Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-29
BY II. C. BYRD.

The crucial stage is being reached IN
practically every race in the amateur
leagues There is hardly a circuit in
which the next two weeks will not give
q fairly definite view as TO how matters
stand with respect To the probable pen
nant winners. Even now the fight In
the majority of leagues has narrowed
down to two or three clubs. in the most
cases two.
IN some of the leagues these two or
three leading teams may carry the
race right down to the end of the sea-
son nip and tuck but it is likely that
there will be only one or two such close
competitions
Perhaps there is no league which gives
promise Of a closer race than the Capital
City In that the fight IS between two
teams but there is not a great deal OF
advantage for either. The breaks are
liable to throw the championship either
way. If the Bankers or Cornell We're to
have one of their best men disabled or
something takes place which will tend TO
throw the ADVANTAGE with one il will
most likely he the winner. There is the
possibility. of course that one OF the
clubs will make a runaway of the race
In the closing stages. but such an ending
is not probable.
The league in which the teams in gen
era! seem TO he most eUenly matched is
the Central Four clubs have been in the
running for the championship in that
circuit fc- month, with none having
great advantage over the others. Twin
in. Government Printing Office. Sher-
wood and Union Printers are the clubs
that are in the running. Two clubs In
he NJ Ia I Ca ri
CT almost even terms. There is only a
margin Of half game between St Ste
phen's and Trinity. The race is between
these two clubs. and there is not much
chance for any Of the others TO pass
them. In the Southeastern League IL al
ready appears that the Mohawks have
the strongest club. They have been win
ming more consistently than the other
teams ard bid fair to keep up their gait.
Although the Mohawks are out in front.
the Compassionate and the Yankees have
a chance.
One series IN the Federal League has
been completed the circuit reorganized
and several gan Of the second series
piayed. The Petworth nine won the
championship in the first series. and IT
is very probable IL Will play the winner
Of the one now being carried out for the
final claim 70 the title. Pension Bureau
lie now leading in the second race. with
two games won and none lost.
Ninth had much the advantage in the
East Washington Sunday School League
Until the order was given TO play over
the game that was protested by First
Methodist Protestant. When that con-
test takes place the First NJ P. bunch
viii get its chance to even up things in
a measure. II the game is lost to Ninth
though that win probably mean that
the Christians will win the pennant
There is no other club that has a chance
to beat out either of the two mentioned.
Emmanuel Baptist has. so far, proved IT
ed in the Northwest Sunday School
League II is way out in front with a
record of ten games Won and none lost.
There has been some talk of extending
the schedule in this circuit. but. unless
that is done. il is certain that the I'm
manuel bunch will play in the post-sea-
son series. Interior has been going along
In the Departmental League winning its
games rather easily. 1t is leading with
only one loss charged against IL and with
twelve victories to its credit Post Office.
which has not struck its stride. Is second,
with eight victories and three defeats
The races in the several leagues have
narrowed down so that right now the
winners are sure to be one of two or
three teams and within the next two
weeks II is likely that II will be rather
easy to determine which will have the
championship in the majority of the cir
cults
Mark De Grange. who was one of the
nainstays on the track at Technical High
for two or three years, has been rendered
position as physical instructor in the
Epiphany Church gymnasium. He will
have entire charge of the work there next
wilmer and will take up his duties early
in the fall. De Grange should make a
competent instructor, as he seems to have
very definite idea as to what is needed
and what the boys themselves desire
He says that he not only intends to turn
put good basket ball team. but that the
-
struction will not he lost sight OF. Z
To those who say that athletics do not
help college in attracting students ref
erence is made to some statistics compiled
recently For Illustration take Harvard
and Yale. When Harvard beats Yale il Is
roted that the freshman class at Harvard
the following year shows much larger
percentage OF increase than the one a,
Yale When Yale wins from Harvard ir
the majority OF contests. just the oppo-
site Is noted. There Is not one factor
which influences a boy as much in the Sc
lection of a college as the comparative
standards of athletics In the colleges
one of which he must enter. In the data
referred to. il was also noted that the
captains of the various athletic teams
showed decided preference for Har
ward. In view of the fact that Harvard
Was extremely successful in sports las
winter that is undoubtedly the reason
for the trend toward il. Especially does
II appear that that Is true when IL Is con.
sidered that the great majority go II
Yale when that university has stronger
teams than the Crimson Here is an ex
act total OF the captains of the variou:
prep school teams who will enter thu
several colleges: Harvard. ten base bal
captains. six crew captains. eleven foo
ball captains and five track captains,
total OF thirty-two leading athletes; ysle
six base ball captains. no crew captains
three foot ball captains and three tract
captains. a total of twelve leading ath
letes: Dartmouth. one base ball captain
one crew captain. no foot ball captainl
and three track captains. a total of ~.
leading athletes: Princeton. two foot bal
captains only: Cornell, one base ball ans
one foot ball captain: Brown and Chicag,
Art Institute. one base ball captain each
Colby and University of Maine one foo
ball captain: Tufts. one track captain.
II will be noticed from this record tina
Harvard gets a total of thirty-two lead
ing athletics from the prep schools. Will.
Yale. which is next to il. secures onl,
twelve OF the men who must have stoot
AZ tho head OF athletics in the severa
preparatory institutions. Only one con
c!usion can be drawn from this: That
II due 20 the supremacy Of Harvard II
Htkiertcs during tie past scholastic year