Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-11
BANKERS MUST
BEAT PETWORTH
In Order to Have Fair Chance
for Championship Trust co.
Nine Must Win Today.
EMMANUEL TO PLAY
THE MOHAWK TEAM
JaesCke and Handib0e Will
Have Charge of the Two ;.
Games-0ther Gossip.
BY n. C. BYRD.

The Bankers must win today's game
with the Petworth club in order to have
a fair chance to win the city champion
ship. OF course. if the Capital City
League champs should lose. they would
still be in the running, but their chance
would depend more on what the other
clubs did than on their own playing.
The situation as it stands now will
force the Bankers to go at fast gait
to finish in front, but if Petworth were
to win this afternoon they would have
to take every remaining contest, while
Petworth and Interior would have to
break even. In case the latter happens,
the series would end in a tie, with Pet
worth, Interior and the Bankers to play
another series to decide the title. unless
the Trinity club of the Marquette League
should step in and take a game from one
of the clubs. and most anything is liable
to happen in the series now going on.
Somebody made a mistake when it was
reported in one of the morning papers
that Zachary played way below his usual
form in the game the Bankers lost to
Interior last Saturday. Ii there was
one man in the Bankers lineup who was
up to his usual mark, Zachary was he
1t was his excellent throwing to secon
in the first three innings that got his
team out of several holes, and there was
a man on third when one of the men was
thrown out On another occasion he
went clear out to the pitcher and fielded
a bunt that he had thought the hurler
was goins to take. He got the man at
first by a quick throw. The only m stake
with which he could be charged during
the entire contest was when lie fielded Il
bunt and played 1t to second. with a man
on ilrst and second. when he could have
gotten the man at third. He got the
runner at second, at that, although the
umpire did not call him out
Two games are scheduled to take place
today. Emmanuel will meet the Mohawk
club of the Eastern League and the Pet
worth team will play the Bankers. The
Petworth- Bankers contest will be on the
Petworth grounds. while the Mohawk I'm
manuel game is booked for the Central
League diamond. Jaesclle and Will Handi-
Doe will have charge of the two games.
Emmanuel and the Mohawks are proba-
bly, the weakest teams in Section Il. and
there will not be n great deal of general
lot Of rivalry between the two clubs.
though. and each will make a determined
effort to win.
1t is probable that one of the largest
crowds of the year will turn out to watch
Interior and the Bankers when they meet
again. Already there have been many
inquiries as to when the two clubs We're
scheduled to play their next contest. and
interest in the game will be great. People
want to get a look at this Departmental
League club that managed to win de-
cisively from a nine that was touted as
its superior.
should begin earlier 1t is not right that
in a series of championship contests
the games should start SO late that only
seven or eight innings can be played.
That is hardly a fair test of the strength
of two clubs. many game having been
won In the last two periods of play.
Sutton, playing left field for the Trim
ity club of the Marquette League. held
down job on the Mt. ST Mary's Col
lege nine last spring, and did some pretty
good work, too. He has been hitting and
fielding well in the Marquette League
this season.
Ii the I'ankers finally win out in see
ton \ an the Ninth Street club is the
victor in section Il, it is probable that
there Will be greater general interest in
the final playoff between the two sec
tons than has been known in Il long
while. Ninth has u great many sup
pOrters in East Washington, and all of
them will be backing the club to win The
Bankers are also favored BY MANY of
the fans, and if these two clubs meet In
the last series OF three games there will
be some spirited contests and much en-
thusasm shown.
Pctwnrth has two Very capable pitchers
on whom il can depend. They ne. Gal
lasher and kidweA. Both have been do
ns some very good work this year. and
their hurting has been responsible for The.
success Of their club even more so than
any especially good playing on the part of
the mel behind them. Those two men
are the most dangerous factors the other
clubs have to consider.