Evening star., 1914-07-28
PRINTERS T0PLAY
LAST GAME TODAY
Must Discontinue Schedule to
Go to Cincinnati for Cham
pionship Games.
WAVERLY ALMOST CERTAIN
TO OPPOSE KENILWORTH
Manager Stanton's Team Sure to
Win Honors in Second Series.
Are Good Sportsmen.
BY II. c. BYRD.

will not be able to finish its schedule.
owing to the part it must take in the
series in Cincinnati next week for the
championship of the typographical unions
of the United States. The players will
leave here Friday evening, and will have
their first game Sunday or Monday.
Lawrence Roberts. captain of the club,
feels optimistic about the chances of
winning the cup again. Roberts thinks
his team is strong enough to defeat Its
rivals. provided there are no unforeseen
setbacks. Roberts has the following to
say relative to the trip:
"I see no reason why we should not win
again this year. We are in good shape.
and think can play better ball than We
did last season. The fellows will have
a great deal more confidence in themselves
after having won once. We may be
compelled to do without the services of
Goucher. who has been playing center
field, because of a bad knee, and we are
certain to miss him. as he has been bat
ting we'll. Cook. who made the trip last
year as a substitute. will probably play
Gouchers position If it is found the lat
ter will not be in shape. / think the
team we have to fear mainly is Boston.
The nine representing that city was
strong last summer, and it will probably
be more efficient this year. If We do not
have to play Boston. there being the pos
sibility that it will be eliminated without
meeting US at all. feel that the chances
favor US greatly, and even II We meet
that nine it ought to be pretty nearly An
even break.
The Eastern club won the champion
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chance of being beaten out by last
minute rally on the part Of some club.
when 1t defeated Fairlawn yesterday by
to o. The result of the contest places
the Eastern nine in position Where 1t
Is certain to represent the Potomac cir
cult in the post-season series.
The pitching Of Mitchell for the win
ners and the work OF Vernstein IN the
box for the losers was very good. Mitch
ell allowed only four hits and struck out
Ave while Vernstein gave his oppo-
nents five safeties and famed eight. ot
course. Mitchell has to be given credit for
having pitched the better game from the
mere fact that he won and prevented the
opposing club from registering single
run. Vernstein's work was marred by eS-
treme wildness. seven bases on balls be-
ing given by him.
Both teams played good games in the
field, each having a total of eleven as
ssts and only three errors being made.
Considering the roughness Of the dia-
mond this is a splendid record.
The Episcopal nine simply outclassed
the Msthodists Yesterday in the BROOK
end of the score by Is to O.. The Meth
odists were unable to hit the delivery
of Driess or Sweeney. who allowed only
well. got four hits out of five trips
to the plate.
Holy Name got we'll earned victory
from st. Paul in the Rosedale League
by scoring two runs in the ninth in
ming. The teams had played along on
even terms before that. ST. Paul's was
out-hit and out-felded by Holy Name.
1t is not often that o,Lons: who plays
the outfield for Holy Name, goes
through a game without getting a hit.
but yesterday was an exception. He
failed to connect safely in any of his
four trips to the plate.
Treasury, leader in the Departmental
League. had mt the least trouble in
getting the long end of the score in
it's game with the Interstate team A
total of twenty safeties was gotten by
perienced little difficulty in preventing
the Interstate batters connecting with
the ball effectively.
terstate. was about the only man on
that club who did good work. He ac-
cepted nine chances out of the ten
offered in the field, and made two hits
out Of three times up.
1t looks as though Waveriy is going to
win the championship of this series in
the Central League. and things appear
favorable for 1t to defeat Kenilworth in
the final for the league title. The sched-
ule is to end next Monday. and it may
be that the final game will not be neces-
sary. Kenilworth and the EmeraIds are
to play Thursday. and If the former de-
feats the latter Waverly will have the
honors as far as the second series is con-
cerned. Then the final play-off will COM
mence, in which Kenilworth and Wa
verify will meet in three contests. Judg-
ing by tthe wey the Waverly club will
line up in that final set of games it
stands an excellent chance to win.
None will begrudge the Waverly team
the championship of the Central League,
If it wins. as is believed it will by many
There have been few teams in amateur
base ball that have lived up to the letter
of the rules so closely it has, and not
one has ever shown itself to be more
sportsmanlike in its actions The nine is
composed of clean bunch of boys, who
play for the games sake. and they de-
play for the games sake, and they de-
there is Manager Stanton, and too much
cannot be said in praise of him. He has
run the Waverly club at his personal ex-
pense, realizing nothing from his identi-
fication with the sport except the salts
faction and pleasure he has gotten from
his connection with the boys and the
game. If Manager Stanton could carry
his nine through the league series,
through the post-season games and to
the city championship there would be
few who would not feel that one of the
most sportsmanlike men in amateur base
ball had come into just reward
Waverly defeated the Favorite team
yesterday by to .. Good pitching. good
hitting and good fielding proved COM
bination that the new team could not
compete with. and the natural result was
its loss of the contest
Cantweil pitched brilliant game for
Waverly. He struck out thirteen men
and allowed only four hits. He was ef-
fective and held Waverly in front all the
time. it having gotten a lead right in the
hrst period Mccarthy. who played CEN
terfield led in the batting with four safe
ties out of five times at the plate. while
the best fielding was done by Hause-
man. at third.