The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-08-22
Hartley's Slow Curves
Eliminate Marines
Popular Sea Soldiers Club Is
Beaten In Crucial Clash
by Machinists.
OLCOTT IS INEFFECTIVE
Navy Yard Team Plays Clean Field
ing Game and Takes Advantage :,
of Bad Breaks of Opponents.
By JOHN A. DUGAN.


One more good bet cast among the
discards
The result OF the city championship
game at Terminal Railroad Park yester-
day afternoon when the Machinists de-
feated the Marines by an s to 8 count
Is reason for this assertion among
many of the local sandlot fans
This Marine team. winner Of a great
uphill fight for honors in the Govern
ment League, was the favorite among
the downtown fans and these same fans
overlooked the recent set-backs handed
manuel team on Thursday and Friday.
Sans gunmak ers in yesterdays battle.
Inability to hit and poor fielding and
pitching put Manager Bayliss' crack
service club out of the title series. Doc"
Hartley, who one week ago yesterday
stepped into the contest across the
bridge and checked this clouting bunch
of sea soldiers, was the life saver Of
yesterdays battle. As in that to
contest on the Potomac League diamond
Hartley was sent to the rescue of Hines
and again he proved to be equal to the
OCCASION.
Hines Is Pounded.
This diminutive port-side hurler Of
the 80 kinds" showed excellent form I'M
til the third session. when the hard
swatting bunch Of seamen ratified his
delivery for trio of safe clouts, which
Melted as many runs; then Manager La
Claire, of the Navy Yard crew sent In
his best bet to face the Strengthening.
The first ball pitched by this life saver
Of the Gun Factory was clouted for a
single by Olcott. the seamen's hurier,
but this was the stingy allowance that
Doc" granted until the final session,
wnen. with the game tucked away on
the right side of the ledger, he was nick
ed for couple OF blows.
Hartley worked a slow curve ball on
these Government League winners and
forced them to pop to his infelders, who
gave him excellent support during the
entire six and one-third innings that he
toed the slab. His right-wheel slants
Kept the Marines guessing while his
teammates were chopping away at AL
cotts overland shoots and piling up
markers.
Machinists Get Breaks.
The breaks of the game were with the
Navy Yard team from the first call of
play. as the gunner pushed one tally
across the platter in the opening frame.
Quackenbush, who has played a con-
sistent game for the season at the hot
corner. made the miscue in this session
which paved the way for the Machinists'
first tally.
Chancey Olcott. the mainstay of Mana
ger Bayliss staff. was trifie wild
throughout the entire contest, giving
Chaplin a free PASS in the first after
Beatty had famed the air. Broome also
struck out and Beard was handed free
transportation to the initial sack. With
Olcott holding the ball Chaplin and
Beard worked a delayed double steal and
on Raba's srounder to Quackenbush
Chaplin dashed across the pan.
Two more were added in the second
when Olcott became liberal and gave
Tommy Harris life on the base-on-balls
route. While Giovannetti was tanning
the wind Harris went to the keystone
sack on a wild pitch and dashed across
the counting block a moment later when
Rountree hit to center field. Rountree
stole the midway cushion and scored
when Fitzgerald overthrow the initial
sack in an effort to head OF Hines.
Beatty Kills Chances.
Speed Merchant" Beatty killed the
chances for more runs. After being
given a base on balls he over-ran
Hines on Chapin's out to Perry. UNI
pire Woodward ruled Beatty out and
the fans present will long remember
this bone" of the speedy outfielder
of the Navy Yard crew.
The Machinists were determind to
stay out in front and after the Marines
had bombarded Hines in the third this
Navy Yard crew came back and added
two more and Were never headed there
after. With one down Rountrea
slashed. one past Fitzgerald for two
bases. Hartley was presented with a
base on balls and both players moved
up when Beatty was retired from Oh
colt to Minis on a slow-hit ball.
Chaplin, of Central High School fame.
then made good his reputation as a
clouter by meeting one of Olccotts
two-cushion clout, sending Rountree
and Hartley across the tally maker.
In the fifth the Machinists put the
game beyond the reach of these sea
fighters from the Government League
by adding two more scores Raba
started things by smacking one for q
single base hit. After two were re-
tired Giovannetti caught one on the
nose, sending his team mate to the
station Then "Blick" Roun-
tree and his big bat come in with
their most effective work by shooting
one through the innerworks at a mile
a minute clip. In an attempt to cut
of Raba at the plate on a relay from
Perry. Murphy heaved wild and when