Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-06
BY II. C. BYRD.


showing much better form now than at
the beginning of the season. Their work
is SO much superior to that shown during
the first two or three weeks there is
hardly any comparison. Not only are
they allowing less hitting. but their field
ing. watching of bases, and work III gen.
eral are much improved.
The majority of the pitchers IN 'he
circuits were compelled to begin work
without preliminary practice 1t is not
likely that half n dozen of the youngsters
now doing their regular turn on '"e
mound even warmed up before they went
in to pitch their first games this season
1t could hardly be expected that they
would show any vast amount of STUN at
the start under such conditions. With two
months work, though, things are very
| different The hurlers are in GOOD enough
condition to go the route IN aiiilost any
| games they appear ill., and In the indJoiIs
! of instances they give fairly gooo account
of themselves. When the season began
/ there were few we'll pitched games noted
| in the accounts, but now IT IS o!teh ina.
| games are won and lost by the barest or
margins. And more often than not poor
| play back of the man on the MOUND Is
| responsible for the deciding tallN
And in talking about pitchers in the
! amateur leagues. IL might De mentioned
| that there are several very capable per-
/ formers in each of the leagues. In fact,
almost every team has at least one man
on whom il can really depend to make
creditable showing against the other ciuos
| in its league
| There are more pitchers of class in the
| Capital City League than in any other
1t would be hard to find better men In
the city than those doing mound duty Tor
Cornell and the American Security and
1 IT
eight men signed hp, and all of them are
above the average, else Cornell would not
have them. sullivan and Thompson are
the mainstays of the team, although there
are others capable of doing clever work
at times For instance, it would be hard
to find better man in the city Tor Two
or three innings than Sam Edmonston
The Bankers have only two men working
| regularly now. LOOMS and Flenle, al
though Dyer will be one of the pitchers
during the remainder of the season.
| Fienle is an exceptional tWirler, one VINO
stands among the best men in amateur
\ ball, while LOOMS and Dyer would have
the odds in favor of them against the
great majority of clubs they face. Beach
of the Southland team and Stanton of
| Waverly are the most dependable men
for their clubs.
| Russus, Bryant, Bell and Becker are
| the four most dependable men in the
East Washington Sunday School League.
| All have done good work for their re-
| spective teams. and against the best clubs
| in the poSt-season series are likely to
prove a hard proposition to beat. Rhodes
and Smith. in the Central Edsness and
| Gray in the Departmental. and so on
| through the other leagues ii will be found
| that it is mainly through the excellent
| work of some clever fellows in the box
that certain teams are making the night
| for the pennant- Good pitching Will hold
| up an amateur team better than any
other base ball quality.
| While the Cornell and American Secur-
| ty and Trust Company teams have not
met for two weeks, it is likely that two
games will be. played between them this
week They are scheduled to play sat
| urday, and one of the two postponed
games will be booked for Tuesday. These
| two games will be very important in that
| the two clubs are running very close
race for the championship in the Capitai
City League. If one or the teams can
win both games the advantage derived
will be SO great that it will be difficult
| for the other to make up the lost ground.
Right now the Bankers are leading, Dut IL
| is by such a small margin that the loss
| Of a. game to any club will place Cornell
on top
The Emmanuel club in the Northwest
Sunday School League, seems to be going
| at a gait that will not allow of its being
| consistently defeated by the other teams
/ 1t has been winning so much that II ID
! out in front by big margin, and TO
| dispIace it would mean that it would have
/ to be defeated regularly by almost every
| club il meets for some time, which is not
| likely to happen. III the youngsters VINO
compose the team continue to play any
| where near the kind OF ball they nave SO
far there is not much Likelihood that
they will be ousted from the top berth
| If there is more clever outf1elder in
the amateur leagues as far as the hano-
nod n
| McDonough OF the Waverley team he
| has not vet been found. And he Is con-
| sistent too. Hardly a game goes Dy
| that he does not make catch above the
ordinary. He can go either IorWaro;
backward or to either side with equal
/ facility and he has not dropped the ball
once this season. If every fielder in the
| city could chase flies as well as McDon-
ough there would be good many hits
| turned into outs
/ There is a possibility that the Analostan
| eight which won the race at Philadelphia
| Friday will be sent to the National re-
gatta. and it is certain that it will take
nart in the Middle States. The first men
| toned is to take place at Boston ana the
last at New York. 1t is reported that the
clubs will defray the expenses OF the
crew to both regattas. believing that IL
will be a BILE to make an excellent showing
in both.
| If ever crew deserved consideration
il is that which won for the Anaiostans ~
the Peoples regatta. They got out ana
began to row while knowing absolutely
nothing about. the sport, and. by the
hardest kind of toll have been developed
| into one of the best Fights in the country
, in their class. 1t IS rather notable that
! rowing experts made the statement that
the rowing done by that eight was about
the best they had ever seen IN Junior
race 4 great deal of credit is due Coach
/ Hecox who has been in the main respon-
! sible for the boys getting out for that
| kind of work. but to the boys themselves
| should go a full measure OF praise,
| While il is not generally thought es-
pecially by those knowing little about the
sport that tennis is very strenuous
| game, just the opposite Is true. To play
! tennis as tennis should be played means
force must be brought into play, and held
, concentrated That the sport is strenuous
! enough to be declared more eXhaustlnS
! than foot ball is the statement made by
| a former tennis champion, r. ID. Wrenn.
| who was also foot ball player.
| Here is what he has TO say relative to
! the two games:
There is no comparison in the strain
| the two games put upon the body. 1t Is
\ much ca sier to go through two thirty-fve-
I minute halves of foot ball than to play a
I five-set championship match OF tennis.
| ITO be sure the game can be played IN
a lazy. lackadalSicai manner, out IL ISL
really tennis.
| MANY young players begin too strenu-
ously. The first spring day on the courts
(, calls invitingly for a good, long after
/ Uoon's sport Result-getting overtired.
I Now the overtired boy goes right at