Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-25
BY II. C. BYRD.

The amateur base ball series is almost
at an end i'm section \, and yet the
teams are as far from determining win
ner as they were when they started.
There is no more certainty now that
any one of the clubs will win than there
was when the first contest was played.
AS far as the final result is concerned
the clubs are as far from finishing as
they ever were.
Notwithstanding the fact that the ad-
vantage now lies with the Cornell club,
II would be a difficult matter to predict
with any degree of certainty that it will
finish in the lead. There was even
nc.e of an advantage with the Pepco
nine two days ago, but single contest
changed the complexion of the whole
Sc. les The one game lost to Post Office
placed the Electricians in a position in
which the odds favor the other aggrega-
ton. Ii is more than possible that some
such thing will happen to Cornell. and
in event the series is played off in
final "a me between the two clubs it will
be an even chance for both.
Cornell has won three games and lost
one Pepco has won four games and
lost two. Cornell has yet to meet two
teams, while Pepco has played the last
time 1t is scheduled. Cornell il it
wins both the remaining contests will
have the undisputed championship of
section A, but IL 1T drops one 1t will be
compelled to play off the tie which would
then result with the Power Company
aggregation.
There is no such thing as certainty in
. base ball game. and consequently there
10 no telling what will happen. A week
. ago IL was the voiced opinion OF nearly
Everybody that the series was as good as
eettIed. and that the Cornell Company
bad won. That such opinion was wrong
evident by the happenings of the past
eek. and something just as strange and
Aexpected may take place before the
al two games of the series are played.
n any series or list of contests in
Itch the contending teams are evenly
atched II is taking big risk of going
rong to make prediction. When the
0post-sea games were begun two weeks
ago ii was stated In these columns that
II would be impossible to declare which
OF three clubs would be the winner, but II
was given as an opinion that the club
that won the championship would have to
beat OFT the Cornell nine, and that II the
Potomac Electric Power Company made
the best Of its resources IL could finish in
front The series so far has proved both
views correct. yet even on the strength
OF that there will be no venture made In
the way of an ntimation as to which
been said. the series is taking too many
strange turns 10 prophesy what may or
may not happen. Amateur base ball, es-
pecially under such conditions. Is too
much of a variable to be able to figure
with any exactness what win be brought
forth.
II is reported definitely that Barton and
Munich. the battery for the Potomac
Electric Power Company, will be taken
IN LEI given
tryout by the Nationals. Whether
or not they will be retained is very doubt
full. The chances are they will not. al
though there Is more than a possibility
that both the boys have the making Of
big league ball players
One critic said yesterday that Barton
was the best looking young pitcher he
had seen in long time. and he believed
he could come near making good any
where. That may have been little bit
exaggerated but there Is no question
about Barton's being a mighty good man.
The youngster could hold his own in a
smaller league without much trouble, and
II he is taken in charge by Griffith will
undoubtedly be farmed out to one of the
minor clubs. With class c team, or
even class organization. Barton
should fit in very WELL and with time
enough to develop and learn the game he
would stand fair chance of doing some
thing In the big show. that is. of course,
IL he were not ruined by some minor
many games and pitched him more often
than he could stand.
Munich also has a chance to make good.
lie Is very weak with the bat, but in
fielding his position he compares favor
ably with the majority of amateur
catchers. with the odds in favor OF him.
He is practically playing his first year of
base ball. and has lot 10 learn about
the game, both mechanically and the in
side. but he is young and one of the kind
who is willing to learn. MUNICH is not the
sort OF lad often found among the anna
tours who. when he has attained a little
distinction. knows, or thinks he knows
so much that nobody can teach him any
thing The Pepco receiver In a fine fell
low, both on the field and off, and would
be a credit to any ball club on which he
might play.
The Bladensburg club of the Prince
Georges County League would like to ar
range games for Sundays during the re-
mainder of the season with any amateur
clubs in the District. The Suburbanites
challenged the amateur clubs in the Dis
trict once before for games TO be played
Sunday. Offering good inducements
but II is claimed no reply has been re-
ceived and not a contest was scheduled
The def is issued again In the hope tina,
some team or teams will accept 1t and
schedule a meeting next Sunday. All COM
munications should be addressed 70 A. B
Duckett. Biadensburg. Md.
There has been a great deal Of dissen-
sion in the last few games in section A
regarding the umplring. and a shift has
been made in the assignments.
Two of the best local track men have
joined the ranks of the Washington Cross
Country Club. Blackstone. who ran the
dashes and hurded for Central last year
and Landon. who did some exceptionally
good work member of the George
town squad, are the two new acquisi-
tons.
Blackstone is undoubtedly one Of the
best hurdlers in the south. Last year
there were just two men in this section
able to defeat him. They were HorraX
Of Johns Hopkins and Filler Of George
town. In the 220-yayd hurdles at Cor
nell Blackstone won and made . mark