Evening star., 1915-06-08
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the Government League yesterday with a
victory over Library. The score was I
to T. Library began by getting two men
across the plate in the first period, but
Navy quickly evened things up by count
ing twice in the second and then went into
the lead in the third, after which it was
never headed.
The Navy outhit and outfielded its op-
ponents. The Sailors registered a total
of ten safe drives. while the Library
players connected for only six The field
ing Of the victors also was much more
clean-cut. Hall played a splendid game
for the losing nine, his work at bat and
in the field being very good He ham
died six chances without an error and
made two hits out of five times at bat
Ward, who held down third base for the
winners was the star of the game at the
plate, driving the ball into safe territory
five times Schmidt did creditable work
on the mound for the winners.
usual in their game yesterday with the
Treasury in the Departmental circuit.
They started the contest as II they
might win, scoring one each in the
the advantage until the last half of
the fourth when Treasury got two
men over the plate. Treasury scored
again in the fifth, giving it a one-run
advantage until the seventh. when the
Printers got on even terms again. The
Printers took the lead in the first half
of the eighth by tallying once. but
Treasury came across in it's part of
that period and chased four men across
the pan. That margin was too much
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though they got one man over in their
half of the ninth. The score was to 5.
Three men made three hits each.
Bennett, besides pitching creditable
ball for the Printers, led them at bat
with two-bagger and two singles out
of four times up. Armstrong, short
stop. and Goebel. catcher, for Treasury,
had the same records. with the excep-
tion that their hits did not go for ex-
ira bases.
Croson of Treasury and Bennett of
Printers pitched good ball and there
would have been fewer runs scored had
the support given them been stable.
Bennett famed eleven and Croson ten.
Central Presbyterian was able to
make only two hits off the Whitney
Avenue pitcher yesterday and lost by
3 to 10. Whitney Avenue scored seven
runs in the first three innings and aft
er that there was not much doubt as to
the probable victor. Baggett and Rog-
ers were the star hitters of the day,
each getting three safeties
Patent won an easy victory over
Land in the Home Club organization,
the score being II to 1. The victors
started things going sky high in the
seventh by scoring six times and made
two runs each In the eighth and ninth.
Fifteen hits were gotten by the win
ners against nine for the losing team.
Braddock led in the onslaught Of base
hits, connecting safely in four out of
six attempts he made.
Staff took the measure of Ordnance
in the Interbureau League of the War
Department by IL to 6. Staff scored
three runs in the opening inning and
four in the second. thereby winning
good lead from which it was never
fair pitching there was little to the
game in the way of features.
Baggage won one of the games from
Car Department in the Terminal "f cir
cult by {; score of :. to ., while the other
contest went to General Office over the
Car Department by to 3 There was no
scoring in the game between Baggage and
Car Department except in two innings.
The losing nine got two runs in the first
period and Baggage chased five men over
the plate in its half of the fifth Car De-
partment held the lead against General
Office until the last half of the eighth by
3 to 2. but then General Office scored
twice. the one-run margin gotten thereby
proving sufficient to give it the victory.
Stanton and Nops engaged in pitchers i
battle in the Rosedale League, the former
winning for the Rosedales by to 2. The
contest only went five innings. In that
time Stanton allowed only three hits, and
the Rosedales were able to connect with
Nops for but five bing1es. O'Neil played
a splendid game at third for the winners.
The Holy Name League christened
its new grounds yesterday at North
game between st. Dominic's and st.
Martins The st. Martins team was
beaten by to 4. st. Dominics did
practically all it's scoring in the fourth
across in the fourth and two in the
fifth. Both teams put up a pretty fair
article of ball. and it is more than
likely that good crowds will watch the
ma ajority of the contests.
Braund. pitching for st. Dominic's,
was the star of the game. He not only
worked well enough on the mound to
win, but he made three of his teams
hits. Braund caused eleven men to go
down before him on strike e-outs. F.
Welch and Girardi got long wallops
for St. Dominic's, the former driving
out a homer and the latter a triple.
Fifth won a rather remarkable game
from ST. Agnes in the East Washing |
ton Sunday school organization by Z
to g. The winners were on the short
end of a 6 to ! score until the last
half of the last inning. when they went
to the front by scoring six times. 1t
is not often that an amateur club isl
able to come from behind and win like
that, yet that Fifth accomplished it'll
shows that it is all the more deserving
of it's victory.
Blanton. for Fifth and Meade for St
Agnes pitched good ball. The former
struck out seven against ten for his
opponent, but he allowed three less
hits.
The Arlington nine was winner over
Roads in the lnterbTeau circuit of the
Department of Agriculture, taking the
measure of the latter by one run. score
9 to s. Rhodes, who pitched for the Ar
lington team, allowed only four hits
and famed thirteen men.