The Washington herald., 1915-07-18
Martinsburg Outhelder Is Top
Swatter-Local Boys Are
Going Good in Circuit.
OTHER LEAGUE COMMENT
BY HARVEY A. Bush.

one-half the scheduled games of the
Blue Ridge Leg que played At this writ
ins interest in the race has not only not
decreased. hut has RerccPtihl: grown IN
every town in the circuit This has bsen
amply demonstrated by the increased al
tendance at every game played over the
corresponding day Of last week, with the
execution OF Monday. Several incidents
OF more than ordinary Importance have
contributed to this result, chief among
them being the change of management
OF the Hagerstowu Cluh. a fierce series
between Frederick and MartinsburG. and
the rejuvenation of the ChamheTsburS
and Gettysburg clubs. In addition, the
newspapers hecezne involved in a heat
ed discussion over the batting averages
for that part of the season "nGcd June
50 and scrap over the correct number
of games won and lost by the six clubs,
which required the official figures to
definitely determine
The change Of management at Hage"s-
town was announced Wednesday nGht.
after ChamberSburg had defeated Hag-
erstown for the third successive time
Joe LauChlin. formerly catcher on
the Cincinnati National League team,
and later star in the Virginia League"
handed in his resignation, and II was
nromptlv accepted Eugene Hanks. Of
I-hanlbe rshurC. v no has been on" of the
uupires If the league since the opening /
Of the season, vas appointed t" NIL the
yecancv and has taken "hars" OF the
aT~F,iir stated after his resis- !
,,a,Inr RAT he had ncrn anager
..sarI, in name and that he was
-oIIoI 20 nm tho clIh i'm accordance
Ill +ha Mans and instructions Of :
Charles w. Bover. president Of the Hag- /
erstown club and Of the league. Ian
80 uankS j. , veteran hall PLAYER and !
I'll, ,,rohebI,. ..,Ea th.. initia! sack. He !,
has b.~d tasL before him in straight
a., ,bc k,r3- in IIa-crs;9,vn and !
-, = ,.furinp combination together. |
h,,, nronisas that this will he done before |
~ ond of the season. in order that his |
,,-, ,oa,. he in good shape to begin OPP
,r,rions next year Most of the present
I.,.o,.- iii h.. retained T., Mana ger |
ta,Ls Including ..NonE' Walter and |
...,try. r,ear of WASHINGTON. who have
haar -l,,-i2r er.. all and whose excel /!
lev, s,icl work Eas served 20 keep HaS- :
I-L.o,., rror, falling lower in the stand
49, a.,
The f-ht between FrcdoriCk and Mar
,irsb,,r.- this week was in tO|r-Game
;,-arcF,arre Of Courtc,ies Two IN Fred !,
,ericl- and two here Frederick won the /
first by score Of : to !. hu: Martins |
b-r- came back strong and took the
other three hv scores Of u to l. / TO l., !
and Sto > These three defeats Of Fred
,ricI, came on the heels Of a double de /
feat Of the league leaders hr the greatly
STRENGTHENED CiettvshurG clUh. the
scores beinc 70 and > to ! Tho to l !
game went eighteen innings before a de- 7
Cis;on could be reached and was n bril- !
liant pitching duel between King. o. |
Frederick and Howard. Of Gettysburg. /
This WAS KINGS first defeat Of tho sea !
son and the game in which he went |
Cd in
orcanized baseball this year King also |
lost the to game. to NTartinshurG. p!
while the to game lost to NariinshurE
hv Frederlrk vas pitched fol the loses !
~ Stevens who was with the Washing !
ton Nationals rarlv this season. il being
his first loss of the v.ur. Thu winning +
pitchers for MartinshulE were IIofcck- .
or po:-las. and "Ioftv'' Clarke. the lat /
ter secured from tn,. Washington Ma
tionals Clark. held Frederick to two
hits A shut-0ur being Prevented by a |
wild reg with men or MGmford. also
With the WASHINGTON NATIONALS for a
mart ct last season. lost thu. d, 70 game
10 Fred, rick through errors behind him.
Mart!nshurc has Won seven oct of her .
last nine games. ana is nov in second
rlaCc while Frederick has lost five out
Of her las, six starts. rI,nri,in- back to
within striking distance Of Martinshurc.
The showing male hr MnrrnshurG is
regarded ( rGr!1 Tkab". OF tho
fact that MANAGER 'I'UrIntry" Morris has
been OUT Of the -anro C"r a week with a
broken nose. tho rc.ul't Of fowl from his |
own bat in practr g. and "StuTy'' John /
son has been laid N with a split hand 4
Morris has been hitting =: and John ,
son 2l5 and their absence from the !
team has weakened tho offensive nIav Of
The club Zachar, a Washington boy. !
is catching all thc ..anCS and his hit |
ting has been timely Three times in the
mast ten da,s his hat has broken No tho .
game ShortStop Havcs another Wash (
instoD hoy. has been hitting at A 500 clip I
since Iuly and in thu. last came with
Frederi.k il was his two Singles that
sent home two of tho runs 'F:IT' Don
nelly tho hIr first sackrr has been cIout-
ing the ball at = Sl9 rlir. and IlalirC a !
star gam, AT frs; Reggie Rawlings is |
still leading the league in hitting with
an average Of %f7. and is fielding in
great stvle IN left. In the. second game
with Frederick this week hc got three
doubles THOMPSON NJ second has been
rlavtnr great ball. although IN a recent
-ara he CumhIcd q c-ro,lnd"r and made
fcur wild rers-a IoacIc record His
stickvorl, has been Iuproyinr H.. getting
double and homer in one of the
Frederick, games shirley. MARYLAND
Agricultural COLLEGE bov, is playing a |
strong gam" at third and some Of his
DurhOrOw III center has greatly impr0v-