Evening star., 1914-08-06
HIGHLANDERS WIN OUT

Take Crucial Contest in Rosedale
League by 10 to 5-0ther
Gossip.
BY n. c. BYRD.
Teams are still battling for the cham
pionship in the Northwest Sunday School
and Central leagues. In the former the
title rests between Brightwood and I'm
manuel, while Kenilworth and Emeralds
are strenuously fighting for the honor in
the latter. Games today and tomorrow
will decide the issue in each organise
ton.
Out in the Northwest Sunday School
circuit the Emmanuel club is leading by
half game and its crucial meeting Is
today. with Brightwood. II the Emmanuel
club gets the long end Of the score 1t
will have the championship, but II Bright
wood wins 1t also must take the contest
tomorrow 1t Is scheduled to have with
Whitney Avenue before It will be entitled
to honors. The Emeralds and Kenilworth
are playing five-game series in the Gen.
trail circuit. they having been declared
the winners in the two parts Of the sched-
ule. Three contests have been played.
Kenilworth having won two and Emer-
aids one. If Kenilworth is the victor this
afternoon 1t will get the title undisputed.
but If Emeralds come out ahead the
championship will hinge on the result of
the fifth game, tomorrow.
BY taking the deciding contest Of the
three-game series in the Rosedale League
yesterday the FIighlanders won the un-
disputed championship, and the right to
represent the organization in the post
season series. The game was not very
well played. bases on balls and errors
figuring in the result. The score was
10 to g.
Neither of the two teams was able to
hit well. only seven safeties being reg
lstered during the entire contest The
Highlanders connected with the ball ef-
fectively four times, while the Holy
Name Club drove 1t into safe territory
three times. Nops. who has been espec-
Tally effective this year for the Holy
Name nine. started on the mound; he
was not hit freely, but excessive wildness
caused many runs to be scored against
him. He gave six bases on balls in
four periods. Roche, playing third base
FOR Holy Name, got two of the three hits
on the deliveries Of ONeir and Young.
who were on the mound for the High
landers.
factor whereby the kenilworth Club was
enabled to win from the Emerakls Dixon
was wild. giving six bases on balls, but
he was not batted at all hard The
Emeralds were able to get only three
safettes of Dixon. and, barring the third
inning he kept them from hitting effect
lively at any time. Rawlings, on the
mound for the Emeralds, was Wild, giving
five bases on balls. while ten hits were
registered against him.
Freddie Heck played a brilliant game
at shortstop for Kenilworth He was in
the game from start to finish for all he
was worth. and some of the plays he
made would have done credit to profess
sional ball. Heck handled five assists,
and two Of the opportunities he made
good were on very hard hit balls Heck
also got a hit.
ton that the Emerald infleld is playing
some mighty good ball. and looks to be
rather fast combination. Mccarthy at
first, Sullivan at second, Heck at short
and Moran at third prove q very capa-
BILE aggregation: the work Of these men
In the game Of yesterday was exception
al. and they form an infield that prob
ably will be as good as many of the
others in the championship series for the
District honors. These four men handled
twenty-seven chances Yesterday. giving
a really splendid exhibition.
Jimmy Donnelly did practically all the
hitting for his Emerald team. He got two
of the three safeties registered One Of
Donnelly's hits went for two bases. the
only extra-base wallop Of the contest.
The Bureau nine got the long end of
the score in its game with the Marines
in the Treasury League. winning by a
to 3. The game was well played, neither
side scoring until the fourth. The Bu-
reau nine did some excellent work In the
field, not a single error being made.
Roundtree, at second, did the best work
of the individuals. having ten chances to
his credit.
The Marines. although they lost. hit
the ball harder than their opponents.
They did not score. though. until the
sixth inning, when they got two runs,
which put them in the lead by margin
of one. The Bureau aggregation evened
more in the one that followed
Volman and Hatton Of the Marines
featured for that team. while the best
work for the Bureau was done by Miller
and GOeDel.
The Baptists got an early lead in their
game with the Methodists in the Brook
land Church League. and won BY to z.
Flood pitched well for the Baptists. allow
ing only four hits and striking out seven,
while Hill also did well on the mound for
the Methodists.
President Young Of the amateur com
mission has appointed tho umpires who
oh nf
post-season series. They will be Shorty
Hughes Of the Departmental League. Joe
Handiboe Of the Railroad Y. M: c. A. cir
cult and Dick Woodward of the North
west Sunday School.
The last meeting of the amateur com
mission will be held tonight. Final de-
cision as to the eligibility Of players for
the post-season games will be made.
PUT FAITH IN N1CKALIS.