The Washington times., 1915-06-11
Close Scores Generally Mark
Day on Sand Lots of Wash
ington Organization.
CATHOLIC LEAGUE MEETS
Complete Plans for Season Will
= Be Made and Schedule Is to
Start Monday.
BY BRYAN MORSE.


Followers of the games played on
the various sandlots are assured of
closely contested battles every day
now judging from the one run and
tie score contests going on the
books. In yesterdays affairs on the
diamonds controlled by President
Young four teams quit with scores
tied, there were two games decided
by one run, and in two other con-
tests two runs decided the issue.
One or two battles were one sided
but in the main good brand of
baseball was displayed. In the Gov
ernment League, Bureaus trick in
defeating the invincible Marines the
other day gave Commerce a new
lease of life and the bluejackets
quit the field yesterday with tie
score. Commerce got twelve runs
and at the end of the tenth inning
Umpire Shurtleff decided thst the
boys had had enough for the day
and called off hostilities.
Commerce had bit the better of the
argument in hitting. but made twelve
errors. The Marines went badly with
eleven errors. This is a record for the
league, as the battles have produced
much better fielding.
st. Paul and Holy Name called of
their game at all yesterday. in the
Rosedale circuit. Each team scored
three runs In the seventh inning. Ag-
sies and Printers furnished a bang-up
contest, in the Departmental League,
the Aggies winning by to 2. Each
team got three hits.
The Holy Name League will
make its final plans for the season TO-
night at Holy Name Church. Fifth and
FLORIDA avenue northeast will be used
for the srounds and the ecsdes ssdeduis e w Dr.
ranged, and the six teams are ready TO
St. Joseph's. Holy Name. Trinity, st.
sssphsaS es4 ndy ST. St !eters fstes s. s.
Sacred Heart, and st. Aloysius' Will
present teams, and six Of these Will
make up the circuit.
But six innings We're necessary to
show how much better the Government
Hospital was in yesterdays game with
Fairlawn. The Hospital players got
twelve runs off ten hits, while Carrico
and Vernstein allowed the Fairlawn
players but one hit.
Zeke Blundon and Worden Dyer. both
high school pitchers. performed in the
box for Avdent yesterday and won over
the Fifth team. Blundon was sent in to
rescue Dyer in the seventh inning and
stopped the Fifth team.
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Mitchell, of Ordnance. got four hits
out of four trips to the plate yesterday
War interbureau League. His hitting
helped his team to II to win.
st, Dominic's and ST. .Ioseph's went
eleven innings yesterday to a 9 to.
score. Neither team scored in the
Eleventh and the contest was called ON
st. Dominic's went to the front In the
first inning and gained runs in three
straight times at bat. Later in the
game st. Jo PLAYERS came .nd BACK Sonb1a ana
featured the game for the st. Dominic's
team.
The Terminal Railroad Y. NJ C. A.
furnished two close games yesterday.
In the morning Car Department de-
feated the Transportation team by II to
II. while Station trimmed Auditors by
10 to Q in the afternoon. Forty-seVen
hits were registered by the rour teams
during the two games.
Yankee A. c. would like to hear from
ali fa seventeen-year-old teams in the
District, Maryland, and Virginia, for
Sunday and holiday games. Communi-
cate with j. H. Robinson. 1S45 e street
northwest.
The Brookland A. C. and the Hill
brook teams will play Sunday at Hill
brook at 2SO p. m. Manager Mahoney
tha Brookland team, while Drice will
be selected to work for the Hillbrook
team. The Brooklanders have won fif-
teen games and lost but four during the
season.
North Carolina League.
Charlotte, 2; Durham, (hrst game).
Charlotte, 3; Durham, (second game).
Ashevile 10; Greensboro, ! (irst game).