Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-21
BY II. C. BYRD.

championship IL the Sorneil niue Wits
from the Pepco aggregation there VIII
not be one chance in a hundred that the
Paperhangers will not end the series IN
the lead. With a win over Pepco to its
credit Cornell would have to drop both
the games to American Security ana
Post Office, and that is hardly probable
If Cornell wins from the Electricians to-
morrow, then there is little use to go
farther, because it means the decision to
that nine.
The Bankers are out of it. There is no
chance for them = finish in front. The
final decision will go either to the Paper
hangers or Electricians. with the ODDS
in favor of the former because OF the
lead they have at present.
II Pepco wins tOmOrrow'S game there
will be a tie for first place, with each
of those clubs having won three and lost
one. Then If the other games are won
an extra contest would have to be sched-
uled to decide the championship
The Bankers have been in measure
disappointment during the series. They
have failed to display that dash which
carried them to championship last
year. Yesterday was the first time since
the championship games started that
they have infused into their play the
right kind of spirit. and then things
broke SO much against them in one In
ming that they lost by the margin of one
run.
Things have not broken any too well
period during the series. Two games have
been lost to the Pepco nine by the mar
gin of one run that had the breaks gone
the other way would have been won.
Then in the contest in which the club
had chance to finish in front of Cornell
by a wonderful rally in the last inning
play had to be discontinued because of
darkness.
But after all, things have happened
just as was predicted before the series
started. The club that did not get the
breaks in the luck could hardly hope to
win
Pepco was mighty lucky in one inning
yesterday that the Trust Company nine
did not make things easy for aseif. With
three on. and nobody down, it looked very
much as if the Bankers were due to score
a lot of runs. Hayes was at bat, and he
was to be followed by the best hitters
in the club. The Bankers shortstOp
caught the ball fair on the nose. and
drove it toward third at a mica minute
gait. The ball went right into the hands
of Howard and the result a double
play, as he had but to step on the bag
to complete 1t. Mcdonald was an easy
out on pop fly. and the Bankers
chances for victory went simmering.
Pepco has displayed a lot of stick-to-it-
iveness in the series. and deserves a lot
of credit for the manner in which 1t has
gone into it's games. 1t has not yet start
determined to win, and, with one excep-
ton, it has succeeded in every instance.
The players themselves are a gritty
bunch, and are in the game from the
start, no matter what the odds.
Yesterdays game was an example OF
the kind of spirit they have displayed
during the entire season, although they
took their first time at bat with a three
run lead against them and man rated
a. one of the best college pitchers in
this section working against them. In
the first two innings. though. the tally
was evened and in the last one the de-
Gliding run was carried across.
Post Office and the Bankers will meet
this afternoon in section A. There is
little Ringing on the result of the con-
test, as neither of the two clubs has
chance to win the honors.
Had the Bankers won yesterdays con-
test it would have practically settled the
title, because there would hardly have
been any chance for either of the two
teams, each having lost two games. to
catch the Cornell nine with a clear lead
of three games won and none lost.
The whole Cornell crowd was on the
side lines whooping 1t up for the Trust
Company. hoping that the championship
would be made easy for them by vic
tory for that club.
Beall did not look very good in that
first inning yesterday against the Bank
ers. and yet Manager Gray had nerve
of men in charge of ball club would
have yanked him then and there, but
the Pepco leader had faith enough to let
him go on, and with a little luck Beall
got away with his game.
That ball Howard caught yesterday and
on which he made a double play was
hit so hard at him that few in the stands
knew where it was until after they saw
him raise his hands and then run for
third to touch the bag.
for the Cornell Company. said yesterday
while watching the Bankers and Pepco
play that he did not believe his club
would lose a single game. Whether or
player will be the real case is a question.
though the chances of bass ball are
against its being a true prediction of
what will come to pass.
Over. who does little bit Of every
one of the cleverest all-around players in
the District There is no place on a ball
club that he cannot play. and with
great deal of credit. too. He has filled
every position on the Bankers team this
year and there has not been contest
in which he has not done excellent work.
DYER can pitch he can play the out field
or infield with equal facility and he can
catch In yesterdays game he was back
of the bat. and there are few catchers
whose work would have been better.
There is hardly a possibility that man
who had not been working regularly IN
the position would have gone back and
played as we'll as did Dyer yesterday,
Notwithstanding the fact that he made
one costly mistake.
There is a movement being started to
make up a sum of money between the
eight newspapers in Washington and
Richmond with which to buy a handsome
trophy to present to the club winning the
amateur championship in the intercity
series. The idea advanced is to give the
trophy each year to the club winning 1T
and then let it become the permanent
possession Of the team winning it three
times.
The matter was suggested at the meet
ing OF the two committees some time ago.
but has not been given public notice.
probably because it was feared that plans
might not materialZe. If the matter is
carried through. as it probably will be-
the trophy to be awarded will be worth
somewhere about two hundred or two
hundred and fifty dollars. prize well
worth striving for.
The newly organized Washington Ath-
letic Association will be represented in
competiton for the first time Labor day.
The Baltimore Cross Country Club is to
hold a set OF games on that date, and
the new organization is to send over a
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