Evening star., 1914-07-16
AMATEUR PLAYERS
SHOW GOOD FORM
Exceptional Work Is Done in
Almost Every One of Base
Ball Leagues.
THORNRURG OF PRINTERS
LEADS ALL THE BATTERS
Gets Four Hits Out of as Many
Times at Bat-Other
Gossip.
BY n. C. BYRD.

1 H. " D
Practically every game in the amateur
leagues yesterday was well player. There
| was not contest in which one of the
teams won by big margin. and there
was only one in which both clubs got
more than the average number of runs.
The most important contest was that
between Agriculture and Commissioners
The latter won by to 0 after one of
| the best played games of the year in
| the Departmental League. The work of
| The Farmers and Commissioners was
much better than the ordinary. Both
/ CLUBS went along until the sixth inning
! without score being registered. but in
| that period the winners got three across.
! IN the next they managed to score again.
| giving them a total of four. Both mines
felded well, while the general work was
excellent.
| The United Brethren and Keller played
! each other to standstill almost in the
| East Washington Sunday School League
| though United Brethren managed to win
| out in the last inning by :: to >. Until
I the ninth. Keller led with the score stand
ing to /. but in its half of that inning
the Brethren got two runs across the
| plate.
The Printers hit better than the EN-
eralds In the Central League. but lost
| Dy to I. Five runs. scored in the
ilrst two innings. proved too big a handi-
| cap for the Typesetters to overcome,
| though they made Il game effort to do
SO. The most runs Tailed in any one
| contest were made in the Railroad Y. NJ
Z. a.. League, Station getting ? and South
| ern t. st. Stephens won from St Mar
| tins in the Marquette League by 5 to
| i, poth clubs playing good ball.
| The Highanders took a fall out of the
Holy Name nine in the Rosedale circuit
| defeatinS it by 3 to .. The winners scored
{ thelr three runs in the seventh inning
| right after Holy Name had gotten its
a CI r,t$r Il ,-If
| and their support was excellent. There
! was another 3-to-2 game played. it TAX
| Ing place In the Northwest Sunday School
circuit, Whitney Avenue defeating the
ONO Club by that score.
There have been few days that have
been marked by as many well played
games as took place yesterday. The
teams. nearly all of them put up a brand
average. not one failing to produce some
thing that looked like the real class. In
one it was base running; in another the
nelding was Brilliant in others the pitch
ers starred, but in every one there was
something done out of the ordinary.
Perhaps the best playing done in any
Of the circuits was that of Handiboe and
Damphier, at second and short for the
Commissioners These two men fielded
brilliantly, accepting every one of their
chances. some Of which were quite diff
cult. Handiboe handled eight plays per-
K.
The play around second base was the
feature OF the game. and Damphier and
Handfboe come in for large share of
the credit for the victory, notwithstand
ing the exceptional pitching of Thompson
which made it possible.
Thompson held Agriculture helpless, as
FAR as effective batting was concerned,
the Farmers being unable to do anything
were made against Thompson. and they
were sufficiently scattered to keep him
out of danger Ten of the Aggies "bt
the dust on strikes. their swings missing
the ball by more than foot at times.
The Station team considerably out
batted Southern. getting thirteen hits
against four. Warthen pitched for Sta
a great deal Of stuff on the ball, got
away with his game rather easily. The
Southern batters found it very difficult
to connect solidly with his delivery.
Warthen also contributed a couple of
hits to his teams total. J. Thompson
| and Mold led the Station nine at bat,
each man connecting for three safe wal
lops. Mold was up only that many
! times giving a perfect average for the
day but Thompson was charged with
four attempts to hit safely.
The regenerated st. Martins team could
not hold off St. Stephens and lost to that
club by inability to prevent it from scor-
ing consistently. There were no big in
| nings for st. Stephens. but its persist
ency in getting a man across every other
inning or so was the factor that gave
! it the victory. There was not much DIFF
| erence in the fielding of the two clubs,
| though B. Gannt excelled in this re-
spect for st. Martins.
Tomlin, pitching for the Highlanders,
and Nops. ON the mound for the Holy
Name team, engaged in a pitching duel,
| the former winning by margin of one
kI-k
; mentioned. There was little to choose
between the two. Tomlin allowed Holy
Name only four safeties. while Nops pre-
vented the Highlanders from making
interesting games played in the RosedaIe
League this year. BY the way both
pitchers were going 1t looked very much
as If one run would be sufficient to win,
the sixth it seemed that the contest was
! as good as over. But it was only in the
very next period that the Highlanders
came across with three. and this was
all the scoring done by either club.
The Pumping Station team is scheduled
to meet the nine representing the Coast
Artillery tiI tomorrow morrow aft afternoon rn on the
| such good work for the Commissioners
in the Departmental League. will be on
the mound for the Pumping Station. and
should give the Coast Artillery men the
time of their lives to win.
Thornburg. who plays left field for the
Printers. had a big day at bat yester-
day. His work was as good as has been
done in the league this year. four hits
out of as many trips to the plate being
his record for the afternoons play.
Thornett one of Eastern Highs star
infielders. has been putting up a good
and consistent game at third base and
shortstop for the Station team in the
Railroad Y. NJ. c. a. League all the
year. There have been few contests in
which he has failed to get hit or two
and on more than one occasion his bat
ting has featured. Thornett was one of
the best Of the high school players in
every particular and there was little
fault to be found with his batting, field
ing base running.
There is another player in the Railroad
Y. NJ. c. A. League who is deserving of
special mention. He is Fred Heck. Heck
has undoubtedly developed into one of
the most capable performers In amateur
base ball, and 1t is very doubtful If there
is another man in the city. actively en-
gagged in the sport. who is his superior
in the position. Also Heck is an all
round player Of more than ordinary ca
pabilities. He can hold down any posi-
ton on the inf1eld with credit, has played
the outfield considerably and started out
in base ball as catcher. He Is fairly
fast. and his batting Is about as good as