Evening star., 1912-07-03
BY n. c. BYRD.

uied for this afternoon in the amateur
leagues. In fact. there is but one ciun
| booked to take part in contest WHICH
looks anything like a pennant winner
the American Security and Trust Com
pany, which will play Braddock, in the
Columbia circuit.
The game between Southland and Ma
tional should prove an interesting con-
test in the independence League, but It's
result is not likely to have any bearing
on the championship of the organization
Neither OF the two clubs looks strong
enough to beat out the Loffter and
Pepco mines.
In the East Washington Sunday Scnooi
League two teams. which are fighting Tor
the honor of holding down second place
at the finish. will play what should be
a game Of much interest.
There is no other contest scheduled
which will have much Importance from
a general standpoint
The Aloysius club looks a whole lot
stronger now than at any lime this year.
The clubmen have been playing a game
in which they have been unable to score
runs heretofore this season, but yester-
day the tables were turned, they seeming
TO tally at will. The Church team scored
which has proved one of the hardest ag-
gregations in the Independence League on
which TO run UP big score.
The following is list of the contests
scheduled in the amateur leagues TINS
afternoon:
Columbia 18th street and Columbia road
-Braddock VS.. Bankers.
Capital City. North Capitol and l.
s,reets-Mercury VS.. Rockaways.
Departmental. Ellipse-G. p. o. vs..
Agsles.
East Washington. 18th and D streets
northeast-First NJ. P. VS.. Metropolitan.
Marquette, 35th street and Wisconsin
avenue-Trinity VS.. Printers
Independence, lst and NJ streets north
east-Southla vs National.
Railroad 5th street and Florida ave-
! nue-Southern vs.. Adams.
Sunday School 1ith and A streets
northeast-North Carolina VS.. Sherwood
| Government. Ellipse-Open date.
| Treasury, Ellipse-Civii Service vs. War
day to win almost any game it has play
| ed this year. and yet it was one OF the
few times when ii found itself unable to
| stop the club against which 1t was pitted
| from tallying almost at VIII. Three
pitchers were sent in to stop the run
| getting but it was impossible.
! St Stephens and Trinity were in a
close game yesterday in the Marquette
Lea que Notwithstanding the fact that
each tailed runs enough to win almost
any contest The former chased ten
tailies across the plate. while the latter
| ran I'D a score of eight. The hits made
| by the two clubs were also close, one
getting ten and the other nine.
| 1t is announced that the swimming meet
| to be held tomorrow at the bathing beach
| is unsanctioned and that any men who
sa1-o tn Hba yxvfl1 ho
| from the A. A. T.. or. rather. those com
| peting will automatically suspend them
selves by so doing. 1t is not desired thai
| any of the men taking part in the meet
shall be suspended, but as 1t has failed te
get a sanction from the proper authorize:
those who DO take part. as has been said
| will thus draw a penalty by their owr
! actions.
| Homan led both teams in the game ir
the Marquette League yesterday. gettins
! three hits out of four times "a bat.
Perrygo, playing third for the govern
| ment printing office team in the Govern
ment League. had his ankle broken yes
terday A player sliding to the bas
| struck the member and caused a severe
| fracture.
Technical High and the Potomac boat
clubs will be represented by crews in the
peoples regatta in Philadelphia tomorrow
| The event Is the one Of the year on the
| water in the Quaker city, and it Is re-
ported the expenses OF all the VISITING
| crews are borne by the city itself.
| The Technical Boat Club crews, while
| not champions. should show fair form
| and do some good work against the more
| seasoned eights against which they viii
| have to row. The men who will row In
| both boats arr in fine shape and should
| stand the strain in the race well. Teci
will have to go up against some of the
| best club junior e.ghts in the country anc
| it will be making a wonderful showing
If they can finish second or third
| The foot ball schedule that will be play
| ed by Catholic University this fall is
the hardest ever undertaken by tina,
school, and il will accomplish great
deal if il succeeds in getting through the
| season with a fair percentage of lis
| games won. 1t is to meet schools IN
whose class it has never been on the
| gridiron and which are always represent
| ed by eleyens which go up against the
| big universities.
| the institutions which are scheduled tt
appear here, and both are generally rep
| resented by fast, heavy teams. They are
much above the average of the southern
| schools.
The schedule that will be PLAYED is a:
follows: October T., Rock Hill College a
| Ellicott City: October 10, Nillanova a
| University Field: October 26, washington
! College at University Field November :
Delaware College at Newark, Del; NO
vember g. Dickinson College at Cniver-
sity Field; November 16, Western Mary
land at University Field; November S
Mount ST. Mary's at University Field.
America has begun we'll in the ympit
| events anyway. In the two contests
which have already been decided its rep
resentatives have finished first in both
The revolver and rife shooting matches
have each been won by teams from this
| country.
! Here's hoping the men who wear this
| country's co!ors on the track will be Jusi
as successful in the events which will be
started Saturday.
COLUMBIA LEAGUE.