Evening star., 1914-08-18
Ninth Almost Certain to Ever
Up With Union Station in
Section B Today.
TREASURY WINS H0N0RS
FROM POST OFFICE TEAM
Takes Decisive Contest by Score of
s to 1-Eastern and Emer-
aids to Play.
BY n, C. BYRD.

A tie is almost certain to result in one
of the sections in the series for the anna
teur base ball championship Of the Dis
trict Ninth is just half game behind
Union Station in section B. and. as It 10
scheduled to play Brtghtwood today.
there IL not much doubt about Il being
able to even things up. Brightwood has
proved very weak and 10 not near as
Lfstrong as the Christians.
While a tie between two teams u Nke-
ly In section B, It Ii possible that one
may occur In section A also. Tho Emer-
aids are scheduled to play Eastern. and
il the latter is defeated the whole series
will be tied up. with all three clubs hav-
ing won two and lost two. The chances
appear good for the Eastern nine to win.
but II It does not the playing over OF the
whole schedule in section will be ne
cessitated, unless the authorities deter
mine to decide the issue in one afternoon
by scheduling a double-header and allow
ing the winner OF the first game to piay
the other club for the championship.
tie in one of the sections Is not 30
bad. because while the winners or the
other two are playing the nrst game IN
the intersectional series the two organi-
zations which stand on even terms IN
section can meet to decide the cham-
pionsnip in that class.
Downey has proved the nemesis Of
the Post Once team in this series. the
big left-hander, who has pitched the
Treasury club to two champlonshipe-
league and section-proved himseI IN
concerned, and will be big stumbling
block for the winners of the titles IN
section A and section B. The final
game in section c was played yester-
Post Office. Downey struck out eight
and allowed Post Office only four hits.
The Treasury club has gone through
the series without the loss Of a game.
1t has won from each of the teams
twice and stands at the head of the
list with four victories to its credit
and not a defeat registered against 1t.
When all is said and done, there are
two pitchers in Washington who have
proved their right to be classed as the
very best in the city-Downey and
mainstays Of their teams throughout
the league season and they have proved
invincible in the series in which they
are now taking part, SO far. Downey
the box. having defeated the Post Of
nee nine twice, team that was rated
as one of the strongest in the city.
Buck Becker has proved the stumbling
Dch LOT tDe OlAer CLUBS whenever
Eastern got In q hole.
Becker and Downey are left-handers
and it will be worth lot to see them
face each other in the two games in
which their teams will meet in the In
tersectienal series. There will be very
little hitting in such a game. that may
b. assured, and the fortunate breaks
probably will give the victory to one
or the other. Good speed and good
curves are the dependencies of the two
n
whole lot more than any other anna
teur mound artist in Washington.
Eastern did not experience much
trouble in winning from Tenleytown
yesterday. Tho Potomac Leaguers
started right in and got four runs in
the first inning. They hammered Jones.
the end of the period Four times did
men cross the plate In the opening
chapter. That number Of runs was sufi-
cient to guarantee the Potomac League
champions the victory. but they got
three more in the sixth to make 1t
certain. Tenleytown used three pitch
ers and all were unsteady. Becker
famed nine Of the Tenleytown batters
and allowed but five safe drives. Beck
er also contributed a three-base wallop
himself.
Union Station jumped into the lead IN
Brightwood easily. The station team
completely outclassed its rivals, out
hitting. outfielding and outplaying
them in every department
The feature Of the contest was the
pitching Of Tommy Thompson, His
work was such as to preclude any pos
4 Utility of the Brightwood outfit getting
the long end OF the score. The Sum
day school lads were incapable Of con-
Meeting with his delivery effectively at
any time. Thompson caused thirteen Of
the Brishtwood players to strike out.
Merrill Vaughn was the only Post Of
nee player that could hit the delivery
OF Downey yesterday. Vaughn made
two safeties out of four times at the
plate. both singles.
Barnhart and Bell did some hr,,uor.
fielding in the game between Post or
ffce and Treasury. Barnhart. for the
Mailmen, handled eight chances with
out slip. and seven were assists, too.
of the same number, but only Ave Of
his opportunities were assists. Baii.
incidentally. did some of the best bat
ting Tor Treasury. getting two two
B. Gist played a nice game at short
for Brtghtwood against Union Station
He took care of six chances without an
error.
The final standing Of the teams IN
section c. In which Treasury won the
decisive game for the champtonshin
yesterday. Is: Post ONCE won two
tand lost two: Treasury. won four ana
4 lost none. and Holy Name, won none
and lost four.
The two games scheduled in the series
today should afford some very, inter.
esting base ball. Ninth Is sure TO put
forth its best efforts to win from Bright
wood In order to get another chance tn
wrest the championship in its section
from Union Station. while the Eastern
club is going to work mighty hard to pre-
vent the Emeralds from causing a tie
all around in section A. Kelly is pretty
apt to do the hurting for Ninth. while
Forest Thompson Is likely to be on the
mound foS the Station outfit Eastern
may pitch Buck Becker right back again.
or 1t may give Cole another chance to
show what he can do II Cole again fails
to hold the Central Leaguers, Becker will
be rushed In with Cole left to open the
intersectional series tomorrow, provided.
of course. Eastern wins.
The largest crowd that has watched q
ball game in Anacostia this year probably
will be out to see the Emeralds and
Eastern play. The latter nine has a LOT
| OF followers In that section. the league In
| fact, beng almost exclusively an Ana.
| costa organization. and they are pretty
| sure to be on hand to back their club tc
| the limit Emeralds also have a lot OF
| adherents, and they probably will be Out
| in force.
1t certainly would have seemed to be