Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-05

best of American rowing instructors. II
! would appear that there is much greater
merit to the Workmanship and tech
nique of English rowing than Americans
have been wont to admit.
Anyway it was splendid accom-
plishment and a brilliant victory, a
tribute to the perseverance of the
, men who sat in the boats.
! 1t Is questionable if tougher luck ever
attended a crew than that encountered
by the Analostan Boat Clubs junior
eight yesterday in the Peoples regat-
! ia at Philadelphia The local boat fin
ished in front in the Junior race by
/ good margin. butt was disqualified be-
! cause the coxswain steered into the
! course of the Tndine Boat club.
I That the local crew showed greater
, capabilities than the other crews is
certain. judging from the reports. and
! that was not unexpected II was con-
| fidently asserted by Coach Hecox before
( leaving that he thought his crew would
| win provided there were no breaks of
| luck against it. He was right. His boat
! finished in front but it was the break
the eight representing the Undine club.
Three young pitchers have come to
the front in the amateur leagues this
heard of last season. They are Nops.
Carrico and Cole. All these youngsters
have been doing good work in the ma
jority of their contests. and two of
them have shown ability in other posi-
tons Carfico distinguished himself
Friday by winning from the Eastern
club. the first defeat handed that nine
this season. Cole has been pitching
good ball for Waverly in the Central
League and Eastern in the Potomac
circuit. Nops has been the mainstay of
Holy Name in the Rosedale organiza-
ton. and has worked more than one
splendid contest for Kenilworth in the
Central
Buck Becker still appears TO be the
best pitcher in local amateur base ball.
He has been working off and on in the
various leagues for years. and yet he
seems to have as much stuff as ever.
Becker has remarkable control for
left-hander. and his fast ball is much
better than that of the average hurler
He also has a curve that breaks very
deceptively whenever he cares to use
1t.
Becker probably could be playing ,ro-
fessional ball right now If he cared to.
He has more stuff than many of those
players who are going along we'll in
the small minor circuits. At the time
Becker was with the Nationals it was
stated confidently that he had the max
ings of really fine pitcher, but for
one reason or another he failed to de-
velop as much as was expected.
of year ago is still holding forth
and featuring games in the same old
way-Georee Rawlings. He is play
ing with the Emmanuel team in the
there is seldom a game in which he
| fails to connect for a hit or two. His
batting average is indicative of just
how consistently he is welding his
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than 500. and gives no sign of letting
| up in his work. AS a matter of fact
he is really leading the league. There
are one or two men who stand ahead
of him in the list. but none of them
has been at bat near the number of
| time he has.
! Rawlings is perhaps one of the most
capable batters amateur base ball has
ever developed here. His work has
attracted attention for long time and
time after time he has been made Of
| fers TO play the game professionally.
| None has been accepted, because he
could not see his way clear to give up
a lucrative position in a local bank
| for the uncertainty of three or four
months Of minor league ball
| The Agricultural Department began
last week leading the Departmental
! League by big margin. but ii finish
/ ed up with a much lower percentage.
! Both the games played by it were lost
| Interior winning one and Commission
crs the other. If the season had long
enough TO go and the Farmers dis
PLAYED no better form than they did in
likely to stay on top for more than an
other week.
( AT that il seems that Agriculture
J has the best club in the league II Il
. fails to win the championship il VIII
| he only because il sas been outgamed
by some other nine. II has good enough
players to finish IN front. as has been
admitted by player of one of its
to do so.
! With the exception OF one or Two of
the leagues, the interest shown has not
been nearly as great as in former years.
| 1here are few games at which many
persons attend as in the past. and there
does not appear to he many following
The sport IN any way. Take the Depart
three wears ago there were crowds of
more than 5000 at many of the games.
| while now a gathering of more than 30k
is the exception. This is true of more
| than one of the other circuits.
| That there is less general interest in
| amateur ball probably is due to the un-
| precedented races going on in the Amer
| lean and National leagues. and the SPLEEN
did showing being made by the Nationals
With the professional club doing as we'll
as it has, being right up in close
| fight for minor league championship
1t is not to be expected that sandlot ag-
gregations will afford as much attrac-
| ton as under other conditions.
OLone playing the outfield for the
Holy Name nine. is one of the best
looking youngsters in any of the smaller
leagues. His work has stood out in
comparison with the majority of players
in that circuit his hitting, fielding and
base running having been very good
! 1t is said that O'Lone will enter
Georgetown University this fall.
Hardell, who made such a brilliant
record while running for Technical High
School last spring. will enter the Uni
versity of Michigan. according to his own
statement Hardell undoubtedly is the
best quarter-miler that the high schools
developed this year, or was turned GU,
by any scholastic institution in the
south. for that matter. In the high
school meet held at the Maryland Agri-
cultural College. he covered that dis
lance in about fifty-one seconds from a
very poor position on the track. 1t is
probable he would have run the hes,
race ever put up ov a local school boy
had he started from the pole, Or within
- one or two positions of it.