Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-06
POOR PLAY MARKED GAMES IN
AMATEUR CIRCUITS YESTERDAY
118 Runs Scored in Six Games Mainly as a
Result of Sc Errors - Other
Athletic Gossip.

I in less than the mark set by DUFFY. who
is in reality the record holder, will be
considered marvel by the athletic
world. Such runner would undoubtedly
be able to earn a fortune in professional
competition.
Sullivan, who has been doing a ma
jority of the pitching for the Potomac
Electric Power club. has plenty of~stuff
and with a little better control should
win almost any game in which he Of
ficiates providing. of course, he re-
ceives the right kind of support from his
teammates. Sullivan, when he lost to
Manhattan the other day. would have
won his game easily had he been able
to get the ball over the plate consistently.
He was unhittable and his own wild
heaves gave the opposing nine a larger
score than that rolled up by his team
mates.
1t is not altogether Sullivan's fault that
he has been afflicted with a lack of con-
troll. Because of the inability of the
Electric Company players showing up
during the spring he has been compelled
to fill both out and in field positions.
No pitcher doing this can hope to retain
control of the ball. Playing third. first
and in the outfield causes a man to lose
his gauge of the distance from the pitch
er's box to the plate, that is absolutely
necessary If he is to put the ball where
he desires when he starts to pitch.
When the Pacific coast tryouts were
held the committee in charge had men
at the finish of each race to Judge the
distances between second and third men.
The plan is a good one and will be
adopted at Harvard Saturday when the
Olympic trials are run off. 1t is diff
cult matter for anybody to tell accu-
rately now just how far behind another
man one is finishing. especially when the
race is close and exciting. For that rea-
son men will be detailed to watch and
determine accurately how far ahead the
winners and men in second places are
ahead Of the others, because 1t may be
that upon these distances some man will
make or lose a place on the Olympic
team.
Johnny" Sheckells did some mighty
good work for the Braddock team in the
Columbia League yesterday. He allowed
the Southern nine but three scattered hits
and won his game in the easiest sort OF
manner Sheckells has been pitching con-
sstently all season and If he keeps up
his present gait will undoubtedly land his
club near the top.
When Technical High failed to get Nc
Lean eligible for it's team last spring, i,
lost chance to put a. mighty good man
in the infeld. Mclean is as good as any
man who has held down job on the
Manual Trainers nine. and Is better than
the majority of them. There are few better
fielders in the high schools than Mclean
and he would hit well against the class
of twirling he would have to face in
the school games.
The following games will be played in
the amateur leagues today:
Columbia League-Kensington VS.. Equi-
table.
Independence League-Pepco vs. South
land.
Railroad Y NJ. c. Adams VS.. Car
Department.
Departmental League-Open date
East Washington Sunday School
Observation-Disclosures Presbyterian VS.
Ninth.
Marquette League-Columbia, 1Ol, VS.. st.
Stephens.
Government REINFORCEMENT Print
ing Office VS.. Interior.
Sunday School League-Nativity VS.
Sherwood
Northern League-Andrews VS.. Seaton