Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-07-01
FIVE REMNANT WINNERS
COULD BE DECLARED NOW
Teams in That Many Amateur Leagues
Have Shown Decided Superiority-Wa
=. =: liams Given College Championship.

| of the circuit. II Loffler gets away with
the long end Of the score then it should
| retain the favoritism shown 1t so Tar.
W. II. Grass, 304 Seaton street north
east. would like to arrange games with
amateur teams averaging from sixteen
to eighteen years Of age.
1t is very probable that Manager Gray
will send Barton in today to do the
pitching against the Loffler team while
Brady, who has been the downfall of
every club in the league up to this time.
will be worked against him. The team
back of Barton looks better as whole
than that which will support Brady.
Brady. though. has proved himself
own. and il he loses 1t should not be
by a very wide margin. The contest
should be one Of the best seen In any
of the amateur leagues this season.
The National Athletic Club seems
unable to win games in its regular
league contests and yet in the exhibition
games 1t plays there seems nothing able
to stop it. The trouble is probably that
the club has good pitching in such con-
tests, while in the league games 1t is
compelled to play behind mediocre box
work
At times its twirlers have done ex-
ceptionally good work though. Only a
week ago Shalin pitched a game against
Manhattan that would have won almost
any time. but he lost His team was
unable to score single run behind him,
and without the necessary factor of
run-getting there is not the most remote
chance for a pitcher to win. no matter
how good may be his work.
northern critic has given the college
base ball championship to Williams. The
percentage of games won by that institu-
ton was but little more than that OF
three others. but it is sufficient to give it
the honor of having the best nine in the
colegiates circle. according to the man
who has followed the work of the differ
ent schools very closely.
The following is the ranking OF the
teams, according to the authority re-
Brown; 4. Yale; 5. Holy Cross; g. Yer
mont; z, Harvard: 8, Pennsylvania; o,
Cornell; 10. Amherst; II, Dartmouth IL.
Lehigh; Is. Lafayette; IA. West Point;
10. Annapolis; 16. Wesleyan.
OF course, the first four are easy to Sc
lect. because they did outclass the others
In the games in which they met, but after
that 1t would take mind superior to the
greatest mathematician Of the age to fig
ure where one nine had any advantage
of another il only the percentages were
consulted. Consequently the ranking had
to be made with other reasons as a basis.
In discussing the ranking given the first
lections has the following to say:
Williams did not play through such a
long and, in sense. exacting schedule as
was the case with Princeton and Brown,
but. with one exception, the games were
against most of the strongest teams, while
the percentage of victories was greater,
although only by small margin. Brown
and Princeton were so" closely matched
not only on paper. but in the field, that
a margin of one run in a hard-fought ten
inning struggle was the only measure be-
tween them. Williams won eleven games
and lost three for a percentage of 1S8;
Princeton won eighteen games and lost
five for a percentage OF 7S3, 1hile Brown
won seventeen games and lost five for
nothing else. tell the story of how closely
the teams were matched. 1t may be said
in passing that all three teams were
above the average, surprisingly strong in
every department. and so well balanced
that It was hard to pick flaw. Williams
now signed with the New York Ameri-
cans at salary said to be 5000 a year.
Brown had two dependable men in Con-
zelman and Warner, both of whom also
have signed to play with major league
teams. while Princeton had pitcher in
Lear who ranked among the best. Lack
OF space at this time precludes going
into detail as to the other members of the
teams, but in Dick Lewis, the new CAP
tain, Williams had a catcher who is sure
to make name for himself II he takes
up professional base ball, while Princeton
had catcher in Capt. Sterrett who is
considered worthy of trial with the
hardly an exception, were strong. capable
players. while the outfielders were far
above the average, both in batting and
defensive work.