Evening star., 1912-07-12
BY 81. c. BYRD.

| grand battle is promised before the
championship of the independence
League is decided. 1t is probable there
has never been two teams fighting it out
for the pennant in any Of the amateur
circuits more evenly matched than the
Loffier and Pepco. Yesterdays con-
test just about decides the fact that there
will be some mighty classy contests stag
| ed before the winner is finally deter
mined.
! No closer game has been played this
year in the amateur leagues, nor has a
better exhibition been given than that
played yesterday between the two men
toned mines. Both did some exceptional
| ly good work, in spite of the fact that the
| field was in very poor condition owing to
the rains which fell previously.
| Both pitchers extricated themselves
from some very close places, and the
work of both was rather surprising in
view of the conditions. Both Smith and
Barton pitched splendidy all through the
contest. Smiths work was a revelation.
He is capable Of getting in once in
awhile and pitching we'll enough to beat
| any kind of ball club. And yesterday
was one Of his good days. Time and
again, with men on the bags, he struck
| out the heaviest hitters in the Pepco
| lineup
| To Judge by the manner in which the
opposing pitchers held the batters helpless
! yesterday, there are apt to be some more
| just as close and exciting contests staged
! between the two leaders.
America is getting so far ahead in the
| Olympics now that there Is small danger
! it will be caught. The Red. White and
| Rlue athletes, while losing in one Or two
events in which they were expecting to
HOY chn
! superior form to the men against whom
| ttey have competed. There are no foreign
athletes who stand any chance, taking
| all the events into consideration. OF max
! ing any kind of showing against the
i United States team.
/ Considering all the events. In some OF
/ which this country was not even repre-
| sented. the lead is still held by COM
! Portable margin. Taking into conSidera-
tion only the track events there is no
comparison, as more than three times the
number tailed by any other nation has
| been scored.
The following schedule of games for the
month of July has been made out In the
Capital City league:
July 12-Marine Corps-Capital A. c.
July 13-Open.
| July 1+Open.
| July 5-Cornell-Rockaways
| July 16-Brentwood-Y. NJ. c. A.
| July 17-Mercury A. C.-Capital A. c.
July 1S-Marine Corps-Rockaways.
July 19-Cornell-Mercury A. c.
| July 20-Open.
/ July 21-Cpen.
July 22-Capital A. C.-Brentwood.
| July 23-Y. NJ. c. A.-Rockaways
| July 2-Marine Corps-Mercury A. c.
July 2o-Cornell-Marine Corps.
| July 26-Y. NJ. c. A.-Capital A. c.
| July 27-Open.
| July 2S-Open.
July Observation-Disclosures.
| July 3O-Open.
| July 31-Open.
At meeting of the amateur commits
sion held last night the players who rep
| resented the defunct sewerage pumping
station in the Capital City League have
been declared free agents and are eligi-
bic to sign with whatever club they may
| desire.
| 1t is probable that Murphy and Litz
will play with Pepco, while Busher and
one or two others will go to the Lof1er
| club.
There was a great deal of wrangling be-
| fore the matter was finally adjusted and
the discussion lasted at least two hours
! 1t was finally decided. though, in view OF
what was termed extenuating circum-
stances" that the players be released and
| be declared free agents.
| Unless somebody is wise the Indepen-
dence League is going to have a mighty
good chance of being represented in the
| intercity championship series as the win
ner of the series in Washington. There
lseems no doubt that the two clubs which
now lead are strong enough to give the
| best of the league clubs hard run, and
I If they strengthen themselves much as
! is reported will be the case. then there
| is no doubt that the one which wins Its
| league championship will stand an even
chance to beat out the other clubs in the
post season series.
The following contests are scheduled to
| take place today in the amateur circuits:
Columbia League, 10th street and CO.
| lumbia road-Southern Railway VS. Brad
dock.
Departmental League. White House
| Elipse-Interior VS.. Commerce and Labor.
Government League. White House Ell
| lipse-Agriculture VS.. War.
East Washington League, 18th and d
streets northeast-Metropolita VS.. First
Methodist Protestant.
| Marquette League. 35th street and Wis
| consin ayenue-Medtcos. VS.. Printers
| Northern League, Georgia avenue and
| Kenyon street-Seaton VS.. Waverly.
| Independence League, 1st and NJ streets
!, ortheast-Southland VS.. National.
| Sunday School League, 1st and a streets
| northeast-North Carolina VS.. Ingram.
| Capital City League, North Capitol and
| l. stree.s-Marine VS.. Capital A. G.
| Treasury League. White House Ellipse-
| Civil Service VS.. photographic.
| Southern Railway and Braddock will
| meet today in the Columbia League and
much interest will be attached to the con-
| test because it is the general opinion that