Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-21
BY II. G. BYRD.

| BY II. g. BYRD.
| Almost every kind of a score resulted
in the games played in the amateur
| leagues yesterday. There were ties.
games which ended in one team winning
| mines fought right down to the finish on
nearly an even basis.
Tie games We're played in the Depart
mental and Central Leagues. The In
terror and Post ONCE teams engaged in
3 to contest in the ormer. while
Waverly and the Emeralds finished in the
latter with one run each. The Potomac
and East Washington Sunday School
Leagues are the circuits which staged
close contests. Over in Anacostia the
Congress Heights aggregation got away
with the long end of the score against
Oxon Hill, 6 to ). while Keller won from
Reformation, 6 to 5, in the church organi-
zation.
More games were won yesterday by
big scores than any day since the opening
Of the season. There were four con-
| clubs had no trouble in scoring almost
at Will. Emmanuel defeated Mount
Pleasant in the Northwest Sunday School
League by Il to 8; Trinity won from St.
Stephens in the Marquette League by
L to l: Civil Service scored 10 runs
circuit. and the Iroquois found st. Paul
| an easy mark by 10 to 1 in the Rose
dale.
scholastic series yesterday rather easily.
1t got away with the long end of the
score against Central by 0 to 5. Iech
took the lead by a good margin right
Ct st. the as start. scoring I'VE runs in the
really dangerous after that, as four more
men crossed the plate for the Manual
Trainers in the seventh, Central getting
only three runs In the meantime.
Four members of the Technical team
connected with the ball yesterday for
tive hits each. Jakey Roberts, Flood,
Mccarthy and Steed were the ones who
hit better than the average. Three of
these youngsters got three-baggers.
for the extra bases. Tech hit better
than is usual for high school team,
anyway. twelve safeties being registered
ia Its hit column.
aI Iks Me Cd. add. did some mighty nice
ond was mucl, above the usual. He
accepted nine chances without an error,
five Of them being put-outs and four
asaists. D1lckmiller played well at
third for Tech. while Helm and Harris
Central Hartshorn especially. as he ac-
cepted seven chances. five of which were
assists.
Trinity. led in hitting in the Marquette
League. He got three safeties, one a
two-bagger, out Of four times at bat 1t
was rather remarkable that though Hill
leary played first he had emily two put
outs. There are few ball games in which
the flrst-sacker gets SO few outs.
Fitzgerald had five chances at second
for Waverly against the Emeralds. &C
cepting them all. All were assists. Dom
nelly f1elded nicely for the Emeralds, hav-
ing six chances in his favor and only
one misplay marked against him.
Stanton. pitching for Waverly, al
lowed the Emeralds only three hits. two
Of which were secured by "Shag'' Raw
lfngs. McDonough also did some good
| work in the box for the Emeralds. In
fact, the whole contest waged around
the hurting Of the two men mentioned.
Had either faltered at several stages he
| would have lost
More timely hitting gave Congress
Heights its victory over Oxon HILL Sew
eral Of the wallops were for extra bases,
while one or two members OF the winners
also got extra-base clouts.
Hard hitting by Emmanuel featured the
,, contest in which it won from Mount
Pleasant. Tho victors connected for four
teen sa6eties. Cash, playing third, led in
the smuggling. getting four hits in as many
trips to the plate. Cash's record was the
best made in any Of the leagues. Dole
man, at first for Mount Pleasant. did
some very creditable work He got two
| hits In two attempts and had three as.
sists, though his number Of put-outs was
very small.
Twenty hits for tho Iroquois and only
three for St Paul tell the story Of the
one-sided victory OF the former. Nearly
everybody In the lineup Of the Iroquois
team got two or three bingles, while Pow
er. pitching for the winners. allowed only
three to be registered against his deliv-
cry. Six errors by the losers also helped
in the run-getting. st. Paul was COM
pletely outclassed, the Iroquois scoring
| seven runs in the first.
| Notwithstanding the fact that Interior
outhit Post ONCE more than double II
was unable to secure a victory. -Four
teen times did the Interior team drive
tho ball into safe territory, while Post
Once had only six safeties charged to
It's credit, yet both teams scored five
runs. Pollock and Tansill Of Interior
and Anderson Of Post Office led with the
bat. The frst mentioned got three hits
out OF four times up. the next three out
Of five trips to the plate, and the latter
three in four. Only ono was for an ex-
ira base. that being a two-bagger by
Pollock.
Mortimer held down shortstop for kel.
Ter against Reformation In fine style
His work was tho feature Of the contest
He had five assists and two put-outs
long and Finch did the best work fol
the losers. Reformation did the bette,
hitting. getting thirteen safeties agains
eight for Keller.
Levin held Navy to three hits in thu
Treasury League and Civil Service found
little trouble winning. Levin's pitching
coupled with some hard and timely hit
ting by his teammates, gave the Civi
Service nine an easy victory.
zupnicls. at third for the winners, did