teams and that
placing them all in the same league will
start them without handicap at tn"
opening of the season next year. 1t
will be readily seen that the other
leagues will be able to have better and
more closely contested baseball thar
that which obtained last year.
The pcst-season series committee is
ready for the Richmond game, which IS
to be played at American League park
on Satui day providing the gamc today
does not md in tie The first game
Of the double-header with the Rich-
mond champion team is to start at ::
o'clock with lftnen- minute in.ermis-
sion between contests General adlnis
sion vii. be - cents seats in the boxes
only BEN" reserved at quarter add"
tional. The seat sale will be On sale
at SpaldEg's store.
1t may he up to the amateur commits
sion to decide the winner of the finals
for the CITY championship If Ninth man
ages to get away with the game today;
or II rain should interfere. Ninth and
Southern have a tie game to play, but
PepcO must defeat Ninth or lose a
grand chance for the title. Should Pep
co lose today, OF should 1t be necessary
TO play the tie IF between NiEtn and
Southern the commission will be up
against It to decide which team shall
receive the title. The schedule will
run on untl saturday. but should rain
interfere or Ninth draw a defeat, II
being Impossible TO plav a douhle-head-
> er, the commission will take over the
matter of nominatinE a winner.
Secretary shurten is expecting
great seat sale for the Richmond game.
The commission has decided that only
the box seats. upper and lower tier. are