Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-31
BY II. C. BYRD.

The first games of the intercitv series
will be played tomorrow. The Richmond
Grays. the club which has won the
championship of Richmond, will come
here to meet the Bankers In a double
header at American League Park. The
amateur base ball championship of the
south is involved in the winning or los
ing of the four contests scheduled.
Just how strong the Richmond Grays
are seems to be unknown, but there is
no doubt about it being more capable
combination than that which represent
ed the southern city last season. The
Grays beat out the Battle Axe nine,
which was the victor in 1912. in the race
by a good margin. The two teams were
in the same league. If the winners of
the title in Richmond are stronger than
the combination which represented that
city last year. and the Bankers are weak
er than they were during the regular
league season, which will certainly be,
as they will have neither Of their two
best pitchers on hand, and may have two
of their hardest hitters out Of the game,
there should be played two of the closest
and hardest fought games, which have
yet taken place in the annual intercity
meetings
The first game of the double-header
will start at o'clock.
The Richmond club will arrive here
late this afternoon. Arrangements are
now being made to entertain the visit
Ors, and every courtesy possible will
be shown them. Just how largee a party
will accompany the Richmond boys is
not known definitely. but it is expect
ed that the great majority of fans will
not come up until tomorrow morning
The club Is coming here today in order
not to have to endure the fatigue of
the long ride on the train before the
two games, which would be especially
hard If 1t should happen to be very
hot day.
There is a possibility that Mike Nc
Donald will play in the games tomor-
row. but it is certain that Norris will
not be able to get into either Morris
will not play until the second double
header. and 1t is not at all certain that
he will be in shape by that time. These
two players being out of the games
will mean that the Bankers will be
weakened. and consequently will not
be able to show their best form.
For the first time in two months
Loomis, one of the Bankers pitchers.
showed something like his real form
yesterday. He cut the ball across the
plate in the exhibition game with
Sherwood with a freedom of motion
that has not been his in a long while.
Loomis started the season with the
Bankers with a no-hit game and pitch
ed two other winning contests In sue
cession. 1t looked as thouE n ne Wouiu
be one of the pitching mainstays, but
for some unaccountable reason some
thing went wrong with his arm ana
he has done very little work since the
middle of the season. Yesterday ne
seemed to get back something of his
old form. cutting q good fast ball ana
curve across the plate with a smoother
movement than he has been able to use
in weeks
This lad Robinson who played first
for Sherwood yesterday Is very
clever youngster around the bag mere
are not many better fielding hrst base
mon In the city than the Interior man.
and with a stronger ball club he would
J show UP mighty well.
In the exhibition game played he
| tween the Bankers and Sherwood the
latter was not able to make much OF a
showing Allowance must be made.
though. for the absence OF several or
F.! the best players on the team, whose
placed had to be filled with weaker
| performers.
A rather unique feature Of the ball
game Of yesterday was that Reggie
| Rawlings struck out the first time up.
upon which everybody on the opposing
| team laughed. Now. il is not such a
unique thing for a ball player to strike
| out, but the funny part of this came
! in ''He who laughs last laughs loud
est" The next time Rawlings came up
| he got two hits in the same inning.
The double header between the Bank
ers and Richmond will be the second
| time that the Bankers have appeared in
| an intercity series. 1t will be remem-
| bered that the Trust Company nine was
| in the series In 1911. only to lose out to
the Maryland Athletic Club OF Balti-
more.
1t is rather interesting to note in this
connection that the MARYLAND Athletic
Club has not seemed overanxious to en-
| ter the intercity series this season. Last
year ii turned over everything in its
power in order to get into IL, but the
| local people and Richmond were against
the idea This summer the manager of
| the Baltimore team was told by the meI,
In charge of the club which has won
| He was asked at that time to make inn
| mediate application for admission into
the series. No application has been
| made.
| The members Of the American Security
| team would have supported the idea OF
| allowing the Baltimore team to enter the
| series as 1t would like very much the op-
| portunity to get even with the Mary
/ landers for the beating of two years ago
| The Trust Company lads figure they have
| a good chance to win il the clubs meet
i and there is plenty of reason to sub
| stantiate their contention.
The Washington Union Printers team
will leave this morning to take part In
the annual championship games to be
held In Pittsburgh this week. Every