Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-01
G|0VANETT1USES
BAT EFFECTIVELY
Gets Five Hits Out of as Many
Attempts in Potomac
League Game.
WAR SPRINGS SURPRISE
IN DEFEATING FARMERS
Agriculture Beaten by Tail-Enders
in Sensational Finish in De-
partment Circuit.
BY 81. C, BYRD.

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| Giovanetti's brilliant offensive work
! featured the game won by the Machn-
lists in the Potomac League yesterday.
| 1t is questionable If more than one or
! two better exhibitions have been given
| this season by amateur players, Clio
vanetti's hitting and base running be-
/ ing far above the ordinary. The former
Ninth Street Christian Church star
went to bat five times and on each oc-
| casion made hit: not only did he use
his bat effectively, but four of the five
times he reached first base he stole
with apparent ease.
Giovsnetti is one of the best catchers
in amateur ranks. For several years
he has been leader in backstop play
and few superiors has he had in the
time he has been receiving the deliv-
cries of the various pitchers. Giovan-
etti was recognized as one of the most
capable backstops in Washington in
1910 and 1911, when he was holding
down the position for the old Cornell
Company team. After that he went
with the Navy Yard and Ninth Street
Christian Church clubs, with which he
also did well. He was a member of
the champion nine in 1914, and now
seems to be UNFOLDING his reputation
by proving himself the stellar receiver
of the Potomac circuit. His work back
of the bat has been one of the main
factors in the success of the Machin-
| lists this season.
The Commerce team rolled up almost
| a record score on the Navy team in
| the Government League, winning by
| 20 to /. The Commerce got to work
| in the second period and scored in
every inning thereafter. Its big period
| was the third. in which nine men
count in the last inning.
! Commerce hit the ball hard, total
of eighteen safeties being credited to
it. Bischoff, who held down places at
second and first at different times. and
Cleary were the star stickers, having
nine drives into safe territory to their
credit. One of Bischoff's wallops went
for two bases, and the other three
made by him were singles. Cleary was
but little behind Giovanetti in his Of
fensive play. having five hits and three
stolen bases; the only thing in which
Giovanetti exceeded the Commerce
man was in stolen bases, and in that
department by only one.
st. Dominic's was an easy victor
over ST. Martins in the Holy Name
League The winners proved stronger
at bat, getting thirteen hits against
six. which was the main reason for
their bigger score. st. Dominic's OBJ
tanned two runs in the third inning
and four in the fourth, which would
have been sufficient for it to win easily
even though 1T had not scored one
more in the eighth and two in the
ninth. Braund. who was on the mound
for st. Dominic's. was invincible. al
lowing only six hits and tanning
eleven F.. Girardi OF the winners led
bingles as his record for the day.
Brooks Of st. Paul held the Gibraltars
to two hits in the game in the Rosedale
trary to the weak batting of the losers.
st. Paul had no trouble in connecting
with the ball consistently. Dowrick. Da-
wilson and Brooks laid against the
sphere three times and the hits of the
other players brought the total for the
team up to eighteen. 1t looked during
the early innings as if the GibraItars
might win. but after the fourth things
went the way Of st. Paul.
The Machinsts' 10 to victory over
Drillery was won without much difficulty,
the winners hitting the ball almost at
will and playing better game in the
field. Mullen played good fielding
game at second base for the losers, while
Giovanetti starred for the winners.
against the Car Department in the Rail-
road Y. M. c. A. League. held his OPP
ponents in check and won his game by
II to 0. Maxwell was very consistent
in his mound work and there was never
a time when he was in much danger of
being scored on. let alone beaten.
Cahill had a perfect average for the
day at bat for the winning nine. Out
of three trips to the plate Cahill made
three hits. one of them being for two
bases. Callow, who pitched for Car De-
partment, f1elded his position we'll.
The surprise of the day in the anna
teur circuits was sprung in the De-
Agriculture by to 6. The surprise was
no less remarkable than the finish was
sensational, as War came from behind
and got seven runs in the last inning.
When War went to bat in the first half
of the ninth the count was to l in
favor Of the Aggies, but when the dust
blew away after that half of the final
period the War team was in front by
two runs.
The removal of a pitcher when all
seemed to be going well appears to
have been the reason for Agriculture's
defeat. Larry Eidsness had been going
along in good form and had been scor-
ed on but once, which was in the first
Nops to twirl the last two innings.
Nops failed to do well and the War
players piled up runs in that final pc
Rod.
Mclaughlin, VINO played center field
for War, and Pee, left fielder for Agri-
culture. were the star hitters. each
man getting three safe swats. 1t was
hard contest for Agriculture to lose,
as its supporters felt that it was an
other game tucked away toward the
championship of the second series.
Mines and Reclamation were the OPP
posing clubs in the Home Club organi-
cation, and the former won by II to s.
Mines outhit and outplayed generally
the Reclamation team: Merritt, catcher
for that club, proving the star of the
contest. Merritt had four put-outs and
four assists as his fielding record, while
he got two drives for two bases and
two singles out of five attempts. Bopp
at first base for the winning nine had
sixteen put-outs. Davis led the losing
club in batting, while Mansuy did the
best fielding.
The Hamilton A. c. trounced the Con-
gress Heights aggregation in the Con-