Evening star., 1912-09-05
BY n. c. BYRD.

The long. hard series through which
the Pepco nine is playing will undoubt-
edly injure its chances in the intercity
games. After playing through two sched-
ules. in both of which it has found it
necessary to put forth its best efforts to
stave off defeat. it is not probable that
the Electricians will be able to show at
their best in the championship double
header to be played at American League
Park Saturday afternoon.
II Pepco wins today's game with Ninth
it will be benefited Immensely by the one
days rest it will get before it tackles the
winner Of the Richmond series. If it
fails to get the long end of the score and
is compelled to go through another con-
test tomorrow, then it will not be at all
surprising If it does not show up to the
expected standard Saturday.
Last year the American Security and
Trust Company lost the intercity cham
pionship because it had to go through the
the Cornell Company in which it was
forced to use all it's reserve strength.
When the Bankers faced the Richmond
and Baltimore teams they did not play
with the same spirit they had shown in
the post-season schedule a few days
previous.
This Pepco team Is playing through a
much more grueling series than did the
Bankers last year, and should suffer more
in comparison. The Electricians have had
q hard time of it in their games in Sec
ton A, and now seem to be up against a
more difficult proposition than was ex-
pected in the intersection schedule. Last
fall about the only difficult games en-
countered by the Bankers were the last
ones with Cornell, as they had a COM
paratively easy time winning the cham
pionship of the section they were in.
Unless Pepco wins the game scheduled
today with Ninth, and thereby insures it
self days rest before it goes into the
intercity games, 1t need not be expected
that it will show as creditably as it is
capable of doing under more favorable
conditions.
1t was hard lines for Ninth yesterday,
after it had practically won the game
from Pepco, to have to lose in the last
innings on misplays. While, Of course, the
game was a tie, it was practically a loss
for the Churchmen, because they had the
score in their favor until 1t appeared they
could not lose in that last period. With
one down and nobody on, it looked very
much as though Pepco were going to be
served with another defeat such as 1t re-
ceived at an unexpected time from Post
OInce, Dut a couple OF mlSpldyS ana Il lOnS
drive by Green chased two taIlies across
the plate and evened up matters, allowing
the Electricians to still hold the advan-
tage in the series.
OF course, as far as the real ability OF
the two teams is concerned, Ninth did
not have any license to even play the
Pepco nine to a tie, but it was one Of
those things which will happen in base
ball. The Post Office team did not have
any right to win from the Pepco team,
and yet 1t did SO. However, Ninth played
just as good ball yesterday as did the
Electricians. There was not a period
when the advantage the Churchmen held
was not theirs by virtue of the fact that
Yesterday Ninth played just about as
good ball as did Pepco, but day in and
day ou. the latter team would outclass
the former to a great extent.
Compare the two clubs individually
and generally and 1T will be found that
in each case Ninth gets only a slight
margin in one or two instances.
Any one of the three fellows who hold
down jobs in the outfeld of the Potomac
Electric Power Company nine is liable
to clear the bases any time he gets up
at the plate. Morris, Fury and Green
are all hard hitters. and are as likely to
drive the ball against the fence, or over
it, as they are to strike out.
1t was a long clout off the bat OF
ureen yesterday which saved the day for
the Electricians. Had Green not driven
that liner to right center II is not prob
able that the two runs secured by PepcO,