Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-19
BY Il. C. BYRD.

One of the most surprising features
of the post-season series is the fact
that the hitting has not fallen off in
the least. and IL anything is up to a
higher standard than was the case
when the teams were playing the regu-
lar league schedules. There is only
one club that has failed to connect
with the ball In the series now under
way as we'll as 1t did when 1t was
playing its regular schedule.
Pepco. Post Office and Cornell are all
hitting up to the standard they set
earlier in the season, but the Bankers
are falling below their previous mark.
And these clubs are hitting just as well
against what Is undoubtedly better
pitching.
Cornell is doing better hitting now
than when 1t was in Its league sea-
son. because then 1t did not try and
the majority of the contests played.
Now 1t has its full strength in the field
and every man who goes to the Dat
is working hard to land on the ball for a
safety. There Is an incentive to play
hard now which was lacking in the games
scheduled In the Capital City League
Pepco probably had to play against bet
ter pitching during the regular season
than did either of the other clubs. 1t was
in the Independence League, did not have
any too big a lead at any time, and the
other mines always used the best men
they had in their efforts to stop the Elec-
tricians. Therefore, the standard of the
twirling they had to face was almost up
10 what they are getting now. The natu-
raj consequence Is they do not show the
falling off in their hitting one would ex-
peCt.
Post Office has several experienced
1T lr-
The Mailmen went through their season
without a defeat. not as a result Of re-
markabe hitting power. but because
they had alright pitching themselves dur
ing the majority of contests. There is
hardly any reason that can be assigned
as 70 why Post Office is maintaining its
standard at the bat, which it certainly
appears to be doing. Why 1t should hit
as well now as when 1t faced the other
teams in the Departmental League is
something for which a reason cannot be
given. and yet IL has been accomplishing
just that. There were times, though,
when Post Office had to face some good
twirling. and those few times may have
been sufficient to keep the batters on
edge.
The Bankers are not hitting now be-
cause they did not have to face any kind
of box work in the Columbia League
season. There was hardly a game in
which the Trust Company nine was not
able to make about as many runs as 1t
pleased There was never a pitcher fac
ing il who proved very troublesome with
one exception. for the very reason that
none of the opposing beavers was able to
get the kind of stuff on the ball that the
men can who are doing the mound work
for the clubs facing the Bankers in the
series now under way. No team when it
goes through practically the whole sea-
son batting against third-rate pitchers
can hope to hit as well as Ii might when
il stacks up against the real thing. 1t
was predicted at the beginning OF the
present list OF games that the Bankers
team would be troubled by just such a
thing, and il has proved to be true.
Had the American Security and Trust
been able to average three or four runs
per game 1t would have come pretty near
winning the championship. Under normal
conditions. with the class of pitching
representing the Bankers, there would