Evening star., 1914-07-15
MAY DECIDE TITLE
|NCONTEST.T TODAY
Commissioners and Agriculture
in Crucial Game in the De-
partmentaI League.
DAVIS CUP TENNIS TEAM
SHOULD BE CHOSEN SOON
Valuable Time for Needed Practice,
Especially in the Doubles,
Is Being Lost.
BY h. C. BYRD.

The Commissioners have proved a stum-
bling block for the Agriculture team in
the Departmental League all the year,
and yesterday was not an exception.
They won from the Farmers in the first
Of the two postponed contests scheduled.
and if they can repeat the performance
today they will come near throwing the
league leaders out of the championship.
The contest today may decide the PEN
1ant Agriculture is half game ahead
Of the Post Office and Interior. and if it
can win this afternoon the title will be-
long to it without question. If Agricul-
ture fails to get the long end of the score
against the Commissioners. however, it
viii not stand an even chance to win out
In the event of the defeat of the Farm
ers the two games between Post Office
and Interior will have to be played, and
If these two clubs split even triple tie
will result If either of these two were
to win both games, it would have the
championship.
1t would not be surprise to see the
Commissioners win again from the Ag-
gies. though they do not appear to have
mrh of pitching staff in reserve. Jar
boz worked yesterday. and the Commits
sinners nave etlOentlN nau no olner 1lHS-
er in whom dependence could be placed.
Tie chances are that Jarboe will be sent
right back in today's game, in which he
is not likely to do well as yesterday.
When a pitcher is not keeping in especial
l. good condition he is seldom fit TO do
much on the day following hard game.
Fowever. it would appear that the issue
is much in doubt. because the Aggies un-
d'ubtedly yesterday played their trump
card. Hartley. and he failed to come
though with victory
ehe Eastern club. leaders in the Po-
tolac League. played the first game of
i&trip yesterday in Martinsburg. losing
to the West Virginia nine by to ).
Hdecker's fine work in the box was
loal team, the Maryland Agricultural
Cflege hurler allowing only five hits.
Tfnstein pitched well for the Washing
to aggregation. as the score indicates.
Incidentally this lad Vernstein is one
Of the best-looking young pitchers
arund. His work all season has been
ahve the average and he has contrib
uG not a few victories to the clubs with
wich he has played. He has a lot of
stff on the ball. having good fast one
an a curve to work with it Bernstein's
on fault seems to be his inability to get
all he has on the. ball when the bases
ar occupied. or rather when they. are
90 CCupleu that lie CdHICt tdhc his WlHu-
up.fet him improve in this respect and
he ill be, without doubt the most capa-
blegoungster pitching in the District.
Hrtley, who started to pitch for Agri-1
cullre yesterday, went along well until
thefifth inning. and even then he was
not hit hard. Wiidness in that period
prSed his 'undoing, three men being
giNf free trips to first base because of
hiSailure to get the ball over the plate.
mt. 30
support given the pitchers by the Farm
ersnot an error being made during the
ente contest. and had it not been for
the eairtight work of >Jarboe a different
tai might have been told. Jarboe held
theleague leaders to five safeties. and he
ket those pretty well scattered.
hornett did some good batting for the