Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-24
By n. G. BYRD.

The most important series in amateur
base ball begins tomorrow. The Nlntn
Street Christians and the Bankers VIII
meet in the first of the three contests
to decide the championship of the DIS
trict, the elimination series between the
champions of the several leagues having
narrowed down to these two clubs.
To attempt to pick one of the teams
an a sure winner is mere conjecture. IL
would be impossible to say that either
will win. because, upon what has been
shown this season, 1t is almost impossi-
bile to gauge the real strength OF Ninth.
1t won In the league in which 1t played
more easily than did any other club In
any other circuit, and 1t has taken the
title in its section without much greater
effort. Just how strong the club is has
not really been shown, and will not be
until It is pitted against one that Is In
That the Bankers are strong goes Tor
a certainty. There Is none to deny tnat
they have played capable ball all sea-
son. and 1t Is one of the strongest anna
in the District in quite a while. But
they have periods when they fall to play
al well as they should. They nave
dropped one or two games this season
in manner that would indicate that
any kind Of club would have a chance
to beat them II the contest were piayeo
under certain conditions.
inst What will be the result OF the nrst
game of the series or OF the series ltSei!
r. impossible to foretell. About all tnat
can be said is that the games are maety
inr for every little break IN the play.
az course. one or the other of the teams
10 liable to win the first game by q
1oodly margin. in which case less interest,"
would attach to the other contests;
crowd that has watched an amateur game
this year will be present to see the open
Ing game of the series between the TWO
sections tomorrow. The Bankers have
large following, while practically the
hand to give their support to the cham
Mons of the Sunday School League.
which holds forth in that section. II one
mr. the other Of the clubs win by q good
margin 1t is not likely that the attendance
- the contest ends in a close score the
chances are that an even larger crowd
will watch the remaining part OF the
series.
II % certain that Ninth will start
Bell or Bryant against the bank aggre-
cation. Besides these two hurlers. 1t mas
Kelly and Won Herbulis. but neither OF
these has shown as 8OUu tuIA nS tho
two previously mentioned. Bell and Bry-
ant have done some good work during
the regular league season. and they Will
he depended upon In the coming games.
BRYANT is a big fellow with lot OF
speed. according to reports while While b bas
gotten away we'll in the majority
81 his games The latter first sprang
Into prominence when he beat Buck"
Recker at time when the team
for which Becker was pitching had a
chance to make trouble for the Chris
tians. whether Bell or Bryant will be
tarfsd tomorrow Ia uncertain, but 1t is
s,,re that one Of these two will be the
choice.
II IN hard telling who will go on the
mound Tor the Bankers. While the first
aame of the series Is very important
and both teams will bend every effort
toward the winning of it, II must not be
FORGOTTEN that two games remain after
that. and some resources must be con-
served for those contests. The Bankers
have Murphy. who really did some
mighty fine work against the Trinity
club, champions Of the Marquette league.
last Wednesday. and he may be used.
Murphy is left-hander with a spit ball
that 10 mighty hard to hit. Besides him
there are Hof4ecker, Dyer, Loomis and
Holden. All these men have done some
good work during the season, and ali