Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-19

their present lineup all the season. Had
| Handiboe's nine been composed of the
same aggregation all the year that played
! the final games against Agriculture last
| week it would have come pretty neal
landing the championship. Eckendorf
Burke and Moriarty form very compe-
tent outield. while Hurley. Handiboe
| Darnphier and Sullivan are about as
circuit. Jarboe has pitched good ball
all season. having been hit hard in none
of his contests. With him and Tommy
| Thompson as a pitching stan, and the
is not much doubt that 1t would have
come near winning the title.
| incidentally. Tommy Thompson will
pitch for the Emeralds in the Central
League during the remainder of the sea-
| son. Thompson has been given his re-
| lease by the Commissioners in order that
| he may work for Jimmy Donnelly's nine
| in the Central circuit. Thompson will
add much strength to the Emeralds, be-
mound.
II Post Office wins from Interior to-
morrow there will be no more games
| played In the Departmental League, az
none will be necessary. II the Mailmen
win they Will have the championship be-
yond dispute.
IT is reported that Earl Hunt and big
Six Brewer. two Of the most valuable
men In the lineup Of the Eastern Clubs
team In the Potomac League have been
so injured that they will be out of the
game for the remainder of the season.
IF this be true, then Eastern's chances
Of finishing the season as successfully as
it might otherwise have done will be
greatly lessened. Both were good play
ers. perhaps worth more to the Eastern
fu-n af ftc
ers. and IT will not be an easy matter to
replace them. 1t Is said that Eastern
has some other good men on the waiting
list to take the places of the injured
a fact will not be known until after the
new players have gotten out on the field
and delivered the goods in championship
contests.
Hunt has been playing second and third
and Brewer has spent most Of his time at
first base. though he has done some
catching. Both have been fielding their
positions well, and their batting has been
above the average
1t the Eastern club gets in the post-sea-
son series it is going to be a mighty formi
dable aggregation for the opposing mines
to go against. 1t has Buck Becker, prob
ably the most effective pitcher in the
amateur leagues. and in short series he
will probably be worked considerably,
H..
any game against any of the teams
Eastern might be required to face. Beck
er will be favored to win. He has plenty
OF stuff. knows how to pitch from his
professional experience, and would come
near beating any amateur nine with the
Eastern bunch behind him Any club
that wins against Eastern in the post
season games with Becker in the box will
deserve a lot of credit for SO doing. And
the chances are that Becker will be
n he
stand. though the team has another good
man to far lack on-Cole. Cole has done
some very creditable work at times this
season. though he is hardly as effective
as the former National.
There seems to be an athletic awaken
ing throughout the entire world. Amer
lea. the forerunner in this respect I'M
doubtedly leads the world, but there may
come. and will come. time when its
superiority will not be nearly SO marked.
European nations are making strenuous
efforts to develop athletic teams. They
are sending out after the best men in the
various parts of the countries and are
giving them the best instruction possible
in order to get them in good condition
for the next Olympics. Several nations
in Europe now have American trainers.
and there is not much doubt that several
more will adopt the American system be-
fore long Even now Italy has a rep
resentative in this country to sign up
man to take charge of Its athletes for
the Olympic games in 1916. Italy doesn't
expect to accomplish a great deal in the
next worlds meet. but it has given its
representative authority to bind an
American coach to a six-year contract In
order that it may be sure Of having his
services to turn out good team TOT the
Olympic meet to be held inn1S20---~
But there is one factor which European
nations are not taking into consideration.
They think, because America is success
full athletically. that all they have to do
to insure the development Of good teams
is to get an American TO teach the sys-
tenn in vogue here. That is far from
a way to solve the problem. and. to come
down to the fine points Of the matter, 1t
will be almost a miracle II European
nations ever reach a standard where they
will be OIL higher plane in track ath-
letics than the United States. Here there
are millions of boys and men in train
ing practically the. year round. while
there are only thousands engaged in the
work in any European nation. 1t stands
to reason that there are going to be more
stars developed out Of the millions en-
gagged in track athletics in this country
than will be turned out from the thou
sands in foreign countries. And the re-
verse side Of the question would also be
true. 1t could not be expected that any
state in the United States could keep
In training a thousand athletes. from
whom team OF stars could be selected
/
20, 900 athletes of some European country.
But there is no doubt that America is
going to have a harder time winning the
Olympics after this than has been the
case in previous years. The apparent de-
termination of the foreign countries to
send strong teams to Berlin Is evidence
that there will be more formidable op-
ponents and keener competition than ever
before. and especially is this true when
the comparative apathy Of these nations
in former games is considered.
It seems to be a foregone conclusion
almost that England or Australia will
meet the United States in the challenge
round for the Davis cup. The English
team has defeated those Of France and
Germany. while there is not a person who
doubts the ability of the Australians to
win from the Canadians. England and
Australia will probably play the games
which will decide the opponent for Amer
lea, and, whichever wins. it is likely
that the United States men will not have
an easy time to retain the trophy: Two
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