Evening star., 1914-07-21
N, VS., s. LEAGUE
HAS CLOSE FIGHT.
Game Friday Between I'M
manuel and BrightWood
May Decide Pemant.
POST OFFICE is VICTOR
OVER INTERIOR. 7 TO4
Mailmen Get Most Important Con-
test of Year by Eighth
Inning Rally.
BY b. c. BYRD.

VIII win. but Socn an enulnS 10 tHe
schedule is not likely.
Brightwood and Emmanuel are only
half game apart. the former being in
front with fifteen games won and three
lost. and the latter second with fourteen
victories to its credit and three losses
charged against it. Whitney Avenue is
third with thirteen games won and five
defeats, two games behind Brightwood
and a game and a half back of I'M
manuel.
Just what will be the result of the play
between the two leaders is hard to fore
tell. Emmanuel and Brightwood have
been going along at about an even gait
all the season. and the championship is
much in doubt. In fact, SO much at sea
are the leaders that one Of the other
mines is apt to come fast and get VIC
tory over one or the other. which will
have a great deal to do with where the
title goes.
The big game of the year will be
played Friday, Emmanuel and Bright
wood being scheduled to meet, and IT
is more than likely that the result of
that contest will determine to which the
pennant shall belong. There has been
much rivalry between these clubs and
it is expected that the largest crowd
this season will be present to see what
promises to be great battle.
Reggie Rawlings ought to call Chris
Fienle to his aid in the race in the
Northwest Sunday School League. Raw
lings is the best batter and most valu-
able offensive player on the Immanuel
club. and it seems that d good pitcher
Fienle is in town, and if he would con-
sent to work game or two for the
runner-up the pennant would be as good
as cinched, because there is no amateur
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when he is right. The Georgetown star
has not pitched any ball this season,
though and probably has determined,
like the others of the Bankers team,
not to take part in the sport again.
The Union Station team got an easy
game to its credit yesterday in the
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. League when the
field. The forfeit placed the Station
team in the lead for the title. and. un-
less the league officials elect to allow
Station and Car Department to play be-
tween themselves for the pennant. the
honor will go to Station. 1t looks
not to get chance to fight for the
honor just because one of the other
clubs failed to show up. There is some
talk Of having Car Department and
Station play a final series for the title.
but whether that will be done has not
yet been decided
report from Atlantic City states
that Johnny Shugrue. the Georgetown
outfielder who has been playing for
jured in going after long fly in a
game in that town yesterday. Shu-
grue was not seriously hurt but it is
said that he received rather severe
shaking-up. He may be out of the
game for two or three weeks because
of a wrenched shoulder, but other than
that he is all right.
Post Office retained its lead in the
Departmental League yesterday by de-
feating the Interior nine by Z to 4. Ryan
again pitched brilliant game for the
Mailmen, striking out eight men and al
lowing only four hits. His work was
exceedingly good from the start to the
finish, and the runs scored against him
We're mainly the result of poor playing
on the part Of his support. Interior got
three runs in the second inning. but
Post Office came right back in the next
period and scored a like number. Then
Interior got another in the fifth and held
that lead until the last half of the eighth.
when Post Office got busy and hammered
out four runs. which gave it a suf-
ticient margin to win easily
Barnhart again was the biggest in
dividual factor in the defense of his
team. The Post Office shortstop handled
lot of pep in the infield from the
first inning to the last Barnhart also
proved of great help in an offensive
way, driving in three runs with two
hits.
There is one play in which Barnhar TT
excels any other intielder in the Depart
mental League. He can go farther back
into the outtield and get pop flies dropped
over the infield than any of his rivals
for honors. In fact, if the ball is any
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seldom that Barnhart fails to make the
play.
Anderson Of Post Office had a perfect
average at bat, getting three hits. out
OF three times up. Not member of the
Interior club connected with the ball
safely more than once
Gray. pitching for Waverly in the Cen
tral League. blanked the Emeralds yes
terday by to o. The inability of the
Emeralds to connect with the offerings
OF the Waverly youngster was the main
factor in their defeat. Although Waverly
did not bat very well. either. it man
aged to get its hits at the right time
The fifth was the big inning for Waver-
ly, as 1t got four of its five runs In that
period. McDonough had gone along very
well until then. but it was necessary to
substitute Norris at that time. Norris
checked the onslaught of the Waverly
bunch.
Ninth got the long end of the score in
its game with ST. Agnes. finishing with
marks of 4 to ). The Christians got a
three-run lead in the third inning and
were never headed after that. Their
work in the field and at bat was con-
sistent enough to prevent the opposing
club getting enough runs at any time to
make 1t very dangerous. Both teams
fielded well and Ninth had the advan
tage in the batting
Roundtree played the best fielding
game. He accepted seven chances at
second base for Ninth and did not make
an error. His work in general was bet
ter than the average in the East Wash
ington Sunday School League but he
did not get a hit. There have been few
contests of late that Roundtree has
failed to make at least one safety in,
but yesterday was an exception.
Pee is proving himself a good lead-off
man for the Ninth team. He is getting
on the bases very often, and it is sell
dom that he fails to walk or hit once
or twice in each game Yesterday he
connected with the ball safely on two
occasions. Pee also is playing a good
game in the outfield for the Christians.