The Washington herald., 1912-07-24
Impossible to Pick
r. r. Y. NJ. C. A. Winner
Three Teams Fighting Tooth and Nail for the
Flag-Other Gossip.
By RowDOIN PRENTIs.

With every game played the race fol
the pennant in the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
League becomes more of a puzzle Be.
fore yesterdays contest Southern was
leading. with Adams and Car Depart
ment second and third, respectively. In
a weird exhibition Adams was victor
over Car yesterday, and took the lead In
the scramble for the flag. Who will win
the race is an uncertainty Adams Is
now leading, but probably will not hold
first place very long as Southern plays
Station to-day. Station has not won a
game this year, and at present there Is
no reason to believe that Manager No
lan's club will break into the win
column.
The teams are SO punched that 1t is an
absolute impossibility to pick a winner.
For instance, Car will play game to-day
and get away with a win: Southern VIII
hook up with one of the clubs the follow
ing afternoon. win. and jump into the
lead. Then Adams comes along on the
next day, plays one of the other three
clubs is victorious, and lands In hrst
place. with such state of affairs 1t is
readily seen that the matter of picking a
winner is not an easy one, but 1t is an as
sured fact that the club which wins will
be entitled 10 the honor and that the
scramble for the flag in the circuit will be
a hot one from now until the end Of the
season.
"Finny" Kelly, star ,twirler OF the Ma
tivity club. is quite a pitcher. By beat
ing North Carolina yesterday in the Sun
day School League the phenome annexed
his thirteenth straight win. Kelly pulled
a game out of the fire for the Mats on
Monday, when he entered the box with
,n,a & Inst hfrr1 q md
yet succeeded in plotting his team to
victory. Then he came back yesterday
and had little trouble disposing Of the
North Carolina aggregation. This. boy
Is sure q wonder and there is not a young
pitcher in amateur ranks to-day who
would not be proud to possess Kelly's
record.
The Sunday School League is not the
fastest circuit under the wing of the anna
teur commission, but any pitcher who
gets away with thirteen straight wins in
any sandlot is likely to be heard from
when he twirls against clubs in the post
season SERIES
Yesterday. in the Independence League.
the Loffier club made up a little lost
ground by defeating the Aloysius club,
2 to /, in seven innings. Lofler still has
a chance for the honors in President
Roake's circuit, and is fighting, tooth and
nail, for every game.
Monty Bell, the human stringbean. is
still playing second base for the Herald
club, in the Northern Association, and is
putting up a rattling good game. Bell
has just come into his own, is stinging
the ball at lively gait, and getting the
majority of chances that come his way.
Park. WaverIey. Herald. and Regents
are having a lively time fighting it out
for top honors in the Northern Associa-
ton. According TO information last night
by a league official, the race will not
be settled until the last game on the post
poned list is played. 1t behooves each
of the teams mentioned to get a move
on and fight for every game from now
until the end Of the season.
Although the R. P Andrews team has
lost fifteen straight games in the North
ern League they never show a yellow
streak" and have a full team on the
field when Umpire Jenkins calls play
Some of the other teams in the Dis
trict should profit by the example of
Manager Tipton's Canaries. and get out
with the pep and vim which the Paper
men display.
BealI and Sid Lodge, the crack bat
terry of the Gaithersburg nine in the
Prince George County League, have been
signed by the Pepco management. This
pair has been an important factor in the
games won by the Maryland Club, and
should help win a lot of games from the
leaders in the Independence League race.