The Washington times., 1915-07-23
Bureau and Commerce, Con.
tenders for Title, Meet For.
esters and Marines.
AeGIEs WIN BY FORFEIT
Treasury Fails to Muster Play.
ers, Picks Up Two, and De-
feats League Leader.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

A double header, which will go far
toward establishing a winner Of the
second series in the Government
League and may relieve the tension
now existing in the circuit will be
played today when Bureau and
Forestry and Marines and Commerce
hook up.
Manager Williams, Of Bureau, is
hot on the trail Of President Young
Of the Amateur Association. Presi-
dent Dean, of the Government
League, and Manager Williams want
to know why Commerce halted the
game and put in a player who was
not a member Of the Government
department, thereby violating the
rules Of the circuit.
Bureau protested when Manager Col
The contending teams have separate
protests before the league head and
President Dean has taken the matter to
the association head for solution.
The Bureau-Commerce contest was or
dered resumed at the place where Um-
pire Shurtleff called Dutch" Kinney
cut. The absence OF Pitcher Bell, Of
Bureau. necessitates q halt In proceed
ings As the matter stands Bureau has
Commerce 4 to 3 in the last half the
ninth, Ray Bishchoff Is on second base.
Dutch" Kinney is resting on first after
q timely wallop. There Is one out and
Pitcher Bell 10 ready to deliver the ball
to Cruickshanks.
pect Of the race will be changed. win
for Bureau will practically clinch the
honor, as Bureau will have to WIN the
slated Commerce Bureau battle Tor su-
premacy. A loss for Bureau, win FOR
Commerce. and a win for Commerce In
the play.off battle scheduled for Mon
day will again complicate matters.
Government League fans have done
deal or figuring in the possible combin-
atoms ofrered in the present tie-up
which may solve itself by nightfall.
The Aggies will meet Interior In a
fve-game series for the Departmental
League title unless Interior wins all OF
its remaining games scheduled from
postponements. AS two Of these are
M battles with ,t the e.; Asstes' Interior will
Treasury failed to get nine men out
for the scheduled meeting with the
Aggies yesterday. A good crowd was
on hand. The Aggies. were presented
with the contest. which practically
series.
Treasury then got up team and pro-
ceedsd to blank the Aggies in a seven
inning game. putting a run across In
the decision by the single tally. The
battle was we'll worth watching. and a
good article Of baseball was put UP.
The Catholic Church League battle
between st. Josephs and Sacred Heart
went but six innings, there was plenty
OF action toward the last Of the anair:
Sacred Heart went out and grabbed of
for a win In tho NTH the St. Joe play
ers came in for six runs, went right
back for six the next inning and sue
ceeded in staving off Sacred Heart when
the inning. The final score was.l2 to il
in favor of St. Joseph's. Il
Reformation. strengthened by stearns. |
Agnes by 6 to /. Blanton pitched n
great game for the winners, holding St. J
Agnes to three scattered hits. tanning =,
ten. and walking three.
While Bureau and Commerce have
been scrapping 1t out the Marines have |
been getting needed practice and yes |
terday took q fall cut of the Navy team |
IN league ConeeSt ny d II W sCoEc.
Machinists downed Congress Heights |
clinching its hold on first place. Con- |
gress Heights had a great chance to !
make a closer race OF It In the Po- |
tomac League yesterday. but could not |
hit CLANCY. who served them up for /
the Machinists. Four hits were made |
OF CLANCY. and the Machinists won |
BY on to Babes as slip N rSh field
Transportation and Baggage fought a |
closely contested game in the Terminal |
circuit yesterday. Transportation won
by to 7. getting f1ve runs in the sec
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