New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-23
KEEPS THE
TRIBUNE MINES
OFF DIAMOND
Field NarrOWs as Contest
Reaches the Inter
District Round.
p. S. 5 CONTENDER FOR
MANHATTAN HONORS
Many Upsets and Keen Contests
in Last Elimination Games
of Baseball Tourney.

The elementary schoolboys that are
competing in The Tribune baseball
tournament have grudge against the
weather man.
With little more than n week TO go
IN the elimination round Of the fixture
that is under the direction Of the Pub
Tic Schools Athletic League, the rain
and wet grounds caused the postpone
ment Of most of the games last week.
Nevertheless. few of the teams did
get into action, and some improved
their standing.
Unless signs fail il will be the teams
that have been considered up to this
year as outsiders in the fixture that
Will fight It out for the borough hon
o1s and The Tribune's gold medal that
goes with it,
Interest has been keener IN the
tournament this year because Of the
added incentive, The Tribune uniforms
and medals take the words of the ath
letlc instructors that have been in
charge Of the many games for that
The Demon Sluggers have had things
mostly their own way, for hard hit
ting has been bigger factor in the
winning Of games than anything else.
Not that there have not been as well
played and errorless games on the
playground diamonds az one would see
at d big league stadium.
7. S > has been the big surprise Of
the tournament IN Manhattan. II has
won most of its games by wide mar
gins and is looked upon as the prob
able winner of the borough champion
ship. SIX teams started In the tourna-
ment in this district, among them P. s.
10, which won the honors last year
p. 6. 179 also came through the elimi-
nation round easily.
The other teams, ?. 6. Il, P. 6. TO-
P. s. 95, p. s. So and P. 6. III, did
not take part in the elimination round.
as they were the only ones entered
from their athletic districts. The di-
rcctors in these districts will cooper
ate with Roland Patterson, of the Pub
lie Schools Athletic League. 10 draft
schedule for these contests early this
week
In District League 2 of Brooklyn,
also known as the Washington League,
7. S l2S won the honors in the elimi-
nation round. Il was found, however.
that one of the boys had been playing
on an outside team on Sundays, so the
games that he participated in were
thrown out, and now ?. S. 1923 must re-
play and win three of these contests
before il can take part In the final
round Of the fixture.
One series that is sure 70 attract
more than ordinary interest in the
tournament in the Brooklyn section of
the fixture will be the meeting of p s.
Q and p. 6. 10. The latter won the
borough honors last year, while ?. S.
9 by its showing in the early rounds
gives promise of being a keen con-
tender for the honors. Another team
that must be reckoned with Is that
from ?. s. 147, which won the city
championship several years ago.
One of the most interesting contests
in District I was the game between 7.
S. 70 and ?. s. ia. The former won
by score of TO 0. Muers, the pitch
or Of the p s. 70 team. let his OPP
ponents down with one hit. Five err
rors, two Of them by the winners,
married an otherwise interesting game.
In the other games on the Parade
Ground that were not marred by the
rain p. s. 90 defeated ?. s. As by a
score OF 10 70 % r. = 10 won IhIher
easily over P. s. II by a score Of 6 TO
!; I. s. 1874 nosed out p. S. 1853 by 10
to Q, while ?. s. shut out p. s. 157
by a score Of to 0.
One Of the heaviest hitting games
Of the elimination round was the one
early last week that was won by P. s.
II from p s. by score of 20 to s.
In the second inning P. S. II fell on
Retz. the pitcher of p. s. 8, and bat
ted around twice. Fifteen hits and
the runs. Walters, Of P. 8. II, let his
opponents down with four hits and
would have scored a shutout had his
teammates given him the needed sup
port in the pinches.
The score Of the P. S. TSP. 8. IA
game follows: