The Washington herald., 1915-08-24
|MACHINISTS TRIM
Emmanuel CLUB
Doc" Hartley Again Proves
Life-saver for Navy Yard.
Churchmen Lose, 4 TOT.
ED THOMPSON POUNDED
Lefty" Kuhnert Falters, but Relief
Hurler Shows Class-Rountree
in Limelight.
BY JOHN A. DUGAN.

There was some real rejoicing down on
southeast's Broadway last night for the
one big reason of the Navy Yard Ma
chinists landing first position in Section
A OF the city amateur championship Sc
ries by handing trimming to the I'M
manuel Churchmen. from Mount Pleas
ant. by a count of to 4, yesterday aft
ernoon in the deciding game at Terminal
Park.
These Sunday school boys from the
| heights were the favorites among the
sandlot fans. but this gunmaking crew
| Just jumped into the fray with door
die spirit. and the old pluck and fight
| of this do spirit brought them through
| this crucial test with the long end of the
| tallies.
To Manager Harry La Clarie. of these
Potomac League representatives. goes
the largest end Of the laurels which is
today greeting the Machinist boys on all
| sides for the brilliant uphill battle Of
this club in working into the finals.
With pitching stan of a trio of young
sters who are suffering from sore arms
| from being overworked, this manager a
la Hughey Jennings has used his COM
bination for every ounce of baseball they
had in them and deserves top notice
whenever the name of the Machinist club
is mentioned.
Even with Capt. Giovannetti. who is
rated as the best receiver in the District.
on the hospital list. Manager La Claire
did not falter in his confidence in his
gunner. as he sent Walter Hines behind
the pads. and this all-around athlete of
the ffty-seven kinds was equal to the
occa sion. not any OF the Churchmen at
tempting to take advantage of his whip.
When you start counting relief hurlers
of fame, just mark Doc" Hartley, of the
Navy Yard crew at the top of the list
Tor this lanky port slider stepped into
the battle yesterday with the bases load
ed and again proved to be a real life
saver. The crowd of 5000 fans. who
witnessed yesterdays contest. were
again given a chance of seeing "Blick'
Rountree and his big bat come through
IN a pinch. This heretofore weak
swatting second sacker came in with a
timely clout in the second frame. which
put the Navy Yard crew out in front
with a three-run lead. from which they
were never headed.
picked one for a one-base hit. which
paved the way for the Potomac Leag-
uers four tallies in that session.
Eddie Thompson, who was picked to
stand the Navy team on their heads.
failed to show any thing puzzling. and
sharp hits and clean bingles were ring
ing off his delivery during the seven
the choice for mound duties for the
Southeast clan, but his side wheel slants
were the likings of the Mount Pleas
ant swatters. and with no one down in
the fifth and the bases loaded, he retired
under fire in favor of the life-saving
Hartley.
Raba started the scoring with a solid
crack to center field in the second and
stole second when Roger held the ball
Harris hit to Bauer. who allowed the ball
to get away from him while Raba rushed
across the plate. Rountree then got into
real action by singing one past King
and Rawling for two bases. sending Har-
ris across the counter. When Bauer let
Kuhnert's one-base drive get away from
him Rountree chased across the plate
with the Machinists third tally
In the fourth Rountree started the fire.
works with a one-base knock. and moved
to the midway cushion on Hines single.
Kuhnert was given base on balls and
Beatty singled. sending Rountree and
Hines to the counting block. After
Cha pin had struck out Broome was given
free transportation. Beard hit to Arm
strong. who allowed the ball to go
through him. and In an effort to recover
the ball. Rawlings blew. scoring Kuhnert
and Beatty.
Emmanuel scored two in the second.
got life when Hines dropped
the third strike and moved to third when
Rawlings hit one to Raba. In the at
tempt to cut Mccarthy off at the third
corner Rawlings moved to the second
later when Armstrong drove one past
Harris.
In the fifth. when Kunnert faltered. the |
Churchmen gathered two more. but Man. |
ager La Claire made shift which saved |
the day for the Navy Yard crew. Score: |