Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-23
BY n. c. BYRD.

| The result of yesterdays game un-
doubtedly favors the Pepco nine to win
the amateur championship. The sched-
| ule as 1t stands at present favors the
| Electricians to considerable extent,
and according to the standing of the
| teams 1t would appear that the odds
| favor them as the final winners of the
series
| Here is what must happen for Cor
nell to beat out the power company
nine, provided the latter club defeats
Post Office today: The Paperhangers
must win both the remaining games
/ they have scheduled with the Bankers
and Post Office and then win the play
off from the present leaders, with whom
/ they would be tied. If Cornell loses
to either Post Office or the Bankers
| then it will be out of the running,
having been defeated twice during. the
series. with Pepco losing but once.
Such an arrangement favors the
Pepco club to a great extent, without
doubt. The Electricians, in view Of
the fact that Cornell has but one
| pitcher who is to be depended on con-
sistently, would seem to be the choice
| to finish in front, but then there Is no
telling. and, as has been said before.
the series is liable to take almost any
kind of turn. so evenly are the teams
| matched
Even though the Pepco nine is
+! favored considerably under existing
| conditions, as was pointed out in these
! columns last Sunday in regard to the
| Cornell company, the series is not won
yet by any means. After Cornell had
won three straight there were those
| who stated directly that the P4ner-
! hangers practically had the champion
/ ship won. Time proved that such was
| not the case and 1t is no more unlikely
] that the Pepco aggregation has not yet
made sure of the honor.
| There will be some Stubbornly fought
J contests yet before the highest honor
amateur base ball affords is won, and
| it would not be surprising to see the
Pepco and Cornell teams decide the
/ championship in an extra game or Sc
ries of three games.
/ Barton's work in the box for Pepco
yesterday was undoubtedly the best
/ that has been seen in the series. or in
| the whole amateur season for that
matter The youngster not only had
control of the ball, but he had stuff
/ enough on what he threw to complete
| ly battle the heaviest hitters in the
District Even when he had been
! placed in hole in the eighth inning
/ by errors on the part OF the men De-
! hind him Barton frightened up and
! struck out two of the best men on the
| opposing nine.
/ Not only was Barton's work very
| efficient but 1t was Of a character that
would be more than justified by the
i fact that he labored under the handi-
] cap of a sore finger which he was
compelled to wear bandaged.
| Barring one inning, Barton got excellent
| support from his teammates. Several
! times there were drives sent out which
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| hand ed cleanly by the fast fielding of the
| men behind.
! At that, Barton deserves a great deal of
credit for pulling through his game as ne
/ did, and If he is not holding down a perrin
/ in some minor league next season IT VIII
! be because he does not care to take the
/ chance, or rather the opportunity be-
| cause there would be no chance to 1t-he
! would be almost certain to make GOOD.
| It would be the hardest kind of luck
I for Pepco were it to lose to the Post
Office nine today, after having won
! from the most dangerous club In the
! series yesterday, and yet such a tnins
| is not beyond the realm of possibility
| by any means. The Mailmen nave q
| couple of pitchers who, when going rlsnt,
1 are apt to pull almost any game out Oh
| the fire, and by all the laws or cnance
| II would seem they are about due to come
out of a contest with the long end OF q
| score.
| Post Office ha. yet to win game dur
| in. the series and it would not be any
| great surprise if it y ere to flnlsh IN IRON!
, against either Cornell or Pepco poth Oh
. which it must yet play.
| There were two instances Yesterday
when. if Cy Mcdonald had connected for
a safe hit, his club would have won the
ball game, but Cy, like the famed casey
did not drive the ball any farther tnan
the backstop, and they were fouls. In
other words, Cy struck out. :.
/ At that though, Cy's playing during the
series has certainly been away ABOVE
the standard of what might have been
expected 1t is fact that he has done
practically nothing in base ball for the
last two years, and it is remarkable thai
he has been able to put on a suit and
lump into a series and perform in an ex'
lceptionally creditable manner against men
in the best Of condition.
| Last year Mcdonald did not play mucr
more during the regular season than was
necessary to make him eligible Tor tht
championship series, and this year he Ole
not go out for any more games tnaT
were absolutely necessary to place MIN
in the big games. Notwithstanding tha'
fact, though he has performed much bet
ter than the ma jority of men with Whon
he has been playing both at the bat and In
the field, and he has done, if anything
even better work than he did last season
| Billy Marceron is one of the cleanes
hftters playing amateur ball. 1t Is sci
dom that he is called out on strikes ant
| the way he drives the ball out generally
is one OF the most pleasing features o