Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-24
AMATEUR BALL WILL GET
A BIG BOOST TOMORROW
Players Will Be rendered Recognition Never
Before Accorded Them
Other Gossip.

a7pea-ance-it was ony TO pitch tho
last inning of machining game last
Week-the lanN- left-hander exceeded
all expectations. Not base on balls
meet for single. The opposing hatters
did not look very good in front Of him
All they could 90 vas to 60 ?fter the
big break Rixey has on his fast ball.
and pop it up in the air OF dump an
easy roller in the intield.
For some unknown reason Joe Gebel.
the Washington boy playing with the
Savannah club in the South Atlantic
! League. has been suspended indefinitely.
1t is generally supposed thai the row
he had with one of the umpires was re
sponsibe for the action Of the league
! officials
be played in the amateur leagues today:
Columbia I,cague-Bankcrs agt. Ken
| sington.
East Washington League-Met. Pres.
VS.. First NJ. p.
Departmental League-Post Office vs..
Commerce and Labor
| Sunday School Leasue-Lincoln> Avenue
VS.. North Carolina.
| Marquette League-St Stephens vs..
| Printers.
| Northern ciation-Herald vs.. An
! dreus.
Treasury League-Open date.
| r. r. Y. Nj. c. \. League-Southern vs..
] Station
/ Government League-Interior vs. Agri-
| culture.
| To show the interest that is being
| taken in the events scheduled for ANA
! teur day tomorrow. it might be mention
ed that Manager Cornell of the Cornell
Company has bought an entirely new set
of Goa is. in order that his club may stand
a better chance of winning one of the
prizes. If all the other teams are taking
| the same kind of steps in order to show
we'll. and 1t is believed they have. it Is
surety that 1t will be a fine-looking
bunch which will enter American League
Park after the parade.
Even with crippled team the Potomac
Electric Power Company did not have
much trouble getting away with the
game in Rockville last Saturday. Every
man on the club nit the ball so consist
entity and well there was never any doubt
bout which way the game would go aft
er the first inning The first four men
in the batting order connected with the
ball safely three times each, ana 1t Is
hardly likely that that kind of hitting
will ever lose.
Commerce and Labor will meet the
Post Office nine today in the Depart
mental League. and will try It's best
10 stop the fast-traveling maiimen. POST
once mas YET 10 lose "a cOHlcSt. dilu -
some team does not soon come across
with a victory over 1T there is likely 10
be made a record which will never be
equaied. Il would be great stunt tof
the mailmen to go through the league
season without losing single contest
II would be a feat that has never been
accomplished in the District-not under
the present regime, at any rate.
Smith and Goebel the battery of the
Ninth street team in the East Washing
ton Sunday School League. have been
transferred to the Government Printing
first appearance in that circuit last week
they won for their team almost through
their own efforts.
1t is reported that the Leland Stanford
crew. now at Poughkeepsie. has the like
Iiest-lookire bunch Of men on the river.
Every man in the boat IS rugged Speci-
man and ca pa BILE of eNerting great power.
Had the western crew been under Il goo.
coach all year the general opinion is that
it would have made Columbia and Cor
nell row the race of their lives to win. IT
being practically conceded that Rice AID
Courtney have the best aggregations and
the most fit for the gruelng struggle.
1t is rather hard to figure wherein
Stanford thought il had much show to
win or to finish well up with the leaders
without having had the benefit of instruc
tions from coach of some kind. The
crew is powerful one and has had the
rough edges rounded off somewhat ~
voluntary assistance since going out Oil
the water The crew has now been taken
in charge by DR.. Peet who coached a
winning boat for Columbia in 1879.