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


son series will be made known tomorrow
night. The commission will hold its meet
ing and adjust the different things to be
decided Also the intercity series will be
discussed inasmuch as the committee
from Richmond will come here Monday to
make final arrangements.
| The main issue tomorrow night in re-
gard to the post-season games will be the
division into different classes. 1t has
been reported once or twice that teams
would be divided into three groups. but
it may be that they will be classed in
only two.
The other issues in regard to the games
in the post-season series will be the Sc
lection and assignment of umpires. the
decision as to where the different games
will be played and a few minor de-'ils
1t is probable that Hughes and Belts
will be the two umpires to do the offciat-
ing if there are only two sections. as they
gave satisfactory work last year III the
championship contests. and II there are
three classes Harry Collifower VII! lkei!
be the one added to the stan Inere rs
be chosen other than that they are about
the best in the city. and certainly one OF
them Is the very best.
There Is little DOUBT tndt lOuI VI u'O
teams will play in section A. There are
no other clubs in the city which nave
strength enough to show We'll against
them and it is not probable that any
will be p laced in the same section WIN
them. 49,
Post Office. Pepco. Cornell and the
American Security and Trust are much
better clubs than any OF the others anu
none of the teams winning the champioh-
ship in the other sections would nave
much chance to accomplish anything IL
compelled to play the series against them.
The pitching would be much too good Tor
the batters on the teams from the other
leagues and the batters on those CLUBS
would be just as much too strong for the
pitching they would be up against as
witness the heavy inroads made curing
the regular season against the CLUBS III
the leagues i'm which the four mentioned
teams wen championships, and In the
other sections the mines would not De
as strong as those against which these
four were pitted in the regular season.
The Potomac Electric Power Company
nine did not have much trouble getting
away with the Loff1er club yesterday IN
the exhibition game played between the
two for the benefit of the Eastern star
Home. The Electricians did about as
they pleased. and won in easy fashion
There was no time during the contest
! when 1t did not belong to Pepco 1t was
case of the Loffler club being outclassed.
has a mighty good chance to win the city
championship. The only question that re-
mains to be decided is whether or not the
pitchers will hold up their end OF the
burden. The Electricians Will be up
against a whole lot better batters in the
sectional series than they faced In the
league season. and 1t may mean that the
hurlers will not stand up under the nre.
They will also have to face much better
pitching. The best twiriers in the Dis
trict will be pitted against Manager
Gray's crowd. Pepco is not a poor hit
ting nine by any means, there being sew
erai in the lineup who are liable to
break up the game at any time. Any one
Of the five men following after the lead
croft is as likely to clear the bases as
not.
Too much cannot be said of what is
promised in the series in section A this
year The four clubs, which will consti-
tute that class, will be so evenly matched
it is difficult to tell which will even nnish
as we'll as second The team which looks
to be the best Of the quartet may land
down at the bottom because OF poor
breaks in the luck.
To see the clubs in action In the field
1t would appear that either Pepco or
American Security and Trust Company
will fight 1t out for first honors. but then
there are a lot Of things which enter
into the result Of ball game Impossible
to be foreseen. In long series. OF course.
the best club would be most likely to
come out winner. but in a shorter.
where only a couple OF games are played
with each nine. 1t Is far different propo-
sition.
To look at the prospects casually 1t
would apr ear that the odds again favor
the American Security and Trust Com
! pany. but 1t will have to show whole
lot better form to win this year than 1t
did when 1t topped the others last fall.
The Trust Company. besides having had
comparatively easy time in section A In
the 1871 series. did not have to do any
! thing TO win its league premiership and
entered the games with the Cornell Com
pany for the decision with fresh nine.
J 1t is different now. though. This year 1t
will be compelled to go into a series I'm
| which every club is pretty evenly
matched and will have to work it's hard
est to land every game in which 1t APP
pears.
| OF course. the other clubs will have to
! do the same. That is true. and that is
also why il is impossible to pick win,
ner now instead of merely giving a guess
at what Is going to happen. because II
an attempt were made to diagnose the
situation and pick the champion team II
would be little more than that-a mere
conjecture.
Post Office and Cornell will have to be
reckoned with. because each is strong
enough to score runs. and judging by
what has happened SO far, will have good
i pitching.
Before the series begins i: is probable
that fuller account Of t.e possibilities
! the games may hold will be given, and
AS THE FIR