Evening star., 1915-06-24
BY II. C. BYRD.

ton sunday School and Railroad Y. NJ
c A leagues were those in which games
were won and lost by differences OF no
more than a single count
In the Railroad y. NJ. {. A. circuit the
Auditors played great uphlli game
against Station. being four runs pehihd
at the beginning of the eighth perioo ;
they managed to edge out IN 'front.'
thoueh. hy a score of to !. Reforma-
ton was a victor over Fifth III the East
Washington Sunday school League by
to 6. notwithstanding that 1t maze
eight errors st. Paul scored eish. 'n'.es
in the fifth inning of the contest III 'iie
Rosedale organization and won iio''' '',e
t,rescents by 9 to s. The Crescents maze
a game effort to overcome the lead pul
could not quite reach the MARI; r,,a
lost again in the Departmental l'eas e ~
being defeated by Interior by the sanie
score as that by which the Crescents los'
St Dominic's and st. Joseph go, 80
almost at will and the hnai count -
close, the former having 10 70 us 'ie'''
against II for the latter.
Nolan pitched remarkable bal as".
in the Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. !. 20
League His work was all the M
noteworthy, considering that ne M 70
under the disadvantage oil ma
pitch against big lead tor tne h;nd oppod
ing club and with poor "ork Ina
him Nolan struck out fifteen men. d ,i ~
,yould have won his game win nv
loss trouble had the men behlha 49,
paved better ball. ,; nv
SoIans team won from station y.
reason of a splendid squirt IN lhe h
TWO innings. 1t went INTO the - :;
no,iod with the count standing ~
a.ainst il 1t scored once in the e's ~ ~,
and then got four men across ~ e.
Iast II was perhaps the erea'est -
ish of any club in the T. NJ =. =.
cult this season.
war made better showing tn".
,,,l IN the Departmental Lea W.
The t.lding of both clubs was l'ed ia.re
r,ediocre. fifteen errors being nc -
against them, seven agaihst W." h.t
a;srbt AGAINST Interior. lnterio! ~
ter hitting was mainly fespoii'
its victory.
crescents and ST. Paul hit the nalI
bard in their game, the former VI ,,,e nsie
the sphere into safe terrlto, of
times and the latter 1our- craner
Va cnaldine were credited Win
ions for three sacks, and Lehi'iali,i M GO
Renwick each for two drlVes w ,,as
hases The fielding of the clups
fairly clean cut, Lie io'
Knapp and Book led St Paul a.
bat while Spalding proved ,ne Ges .nes.
effectiye stick -wielder Tor the
cents Each of the mentloiisu Pc ~, four
made three hits, Spalding being up ioui
times. Rook five and Knapp siA. nad
Carthv. catching for st. Paul. hahdied
sixteen chances without an error
The Marines suffered decisive De
feat in the Government League, losing
to the Foresters by l to ,. the Soldiels
did not play up to their usual Standard
displa wing listlessness not IN a.
cordance with their accustomed atu-
tude. -, f tb.
RYAN pitched winning ball 1or .ne
Eoresters though he was hit nara az
lines. Whenever he was in tght
place he worked at his best, "hich ae-
counts for the lack OF scoring.
Thornett failed to show to very sood
advantage in the field for the atatloli
team in the Railroad y. NJ Z. a. Leasue
but his work at bat pretty nearly ildus
nm for his three misplays. He connected
with the ball for two two-base drives
and for two singles out of nVe at
,emnts 1t was the best record the
younpster has made this season III any
one contest, and was as .gooo as any
other in the amateur cii sul.s 49,
Thornett's batting has been consistent
all season.
The Secretary-lndian team won from
the Pension nine in the Home Gun
circuit. it's victory coming without
much trouble. as ii had nine runs be-
fore the losing club scored. The count
was 9 to and the runs made by rem
sion were gotten in the first nan OF
the ninth. McCabe. for the winner
struck out nine and was hit only m
frequently. The winning team also
hGft the loser
Hamel did some splendid work for
Fifth in the Sunday School circuit
Hamel made a three bag gger and SIN ,
gle out Of four times at the piate anu
he handled five out of six chances al
third The one error Hamel made was
on a very difficult chance
Carrico pitched mighty good ball for
four innings for the st. Teresa team IN
the Potomac League agains, Ma :
chinists, but after that he failed to do
as well The Machinists got SIX men
across the plate in the fifth, the only
scoring done by either club. Hines, who
did the hurting for the MachinlSts, was
a puzzle to the Church players, their
efforts on the offensive not being suf-
f1cent To get a single man to the plate.
Schofcld of the Machinists and Raw
Iines of st Teresa were the best bat
ters, each making two safeties.
Mcknight, pitching for Markets in
the Agricultural Interbureau League,
was a star performer against the team
representing the Secretary's Office. He
Won his game by the shut-out route,
holding his opponents to five hits, and
being effective from the first ball pitch
cd until the end Of the contest. Nell
son, the Markets shortstop, gave Nc
Naught some splendid support offen-
sively and defensively. In the field he
accepted six chances without making a
misplay. and at bat led the players of
both teams with two hits for an aver
age of 500.
After scoring thirteen runs in the
fourth inning against st. Joseph's lr
the Catholic Church League, St. Peters
had little trouble taking the long end
of 15-to-S count The contest was
called at the end Of the sixth period
The winners got thirteen hits, Frank
Greer being the big sWatter with a
two-b -bagger and two singles.
II the plans of the Brookland Ath-
ietic club mature. teams in seVera
branches of sport will be turned out
1t is the aim of the organization to bt
represented by track squad. In foo'
ball and basket ball, as well as on the
diamond. All a recent meeting officers
for the coming year were elected, they
being Il. G. Washington, president: VIII.