Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-21
BY II. C. BYRD.

The Loefier club is making great fight
for the pennant in the independence
League. There is no team in the circuit
that has played as consistently as have
the Merchants since the opening of the
season. and during the entire period the
work has been good, both individually
and collectively.
Since the beginning Of the season Loef-
Ter has led the league. The teams main
strength has been very effective pitching
in almost every game and the twirlers
show no signs of deterioration. AS long as
Brady and Smith continue to work as
we'll in the box as they have during the
half OF the season that has passed there
Is not likely to be any other club at the
head of the organization.
Yale has just finished series of ball
games with Harvard and won out when 1t
was not figured that it would do SO Per-
haps the same will be true of the boat
race scheduled today.
All experts in the country who, have
watched the two crews in action have
Joined their opinions in stating that they
do not believe that the Dark Blue has
better than an outside chance to WIN
from the Crimson.
The coaching at Yale has been held at
fault for the lack Of ability shown by It's
crews and that is the main reason why IL
| Is not inquired lHal the bi ut cdu III - oh
Harvard this afternoon. The coaching
this year has produced better results than
formerly After the change. though. 1t is
not probable that as much can be ac-
complished in the few months as has
been at Harvard with the same system in
! effect for years.
To judge by the aggregation of gram
cred yesterday at the horse show grounds
to contest in the annual elementary
schools meet. there will be no dearth OF
track athletics in the course of few
years. Eight hundred and thirty-efght
boys took part in the races and 1t
seemed that there could be no more left
in the city.
There were some mighty fine perform
ances, too. Some Of the older lads
showed latent abilities that presages we'll
| for them when they enter high school
There were several who took part in the
events who would do credit to some of
| the high school squads.
| The majority of the boys who took
part, though, were youngsters ranging
from ten to thirteen or fourteen years
| Of age. To see them just starting out
upon an athletic career 1t did not seem
| possible that there could ever be devel-
oped a Jones or Duffy from the lot, and
| yet that is the way champions begin.
The events were we'll taken care of by
| the officials. There was not time when
the men who were running the affair did
l
| tionally large crowd of youngsters. and
the effectiveness of their work may we'll
be realized when it is considered that it
| did not take more than four hours to
| hold the entire games. and there were
| something like hundred contests.
/ Mr.. Martin, director of the Fairgrounds
| deserves a great deal of credit for the
thoroughness with which he attended to
| that could be done to further the inter
ests of the officials or youngsters en-
gagged in competition that was not accom-
| plished by him.
The crowds are not supporting the De-
partmental League this year as they have
done in the past. At yesterdays game
| on the White Lot there were not more
than 100 spectators while last year and
| the one before there were contests at
which two and three thousand gathered.
The apparent lack of interest is not ex
plainable unless it be that the fans are
| not concerned with league in which the
pennant winner Is practically decided.
There is not doubt. either. that the quail
ity of ball being played is far below
the standard of former seasons. With
the exception Of Post ONCE none of the
| teams is playing as well. nor is any OF
them as strong in any department as
| they have been at times during previous
seasons.
| LOOMS, who started to do the twirling
! for the Brentwood in the Capital City
League. worked we'll until the sixth in
ming, when he was compelled to retire.
| 1t was the first game the youngster has
pitched for some time. and he was in no
condition to last an entire nine innings.
| Then 1t must be remembered that he is
| a sixteen-year-old boy. with less than
years experience as g.. twirler, pitching
against grown men.
| good game is scheduled today in the
T! independence League. The Potomac
| Electric Power Company will go up
| against the Southland club, and the two
| should put up classy contest. Both are
| fighting around third place, and each will
pSt forth its best efforts to come out on
| top.
! The other contests scheduled in the
amateur circuits are as follows:
J Capital City League-Cornell VS.. Pump
ers.
| Columbia League-Braddock VS.. South
/ ern Railway
| Departmental Decentralization VS..
| Commerce and Labor.
| East Washington League-Metropolitan
VS.. First Presbyterian.
Independence Leasue-Pepco VS.. South
| land.
Marquette League-st. Stephens VS..
Printers
Northern Association : waverley vs.
Herald.
r. r. Y NJ c. A. League-Car Depart
ment VS.. Adams.
Sunday School League-Nativity vs.
! Lincoln.
Government League-G. P. o. VS.. Agri-
culture.