Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-15
By II. c. BYRD.


Interior and Petworth are scheduled to
play one OF the most important games OF
the post-season series today. Interior Is
leading in section A and 1t must win in
order to stay at the top. Petworth will
not leave many stones unturned in order
to get away with the victory. and In
terror will work mighty hard to retain the
lead 1t now has.
1t is probable that Dolly Gray and Kid
well will be the opposing pitchers. Both
men have done very well in their regular
league contests, and should pitch credita-
BILE ball Gray pitched one of the two con-
tests which gave his team the champion
ship Of the Departmental League. while
Kidwell was the main factor in the win
ming Of the Federal League title for Pet
worth. Both men are capable, and. with
any kind of backing, a very Interesting
game should result.
To stay In the lead the Interior club
must be the victor and to remain in
the running for the title in section A
the Petworth club must not lose. II
Interior wins 1t will retain the leader
ship in the section. while Petworth
will still have a chance II 1t Is the
victor. Unless Petworth can win 1t
will have little or no chance to finish
at the top. The game will have very
important bearing on the final result.
The contest will be played at Ameri
can League Park and will begin at 5
o'clock
II the Trinity club had not had one
bad inning 1t would have made a cred
liable showing against the Bankers
yesterday. Barring the one period, in
which the Bank nine got nine tallies,
its play was not poor by any means.
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get on bases "A lot. some very good play
on the part Of the Trust company in
field holding down the score.
The one inning in which the nine runs
We're made by the Bankers, was more or
less OF nightmare for the Trinity lads.
The work OF the team In that period was
much below its usual standard. One OF
the outfielders could not hold fly balls.
the third baseman came near getting hit
in the head with high fly which he tried
TO catch, and there were wild pitches and
Wild throws galore. 1t was simply
case of team going all to pieces for an
inning.
Jones, who replaced Hilleary in the box
for Trinity. showed good form. He look
ed to be a better performer than he has
been given credit for. His work was
good from the moment he stepped into
the box till the end of the contest.
1t is remarkable how many people
there are who can tell Just exactly what
should have been done after mistake
has been made. There were remarks
galore to the effect that Jones ought to
have been started against the Bankers.
To have listened to some Of the remarks
to that effect after it was seen that
Jones was going well would have
caused the impression that the ones
making them thought they were utter
ing words of greater wisdom than ever
did Solomon. A man who never saw a
base ball or a child would be able to
rectify mistake after that mistake is
apparent. class of people who should
be placed in the same category as the
.I-told-you-so's' are those who are for
ever trying to tell somebody what ought
to have been done.
The Ninth Street team had walkaway
yesterday in it's game with Mohawks.
The Sunday School League champions
got away with the contest in way that
admitted Of no doubt as to their super
iority. Their play in every department
was better and notably was this true of
the pitching. Not a single time was one
of the Mohawks' hitters able to connect
with the delivery of the Ninth twiriers
for a safe hit. Their work was very
weak against the article of ball hurled by
the Ninth Streeters. and that in itself
was sufficient to warrant a victory for
the opposing club.
Double-headers will be played in both
sections tomorrow. The double-header at
American League Park will be played
between the Bankers and Interior and be-
tween Petworth and Trinity. The games
in section b will be between Ninth and
Sherwood and between Ninth and I'm
manuel.
These contests. which are arranged as
subsidiary to the main games, are those
which were postponed last Tuesday owing
to Indictment weather. The Bankers-1n-
terror game will start at 2:3O as will that
between Ninth and Sherwood. The other
contests will start Immediately after.
1t begins to look as though LOOMS of
the Bankers is back in shape and ready
to pitch. He was used five innings
against Waverly last week and did not
allow a run, and yesterday he went two
innings against Trinity in a way that
would indicate that he is ready to take
his regular turn again. The youngster
has been laid up with a sore shoulder,
but will be lot Of help If he comes
through in the remaining games of the
series, which Is likely.
1t is doubtful whether or not Morris
will be in the game against the Interior
team tomorrow. His knee, injured In the
Petworth game, Is still very stiff. and the
chances are that he will be unable to