Evening star., 1914-07-26
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part in the base ball series for the cham
pionship of the typographical unions OF
the United States. they will really carry a
stronger club than that which repre-
that is true, Notwithstanding the rather
| poor showing of the club in the central
League this season. The nine has been
| strengthened in several positions TWO
new men are playing on IT who are supe-
| rior to those whose positions they have
taken. The team also is strong in the
| pitching department Weaver and string
| er being in good shape. Weaver has peen
somewhat wild. but he has not been hit
| hard in any of his games. AS matter
| OF fact. the Printers have put up stub,
| born defense in all their games. notwlthF
| standing that they have lost quite few:
| There have been many contests dropped
| by them by margins of only one run
which is not an indication of much great
| er strength on the part of the opposing
organiZau uonS
The local typos figure they have an
even better chance than last year. L ne
| one man most dreaded in former seasons
was Paynter of Chicago professional
pitcher and he is not going to be IN the
series this year. The team is confident
| that it will again bring back high honors
| The Australian tennis team did not
have any difficulty in winning from the
Canadians. 1t played the first three sets
of the match. in which there were sup
posed to be five, and won all easily
And in their victory the men seem to
have given such a splendid account OF
themselves that they are being figured
extremely dangerous factors in the hight
| for the right to the challenge round
| SO well together did Wilding and
| Brookcs play in the doubles it was stated
| by many of those who watched the
| match that the Australians would not
| lose single set in the preiimlnarles
That seems almost impossible for them
fo Sin o
a able TO play well enough to cause such
an opinion to form in the minds OF those
who watched them closely is evidence
enough that they are very much above
the general run of those who are repre-
senting the various countries In the pre-
Iminary events. which was known to be
true even before the match with the
Cana dian team was played
1t seems from press dispa tches. that
Mclaughlin is more or less responsible
for the selection of Bundy for place
on the Davis cup defense team. Nc
Ioughlin claims that he can play better
with Bundy in the doubles than with any
other man who might be placed on the
| court with him. Team work is abso-
| lutely essential in doubles, and McLaugh-
| lin is reported to have said that Bundy
would be more valuable as partner
| with him than another who might be
| 10 per cent better. Whether this re-
| port is true is not known, but the rea-
sons sound logical.
| Jack Hurley, playing first base for the
| Commissioners. is not the hitter now
| that he two years ago, or even last
season. Jack is not swinging with the
| surety he used to. and is nov trying
| to clout bad balls, something he was
| seldom guilty of in previous years. The
| fact that he is not batting well is not
evidence of a lack of physical condition,
| though. as Hurley is the same active, ag-
l,.,-a h.. llyIrsl IS
| simply due to a lack of practice that he
! has not been doing well with the stick.
| Last summer was practically an off
| year for Hurley, he taking part in but
few games, and this season he has done
| nothing more than go out once or twice
| each week to play. A man to bat well
must continually keep IN practice. which
| the former Rock Hill star has not been
doing. Hurley is still fast and aggres-
| sive is an accurate fielder. and probably
| would be able to WELD his bat just as
| effectively as of yore if he had the time
| to get out for some real work consis-
| tently.
The closest races existing in any of
the amateur leagues is taking place in
the Rosedale circuit. Three teams are in
| the fight for the pennant and the margin
| between them is very slight. Holy Name
| is in first place. as result of a victory
the Columbias got yesterday over the
| HighLanders, who were leading. TroJanS
are second, While the t1lshlanoefS nave
dropped back to third. The Holy Name
| club has won thirteen games and lost
six: the Trojans have fifteen victories to
| their credit and seven defeats charged
against them. while the Highlanders have
annexed fourteen wins and have figured
| in seven losing contests.
| The schedule in the Potomac League
| for this week is as follows:
| Eastern VS.. Fairlawn, at G.. II. L.. July
81: Congress Heights VS.. OXon Hill, at
Anacostia, July rs; G. II. l. vs. Eastern,
at Congress Heights. July 70: Oxon Hill
vs. Fairlawn, at Anacostia. July 30; East
ern VS. Congress Heights. at q. II. L..
JULY 81. G. II. |. VS.. Eastern. at Ana
| costa, August |.