Evening star., 1912-07-16

INGRAM AND NATIVITY MEET 4
TODAY IN CHURCH LEAGUE
Two Gibbs Are Playing on Even Terms for
Championship Other ANA
teur Gossip.
By II. c. BYRD.

By II. C. BYRD.
The Sunday School League Is likely to
be the scene Of one Of the hardest fought
struggles that have taken place this year
in amateur base ball. Nativity and In
gram, between which teams there is an
| immense amount OF rivalry, are sched-
uled to play, and the victory means the
| top berth to the team winning 1t.
Ingram viii pitch Eberwein or john
| son.. Eberwein has been recently secured
from the Commerce and Labor club, and
while in the Departmental League
pitched good ball. He may get the call;
| II not. then johnson will be sent in.
johnson pitched the last part Of the con-
test against Nativity when they met the
| last time and got away with the opposing
batters In fine style. Nativity will send
Kelly into the box. Kelly has proved
| the mainstay Of the team all season. and
he is the man who beat Ingram on the
occasion of their previous meeting.
When the two teams played week be-
! fore last there were more than 1000 per-
sons present Today It is generally ex-
pected there will be half as many more.
Out in the independence League one OF
| the leaders will be seen in action. The
Pepco nine will play Southland. With
its strengthened lineup the Electricians
getting away with their game. Good
pitching and good hitting is about all
| that Is needed to win any ball game, and
both Pepco seems to have.
The other games scheduled are as fol-
lows:
Columbia League-Postponed game.
East Washington League-Ninth vs.
First Methodist Protestant.
Government League-G. P. o. VS.. Agri-
culture.
Northern Association-Park vs.. Herald.
Independence League-Pepco VS.. South
land.
r r. Y. NJ C. A. League-southern VS..
Station.
Departmental League-G. P. o. vs.. In
terror.
Capital City League-Brentwood VS.. Y.
Sunday School League Nativity VS.. In
gram.
BY all the press reports the Swedes
have Outdone themselves in their efforts
to make tthe Olympiad a success, Rep
resentatives of every country are loud
in their acelamations of praise for the
northern country in return for the fine
sportsmanshfp and excellent treatment ac-
corded them and the fairness shown in
the manner Of conducting the games.
One writer has said that IL there was
any fault to find with the way things had
been run by the Swedes 1t was in that
they had attempted ana done too much.
really more than could have been ex-
pected.
The perfect system employed by the
Swedish committee is responsible for the
manner in which it successfully carried
foresaw every needed thing before the
meet began and prepared for 1t. there
would not have been the favorable COM
mendation forthcoming that has been the
case. There was no waiting until the
last moment by the Swedes to promul-
gate their plans; they began months ago.
Consequently. when It came time to hold
the games everything was in readiness
for their successful termination.
There has never been an Olympic meet
in which as much satisfaction has been
shown as Is the case now. It is about
| the first time In the history OF Olympic
games that they have ever been concluded
with satisfaction to all and without hay-
| tOn.
Here's to Sweden.
| The addition of shipley to the Lofiier
club will add much strength to It. Lofler
has been In need of good infielder and
Shipley should fill the bill.
Not to be outdone the Pepco nine secur-
ed another man. the last Of the stars Of
| the Sewage Pumping Station-Sid Lodge.
! 1t is hardly likely, though, that the Elec-
! tricians will derive as much benefit from
| the addition of Lodge as Lofier wall from
Shipley. since it already had good
catching stan and the Provisioners had
| much need OF an infielder.
| The manner in which the two leading
teams have strengthened just about pre-
cludes any probability that any club other
than one Of those two will have a chance
to win the Independence League pennant.
There is no club In the circuit as strong
as either Lof1er or Pepco, and by q wide
4 ayHrv{yn a. Ahnt frxyrn 01yA yNa
look to be close on a par with any In the
| District
| Fury, the Georgetown catcher playing
| the outfield for Pepco, is leading the
Independence League in batting. He is
| hitting up around the 400 mark and
shows no signs Of deterioration In his
work. There is scarcely game goes
by in which he does not get hit or two.
| That Finn, Kohlemainen, must be
| wonderful runner. Over here athletic
followers are very proud Of the work Of
Tel Rerna and George Bonhag and think
they are the last thing in oss-country
running in distances of from two to
| Ave miles. That those two men could not
keep pace with the Finlander shows just
undoubtedly in class by himself at any
distance from two to ten miles. Critics
have pronounced him better man than
was Shrubb when in his prime.
Amateur day will be held Saturday,
and the different clubs should not wait
until the last moment to prepare for the
event. II it IL to be the success desired,
interest must be stimulated by both talk
| and action.
| In one Of the LEGAL morning papers
it was stated that the club which rep
resented Baltimore last year in the in
tercity series was combination pick
| ed from the sandlots of the entire city
and represented the base ball strength
Of all the teams, and that an unfair
advantage was given the Maryland
team for that reason. That was q. mis-
take. The team which played in the
intercity series was not much. II any,
better than several other clubs which
hold forth around the Monumental city.
1t was the same nine that, had repre-
scented the Maryland Athletic Club in
| the league in which it played. II
memory serves us right. the Maryland
Athletic Club won the, championship
| in the league Of which 1t was q men,
ber, but the report that 1t was the
best team to be selected from stars Of
the city fs not true.
| There are several pitchers around
Baltimore who could give the pair who
/ did the work for that club against the
| local teams cards and spades and beat