The Washington herald., 1915-08-27
CAPTURE
DISTRICT TITLE
Departmental League Club
Defeats Machinists in Final
Game by 5 to 4.
PITCHERS ARE HIT HARD
BY JOHN A, DUGAN

Inc Agriculture club of the Depart
mental League. is today the undispute,
and unprotected amateur baseball cham
pion of the District.
Manager Larry Eidiness' heayy-swat
ting Farmers nine annexed the title b,
landing the hardest-fought game In tn,
series from the Navy Yard Machinists
yesterday at American League Park BY
5-to-i count. and will meet the Portner
club, title winners of Richmond. in the
intercity series in double header at the
florida avenue park tomorrow after.
noon.
Johnny Shugrue, of GEORGETOWN Uni
Versity fame. put his big bat into action
III the closing innings of the contest and
paved the way for the Aggies to +. Il
the verdict. Both clubs hit the pau /
and at times showed some real baseb. iii
although poor judgment was in evidence
at the critical stages. In seven of the
nine innings the Machinist club had the
nrst batter TO face Owens get on. only
10 see him left stranded on three occa.
slons. while the Aggies gathered mos.
OF It's counters after one or two had been
retired.
Farmers Have Big Inning,
wild third inning by the Machinists.
IN which the Farmers chased a trio or
talhes across the pan, proved the undoiny
OF the championship hopes of the south.
east team. while poor support in the last
hve sessions kept Owens continually In
hot water.
Lefty" Kuhnert. the diminutive hurler
Of the Potomac Leaguers, deserved a bet-
ter fate, as he pitched a brilliant game
IN the plnches, although he was touched
Tor thirteen binSles by the White Lot
crew. kuhnert weakened slightly in the
eighth and ninth. but in the early stages
Of the game he had the hard-hitting
agriculture club at his mercy
owens. who served them up for the
FARMERS. was not in the best of form, |
twice he pulled himself |
'ut of tight holes by the strike-out !
quite. With two gone in the eighth !;
Ind two strikes on Carroll. Kuhnert !
sroved the ball. opening the way for |
Aggies to tally a counter as Bailey /
vas passed and Strait obtained his
econd bingle Of the day sending Car
oil across the pan
Gunmen Score First,
Machinists were the first to score.
'eatty hit one of Owens shoots for
single and moved to the far corner
Vhen Schofield and Chaplin were re-
lred on infield plays. Beard then hit
right field scoring the speed mer-
hant of the. Navy Yard team. Rapa
nded the inning by going out to Gus
ack In the second. Harris was is.
ued base on balls and stole second.
lie came home in a romp when Roun-
zee smashed one for a base knock.
In the third Schofield doubled and
hased across the plate a minute lat
er when Chaplin cought one of Owens.
urves for a two base blow. Machin-
It's did not count again until the
ghth, when Harris was hit and moved
second on Giovannettfs sacrifice
nd scored with two out when Kuh- !.
ert hit for the second time during /,
lie day.
Schofield started what looked to be 5
real rally in the ninth by getting on \
l Il single to left, but Chaplin popped :
Shugrue- Beard then fouled out to
raft and Schofield attempted to ad-
ince but the Aggie catcher pegged :,
Shugrue who caught Schofield a :,
Ird off the bag.
Owens Starts Things. :,
The big inning for the Aeeies came Ii
the third when Owens started
ings with a drive to center Pee II
owed him up with a timely wallop u
d both runners advanced when Kuh-
rt messed up Limerick's sacrifice,
lich filled the bases. Shugrue them n
pped out to Rountree. McCarty ~
owe a long fly to Beatty, Owen chas. u
across the pan. On Beatty's throw s. s.
the plate both Pee and Limerick IN
wed up and scored when CusaucK
unced one over Schofield's head.
Frank Pee helped to hold down the
al of the Machinists by his sensa-
nal fielding. while Shugrue and Car Ie
i came through with timely wal re
rs. The fielding of Schofield and "
iris and the hitting of Chaplin and oil
hnert were the features. The score: sc sc