Evening star., 1912-09-05
PEPCO'S CHANCES OF TAKING
INTERCITY SERIES DECREASED
Electricians Will Not Be at Best Saturday
Because Of Lengthenedand Difficult Post
Season Schedule It I las Had to Play.

which tied UP the game, would have been
tailed. 1t has been due not a little bit
to the consistent work of these three men
that the Electricians are in the front of
the race.
Jack Dodge. who used to hold down an
infield position at Business High. has
been playing we'll for the Ninth Street
field for Ninth. and. while out Of his posi-
ton. has been doing more than credi-
table work.
Bryant deserved better fate yester-
day than he received The big fellow
win in easy fashion, but poor support in
the last period allowed two runs to cross
the plate, which caused the game to end
in a tie when it should have been won.
Bryant pitched just as effective ball as
did Barton. There was not time when
he did not hold the opposing batters safe.
and it was to the fact that the men behind
him made miscues that Pepco owes
it's clean slate. The Electricians did not
apear to be able to connect with Bryant
which had them in a hole the majority
of times they were at bat
The contract for the medals for the
coming South Atlantic championships mas
been awarded to Jimmy Mulligan. 1t is
reported that the medals to be given will
be solid gold and of the regular cham
pionship die. The events will take place
at Patterson Park, in Baltimore. Safur-
day, September 81. and the entry blanks
will be out this week.
The list of events to be competed com,
prise the twelve standard contests, and
are as follows:
One hundred yards. 900 yards, 440 yards.
$50 yards, one-mile run, two-mile run,
o2O-yard hurdles, running high jump. run
h~Ao 11lYn
shot-put 16-poLnd hammer throw.
1t might be mentioned in this connec-
ton that there will be quite number of
entries from Washington in the South At
lantic swimming championshlps 10 pe
held at the Maryland Swimming CLUB
just outside Of Baltimore. Saturday. sep
tember a.
Had anybody been asked to lay bet
that Ninth would do as well as tie Pepco
yesterday with the star finger OF that
club working against 1T he would nave
been laughed at, yet that is just what
happened There were few, If any. per-
sons who thought that Ninth had the re-
motest chance to win with barton op-
Just that With the kind of pitching de-
livered by Bryant the Churchmen should
have won their game.
In this connection it may be said that
Churchmen have a stronger team than
they have been given credit for at any
time during the season. They had good
pitching Yesterday, and that, of course,
made them look we'll, but, barring that.
they have a team that Is not to be trl-
fed with.
While Ninth is not as strong as Pepco.
it is much better than was at first
thought and 1t has shown up stronger al
ready than was predicted for it.
1t would certainly be a queer turn of
fate for the Ninth Street aggregation to
While it is not probable it will do so.
there is still possibility that it will ac-
complish the unexpected. and IL it were
to do so the irony of the thing would be
almost laughable. Everybody practically
conceded the championship to Pepco
since it's win in section A, and after put
ting up such a grand struggle in that
series if it were to lose to the Church
team-well. there is no telling In base
ball: anything is liable to happen.
At meeting of the committee in
charge of the post-season games yester-
declaring the Southern out of the sched-
ule and allowing the Ninth and Pepco
teams to play today and tomorrow. The
schedule as it stands at present will be
three games to be played between Ninth
and Pepco, with one of them already
won by the latter. To stay in the run
ming Ninth must win today. in which
case the championship would hinge on
the result of the contest tomorrow. If
Pepco wins this afternoon it will have the
title without dispute.