Evening star., 1915-07-07
BY q. C. BYRD.

Keller. in the East Washington Sunday
School, were victors in important
games yesterday. Patent won from
Land in the first contest of a series to
decide the title in the Home Club cir
cult. and Keller took the long end of
the score in the meeting for the cham
ule in the Sunday School circuit.
The contest won by Keller was close,
though the score that will go into the
records will be to 0. Keller had the
margin in It's favor by 3 to 2 until the
last half Of the ninth, when the contest
was forfeited to Keller because Advent
had no catcher to take Huntemann's
place. Patent got away to a good
start by scoring four runs in the first
inning, but Land made i've in the third.
Patent came strong in the closing Pc
RODS. though, and when the final count
was made it had 23 runs against s for
Land.
Blundon pitched splendid ball for Ad-
vent against Keller. but was given
Blundon flelded well he would probably
have won his contest Rector, who did
the hurling for Keller, kept the hits of
the opposing club we'll scattered, but
did not strike out as many as Blundon.
The batting of the Patent team was
the feature Of the game it won Not
member of the club failed to hit
safely, and several of them got three.
Roberts, Shalin, Beaulac and Arnold
connected three times each for safe
ties.
The Foresters took the measure Of
Navy in the Government circuit by a
score Of to S. Three runs scored
in the last two innings gave the For
esters the victory. Navy having held
the lead previous to that by to 4.
Fraser and Wortendyke pitched good
ball for their respective clubs, the for
mer being on the losing end more be-
cause of the failure of his teammates
any other reason. Fraser allowed one
more hit than did Wortendyke, but
struck out eleven. against nine.
Hudson, who did the catching for
Navy, had a good day on the offensive
He got three hits out of four times at
bat. and also had four stolen bases to
his credit.
Car Department won from Trans
portation in the morning game Of the
to I, and General Office proved the
winner in the evening contest, by 10
to 8. There was some ragged play IN
both contests, which. coupled with
some heavy hitting, accouhleo ioi ene
Younr and Dill fielded well in the
evening contest, while Thompson and
Degnan led in the batting. the play
of Mccain and McAleer in the morn
ing contest was noteworthy.
The Rotary Club went down before
the Gibraltars in the Rosedale League
by to Z. Ballengers steady pitching
and consistent hitting on the part OF
the winners were responsible Tor the
victory Incidentally. Ballenger was
the only member of the winning nine
that failed to drive the ball into sate
territory at least once.
St, Martins had a walkaway in the
Holy Name circuit. defeating st. YIN
cents by II to 4. st. Martins MY ene
any difficulty and scored in every in
ming except the last. OConnen was
the star clouter, having home run ana
three singles out OF six trips TO the
plate.
hall with a vengeance in the game be-
tween Emmanuel and Brightwood. NOT
only did Doleman catch well for I'M
manuel, but he drove the Dali OUT Ior
four extra-base hits out OF nVe llmes
at the plate. The first time up Dole.
man hit for a homer, and the next
three trips to the plate were productive
of another home run and two two bag
gers. On his fifth attempt Doleman
hit a long fly to center field.
Despite the fact that Emmanuel mad
Drummond, the University Of Virginia
pitcher. on the mound, Brightwood held
the lead until the seventh inning. In that
period. though, Strictly failed to hurl good
ball for Brightwood an1 Emmanuel scored
six times.
wader, pitching for the Hamilton Ath-
letic Club, struck out eleven men and al
lowed only three hits in the game his team
played with the Randall club in the Con-
press Heights circuit. The losing club
was not able to get a man to the home
plate, and the Hamiltons won by to 0.
Fairall of the Hamilton team led both
mines in batting, while Wood featured in
the fielding.
Drillery won an easy contest in the
Potomac League, taking the long end of
the score by 12 to l. There was not
much to the game. Drillery getting the
lead in the early innings and increasing
it as the periods went by. Metlets. who
played left field for Drillery. connected
with the delivery of Green, who did the
hurting for Fairlawn, for a homer and
two singles out of the four times he faced
him. Fitzgerald accepted nine of eleven
chances offered him at second base and
one of his two errors was excusable.
The game in the Catholic Church
Ieapue hetween St Doninic's and st.