Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-22
|MACFIINISTS PLAY EMANUEL
DECISIVE CONTEST TOMORROW
Win Right to Meet Churchmen in Final
Game for Championship Of Section A
in Post-Season Series-Other Gossip.

tomorrow-it was not expected to win
out in the first place-but it already
has accomplished sufficient to cause It's
players and supporters to feel proud.
whether or not 1t is victor by reason
of winning the final and decisive con-
club deserves lot of commentator
for the splendid fight made.
The Machinists' outfieId undoubtedly
is a clever combination. Not only have
the three men holding down those po-
sitions been capable in their defensive
work. but they also have led the club
in other particulars. They are about
the most consistent batters and the
best base runners in the lineup, as
well as showing good judgment In the
greater part of their play: Chaplin,
Raba and Beatty are worth a great
deal more to the Machinists than they
have been given credit for so far.
There is one member of the Machin-
lists team who is not given much no
tice in the newspapers, and his work
does not often elicit much applause
from the stands. but he is, nevertheless.
one of the most capable players in the
District in his position-Tommy Har-
ris. If there is better fielding short
stop in Washington than Harris has
proved himself lately. then he has yet
to be found. Yesterday Harris made
some brilliant plays in the game with
the Marines, and several times cut or
men at first on hardhit grounders
that loked as IL they would go through
for safeties. Harris is weak at the bat.
but his performances at short more
than make up for that deficiency.
In yesterdays game between the
Machinists and Marines both clubs
made shifts while the play was in
progress. Broome was taken off third,
where he started, and Schofeld was
placed in that position. The Marines
sent Quackenbush from third to short.
removing the shortstop; took Minis on
| first and used him at third and Parker
| played first. Incidentally, the shift
seemed to work well for the Marines,
as these three players figured in nice
plays right in the first inning they were
in their new positions.
| Minis. first baseman for the Marines.
! is one of the. most capable playing that
position in the District. His work all
the year has been very consistent, but
| he has done 1t with. such little oetenta-
| ton that sometimes the notice it really
| deserved has not been taken of 1t.
| The Marines have lost out in the
race for the championship. but they
| made a good fight, and no one is going
! to refuse them one bit of the praise
| they should rightly have for sports
| in defeat they may well feel proud
OF their accomplishments Many other
clubs placed in the position they were
at the end of the Government League
series would not have taken things so
! calmly and in such an accomplishing
way. And who knows that their going
! through two series at the end OF the
league season did not take enough of
| the edge off them to cause them to
| break somewhat within the last few
days?
| But to pick flaws, as well as to praise,
J the Marines have played some bad
base ball. Their judgment in certain
| instances has been very poor and the
| chances are that had the very best
of which the team was capable been
gotten out of 1t as a team 1t would
still be in the running for first honors.
| In the meanwhile Agriculture is sitting
| by and watching to see which team II
will have to meet in the final series Of the
year. The Farmers have expressed little
preference in the series in regard to the
clubs in section A, though a little re-
] mark made by Larry Eidsness, manager
, of the Aggies, before the series began.
comes to memory in this connection:
Nobody seems to consider that Inn
manuel team but. to tell you the truth,
sort Of think it is liable to come through.
| That is much better aggregation Of ball
| players than anybody thinlzs.''