The Washington herald., 1913-08-06
BANKERS LOOK
TOBE WINNERS
American Security and Trust
Company Club Picked to
Land District Title.
NINTH Is A CONTENDER
East Washinstoa Sunday SeAsel
Champions Should Give Capital
City Nine Good Battle.
By JOHN A. DUGAN.
1t looks like the Bankers.

II looks ike the Bankers.
Now that the winners in the various
circuits are all but decided, and the
Amateur Association has divided the
leagues into different sections, the sand
lot rooters in general are all pulling for,
and can see no other club as the winners
Of the District title than the American
Security and Trust Company club Of the
Capital City League.
The Bankers outfit measures above the
standard Of the other clubs and should
nave an easy time landing top honors
tiers should get away with the other rep
resentatives in this section with bur
little trouble, and the best that can be
hoped for the other mines is the holdin,
down of the scores.
Outside Of the Bankers in Section A
the Interior club. of the Departmental
League. has slightly the shade on TIN
ity, and either of the clubs that are now
fighting 1t out for the title in the Fed
eral League. With Cantwell. Gray, and
Flannery going good, the Land Office
tribe may surprise the fans by checking
the fast Bankers in one or two games.
The fight for the cellar title in this
section will be between Trinity, the Mar
ouette League champs, and the Federa,
League representatives. The latter have
the best of the argument because both
f'airmont and Petworth, who are fighting
for the pennsnt in the Federal League.
are better fortified with the pitching abil
ity than the Georgetown boys.
In Section B 1t looks as if the Ninth
Street Christians will have an easy time
of 1t, but Billy Loves Sherwood nine
Is the only outfit In this class that vii.
have anywhere near an even chance of
playing the East Washington Leagusrs
close game. Emmanuel Baptist. tn.
Northwest League title holders, lack the
hurlers who can stand the gaff with
either of these clubs, but at the sar:.e
time the Kenyon Street tribe should find
The Eastern Leaguers easy picking.
But this an amateur series with
capital A 10 the amateurs, and although
each outfit Is the class of its circuit, a
little of the horse shoe stuff and one Of
those unexpected blows Is liable to
happen to any of the clubs the dope
may be upset and one of the dark horses
romp home in first position. Even
considering all these unexpected things
1t Is the one best. bet of the followers
OF the amateur games that the Ninth
Street Christians and Bankers will be
battling it out in the International
series when Monday the 18th Of August
rolls around.
This sectional series will afford the
sand-lots fans some real baseball and
each game should be hard fought from
beginning to end. Sizing up each club
nan for man, and considering the hurting |
strength of each. the Capital Leaguers
give the best promise of being awarded |
winners. The Bankers outfi: from present !
appears to have not only |
the ability within its club to cop the !
series, but that of repeating its feat of |
I'LL, when il won the District cam |
and sent our own Joe Boehling !
with the Battle Axe tribe back to Rich !
nond with a defeated club.
President Robert Young. of the Anna I
teur Association. made public the as
siSnn?ents of the umpiTes for the first /,
four games of the series in both sec
tons The clubs and date and officials |
who work are as follows:
August 9-CaTital City vs. Departmental, Capital |
lily PETk UnIir Mr. Jenkins
August s-East Washington Sunday School vs. |
INITIAL. East Washington Sunday School Grounds |
InIirc-AIr Handiboe.
August ll-Carital City V. Federal. Federal |
iFr'Inds- Umpire Mr.. Iacschk.
August lI-S0rthUest Sunday School vs. South !
aston. Central Grounds. Inn ire. Mr. Hardihoe (;
Ausust l2-fetleral Marquette. Ce.Itral Grounds
I'm ire--Mr Hsndihcc.
August l2-East Washington Sunday School vs. |
Northwest Sunday School Northwest Sunday School !
inUnds. UGrire-NTr. Jenkins.
August E-DeIartmcntal v. Marquette. Marquette !
August E-t'cntral ". Southeastern, Central Z
irunnds. Umpire. Mr. jenkins.
Owing to unforeseen trouble. Secre- ,
tary Shurtlef. of the commission, |
wishes to call attention to the man /
lgers and players in Section A series |
% the changes that have been made. in |
he schedule. On Monday the Capital |
rity League club will meet the Federal |
League club on the Federal League /
grounds. The Trinity club does not |
play on this date. The game scheduled |
Ior Monday in the first printed sched-
lie between the Federal and Marquette
leagues will be played Tuesday on the .
League grounds. /
Trinity. champion OF the Marquette
1eague. will cross bats with the fast
Wisconsin Athletic Club at Sis o'clock
omorrow evening. Manager Farquhar.
II the league champions, desires that
Ill players report for this game, as it
will be their last chance for a practice
,efore the start of the series.
After having a conference with Sec
etary Shurtleff and President Young,
" the commission. President Charles
Sebber. of the Eastern League, has
ecided to change his schedule for the
: eek so as to play Off the most i'm
.ortant games and to have a winner
ecideG by Sunday. The association
las given Weber warning that unless
he league decides a winner by Sunday
I.ght the board will take charge of
fairs and declare one of the clubs to
q representative of the Eastern
league in the series. Manager Weber
as announced the following schedule
or the week:
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