Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-19
TEAMS WILL BEGIN
LAST SERIES TODAY
Eastern and Treasury in First
Game of IntersectionaI
Base Ball Schedule.
KELLEY PITCHES WELL
AGAINST THE EMERALDS
Allows Only Two Hits and Strikes
Out Fifteen Players-Downey
Against Becker.
BY II. C. BYRD.

1He lHtersectlonai amateur base Dali
series begins today. The first game will
be played between Eastern. winner Of the
championship in section A. and Treasury.
title holder in C. The contest will take
place on the Central League grounds.
The game is apt to be one of the best
of the year. Buck Becker and Lefty
Downey, rated as the best pitchers ir
Washington, will be opposed. and they
are certain to give a splendid exhibition
Neither is likely to be hit hard, and the
fortunate breaks will decide the issue.
Barring the two pitchers. Eastern has
a better team than Treasury. There is nc
doubt that Downey will have to do more
alright hurting than Becker in order te
win. The strength of the Treasury club
has been in Downey's splendid work or
the mound, and he has almost carried
the team to two championships by his
superb capabilities. Becker has a fairly
good nine back of him, though. it is moi
as strong extensively as has been claimed
at times. ...
The result of the game today Will BIZ
of inestimable advantage to the team
which wins 1t will start the series witt
a margin over the other mines that vii
be difficult to make up. The winning o.
the first game in short series, such a.
this is going to be, is worth whole lo
more than one would naturally think un
less he stopped TO consider the condi
tons. 1t will be nearly always goot
bet that the club taking the first of 6
short list of contests will be the one t.
finish in front.
The Eastern Athletic Club did not hav'
much trouble in disposing of the Elmer
in he a OF 90 mn in, fny, A
terday. "Finney'' Kelley, who has beer
making something of a reputation fO
himself with the Martinsburg semi-prt
nine this season, was brought down t.
do the hurting, and what he did to thu
Emeralds was enough to prevent then
from scoring even once. Eastern go
Kelley five runs, but one would hav'
been sufficient to win. Kelley strucl
out fifteen men and let the opposing bat
tiers down with only two safeties. Their
was never a period during the gam'
when Kelley was in danger of losing
Eastern got five runs in the first TIVE
periods, three in the first and two in tn,
second. and thereafter there was no
much doubt as to the issue.
Jimmie Donnelly was the one Emerald
player that performed in a way tina
would do credit to a member Of cham
pionship organization. Donnelly got one
of the two hits made by his team an6
took care Of eight chances at SECOND
base without a slip.
Donnelly has been playing mighty goo(
ball all the year for the Emeralds, and t.
him belongs the greatest credit for the
is not a better second baseman il
amateur base ball than Donnelly. and, tt
come down to the fine points, it is more
than likely that he is the best.
Brightwood forfeited the game it wa.
scheduled to play with the Ninth Stree
Christians in section 3, causing a tie be
tween Ninth and Union Station for frs
place.
The final game in this section will be
played this afternoon, Ninth and Union
Station being scheduled to meet to de-
eide the championship. This contest lis
to take place at the old Union League
Park.
Two games are to be played by each
club in the intersectional series. The
game today has already been mentioned
but the contests that are to follow and
the dates for the same are:
August 2O-Eastern VS.. Section B; UNI
pires, Handiboe and Woodward.
August 21-Treasury VS.. Section B; um-
pires, Woodward and Hughes.
August 22-Treasury VS.. Eastern; UNI
pires, Hughes and Handiboe.
August Dissection B VS.. Eastern; UNI
pires, Handiboe and Woodward.
August 25-Section B VS.. Treasury; um-
pires, Woodward and Handiboe.
All the contests are to take place on the
Central League grounds. This was done
because the facilities for gate receipts
are better, the location is more central
and none of the teams will have the ad-
vantage of its home field.
Two games were played on the local
lots yesterday between independent clubs.
One was won by the Takoma nine, from
team representing the Navy Depart
ment, by scoreof IA to 3, while the
other resulted in tie between the Vim
Athletic Club and the Holmes Bakery.
The pitching of Bennett for Takoma and
the batting of Nichols for the same nine
featured the aforementioned contest Hurd
at third for the Bakery team and Hun
temann behind the bat for the Vim A.
c. did the best work in the other.
If the Eastern club finds the services
of Finney Kelley available during the
entire post-season series. its chances for
HANGED. Kelley has become more prof.
cient by working continuously for the
Martinsburg nine. and coupled with a
brilliant left-hander like Becker, Kelley
would be even more effective than usual.
kelleys chief asset is a curve ball at
which the batters generally take swing
whether it is over or not.