Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-02
CORNELL-BANKERS
SERIES To BEGIN
Championship of Capital City
League Will Be Decided
Within Few Days.
RAILROAD Y. NJ. c. A.
TO HOLD ANNUAL OUTING
Will Take Place Next Friday,
and Many Athletic Events
Are Carded.
BY II. C. BYRD.

By 81. C. BYRD.
Cornell and Bankers will begin a
series Of games today which will deter
mine the championship of the Capital
City League in short order The next
contest will take place Monday and
another Tuesday provided weather
conditions are not too bad. The final
meeting between the two clubs is
scheduled for Friday. All the games
will be played no matter il the cham
pionship is decided before the final
one.
AS the two teams stand there is no
denying that the odds favor the Bank
ers, and also it can be said that Cornell
still has a chance to win. The bank
team is leading the league by a mar
gin of two full games. To make the
championship absolutely certain IL
must win two out of the four contests
scheduled. Cornell must win all four
to make sure of the pennant, and must
take three out of the four to tie. If
Cornell should win three out of the
four games another would have to be
played in order to decide the title. If
the Bankers should take the first two
contests they will have the champion
ship. but the other two contests would
be played anyway.
1t Is very probable that Ffenle and
Smith will be the opposing pitchers in
the game of today: that is. Of course, IL
Smith can be gotten down from Hanover,
Pa, his home. Smiths work during the
last part OF the last game prayed be-
tween the two clubs was Of such a
character as to indicate that duel be-
tween him and Fienie, with both going
well, would result in a very close game.
Smith has a lot of stuff on the ball, al
though he might use it to better ad-
vantage. A pitcher of the Fienle type,
with the amount of stuff that Smith has.
would be eligible for membership with a
big league club. and he would more
than make good
The Cornell team had a much harder
time getting away with the Waverly
club yesterday than anybody anticipated.
The score Of to l shows that the
Waverley youngsters gave their older
opponents a hard time to win from them.
O'Dea pitched exceptionally good ball
after a long lay-on, and, as his team
played errorless ball behind him, was
able to keep the Cornell score down.
Johnson, who worked for Cornell. got
away with his game rather handily. He
struck out nine and allowed only four
hits. OF course. his work does not merit
the commentator, though. that does that
of O'Dea, the former not being against
anywhere near as capable hitters.
The Railroad Y. NJ. C. A. will hold its
annual outing at Chesapeake Beach next
Friday. Many athletic events have been
carded, and they are of such character
that much interest should be inspired.
The events scheduled are as follows:
tFor men. sixteen to twenty-five years
old)-1OO-yard dash; standing broad jump;
hop. skip and jump; running broad jump;
reindeer race, thirty yards.
(For men over twenty-five years old
Fat mems fifty-yard race for men 100
pounds or over; elephant race, thirty
yards and return tone man carries his
partner on his back for thirty yards. they
exchange places and return to starting
poinD; coat, collar and hat race, fifty
yards and return tat the starting signal
each contestant will remove his coat, col
lar and hat, run with them fifty yards.
put them on and return); human wheel
barrow race, twenty-five yards and re-
turn.
Couple relay race-Lady and gentleman
each team, fifty yards and return.
Couple driving race-Lady and gentle
man each team, seventy-fve yards.
Ladies' sixteen to twenty years old
Fifty-yard running race; throwing base
ball for distance; flaming race Cat start
candle and run sixty yards with the
candle afame. the first crossing the line
Is the winner).
ladies over twenty years old)-Flaming
race; blfndfOld walking race, fifteen
yards); throwing base ball for distance.
For boys and girls-Seventy- five-yard
dash for boys under sixteen years of age:
hopping race. thirty yards: fifty-yard
dash for girls under sixteen years of age;
hopping race, thirty yards; thirty-yard
dash for boys and girls seven years of
age and under.
Besides the regeular events. it will
be noted that several unique contests
have been carded. Many of them are
decided laugh producers.
reggie Rawlings, who has been out
or town for the last week, will be back
IN the Bankers lineup this afternoon.
.fhe youngster was down in Federals-
burg, on the eastern shore of Maryland
when he was communicated with over
the long-distance phone He said that
ne would be back Immediately. giving
it as his intention to get out Of Fed
eralsburg on the late train yesterday
afternoon.