The Washington times., 1915-08-06
Northwest and East Washing
ton Leagues Draw to a Close
With Winner in Doubt.
MARINES TAKE GOVT. RACE
Defeat Bureau in Final Game,
Having Won Last Six Out Of
Seven Starts.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

Leave it to the Sunday School
Leagues to furnish the thrillers for
the remainder of the open dates be-
fore the post-season games are open
ed up. Both the Northwest and East
Washington League are furnishing
fights calculated to cause the fans
to go home to cold suppers for the
next few days.
Reformation, of the East Wash
ington circuit, has come through
with two games this week defeating
Keller, the leaders and Fifth. St.
Agnes forfeited to Reformation, and
the series is such that a defeat for
Keller in one of the remaining
games will necessitate running the
series we'll into next week for the
final series.
Emmanuel and Whitney are fighting 1t
out for the title in the northwest circuit.
Whitney has the jump on the tmmanuel
team so far. These leagues are furnish
Ing the best battles right now, close
scores being recorded in every instance.
League, took a 2 to / battle from Keller
on Wednesday and came back for )
to win over Fifth yesterday.
Keller and St. Agnes come In for a
battle today and tomorrow Fifth and
Keller play. On Monday the same
teams get action and q win for St. Az
mes in today's battle with q loss for
Keller in either OF the Fifth games Will
mean that Reformation and St. Agnes
n riQn
to meet Keller in the final series.
]. w. Marbury. president Of the Po-
tomac League, has called a meeting tor
league will be closed up and Machinists
nominated for the right to represent the
circuit in the post season games.
According to the league head the sea-
every way. The running expenses have
been met and debt incurred at the
start Of the season. cleared up. The fans
have been faithful and the Machinists
have q following boosting for the city
title.
After two weeks of striving. the Ma
rines are winners Of the Government
League title. Bureau was defeated by
I to on the White Lot yesterday in
one Of the best played games Of the
tlnal series. The Marines stepped around
the bases almost at will. stealing twelve
sacks on Hull and OLeary.
Wallbridee and Williams annexed
three bases each. Bureau got into the
lead. scoring run in the second inning.
1t was not until the fifth that the Ma
rines came through with two runs. In
the seventh and eighth the bluejackets
scored runs. while Bureau was una BILE
to get going against Denman, who kept
the Bureau men off the bases by some
clever pitching.
Manager Williams was loud In praise
Of the Marines and offered his congratu-
!ations Immediately after the game.
Manager Bayliss.. of the Marines. in
sists his team will go through for the
city title. There was a deal Of rejoicing
by the Marines yesterday: The team
has won six Of its last eight games. lost
one and tied one against Commerce and
the Bureau nine for the Government
League tite.
Right now the Marines stack up as
city and must be recokened with when
the title games are under way.
Bureau and Plant Industry and Ar
lington Farms. of the Aggies Inter-
Bureau League played a game yester-
day which was unusual In that both OF
the opposing pitchers worked the bat
ters for twenty-nine strikeouts. The b.
p. l. nine won by to l. DAILY striking
out fifteen batters, and Rhodes. for the
Farm team. getting fourteen by the
same route.
Aloysius and Trinity are booked for a
game In the Holy Name League today.
The winner will be declared the league
leader. Both teams have shown GOOD
form. and the contest slated to start at
$3.50 p. m. will have a big crowd.
The Rex A. c. has booked good
games for the months of August and
September. First-class teams desiring
any OF the open dates. kindly communi-
cate Immediately with James E. Wright.
1857 Neal street northeast The schedule
follows: August !. Savage, Md. at SAY
age: August s, Cardinals. Of Alexandria,
Va; August IA. Poolesville. at Pooles-
vile, Md: August l5 Clarendon A. A.
at Clarendon. Va. August q, open; Au-
gust 22 open: August 20. Lincoln A. C.,
at Rotary Park: September l. open;