Evening star., 1914-05-05
BY n. c. BYRD.

| Some good games were played yester-
| day in the general opening of the ANA
| teur leagues. In fact. it is doubtful If
there has ever been good play noted
| as was shown in the majority of the con-
tests in the various organizations. There
| was hardly a contest decided by big
margin. and in the greater part of them
| the play was way above the average for
| so early in the season.
| Kenilworth defeated the Printers in
| the Central League by 8 to :. and I'm
manuel won from St Paul in the North
west Sunday School circuit by to .,
which was the greatest margins by
which clubs We're victors. The first con-
test in the Departmental League result
/ ed in win for Agriculture over In
| terror by to :. while another 5 10 :.
score was made in the Treasury League,
Federals defeating Treasury.
| The contest in the Rosedale circuit was
won by the Columbias. the lroquois los
| ing. to 4. The Car Department won
from the Union Station nine by to )
in the R. r. y. NJ. G. A. League while
the Tenleytown team got away with the
long end of a & to ! score in the Mar
quette organization. Congress Heights
defeated Steel Plant 9 to ) in Potomac
circuit.
The results of these games would seem
to indicate that the teams in the various
organizations are more evenly balanced
than in previous years. Generally at the
beginning of the amateur season there
are contests played in which the scores
games seem to be conspicuous by their
absence this spring. 1t seems that the
pitchers are doing much better work
than usual and the fielding is certainly
OF higher caliDer.
Cathedral School defeated the Briarly
Hall Military School yesterday rather
easily winning by II to 3. The Episco-
palians were expecting a rather hard
contest. but the result proved they were
never in danger of losing. Coach Green's
boys took the lead right at the start,
getting four runs in the first inning. and
they scored consistently thereafter.
Dyer. playing first base for Cathedral.
led both teams in hitting. He got four
safeties out of five trips to the plate.
The other members of Coach Green's $
crew hit well also annexing total of
sixteen safeties.
The pitching of Hartley was mainly re-
sponsible for the victory secured by Asri-
culture in the Departmental League open
ing. He allowed Interior only three hits
and struck out ten. Gray also did
some clever work in the box for Interior.
That he got away with a to 3 contest
shows that he was not loafing on the
job. by any means. He was not far be
hind Hartley. even though he allowed
A home run by McGhann with a man
on base gave the Columhias their victory
over the Iroquois in the Rosedale League.
At least. it sent across the deciding tai
lies 1t was in the fifth inning, with the
score standing to .. that McGhann got
in his deciding wallop 1t was a coinci-
dence that 1t was McGhann's only hit
and his team got only two others.
The Printers failed to hit yesterday
when hits We're needed. which was
| sponsible for their defeat by the kenl-
worth club. They lacked only one OF
| getting the same number of safeties that
did the winners, but the wallops were
not timely. The Printers also made two
| less errors than their opponents Driess,
| who worked on the mound for the win
ners. struck out eleven men. and it was
| his effectiveness which was the deciding
| factor
| Notwithstanding that NJ Hilery allow
! ed Tenleytown only four hits in the
| Marquette League game. he lost out by
| : to >. The few safeties made by the
i winners came at needed times. :. Hill
lery of Trinity came through with a
wallop over the embankment for a home
run. Pearson of the losers led both
!! teams AT bat. getting two hits out Of
! three times up.
| The Waverly Club of the Central
League won from the Clarendon tVaJ
nine yesterday on the latter's grounds
by to 3 The former Capital City
hibtion. Fitzgerald who played third
| base for the Waverly club was a
| member of the Bankers last year He
put up a good game for Waverly. hav-
ing three put-outs and three assists to
his credit. with no errors.
Jimmie Green's hitting featured the
contest between Steel Plant and Con
tnI Itphf tod 1, tl,a
ball for three safe wallops out of as
many times at bat. His hitting was "A
big factor in the scoring of runs. not
withstanding the defeat of his team.
Steel Plant got ten hits and Congress
Heights six, but the latter won The
game was productive of excellent
fielding. too. inasmuch as the losers
made only one error and the winners
none.
Frank Colley. pitching for immanuel
was too much for the St Paul bunch in
the Northwest Sunday School League.
| He won his game, allowing only four hits
George Rawlings got n home run and a
| single out of three trips to the plate for
Emmanuel. Goodman was the best
hitter of the losers. getting the hall into
| safe territory twice out of three attempts
It is announced by William Burdick
| chairmau of the registration committee
of the South Atlantic Association of the
A. A. L.. that Frederick Baer of the Bal
timore Cross Country Club and Irving B
Hawley of the Athenian Club have been
suspended indefinitely. The men We're
suspended upon the requests of the clubs
with which they have been associated.
1t is announced by Secretary Zepp that
the East Washington Sunday School
League will use the ground at 11th and
streets northeast.
1t is said that Manager Hickey of the
Browns is convinced still that the Ath-
| letics will give his team the hardest run
for the pennant