Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-06-03
BY n. c. BYRD.


in the amateur leagues yesterday. There
was only one contest in which team
won by a big margin. and that took
place in the East Washington Sunday
School circuit. Ninth defeating United
Brethren by 8 to 0.
The Brookland Church League opened
with close game between the Baptists
and Episcopalians. the former winning
by to A. The contest in the Depart
mental League resulted in q victory for
War, the Commissioners being on the los
ing end Of a 5-to-4 score. In the Central
circuit the Spartans and Sherwood play
ed a 4-to-4 game. while another tie took
place in the Rosedale organization, Co
lumbias and Highlanders finishing with
eleven runs each. Emmanuel Won from
st. Paul in the Northwest Sunday School
circuit by a margin Of one tally, while
Interstate lost to the Federals in the
Treasury League by to 8. Cherrydale
was defeated by Tenleytown in the Mar
quette by to 5.
Georgetown continued its string Of vic
tories yesterday, when it won from the
Washington and Jefferson nine at Pitts
won by some unexpected work on the
bases in the third inning. With three
men on a triple steal was made. DAILY
scoring from third, and then. in sue
cession, Connolly and Weems, the other
two men who were on at the time. stole
home That kind of base ball was too
much for the Pennsylvanians. and the
very next inning the Blue and Gray got
three more runs. sufficient to insure it a
victory. Fast work generally on the bases
tory of the visiting team. the players
stealing nine times. Weems led with
three Connolly was next with two, while
Martin, Mccarthy. Shugrue and DAILY got
one each.
DAILY at second base did some splendid
work in the field for Georgetown. He
accepted nine chances, and did not make
anything that looked like an error. He
had six put-outs and three assists. He
also hit well. getting two safeties. one Of
which was two-bagger-
In the absence Of a regular game in the
Potomac League the Eastern club met a
nine composed of picked players from the
other teams Eastern won by to :.
The hitting of l.. Brewer. who played first
base for Eastern. featured. He got three
safeties out of three trips to the plate,
one being for two bases.
. Kidweu. for the Spartans and Wooden
for the Sherwoods. had pitchers bat
tie in the Central League. Both young
sters did some mighty good work. though
neither was able to show sufficient
edge on his rival to give him victory.
Kidwell allowed fewer hits than his oppo-
nent, though his work was considerably
marred by giving seven bases on balls
After the first inning Wooden got by well
and held his game in hand all the rest
of the way. Heck. at shortstop for the
Sherwood club. and Clayton. in left field
for the Spartans. did splendid work.
Emmanuel and St Paul engaged in a
smuggling duel in the Northwest Sunday
School circuit Emmanuel won by a mar
gin of one run. just the margin it had on
the losing team in the hitting. Emmanuel
got fifteen safeties and st. Paul "A.
The work of Arnold. at second for st.
Paul, was the best done by individuals.
He accepted five assists three put-outs
and made three hits out Of five attempts.
The Federals and Interstate played a
close game in every way in the Treasury
circuit The Federals made one less
error than their opponents. made one
more run and got the Same number Of
hits. The Federals took a good lead.
scoring two runs in the first and three in
the second. but seven tallies for the In
terstate team In the second gave it the
lead until the eighth period, when the
Lemeric and Damphier for the Federais
featured. Both men hit exceptionally
well and the fielding at short Of Dam
phier was excellent.
Giovannetti, regular catcher for Ninth
terday with the United Brethren. He
had little trouble holding down his oppo-
without having allowed anything that
Hanley. catching for the Brethren. got
the clean wallop that spoiled the chance
as it pleased. making eleven safeties and
fielding much more cleverly than the op-
posing aggregation.
Tsnleytown took another victory in
the Marquette League by defeating
Cherrydale. The winners got away With
the long end Of the score by getting the
breaks. as the difference in the hitting
and fielding Of the two clubs was very
little.
The hitting Of oldneld. who played third
base for Tenleytown, was the feature
He connected safely every time he went
to the bat, and he was UP on three occa-
sions.
Munich, pitching for Southern in the
Railroad 7. NJ. C. A. League yester-
game by to 1. Sullivan. for the Sta
ton nine. also did some good work, as
he allowed only five safeties. The South
ern nine got three runs in the first
period, but after that the teams played
along on pretty nearly even terms. Both
fielded above the average, Station MAX
ing one miscue and Southern two. Not
moro than one hit was obtained by any
player.
The war nine was the victor over the
Commissioners, the latter failing to play
up to their real standard at times. 1t
was rather a peculiar contest for War
to win. inasmuch as it made four errors.
while the Commissioners had only one
charged against them. The Commission
ers alan had ak hits to their credit
while war drove the ball into safe ter
ritory only twice.
Hard hitting marked the tic game be-