Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-24
RAWLINGS BEST
CLEAN HITTER
Questionable if the Trust Com
pany 0utfieIder Has a Supe-
rior in Amateur Ranks.
MUST HAVE BATTING
AVERAGE OF OVER 500
Reggie Leads His Team and
the Capital City League
by Wide Margin.
By II. c. BYRD.

There is one amateur ball player In
Washington who is without much doubt
the best clean hitter in the District. Not
only that, but it is questionable II there
is another man in the country, playing in
amateur ranks, who is his superior in
straightaway hitting. He is Reggie Raw
lings. It would be hard to find q worse
man for an opposing pitcher to have fac
ing him in a pinch.
There are several outhelders in the
amateur circuit who are as capable
in fielding and running the bases. and
there are some who are better. but not
one OF them is as capable at bat. It is
very seldom that he walks to the plate
and fails to hit the ball somewhere, and
generally 1t is a hard hit. He does not
have finished position at the plate, and
sometimes he looks foolish. swinging at
and missing the ball by a foot or more:
but he hits. which is the main considera-
ton. Rawlings goes to the bat swings
ridiculously at the first two balls
pitched. and the pitcher thinks the man
in front OF him is not what he is cracked
up to be. The hurler wastes q ball, then
shoots one over the out Or inside corner
of the plate. Whacki and the hurler
suddenly finds the ball coming at him
a whole lot faster than he threw 1t up to
the plate, or else he turns and takes -
last look at 1t as 1t disappears over the
fence. OF course, that does not happen
every time Rawlings goes to the plate. but
1t does more often than would be thought
Just what is Rawlings batting average
in the Capital City League is not known,
but it must be well over 600. improbable
&c hot "a fo IN A.
ing the Trust Company nine. with which
he plays. and the league also, by q wide
margin.
between the Maryland Meter Company
team of Baltimore and the Vfgilants. A
double-header will be played.
Donovan has been signed to train the
Harvard track and field teams for an
other period of two years. His work has
been of such q character that it Ii under
stood he receives a substantial increase
in salary.
The following games are scheduled In
the amateur circuits for this afternoon:
Capital City League-Waverley VS.. Cor
nell.
Central League-Printers vs. Twining.
Departmental League-Agriculture VS..
c. & L.
Federal League-Pension Bureau Va.
Petworth.
East Washington 8. s. League-St. Ag.
mes VS.. Ninth.
Junior League Highlsnders VS.. Iroquois
Northwest S. S. League-Jmmanuel VS..
Mount Pleasant.
Potomac League-Highland VS.. Steel
Plant.
Eastern League-western Buds VS.. Con-
gresstonals.
Marquette League-Trinity vs.. Holy
Name.
A meeting OF the amateur commission
will be held the first part Of next week
to decide upon all the details relative to
the opening Of the post-season series. One
or two protests will be taken I'D, and sew.
eral other matters Of no great Importance
VIII be determined upon. Owing to the
fact that the teams will be placed in two
sections according to drawings, the
trouble experienced heretofore in salts
factorily placing the clubs will DO elm
mated.