Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-28
WAVERLY WINS
|TSF|RST GAME
Yesterdays Victory Is Only
One 1t Has Secured
This Season.
G. P. o. AND SHERWOOD
TO PLAY TOMORROW
Will Probably Have to Play
Off a Tie in Central
League.
BY II. C.. BYRD.

The Waverly club won it's first game of
the season yesterday. While the tail-end-
ers in the Capital City League have two
wins to their credit, one Of them was the
result of forfeit by Southland. In no
other game this season have the young
sters scored more runs than the opposing
team.
There is no club i'm the city more de-
serving of a victory than Wayerly II
has gone out and played without the least
chance to win the championship, and with
the odds much against ii in every contest
in which it has taken part. The work of
the team has been earnest, has evidenced
the right kind of spirit. but the quality
of ball played has been a little below the
standard of the others.
Much of the spirit that has actuated
the players in their efforts to make the
best showing possible has been due to
Manager Stanton. He deserves a great
together he has. The manner in which
he looks at the situation was shown
clearly by an incident of a few days ago
The Bankers were scheduled to play
Waverley. 1t had rained quite a little dur
ing the early part of the day. and while
the Bankers We're on the field, only a few
of the Waverley players showed up. Man
ager Stanton went over to Mike Melon
| aid, manager of the Bank team and said
/ this: Look here, | phoned my players
| that they needn't show up today because
| of the rain, and after l found you fell
| lows were going to be here
could only reach few of them
Now l know that we haven't much
chance to beat you. but I dc not want to
forfeit game this year, and don't in
| tend to il l can help it, Mcdonald APP
prec.ated the spirit that actuated the as
sertion. and replied: ''All right, We'll call
| it off, and play it some other time
While that Waverley bunch has not won
| many games. and probably will not, il
! is impelled by the spirit which makes
base ball the game it is. Full credit
should be given to those boys.
The following games are scheduled to-
day in the amateur circuits:
Capital City League-Cornell VS.. Waiver
leys
Central League-Twining VS.. Sherwood
Departmental League-War VS.. Com
merce and Labor.
East Washington S. S. League-St
Agnes VS.. First NJ. p.
Northwest S. S. Leasue-Calyary VS..
Mount Pleasant
Treasury League-Interstate VS.. Fed
erals.
Eastern League-Yankees VS.. Avon
dales.
Marquette League-War VS.. St. Ste
phens.
POtOmdc League-OXOn Hill VS.. u. II. L.
The work of the Brightwood Sunday
School team for the past two seasons in
independent ball has been of such a char
, acter that it would appear that 1t could
make a good showing in either of the
two Sunday school leagues in operation
The youngsters composing the Bright
wood club have been playing some very
credita BILE ball this season and last. There
are several former high school stars in
the lineup, and if ptted against the
other Sunday school mines in a regular
league would probably make a close fight
for the championship.
If Sherwood beats Twining today in the
game scheduled in the Central League
the first series in the Central League will
end in a tie between Sherwood and the
Government Printing Office. Government,
Printing Office is now leading the league
with twelve games Won and three lost.
while Sherwood is in second place with
eleven won and three lost. If Sherwood
wins from Twining-and the chances are
it WILT will cause a tie between those
two clubs. The tie will be played off to-
morrow at the Union League Park. The
game will probably be attended by one of
the largest crowds that have seen an am
ateur contest this season. The two teams
have many followers and they will likely
be out in force to watch one or the other
of the clubs win the championship in the
first series.