The Washington times., 1915-07-01
Post-Season Battles May Be
Brought Forward As A. l.
Park Is Not Available.
WAR TEAM HANDS SURPRISE
Defeats League Leader, Coming
Up From Behind in Ninth For
a Seven-Run Rally.
By BRYAN MORSE.

The Amateur Association may
have to call its post-season series to
nominate the winner of the city title
for the inter-city series with Rich
mond, earlier than usual this year
owing to the fact that the American
League Park will not be available in
September.
Other years have found tho Ma
tonals on the road or so situated
that Saturday has been available
for the Washington-Richmond game.
This year every Saturday In Septem-
ber is taken by the Nationals who
are home for a long stay. 1t is not
unlikely that association officials
will call the series among the vari-
GUS league a bit earlier than usual
in order to take advantage Of the
date of August % here for big
double bill with Richmond.
1t takes two weeks to decide the win
ner of the city championship. These
games. played on various diamonds in
mated to meet the Richmond winner.
There is a possibility that the season
will be closed by August Is. Two weeks
the Richmond winners could be enter
tained here August 2s.
Amateur Association officials are
studying the American League schedule
to see If it is possible to get Richmond
here at any other date. The Nationals
are here from August 81 to September I,
and from September II. q Saturday, until
the end of the season. 1t Is. therefore.
impossible to get the A. l. park for
the battle.
Some time ago the War team in the
Departmental League, came in for q
deal of criticism in failing to show up
for the games. A complete lineup was
signed UP and the old players given the
sack with the result that credita BILE
performances have been chalked up in
the last few games.
The War team walked into the Aggies
yesterday in the final round of the
scheduled battle with the score Of 6 to
against them. War led for five in
nings after scoring run in the opener,
and when Schmidt went along we'll
War looked like winner In the sixth.
seventh and eighth innings War looked
like a certain loser and the Aggies made
good their hits with runs.
A ninth inning rally, In which seven
runs were scored. gave War the game
by 8 to 7, and put decided crimp In
the Aggies plans. The Aggies are lead.
ing in the second series, and yesterday q
defeat Is the first since the last hall
of the race started.
One of the best of the anna ateur play.
ers. ''Givvy" Giovanneti. known to al
the followers of the game. set up a rec
ord for Potomac League players yester.
day when he hit safely in five times
at the bat. "Givvy's'' batting wal
easily the feature of the contest. and
helped the Machinists to a l0-to-7 wir
over the Drillery team. Machinists made
sixteen hits off Ebert, the Drillery
finger.
S. Rector. who pitches for Keller in
the East Washington Sunday schoo
circuit. continues to hand up records.
Fifth found his shoots too much yes
terday. and seventeen batters carried
their sticks back to the bench afte
taking healthy swings. Rector Is sup
ported by his brother T. Rector, VIII,
cracked out two hits yesterday in the
Fifth-Keller game. The Keller team
landed the contest by 9 to 2 Fifth waf
lucky to get three hits, so we'll did tht
Keller pitcher work.
for Sunday.
Manager ]. E. Wright. of the Re,