Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-02
BY H. C. BYRD.

There Is no league III the city which is
having closer and more hard-fought
games than the Marquette. II is sell
dom that a contest develops into a run
away for either club, and the majority
of them are being won by one-run mar
gins. Almost every game results in
score of 81. A., 81, "a, or some such
close tally.
1t is not an especially difficult matter
10 tell the reason for the closeness of
the games being played in that circuit.
There can hardly he any other than that
the teams are more closely matched.
While two of the clubs have barely
enough margin To 90 out and get n fair
lead, they are not sufficiently strong to
win their games easily from the other
mines. In contests i'll which the league
leaders appear against the tail-enderS
they are given the hardest kind of fights
To win, and the scores generally show
only u one or two run margin.
The Southland team forfeited in the
SapitaI CITY League yesterday TO tne
Waverly club. This is the second time
this season that the Southwest bunch
has failed to put in an appearance against
the Waverly nine. 1t seems rather queer,
too. that Southland should forfeit to the
apparently weakest team in the league.
Not forfeit has been made to any other
club, every man always being on hand TO
play against Cornell or the Bankers.
Kidwell. who has been one of the best
of Southlands pitchers, has been released
to club in the Federal League. He
mas done some very creditable work in
the Capital City League at times. and,
with little coaching, would develop into
d mighty valuable performer.
The Municipal games, to be held in the
morning of July i. while they will not
have any special talent in competition.
are certain to be interesting. There will
be a greater number of entries than have
taken part in the games in previous years.
There Will be a great number of athletes
from the public schools in the races, and,
though these are not of a very high class
SO far as really meritorious performance
i'll open meets is concerned, the events will
be none the less interesting for that rea-
son. In fact. there are many who really
would rather see the little fellows in ac-
ton than the older and more experienced
men.
While there are many peculiar hap
penings in base ball-so many. in fact,
that few are doubted. no matter how
strange the stories may sound-yet there
is yarn told by one of the umpires in
the Western League about a game |
played between two teams in Mime |
sofa that sounds rather incredible. |
Two Minnesota teams We're playing |
a double header. The home team had |
won the first gGme. and the same !
pitcher went in to pitch the second |
game. 1t was sizzling hot afternoon !
and the pitcher was almost overcome |
when the last inning of the second i
game had been reached. The score |
was l to O. against the home club when,
in the last half of the ninth. the pitcher /
went to the bat and singled. The next
man up was big Irishman. whom An
1erson dubs OToole. He larrups the
bail to the farthermost corner Of the
lot. the ground rule being batter
;ould take all the bases he could make
oE hit. The pitcher. of course, is on
first when the long blow comes. He
starts on his circuit of the sacks. but.
being all in. collapses at third and can
get no farther. Along comes the big
Mick with the speed of racing car.
Taking in the situation at a glance, he
stops and picks up the pitcher, puts
aim on his feet, SeiZeS him under the
arms and propels him to the plate, the
pitcher responding automatically to
the big dynamo behind him. They |
reach the plate barely ahead of the
ball and Anderson calls them both safe
md the home team wins the game. The
pitcher is still out and doctor comes
from the stand and pronounces him
dead. OF course, he regains conscious
ness. but the incident goes into base
ball annals as the first and only time
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lying at third, yet scoring a run.
Representatives of two local boat
clubs will leave here tomorrow after
noon to take part in the Peoples re-
gatta in Philadelphia July 4. The Po-
tomac club will be represented In nve
different events and the Analostan
club will have its eight-oared shell in /
the jUnior race. 1t is stated by those
who are in positions to know that the
Junior eight-oared race lies between |
the Potomac and Analostan crews. One
of the men connected with the clubs !
stated few days ago that he did not
know of another eight that could win
from either of the local boats and that
the race put up between them should /
be excellent.
The Analostan crew won from the |
Potomac bunch during the early part |
Of the spring over the course on the |
Potomac. Since that time the Potomac
eight has been training hard and all ,
the men are in much better condition. |
They viii put up "a whole lot better
race in Philadelphia than when they
met the Analostans over the local |
course. The Analostan club, Of course, |