Evening star., 1915-06-12
BY n. c. BYRD.

BY n. c. BYRD.
Hancock, who played third base for
the Shops team in the morning league
yesterday, did some remarkable work
His play was better than that OF any
other man on any of the clubs. being
exceptionally clever at bat and in the
field.
On the defense Hancock accepted nine
chances without an error. He had four
assists and five put-outs to his credit.
handling all in as clean-cut a manner
as could have been desired. On the
offense Hancock's performance was OF
a very high standard also. three hits
being made by him out of five trips to
the plate: one of the drives went 1or
three bases Besides hitting effectively.
Hancock made one run and stole two
bases Seldom is 1t that a player has a
record for one day such as Hancock
made yesterday, and he deserves con-
siderable commendation for his per-
formance.
The Rosedales' winning streak was
broken yesterday in the Rosedale
League, they going down to defeat De-
fore the Crescents by 3 to j. the Rose
dales scored one in the second inning,
while the Crescents got one in the sec
ond and two in the third. The contest
went only six periods. and neither CLUB
was able to get a man to the plate
after the third. The fielding was as
good as has been seen In the league
charged during the course or the pat
tie. and that was registered against
the man who probably is one OF the
best flelders in the city-Moran.
he nf Moore T.
fective pitching was the main cause OF
the Crescents' victory. Moore gave nVe
bases on balls. but when it came to
getting base hits his opponents could
not come through. AS Moore was given
perfect support by his teammates there
was not much chance OF his opponents
getting men across the plate.
The Navy and Bureau teams engaged
in splendid contest in the govern
ment circuit the latter winning by 2
| to- l. Lyons again came through with
a well pitched contest, striking out
five and keeping the hits well scat
| tered. Owens, who worked on the
mound for Navy, was not far behind
his opponent in this respect, as he
famed twelve. and the Bureau outfit
was able to get only five safeties Off
his delivery.
Roche ployed a brilliant game at
second for Bureau. accepting ten
chances without an error. Roche also
got two hits and stole two bases.
The game in the Morning League Of
the Railroad Y. NJ. C. 4. resulted in
9 to victory for Shops over Baggage.
Sherman and Boyd of the Baggage
team did some splendid work at third
and short. while the play of Hancock.
of course, featured the exhibition of
Shops.
In the afternoon contest in the Ter
minal circuit the General Office defeat
ed Car Department by to l. Neither
team scored until the sixth inning,
and Car Department one General Of
flee Tailed one in the seventh and two
in the eighth. Herring played a nice
game in center field for General Office
and Marceron batted well for Car De-
partment. White, for Car Department,
and Thompson. for the winners, pitched
very creditably.
Sweeney of Interior and Ryan of
Treasury engaged in a pitchers battle
in the Departmental circuit. the for
mer winning by l to 0. Interior got
one run in the second inning. which
was all the scoring done by either club.
Both teams made the same number Of
hits and both pitchers caused the same
number tc fan. Armstrong. at short.
did well in the field.
The Machinists won another one
sided contest in the Potomac League.
the score being II to o. They out
fielded and generally outplayed their
opponents. Hines, who did the mound
work for the Machinists, held
the Drillery club to three safeties, two
being made by Dechard. Roundtree of
the Machinists did some fine playing
at second. accepting eight out of nine
chances; seven of the opportunities ac-
cepted were assists.
An exceptionally good pitching duel
and Reformation in the East WASH
ington Sunday School organization
Neitzey of Reformation and Flaherty
of ST. Agnes were the star perform
ers, their hurting being about the same
caliber St Agnes was the victor by
to !. Neitzey allowed five hits and
famed nine. and Flaherty let his op-
ponents down with six safeties and
struck out the same number.
Marino, who played centerfeld for
St Agnes. was the star batter, making
three clean drives into safe territory
out OF three times at bat.
The game in the Interbureau League
of the War Department was won py
the Quartermaster Generals once. the
Adjutant Generals Office being defeat
ed by 10 to g. The runs came at pc
in the first period and five in the iast
and the losers got all six OF their
counts in the final inning.
Stanley, pitching for BriShtwooo
against Whitney Avenue in the Nor'n-
west Sunday School League. struck
out ten men and allowed but SIX hits,
vet lost his game At the end or the
fourth inning Whitney Avenue was
leading, with the score standing TO y,
and the Brightwood nine could never
overcome the disadvantage.
Poor fielding cost st. Nincents the
game it played with st. Peters IN the
Holy Name organization. The losers
made nine errors. while their oppo-
nents did some fairly creditable field
ing. Also besides being outhelded,
ST. Vincent's did not bat nearly so
well as it's opponent. The st. Peter s
aggregation registered sixteen safe-
ties. several of which went Tor extra
bases. Finneran welded his bat most
effectively, registering a hit on each
of his four attempts. Two OF Flnne-
rams safeties were singles one was a
two-bagger and the other a triple
Kellinger of the same club. made
home run. The score of the contest
was 12 to 8.
The general play in the amateur
games yesterday was much better tnan
that Of the previous day. There We're
one or two contests in which one OF