Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-15
BY II. C. BYRD.

If the American Security and Trust
Company is to stand any chance to win
the championship of the District it must
brace up and show much better form
than is being evidenced by it now. No
team playing as listlessly as are the
Bankers can ever hope to finish in front
The Trust Company nine is not show
ing anything like the dash and spirit: it
did in its games last year. Then 1T was
speed and aggressiveness by which the
nine won the championship, but it will
never get another title by that method
unless 1t takes second lease on life
from what it showed yesterday.
In the game against Post Office some Of
the players did not appear to care a con-
tinental whether not they won. The
amount of interest apparent in some of
the men did not seem to be very great.
and they acted as though they were
playing the game in the way of PERFORM
ing a painful duty. That kind of an
attitude never yet won ball games, and
II the Bankers are to finish in front 1t
must be gotten rid of.
There is no question that the Trust
Company nine is about as good any
or the others. 1t has lot of latent
strengths great deal more than has as
yet been ShOwn-and can yet come to the
front if the men will awaken to the fact
that they have a real struggle on their
hands. With pitching better than any
other club in the District has, defensive
team hardly equaled there is no reason
why two or three runs should not win
every game in which 1t figures. and two
or three runs are not generally very hard
to get in amateur ball.
If the Bankers wake up and play the
kind of ball of which they are capable
they will have a chance to win out, but
thnx- ont Inn To nrfn in &
less manner which characterized their
work yesterday there is a very strong
likelihood that both the Potomac Electric
Power Company and Cornell will finish
in front of them. That, despite the fact
that the best pitching talent in the Dis
trict is working for instead of against
them Under present conditions though
the best of pitching is going to waste
Misplays figured prominently in the
run-getting for both teams yesterday In
the Post Office-Security game. \ punk
hit over first base caused one team to
score TALES. while the other made two
on an nfield bungle.
The more one watches this boy Adams
playing first for Post Office the greater
becomes the impression that he will some
day be a great ball player. The young
ster has every appearance of the really
classy performer He is probably the
fastest man playing amateur ball in the
District. he stands at the plate and takes
a free swing at the ball seldom seen. and
fields his position around first i'll a fairly
finished style.
The Potomac Electric Power Company
will meet Cornell this afternoon and the
two will decide the temporary Leadership
of section A. The two clubs do not ap-
pear to be very much different in strength
and will likely play pretty even game.
that is. providing the new man whom
r,,gyYi
shows the form expected of him. In the
game in which he figured In the Indepe-
pendence League he pitched fine ball,
good enough to guarantee his being work
ed today. and II is thought he will show
we'll enough to hold Corneli's sluggers in
check. Beall is the name of the young
Ster.
1t is hard to tell who Cornell will pitch.
although it is probable he will send Mar
tin back. Martin. when he is right. is
capable of holding his own with the best
of them. and he will more than likely be
depended on.
The Potomac Electric Power Company
undoubtedly has the best all-round out
field of any Of the clubs now engaged in
the series for the championship Fury,
Greene and Litz form a trio the superior
of which is hardly to be found in the
District. All three of the men can hit
well. and any of them is liable to clear
the bases any time he comes up. Be
sides being able to hit the ball they all
can field their positions better than the
average. Another factor which places
them in a class by themselves is their
ability as base runners. Each of them,
once he gets on the bags. is danger
Gus to the opposing club, as it is not an
easy matter TO stop him.
For all-rOund ability it would appear
to be the most valuable trio playing the
garden positions in the city.
Just which club VIII win today's con-
test is a question. 1t is difficult mat
ter to predict winner in base ball. and
no attempt will he made to do under
the conditions. Both clubs appear to be
capable of taking good care of themselves
if the pitching is what is expected the
meeting should result in close con-
test
Every game finds two or three balls
being dumped over the left field fence on
both the Capital City and independence
League grounds. In the first game there
were three. and in the other two con-
tests there have been two each.
In two instances. though, the side in
the field was benefited by the fact that
only two bases were allowed Yesterday
Reggie Rawlings hit one over the left
field barrier that would undoubtedly have
gone for three bases a homer had the
field been a clear one, and in the first
game Cy Mcdonald clouted one over that
big brick house been there to step ii after
Path FERGUSON and Greene pitched good