Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-13
ans Begin Play Tomorrow for Amateur Base Ball Title of District
FIRST GAMES IN TITLE SERIES
ARE TO BE PLAYED TOMORROW
Six Teams Meet in Opening Of Final Part OF
Race for Amateur Base Ball Champion
ship-Other Gossip and News.

/ tanned. inasmuch as his records of the
| games show that the status of the men
questioned Is all that could be desired.
1t also Is said that Emmanuel, too. has
clear record for all it's players.
| meeting is to be held this afternoon
| at o'clock at the residence Of Mr. Shurt-
left. the secretary of the commission, to
| formally pass upon the protests. c. NJ.
; King Secretary Shurtleff and S. Edward
Beach comprise the board of inquiry.
The umpres selected for the opening
games are Belts, Kerper and Woodward.
The aforementioned will officiate in the
contest between Marines and Machinists
and Kerper will handle the other game in
! section A, between Emmanuel and Rose
| dales, Woodward is to be the section B
| arbiter
The most important contest Is that
I booked between Machinists and Marines.
These two teams are likely to battle for
l the title in section A, though Emmanuel
may do lot better work than is expected.
Okott, who starred on the slab for the
Marines in the final series in the Govern
ment League, will most likely do the
finging for the soldiers, while CLANCY, the
star left-hander. Is pretty sure to be the
choice of Manager LeClair for the other
side.
rms Emmanuel team is the puzzle of
the series and seems to be the possible
dark horse. There are several good
l
come through with some very we'll
played games. coleman, who has play
: ed first base and done some of the
catching, has been hitting the ball
nara: ne Is former Technical High
star and played some at M. A. c. Kid
well, who pitched some brilliant ball in
the amateur ranks two years ago, is
another member of the team. while
Gessfofd, Roger. Dries, Bauer and
! Rawlings all have made their mark in
the local circuits. Give Emmanuel good
| pitching and it probably will make
| the other good clubs hustle to beat it
out for the title. One fact that seems
10 stand out against Emmanuel is that
| II mas not been able to prevent a lot
OF runs being scored against it in most
| OF Its games, and if the other teams in
the Northwest Sunday School circuit
could batter down the defense of the
pennant winner it is only reasonable to
suppose that the much stronger or
ganizations that have figured as cham
p1ons OF other leagues will be capable
! of doing the same thing.
The Empire Athletic Club will MA
games tomorrow and Sunday The team
| is to go to Laurel tomorrow to meet the
nine representing that town, and the
following day the Engineers are to be
played on the Washington barracks
grounds. The Empires have made a good
record this season SO far, having won
fourteen games out of nineteen played
rank Heise, manager OF the club thinks
his team is as capable as any of the
| other Independent organiza tions and
would be glad to arrange games with
any that figure otherwise.
A boosters day is to be held at the
Columbus Country Club tomorrow The
day is to be featuTe ID by athletic contests,
especially base ball and tennis. The
| ball game is to take place between the
| Bachelors and Benedicts. The Bach
elors won the first contest of the series
of three to be played. This will be the
second conflict and the Bepedicts will
bend every effort toward evening up
things Challenge matches between
some Of the best tennis players in the
club are to be held Immediately after
the game.
The Washington Swimming Club will
hold its annual three-mile swim tomor-
row. The race was scheduled for two
weeks ago, but was postponed because
of the unfavorable condition OF the
water. The race is to start at o'clock.