Evening star., 1912-07-07
AMATEUR CLUBS ON LAST
LAP OF SEASONS RACE
Good Idea Can Be Given as to How Matters
Are Shaping Up in Various Circuits
Maimen Form Athletic Association.

which establish him as one of the handi-
| est intielders in the circuit. Not only
| is King able to bat and field his position
well, but he is fast on the bases. Be-
can take his turn in the box and pitch
creditably. King is that versatile a
| player he can fill in almost any position
with credit to himself and his team.
1t is a rather remarkable coincidence
that the very event in which it was feared
America would be weakest there is every
reason to believe it will be strongest-the
| sprints. The one man of whom not a
great deal was expected seems in a fair
way to accomplish much in the finals of
the 10O-meter DASH Lippincott of Penn
/ sylvania ran the Olympic short dash In
one-fifth of a second less than the former
record, and it is generally thought there
are two or three men in the squad who
can do as well when the final test comes.
Howard Drew, the colored boy, and Ralph
Craig are both In great shape and ready
| to put up the race of their lives to breast
| the tape in front of the foreign rivals.
Cartmell and Rector were flyers from the
word go. it was thought, and yet the
! time made by the man who beat them
was bettered yesterday by the Pennyyl-
vania man.
| There are three or four good men,
though, who are liable to upset calcula-
| tions In the finals. Howard of Canada,
running for the United Kingdom is grant
| ed as much speed as the best. but is not
much of a starter. He will be exceedingly
dangerous if he happens to get good
| break away from the mark. Rau and
| Braun of Germany are both fast men. and
are said to have done the distance IN
| the same time as that registered by LIP
/ pincott in the trials. Their performances
are not generally credited by Americans.
Lindberg of Sweden Is another fast man.
| Probably the best of the bunch of for
| eigners who are to be met is Macmillan
| of Cambridge University, England. He is
known to have defeated some of the
fastest men in the world in races in
which he was not compelled to extend
| himself to his limit.
| The final dash of that 1OO-meter race
! is apt to be marked by just as sensational
work that. in the event in which
Walker beat Rector and Cartmell in 1908.
1t is stated that Braun of Germany
| holds the worlds mark for the $50 There
! is no authority for the assertion other
| than what has merely been seen in the
| 1t is true. then a great race may be
! looked for when he meets Sheppard,
Jones and Putnam.
/ The Naval Medros Of the Marquette
League will be considerably strengthened
| in the future by the addition OF the star
| tWirier who last year pitched them to
| the pennant-Jimmy Rice. Rice worked
MS nrSt game Tor the Me01Cai SCnQQI yes
| terday and won He is in fine shape.
| having been pitching for the battleship
! Michigan in the Atlantic fleet champion
; ship games He won the championship
| for the Michigan crew.
| The addition of good pitcher to the
| Medicos staff will help them materially
and may cause them to cut more of a
! figure in the race in the Marquette
League than was expected. If Rice works
| in the form he did last year the Print
ers will have to hump themselves to hold
the lead they have now.
/ Ingram and North Carolina will meet
tomorrow. North Carolina will pitch
Weaver. and 1t may result In another
defeat for the Ingramites. In a game
/ last week Weaver struck out twenty
| men. and II he pitches in that kind of
/ form tomorrow is liable to turn another
trick something like Nativity did Friday.
/ What should prove to be a well played
contest today Is the game scheduled be-
| tween the Regent Athletic Club and
Rosedaie Fairgrounds team. The Regents
are putting up a good article OF ball In
the Northern League while the Rosedale
club is one of the strongest Independent
organizations in the District. The contest
| will be started at 100
| Norman Loveless, playing short for
1 Lofier. and one Of the most promising
youngsters in the District, Is captain of
| the Rosedale nine. and ia more than any
one else responsible for holding the play
ers together for two or three years.