Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18
BY n. C. BYRD.


the games 1t has played should not
to be easy sailing for 1t until the
title is finally secured. The leader
ship will not be decided so easily.
There is one factor which Is liable
to prove the undoing of the Paper
hangers in the games next week
pitching. OF course, 1t is granted that
If 1T can hold up it's end on the
slab the Cornell nine has much the pest
chance to finish in front, but let the
twirlers falter even for a moment ana
things are liable to happen.
There is just one man on the sian
who has shown himself able to pitch
consistent ball. Forest Thompson he
is the only one of the tw1rlers useo
so far who has shown the aDAnty -
hold up his end under hre, ana o! tue
way he has been worked the n,aaas
1nent of the team has given evidence
that it is only he who is really oe-
nended on to pull the club through.
last Monday Martin was started. out
Thompson had to be sent IN 10 s'op
threatened rally. Wednesday II was
Thompson who was sent in against what
was considered the most dangerous clup'
and Yesterday he was again sent 70 tne
rescue when there appeared rant pus-
sIbility that the Bankers misnt We ane
Take Thompson out of the game ana
there is not a single man upon the ciuo
who can really be depended upon 10 go
through a game. Cornell plays three
games this week, and If 1t can get
through the Post Office contest without
having to work Thompson 1t Will STAND
a fair chance to finish in front WITHOUT
losing in a single instance. If, on the
be lucky for the Paperhangers II they
are not compelled to play an extra game
with another club to decide the tie which
would likely exist.
Take a club with three hard games to
play within a week and only one pitcher
upon whom 1t can really depend and
things do not look especially favorable
for it to finish out in front without losing
a game. One man may work consistently,
but he will have to give way a little
week, and it doesn't require much let
ting I'D on the part Of the pitcher for
the clubs In section A to score enough
runs in one inning to decide the contest
winner decided. even though the per-
centage does favor the one club.
The Cornell club will meet South
land this afternoon at the Capital City
League Park in an exhibition game.
The Capital City League champs will
have the same lineup as is being
used in the post-season series, and the
SOuInldnQ CluO Will U0 OIL Cn6 lhChCA
by the addition Of stars from some of
the other Mines
The Cornell team is arranging the
game solely for the purpose. OF prac-
tice 1t realizes that to keep In the
front in the championship race in
which it is engaged it must keep in
shape The batting practice 1t Will
get will do 1t a great deal OF good,
while the majority Of the other mines
are laying idle.
1t is almost certain that Cornell will
use Sam Edmonston in one OF the
games this week to do the pitching.
The big fellow has been playing
contests so far. but he has shown form
this year al. different times that would
warrant his being sent in to work at
least one Of the games. He would
Of the others because OF his greater
experience and his superiority In out
guessing the opposing batters.
Battiste. who pitched and did little bit
OF everything in the way of athletics at
Gallaudet during the last two years, is
pitching for an amateur club out in Cleve-
land He is doing some very credit
able work for the team with which he is
performing. There is scarcely a game in
which his work is not the feature In the
last game in which he did the honors he
struck out ten. allowed but two hits and
walked but two. The last mentioned fac
tor was the most remarkable thing about
his pitching, as his one failing in the box
has always been histwildness.
1t is reported through Very accurate
channels that BattiSte Will not play foot
ball at Gallaudet this fall. The Indian has
decided to devote his athletic time entire
ly to base ball and track. He thinks he
can do much better work in those two If
he leaves alone the gridiron sport. Last
fall he injured his knee so that 1t bother
-
and play ball this spring. his free action
In both branches Of athletics being
hindered.
The Potomac Electric Power Company
completely Outclassed the Post Office nine
yesterday. when il defeated it by a one
sided score. Had the Electricians not
been so careless on the base lines they
would have Tailed more runs than they
did. Several times they had men caught
off the bags through nothing but careless
work. who would not have been caught
had the game been closer or one in which
they would have been compelled TO exer
else all their faculties to win.
There is no question that the addition
of I.itZ and Murphy is the factor which
undoubtedly made the Pepco nine strong
enough to be a contender against the mines
with which it is now struggling. Had
these two men not been added to the
team. 1t is probable II would not have
stood anything like the show II does Of
winning. While II is behind now and has
lost one game. there is still an opportu-
nifty for it to win out. and that opportu-
nifty is undoubtedly given by the pres
ence of the pair mentioned.
Litz and Murphy add a great deal
to the strength of the nine. both as fac
tors in team play and in individual work
The experience of the two proves Of much
benefit in general, and neither is of the
kind liable to quit when a run or two is
scored against them. Litz. as ne has
played since he joined the club, has done
about the best work Of HIS career. He has
run bases well. has fielded his position
faultlessly. and has hit consistently. HIS
bat has driven in many run FOR the
Electricians since he became one OF them.
Murphy has also done consistent work
There has never been a time when he has
not been in the game for all he was worth
and giving the club his best efforts. Both
of them are hard workers. and they have
added much to Manager Gray's bunch in
every way.
With such pitching as that which the
American Security and Trust nine has
1T would appear that 1t should hardly
ever lose a contest. and yet it has
failed to win in all but one OF three starts
men behind the boxmen have failed to
put up the article of ball they did last
season. either III the field or at bat.
The sureness and confidence with which
they went on the field. and which
characterized their work last season, is
lacking now. and unless 1T Is restored
very soon the club will be completely