The Washington times., 1915-06-23
Commerce and Bureau Tied
After Eleven Innings Of Fast
Baseball. .M
EACH SCORES FIVE RUNS
Commissioners Require Ten
Rounds to Win BY 6 to 8
From Printers.
By BRYAN MORSE.

BY BRYAN MORSE.
Three extra inning battles 60
down on the books of the amateur
baseball league scorers today. The
records show good, bad, and indif-
ferent brands Of sport played on the
various diamonds. The White Lot
Ellipse furnished the fans two fine
contests. Commerce and Bureau are
tied as league leaders today, failing
to break the deadlock after eleven
innings Of fast ball, going to to
s count in the Government circuit.
In the Departmental League,
Commissioners won in the tenth in
ming, taking a 6 to 8 game from the
Printers. In the Home Club League
Patent proceeded TO hammer the
Pension pitchers for fourteen hits
and got twenty-three runs when the
Patent players sandwiched in nine
errors. The game went the full
route.
+ Drillery s,.eug a surprise on the Gov
ernment Hospital team in the Potomac
circuit, taking a s to game EboeIt,
who has lately como to the front Win
ssxsra! ne psEformanSss tn IN the the SGm. %in
fanntns EagS but but three batters, but walking
none ana allowing four hits.
Trinity and st. Aioysius hooked up IN
a,close game in the Holy Name LeasTe nrs
Yesterday. Trinity won py & . 10 - aFter eSo
E Hioysius % had led from the start:
There was little to choose between
C9uDias and @ G,praltsTSst tbs eiaSth If iinnins ans
When Columbia got after Smith and
made s runs. Columbis. won by II TO g.
e. VI. McLauren. Of the Departmental
League. announced fnaL Msyae yae EnS,nssr. %
ins Experiment Station team, Of An
napolis, on Saturday. on the MOTH GA c
pond ct O'clock i,y II Bean T. ss'a andefsatsd tn ted
80 far this season.
The Nationals. manipulated by VIC
Gauzza. defeated the Palais Royaa .eaa
Lem Owens, the Nationals pitcher. a
chance to star. Laverine went IN tns
box for the Nationals and was removeo
in the fifth Owens fsnned ennsd h;m ,en Curing al i
the remainder Of the contest No nuts
were made off Owens. The Nationals
won by II to 3.
Terminal Railroad Y. M. C: A. teams
got together in their usual two games
yesterday and played oreditable base
bali. In the morning game, Shops won
a to s game from Baggage: Ear NV p
General office in the afternoon.
The East Washington Sunday School
fans were treatea to ei.caefds aed s. Rec
tor. of Keller. were hooked up yesssr-
ting the best Of the battle.
Rector fannned eleyen batters Ter uina ana a.; al
nings. Meade pitched ball which would
have won under ordinary circumstances.
Leavell, who made one OF the two hits
for his side. tried to sneak nome ana
lost his only chance to score in the
seventh.
Lester Peine. who. plays third for
Western High school, starred on the
day in the Potomac League battle.
Peine got two hits in two trips to the
plate scored two runs and handled his
two chances in fine style
Hough. left fielder for the Telegraph
team in the Southern Railway Clerks
League, led all the hitters yesterday by
getting four in the same number OF
times at the bat.
Machinists and st. Teresa should draw
q big crowd today. The st. Teresa team
is out after the league leadership now
held by the Machinists, and will send
Mike Cantwell in after the game.
Thompson won another game for I'm
manuel in the Northwest Sunday school
circuit yesterday. trimming whitney by
8 to 1. Good hitting landed the game
for Emmanuel, while Thompson famed
twelve of his opponents. Emmanuel pre-
sented heavy hitting combination.
Bureau of Plant Industry got away
with an to game from the Roads
combination in the Aggies Interbureau
League, the game going seven innings.
DAILY, pitching for the Plant players.
struck out thirteen of his opponents.
Next Sunday the undefsated Nationals
who claim the independent champion
ship of the District and Virginia, hook
Alexandria, on the latter's grounds.
The Virginians have hard hitting
club, and expect to break the clubmen's
winning streak. The Nationals are will
ing to defend their title against any club
in this vicinity. Address all challenges
to Vic Gauzza. 1904 F street northwest.
Secretary Shurtleff, OF the Amateur
Association, is busy on the contract and
release lists for the week, and expects
to have them out by tomorrow. Secre-
tary Shurtleff took the trip with the
Marines to Philadelphia Sunday. and
has been busy on the many changes
among the amateurs ever since.