Evening star., 1914-07-26
POOR BASE BALL
NOW IN PROSPECT
Teams Likely to Be in Post
Season Series Do Not
Look Strong.
GETS TITLE
IN MARQUETTE LEAGUE
Practical Disruption of the Circuit
Leaves That Club the
Winner.
BY n. C.. BYRD.

BY n. C. BYRD.
| The poorest base ball that has been
| seen in a post-season series in years is
| likely to be played when the winners in
| the several leagues meet in about two
| weeks to decide the championship of the
| District. There is not a team in the
| city which appears to stand out be-
ing exceptionally capable nor is there
one that looks strong enough to put up
an exhibition such as some of those that
have been given in the past. That there
margin on the others probably will cause
| the series to be more closely contested
! than in long while, taking into consid-
Grafton all the clubs, but whether there
will be good enough ball played to at
| tract the crowds is questionable
| 1t would be almost impossible to select
| a winner of the championship series
| with near the accuracy that has been the
case in former years, yet there two
| clubs which probably will have d little
| the advantage of the others-Ninth and
! Eastern. Not that one of these is picked
| to win. Both have had greater strength
on the field than the other mines at times.
| but their play has been more or less err
ratio. OF course. Eastern has been win
| ming games very consistently in the Po-
| tomac League, but the opposition it has
had has not been SO very formidable.
| Ninth looks to have a very capable team
on paper. but 1t has not been effective
as it should The players have been hit
| ting the ball well. but they have not got
ten as many runs as they ought. espe-
| cially in some of the contests they have
| lost.
| AS has been said, it is impossible to
n wi
| series is due to be played; bur it is very
| doubtful if a very good article of bail
| will be shown in the game. And certain
| ~ there is no team which will enter the
series with the reputation of those that
| nave been winners in recent years.
| Manager Callan of the Emerald club
| of the Marquette League takes eXcep-
ton to the accounts of the game pub
\ llshed in the local papers last week in
| which Vernstein. Tenleytown pitcher
| was given the credit for having struck
out twenty-five men of the Emerald
| club. Callan explains the matter thus
| and. incidentally, gives an insight into
some very unfortunate conditions in the
| Marquette League:
| That was not the Emerald club at all
| that Tenleytown defeated. 1t was simply
! a picked-up bunch of players who played
| under our name. For the last two weeks
| the Marquette League has practically
| been disrupted, and there have been no
| regular clubs playing. Three days we
played teams which went under different
| names. but were composed of nearly the
| same players. We figured that it was
no use to continue that way, so We did
| not bother to show up. club was
picked up and played against Tenleytown.
| using our name. but ii was not the Emer-
aid club. by any means. Vernstein did
| not strike out any twenty-five of US, and
he never could either. We would like to
arrange a series of five games with Ten
1 H1,,t rNT
| ming of the post-season series. and If
Tenleytown cares to accept the challenge.
i will be glad to meet its manager to
arrange dates.
Tenleytow is the winner of the cham
pionship in the Marquette League. 1t had
| such a lead that the other clubs made
| little or no effort to get out on the field.
| with the result that teams were picked up
and games were played simply to prevent
| forfeits.
! The elimination series which has been
going on for the last month for the
| independent championship of the Dis
| trict will be continued tomorrow. The
contest scheduled is to take place between
the Clarendon Athletic Club and the Lin
coins Both teams are ready for the
fight to stay in the running, and each
will put its whole strength on the field.
! The main game scheduled at Andrews
| Park is to be played between team
|
players and the Vigilant Athletic Club,
which has again been reorganiZed. The
list Of names given as constituting the
membership of the Vigilants is such as
| to indicate that very capable nine Will
| be developed.
| The two local boat clubs. Potomac and
| Analostan, which will be represented in
the National and Middle States regattas,
are working hard to get their crews in
the best condition possible. There are
from three to four boats out on the
water every evening. and it is said that
they are developing rapidly.
| The Analostan Junior eight. the crew
that won the race in the peoples regatta.
but was disqualified, is showing better
form with every days practice. Thursday
and a quarter course above the bridge
and it hit up a pretty lively gait the
whole distance. The power and drive
shown in the last quarter was surprise.
exceptional staying powers being evil
denced. The Potomac boats are begin
ming to learn all over. Rice. the Column
bia coach. Is teaching them along entire
ly different lines from those on which
ditions it is difficult to get used to a de-
cided change in a short while but the
boats are showing much Improvement in
Thral1. who with Mueller won the
doubles in the Middle States champion
ships last year. may row in the singles
this season. Thrau PROBABLY Is the best
sculler in the city, and 1t is more than
likely that he will take part in the
singles.
There is one man connected with the
Potomac Boat Club who is seldom heard
from and yet he probably deserves as
much credit as any other person con-
nected with the organization, with one
or two possible exceptions. He is John
Evans captain of the club Evans does
wonders in keeping his men together and
patching up whatever little difficulties
that may occur. He is the man who
hustles around to get material out for
the several crews, and it is she who
attends to the thousand and one things
that are necessary to the success of an
organization of that kind
Every man who is a member of the
Post Office team. champion of the De-
partmental League. is bona tide player
in that he works in some department OF
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