The Washington times., 1915-06-12
HOLYNAMEL ELEAGUES
WILL START SEASON
EARLY NEXT WEEK
Four Teams Chosen and Circuit
viii Be Filled at TomorroW's
Meeting.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Four teams have been selected for
the Holy Name League which will
open It's season on Patterson's Field,
Sixth street and Florida avenue
northeast, on Monday afternoon and
the other teams will be selected at
a meeting set for tomorrow after
noon at 2:30 o'clock at st. Joseph's
Hall.
Holy Name, st. Joseph's, St. Pc
ters, and St. Anthony's, of Brook
land, have been picked for fran
chises in the new circuit and will be
joined by teams selected from the
following: st. Dominic's, Sacred
Heart, Holy Trinity, St. Stephens,
and Our Lady of Victory. The ses-
sion held last night found all of the
teams represented.
For the Monday game Holy Name and
st. Joseph's will play G. E. Long has
been selected as the umpire for the cir
cult and Joseph M. Monroe is the Of
fcial scorer. The circuit Is headed by
president John B. Irving. Father Cahill
Of st. Joseph's Is vice president, and
Joseph M. Monroe, Is secretary treas
urer.
Final arrangements are to be COM
pleted at tomorrow's meeting at ST.
Joseph's Parish Hail. The remaining
franchises are expected to be awarded
and the league will then be ready to
start games.
The catchers seem unable to stop the
pilfering this season and the players
have romped around the bases almost
at Will. In ten games yesterday there
Rosedale League contest which was de-
cided by a to / score ten sacks were
stolen. War Interbureau players ran
wild. stealing thirteen bases in the
league battle.
Both Sunday School leagues are put
ting up great games this year and COM
petition Is unusually keen. In yester-
days games st. Agnes and Reforma-
ton played nine innings to 2 to !
score. the Reformation nine falling in
it's last round at the bat St. Agnes
plsyed an errorlesS game, took advan-
tage of the few opportunities offered
and came through with a win.
Ir the Northwest Sunday School cir
suit Whitney Avenue took q to Z
game from Brightwood Brightwood
was blanked until the sixth inning
III &C WtlC ldlIfH' I1cll-
n'rller's hitting was good. but failed to
boost his team in the lead, A homer
and two bagger were gotten by the
Brightwood catcher.
1t would be impossible to get any
closer games than two played on the
White Lot ellipse yesterday In the Gov.
ernment and Departmental Leagues
Interior won a / to game from Treas.
ury in the older circuit. Sweeney
/ nitrhad for tho Intartnr MI oil a.
four hits. famed six batters. and walk
ed four. Ryan allowed the same mum.
Der of hits. famed four and hit two bat.
ters. 1nterio!' won in the second inning
"Ches" Lyons, who twirled a victor,
over the Marines the other day. getting
the honor over all the other pitchers in
the circuit. was sent back against the
Navy team yesterday, and landed q
2-to-1 win. Lyons was touched up fol
seven hits. kept them well scattered
and famed four. He cut loose with two
wild pitches. but received good support
Bureau has now won two games in the
second series. Roche, who played sec.
ond for the winners, got two out Of fouI
hits. stole two bases. and handled ten
chances without an error.
The Marines will make their third
start in the Government League in the
new series today. being pitted against
the fOrcSters. In TWO starts the Ma
rinos have failed to win, although they
went through the first series without q
loss.
Rosedale took a beating. the first OF
the season bv the way, from the Cres-
cent team in the Rosedale League yes.
terday. Moore pitched for the Crescents
and allowed the leaders but one safe
hit. bunt by Kirkland.
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Hines served them up for the Ma
chinists in the Potomac League yester,
day. and the Drillery team got but three
hits, The Machinists pounded O'Day
and Beach for eleven hits and showed
twelve runs across. ODay lasted bu
two-thirds Of an inning, and Beact
fared little betted later on.
Finneran. of st. Peters, led his team
In batting against the st. Vincent's nine
getting four hits out Of four times al
the bat. The St. Peters team won BY
II to s.
They play fair ball only in the Termi
nal r. r. Y. NJ. C. A.. but the players
have a great deal Of fun out of 1t. There
are two games daily and yesterday II
the morning affair twenty-nine hit
| were registered by the teams com
peting. Shops won the first game b,
9 to 8 and in the afternoon General OF
| flee Defeated Car Department by to l
Rufnex would like to get games will
| any fifteen-year- teams In or arount
the District Address Phil Btggins 33l