The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-06-06
Indians Returned Champs in
Departmental Circuit, Not
Losing a Game.
OTHER AMATEUR NOTES
By JOHN Z. M'CABE.

the games have not been played. but
the Interior has firilAhed its schedule with
a clean slate. Treasury was second with
but two defeats, losing each time to the
Interior club. The second series will
start Monday. June Il. At the end of the
second series the winners will meet for
the title.
In the first series of the Government
League the Marine nine led the Com
merce by good margin. The first game
of the second series was won by Com
merce defeating the Library nine by q
to ).
The Potomac League is rightly named
as the players will be playing in the
Potomac River in few days If the
water continues to rise. Because of re-
cent rains and the dredging machines
the water is on the outskirts of the out
felders. II such a calamity comes to
pass the grounds at G. H. 1. will be
utilized.
Brownie Rudiman. who has been handi-
capped by weak leg. is improving rap
idly and is expected to take Merrick's
place in the outfield of the Land Serv-
ice nine. Merrick is not playing as good
a game as was expected of him.
Walter Dom. Lefty Salh, and Eddie
Rrosnan are playing a star game for the
Holy Name nine. D9nn is behind the
plate with Salb on first and Brosnan at
short.
Rasmussen and Kendall the famous
Gallaudet battery. We're signed by As
sistant Manager Charles Plunkett, of the
St. Teresa nine. They are expected to
prove big drawing card for the fans
across the river.
Gill. playing shortstop for Traffic. is
ideal lead-off man. In his last six
teen times at bat. he has succeeded in
drawing eleven bases on balls and
scoring nine runs.
"Curley" Brown is playing nice
game for Law at second. He is field
ing his position well. and is meeting
the ball consistently.
In Fridays game. Graves. playing
first base for Traffic. got four hits out
of five times at bat. scored two runs
and handled his six chances without an
error.
Traffic. of the Southern League has
one of the best fielding teams in anna
teur base ball. They have more no err
ror games to their credit than any
other team than plays in Presidents
Park.
Graves. al first. is playing good ball
for the Traffic nine. He is leading his
team in hitting and is fielding with the
best of them.
Ecll. of the Treasury team. is hitting
better this year than formerly. and is
making his presence felt.
Jack Dodge put up a good game for
the Alumni team on Friday. making
but four errors out of four chances.
Kirk. the former Penn State infield-
er. is playing with the Whitney team
in the Northwest Sunday School League.
He is at short now. hut is al home any
where in the inner works.
Mccarthy is one Of the best fielding
first haseman in amateur ranks. He is
playing with the BriEhtwood team. of
the Northwest Sunday School League.
Leakin. who plays first. second. and
left field for the Brightwood nine. was
the leading contributor of errors
against Whitney. Errors were respon-
sible for Brightwood's defeat.
Nutwell is twirling good ball for the
Columbia nine of the Rosedale League.
In his last game he had ten strikeours
to his credit.
There seems to be more strikeouts and
errors than formerly with all the leagues.
Perry Dowrick. the all-round athlete. is
playing good hall for both the st. Paul
and Gino mines.
OIcary lost game with fourteen
strikcouts in fvc-inming game. Poor
support was responsible for his defeat.
The catchers are the best hitters with
amateur this season. This is the first
time in several years that the outfielders
have been outhit.
Hassensta5 is pitching good ball for
the Drillery team in the Potomac League.
in the same against St Teresa nine he
held them to five hits. but lost the game
through errors.
Jim Flaherty is keeping up his good
work for the Steel Plant nine. In the
last two games he has had perfect days
at bat and in the field.
Lefty Downey is pitching for the
Treasury team and Is winning n large
majority of his games. He defeated the
Clarendon nine. allowing but four scat
tered hits.
The strong Lincoln nine journeyed to
Laurel on Monday last and defeated the
strong team of that place easily in both
ends of a double-header. Offut and
Rasmussen were both in fine form. al
lowing but one run apiece
Tommy Crooks. the first baseman of
the Machnist nine is hitting the ball
hard and is playing good fielding
game.
Lefty Kuhnert the first string twirler
of the Machnists. defeated the G. H. l.
nine easily by to 5. He was the hitting
star of the day. getting three hits out
of three trips to the plate
McCabe and Tomlin hooked up in an
other pitchers. battle in the Home Club
League. They were the opponents in
the opening game of the season. and
each time Tomlin has been returned
winner. Tomlin allowed the losers but
two hits, while McCabe allowed six.
Carr led both teams in hitting. get
ting three out OF four.
They say that miracle never hap
pen. butthat Is false. because the PEN
sion nine has won a ball game. The
Bureau OF Mines team made six errors
and this may be the reason of the
Pensions victory.
Twenty men were famed in the game