Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-24
BY n. C. BYRD.

| Machinists and Agriculture play today
| the first game of the final series for the
amateur base ball championship OF the
| District Three contests are scheduled
| but if one team wins the first two no
| more will take place. The teams meet
| today and tomorrow on the Railroad
Y. NJ. c. A. grounds, and if the thlrd
| game is necessary, American League
Park will be utilized. Play Will begin
| each day at 5 o'clock.
The series undoubtedly brings to-
gether the two strongest teams IN
Washington. There is no question
| about the Machinists being a capable
aggregation, and were it certain that
their pitchers would hold up one OF
the hardest fought series in the his
| tory of amateur ball might be pre-
| dicted That may be the case anyway
because the Navy Yard men are not
| likely to be defeated easily. II Is
| good club, and probably ranks just as
well as Agriculture in very near every
| position.
| Giovanetti was not able to catch Tor
the Machinists yesterday, being i'll; and
if he is not in shape to go oehino tne
bat today that viii be an added handl-
cap. Hines, who is one OF the resuia.
pitchers, was behind the plate against
Emmanuel, and though he did Wen
under the circumstances. it is not to pc
expected that he could perform as en-
GENTLY as the regular backstop, VINO
has been rated as just about the best
in the city by the followers OF the
Potomac League.
1t is practically certain that Agrlcui-
ture will use owens on the slab, Win
Nops ready to do duty tomorrow.
owens has proved the most consistent
hurler in the amateur ranks this sea
SON. and that he will prove STUN
bling block for the Machinists is GER
tain. Manager lie Clair has been com
PEELED to manipulate his pltchers so
frequently of late that it is hard tell
ing what he will do today. There is a
possibility that he will come right
back with Hartley, or he may starr
Hines and use Hartley as relief, II
such action is necessary. No matter
which way one looks at it, lie Clair
does not have an easy task to handle
his pitching staff so as to get the pest
results Especially is this true when
it is considered that Agriculture has
the hardest and best hitting team the
Machinists have faced this season.
The game yesterday between the Ma
chinists and Emmanuel resulted in
rather easy victory for the former. be-
cause Hartley did some splendid pltcn-
ing after he was sent in as RELIEF
hurler for kuhnert. Hartley went INTO
the game in the fifth inning after MS
predecessor
forced one man across without getting
a man out Hartley allowed one run,
which was made when King swung hard
on the ball. but dumped an easy roller
down third base line, which was too
hard for either Hartley or Schofield to
handle in time to make play any
where The Machinists scored all their
runs in two innings. getting three In
the second and four in the fourth
One of the largest crowds that ever
watched an amateur ball game here was
present 1t is certain that not less than
5000 persons stood in the solid ring
which formed round the entire field. 1t
was impossible to learn the correct mum,
ber hut conservative estimate would
place the figure somewhere between
5000 and 5000.
The runs made by the Machinists in
the second inning were the result
mainly of clean, hard hitting: though
the rough ground in center field was
the cause of one, as 1t made the ball
take a bad bound and roll by Bauer.
The hit should have been single. but
it went for three bases. Two of the
runs in the second session scored on
a wallop by "Blick" Roundtree which
went against the fence and Melted him
two bases. In the fourth the Ma
chinists We're aided considerably by
couple of misplays on the part of their
opponents.
Beard is playing some nice ball at
first base for the Machinists. His work In
very nearly every game is well worthy
of more than passing mention. More
than one inflelder has been saved an
error or two by some exceptional stops
and pick-ups by Beard.
When the game between Agriculture
and Machinists starts today 1t will ind
Frank Pee, star outfielder of the cham
pion team of last year, opposed to
three of his teammates-Roundtree
Harris and Giovanetti. These latter
are holding down the same positions
for Machinists they did for Ninth
second. shortstop and behind the plate
These four were about the best that
Ninth had to offer last year, too.
The Washington Printers won their
first game in the series for the cham
pionship of the international Typo
era phical Union yesterday at Phila-
delphia. The local men outclassed the
Quaker City team in every department
of play. Blanton pitched splendid ball
for the Washington team. holding
out nine. The score was s to 2, the
losers not being able to get man
across the plate after the second in
ming.
F'eldman. Gathgens and Daughton Of
Washington proved the batting stars
The first mentioned got three bagger,
the second Il three Dagger and a sin
gle, and the last two doubles. The
Printers fielded surprisingly well, only
one misplay being charged against
them. Strngers work at second was
lion vi, 10 Mt II