The Washington times., 1913-08-17
Standing of the Clubs.
By BRYAN MORSE.

c. c. Love, president of the East
Washington Sunday School League is
on the anxious seat today, with inter-
city baseball honors in sight. The rep
resentative of his league, the Ninth
Street Christian Church. through win
ming a double bill yesterday. is virtual
winner of the Section B series in the
post-season games.
Ninth is slated to enter the finals
against the Bankers team, picked by all
the fans to land the Section A title.
President Love sees a city title in plain
view If his team can down the Bankers
After that there is an intercity title, II
the winner of the Washington series
can down the Richmond champion.
President Love is more than anxious
to have his team come out on top and.
while there is every indication that his
nine will continue to play excellent ball. :
the Sunday School League president
says little He claims no pennant for
his nine, merely says that his team is
going along at top form, that he has
reason TO believe il will continue to play
good ball. and that he hopes it will give
good account Of itself in the remain
ing games.
All of which goes TO show that the
Sunday School League magnate is wise
enough to know where to stop and
clever enough to have the drop on all
the others. should Ninth come through
with a win against the Bankers and a
victory over Richmond in the intercity
series.
Ninth has good pitching staff. trio
Of hard-hitting outfelders, and a pinch
hitter that is somewhat chesty today
following yesterdays double bill
Ninth is far and away at the top of
section p today by virtue of a double
win yesterday at, the Central League
Park grounds. In the first set Sher-
wood was beaten by TO > in a game
well worth seeing. One big inning suf-
feed 10 turn the tide in favor Of Ninth,
and the three runs accumulated in this
round were more than enough TO put
damper on the aspirations of the Gen.
trail League winner.
Kelly and Rhodes hooked up in the
battle, and Kelly got a bit the better
OF the argument as the fielding behind
him as well as the hitting was a trifle
better. Ninth won as il did in the
second contest, although the fans were
not given the thrill that marked the
second bill.
Emmanuel, not counted particularly
strong and in no way conceded a chance
against Ninth in hitting strength or
ability to field, surprised its most ar |
dent admirers. GessfOrd, who received |
a beautiful trimming from Sherwood |
awhile ago, came back with a ven !
geance for the Emmanuel team and !
" Ni't -NIA4N4 SNASt DIdS u > llldl ne |
had the goods.
Ninth scored in the second, and the |
game went along with One-run lead |
for the Churchmen from the East |
Washington 5. S. League until the !
final frame. Emmanuel scored and |
Ninth came back with a run when Nil |
ton BrOOme, used as a pinch hitter. |
did some exceptional work with the
club.
Bankers had no difficulty in getting
ahead of the Interior team by a lO-to-4
score. The bank team won all the
way, and Interior failed signalIy to
display the form of a week ago, when
the team won its initial contest Two
big innings were all that was necessary
10 show the Interior team the way TO
the gate.
Florida avenue was one Of those far
Cical contests in which everything but
baseball is displayed. Trinity. Mar
Quette League leaders, fell before Pet
worth b. score Of l6 10 B. The UNI
pires called the game in the eighth
inning. !
Reggie Rawlings, of the Bankers. is
given the position of honor for being
the leading hitter OF, the Capital CITY
League in the averages published today !
In twenty-slX games, Rawlings got 2 n
average Of .42S, while in lwenty-nime
games Billy Martin whaled the ball for
.31i. Earl Steele, of Cornell and South
land, got .357 il twenty games
Congress Heights is meeting the
Apache team today on the Potomac
League diamond. The batteries for the
game are Moore and Hardesty for the
Congress Heights team and Kelly or
SmithsOn and LuscOmbe for the
Apaches.
Clarendon and Ballston, rival Virginia
teams, are meeting for the title at
Nigilants Park today. The winner will
meet the Nigilants in the last game of
a double bill.
Sherwood is meeting the Reina Mer-
ce0es team from Annapolis today 1T
the Central League grounds. Sherwood
won an easy game from the Trin.ty |
club yesterday in the post-season Sc
ries and is in fine shape TO tackle the
sailors, who are reported as being a
fast organization.