Evening star., 1912-08-29
WILL BE
DECIDED IN GAME TODAY
Winner Of Cornell LPepco Contest Practically
Sure to Get Honor in Intcrsectional
Series s--Game Starts at 4:3O.
By h. c. BYRD.

The amateur base ball championship
of the District of Columbia will be de-
cided today. The winner Of the title
will be determined when the Pepco and
Cornell mines meet I'm the decisive con-
test at Capital City League Park.
The team which gets the long end of
the score will be the leader in section
y. and there is no club in the other
two classes which appears to have any
where near an even chance to win the
intersection series.
No mater whether Cornell or Pepco
Is the victor today, the winner is al
most sure to have the q sampionship of
the District. In this game more than
in the intersection contests will the
real owner Of the title be determined.
The. winner in the class { series will
hardly have any chance at all. judging
by the Kind of game put up by those
clubs in the regular league season.
and IL is not probable that the Ninth
Street aggregation. winners in section
b. will be able to beat ont the top or
ganization in class A. or course, the
Ninth Street team Is composed Of some
veterans. who will play their best
against the winners of today's battle.
and by the way they went through
their league and again won the cham
pionship in the section it might appear
that they have a chance.
II Is more than likely. though. that the
one fact which will tell will be the su-
perior article OF pitching they will have
TO face. IL they happen to go up against
the Pepco nine they must take into ac-
count the man who has been designated
as the best amateur twirler in the Dis
trict. and. again. II the Cornell Company
is their opponent they must bat against
Thompson, who is not an easy man to
beat. by any means.
There is a possibility that the series
- oIzo ~.
contested but the chances are the win
ner Of today's game will walk away
with the two teams which will be op-
posed to II: that is. of course. unless they
are much stronger than they are given
credit for being.
There does not appear any doubt that
Barton and Thompson will be the men
TO oppose each other in the box this after
noon. Those two men have been the
pitching mainstays OF their respective
clubs in the series which ends with the
extra game. and in the overtime play
they are sure to be given the chance 10
usht II out again.
I'm the two other games in which the
two men have faced each other the re-
suits have been close. we'll played con-
tests Tho first was won by Cornell by
a score "f :; to =. while the second was
taken by Pepco by a tally OF to I. II
viii practically be a play-off between the
tuo men and their clubs.
There will probably he no changes in
the lineup Of the two teams. Both clubs
: will likely depend just the same ag-
sregations they have had in the field In
the last few games IL has been reported
that Cornell will put Van Buskirk In right
field in place OF Salb. but that change was
made before the last game with Post Or
Nee, although the former Departmental
League PLAYER had 10 be removed in the
second inning because Of an injury.
games between Cornell and Pepco. both
pitchers will have to do alright work IL
tley are 10 give their teams the best
chance 10 win. In neither OF the other
games was IN an easy matter for runs to
oe scored. IL was with the greatest OF
difficulty that talies were registered. and
IL is likely that In the contest today the
pitcher who slips up for moment and
allows two or three runs to be showed
across the plate will he the man who will
finish behind In the final result
IL is impc ssible TO tell which pitcher will
do the better work. Despite the fact that
II is claimed that Barton is the better
man IN the box. that is not saying he will
get away with II today better than his
rival. He may have an of day. for one
thing, and then. again. he Is certain TO face
heavier hitters than will Thompson. In
the last game p,ayed between the two
clubs Barton was hit harder than was
Thompson, although the latter lost his
game. There were line drives handled in
Iltdk SAUit bN tHt EtptO UctOcTS mat ndu
they gone safe might have turned the tide
I'm favor OF the Paperhangers.
There are four possibilities in regard to
the result OF today's game. and there il
none who could give any definite idea al
To which will be the one TO come true
Cornell may bat it's way TO a victory by
a wide margin. or Pepco may do the
same thing. Thompson and Barton may
hook up in pitching duel with bare
run deciding the result. or the game may
develop into a slugging match. with luck
PLAYING the most prominent part In the
decision.
Anyway ii is looked al the game is
sure to be exceptionally interesting
one. and will probably attract the lars-
est crowd that has attended an amateur
game this YEAR. There has not been half
interest in any Of the games that has
been shown in the last day or 90 I'm this
one. and the result will almost surely be
o crowd OF $50 or 3.OOO persons.
The game will be called at 4:S0 in order
that the full nine innings may be played