The Washington herald., 1915-08-22


The series for the amateur baseball
! championship is fast drawing to 4
close. The Agriculture team, winner
of the Departmental League champion
ship, have had quite an easy time
romping home with the bacon in Sec
ton B, being pushed in. but one game.
this being against the General Office
| team on last Tuesday.
n Section B the sandlot fans have
been treated to all kinds of baseball
and at present two clubs have a
chance of coping the leadership The
defeat handed the Marines yesterday
| on the Railroad Y. NJ C. A. grounds
has eliminated one of the most, popu-
lar clubs in the history of the or
Ganized amateur game. This Marine
team is one of the gamest clubs that
ever stepped on a ball field and
the true sportmanship shown by the
entire outfit throughout. the sectional
clash is a big boost for the amateur
game.
Tomorrow evening the Machinists,
of the Potomac League, will meet the
Emmanuel club, of the Northeast Sun
day School League, for the title in
Section a, and the honor of meeting
the crack Agriculture club. winner in
Section B. Many of the followers of
the sectional game are backing the
Machirists to come through the crisis
tomorrow evening, but the Emmanuel
team will have slight advantage in
the pitching line.
From the Offset the Machinists have
been lacking in capable pitching and
the one day rest of today is a much
needed necessity. Eddie Thompson and
"Shag" Rawlings, of the Emmanuel
team. have had a good long rest and
should be ready to give the Navy Yard
crew a real battle.
Aggies are still the favorite among
the fans who visit the games at the
White Lot and they will have quite
a few followers when the intersec-
tional clashes start next Tuesday or
Wednesday,
The official averages of the players
in both sections are found in another
column. These figures do not include
Saturdays game.
Reviewing the work of the teams in
the championship series and the indi
vldual work of the players, a unani-
nous vote is cast as the best all ,
around competition shown in the an
nual title clash in a long while.
Inc SERIES llliS SEASON Will De d |
success financially, as the sandlot fans
have turned out in good number to
witness the contests. the banner crowd |
being on hand at the Marine Mac chin !
list clash on last Wednesday. when the i
sea soldiers defeated their neighbors
from Southeast by an to count. !
Fully $500 fans were on hand and |
were treated 10 many exciting and
thrilling moments.
hoC ha ;nl; op
the players handed thrills to the spec ;
tators but the contests as a whole |
were remarkably hard fought and only |
in two cases was the contest in any |
way lop-sided. The brilliant rally of
the Rosedale team in the seventh sec
tion on Tuesday when they scored
seven runs on the gunmakers from
the Navy Yard, only to see the Ma |
grab the game out of the fire
in their half was one of the features
of the series which shows the fighting
spirit of the competing clubs.
The best demonstration of the fight
ing spirit of the clubs is shown in
the game uphill fight that Manager
Bowen's Emmanuel club has made for
top honors in Section a. This church.
mems team from Mount Pleasant went
handicapped by lack of pitchers but
|
of pitchers by their capable
pilot they are al present perched on top
Of the heap in that section.
Emmanuel dropped two games, one
to the Marine team and the other to
The gunmakers from Uncle Sans
factory, but they came back and clean
I'd up in four straight contests, giv-
ng the fans something real to talk
about
Johnny Shugrue, the second sacker
If the Agriculture team, is easily the
Individual star of the sectional clashes
Shugrue led the way for the other
players with the stick, having in the
Jour games he played smacked the
I'D horse hide for a $50 mark while (
lie has handled seventeen chances ,
without a slip-up. II
Thirty mine players of the seyenI
clubs are hitting the ball |
or .3o0sor better clip while thirty
Eight have gone through the game
without an error. The General Office I
cam of the Terminal Railroad Y. NJ.
:. A. League have eight players clout-
ng the ball over the 800 mark, while
he Farmers follow next in line with
even.
Emmanuel and Marines each have
half a dozen batsmen hammering the
ill for three centuries while Rosedale IL
ollows with five. Machinist and Kel-
er seems to be the weak sisters with
he war club, the first named having
our, while the East Washington
,hurchmen can boast of but three in
he classy crew.
The Keller club although weak with Y
he willow is leading the clubs in
altering in the ball in the garden
he Florida Avenues can boast of hay-i
ng eight players with a perfect aver
ge on the grass. while they are being
losely pushed by the Rosedale club 3
rom out the toll-gate way. Manager
unghan's outfit has seven with the g
900 mark. while the Marines and =,
,ggies are tied with six each. lC
The Machinists have fve with a per. (
sct average and General once four, Ia