Evening star., 1916-08-13
By n. c. BYRD.

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place yesterday. The schedule gets
under way in earnest this week, with
contests in both sections and the best
ball seen on the amateur lots this year
ought to be produced.
| The very fact that the post-season
series is between the winners OF the
championship in the various leagues
is indication in itself that the best
amateur ball Washington has to
offer will be seen within the next week
or ten days. Nobody denies that there
are some exceptionally clever per-
formers on many of the teams contest
ing for the city title. many Of whom
could step out In professional ranks
tomorrow and make good. were it not
for their desire to keep lucrative posi-
tions which they now hold.
1t is not likely that there will be much
kicking on the kind Of ball played by the
teams in the fight for the District hon
ors True. there are sure to be bad in
nings for some-perhaps all-of the clubs,
but on the whole they will put up good
exhibitions-exhibition well worth see
ing. even II the interest caused by close
competition were not one Of the drawing
cards The best pitchers, the most capable
catchers. the fastest fielders and the hard
members Of the teams now in the closing
end Of the fight for the highest honors
amateur base ball in Washington offers
the right to play against Richmond and
Baltimore for the southern championship.
Mike Cantwell. local boy who has
starred In several of the amateur
leagues and who pitched well for
! worked the best game of his career
last week when he trimmed the Baltf-
more International League club by a
score of to 2. working on the slab for
the Cambridge (Md.) mi-professional
nine. Cantwell held the International
| League players to two hits and kept
his game well in hand after his team
got the lead in the second inning. The
Baltimore club used three pitchers in
its endeavors to prevent a defeat
Judging by the interest shown in
the games between Bureau and
| Machinists in the Potomac League,
between Rosedales and Gibraltars in
the Rosedale circuit and in the contest
yesterday which started the post
season series, there is still consider
In fact. people closely connected with
the sport are beginning to wonder II
there really ever was any lack of in
! terest During the seasons in the
crowds at the contests and everything
moved along quietly enough to create
the impression almost that amateur
base ball did not exist. Now every
body is beginning to wake up to the
, fact that there is some good ball play
ed on the local lots and the interest
in the contests is practically certain
to be greater and greater until the de-
cision as to the District championship
is reached.
| When the section A teams start play
next week some mighty good games
| are likely to result. The Holy Name,
Rosedale and Machinist clubs number
players in the city, and certainly a
much stronger club could be picked
from these three than from the teams
| in the other section. Holy Name has
Kid Roche and Tacks Mccarthy;
Giovanetti. Roundtree. Raba and
Chaplin; Rosedales have ZaneIli. Dyer,
eral others very capable. While there
! are many other good men with the
other clubs, these undoubtedly repre-
sent as good as can usually be found
| among amateur mines.
| The members of the Holy Name team
| think they have better combination
| than the Rosedales. according to ex-
pressed opinion. and figure they will
be able to stop the Machinists from
| hitting by using left-handed pitchers
almost exclusively. The best men with
! the stick in the Machinists' lineup are
| ieft-handed batters and the star mem
! bers of the twirling staff of the Cath
| olic team are Southpaws Salb and
| Nolan. Both men have hurled very
good ball for various Clubs. Nolan last
| season pitched remarkably well in the
Catholic Church and Terminal Railroad
Y. NJ c. A. circuits and In some of the
| most important contests this year has
| repeated such performances. Salb has
proved that he can be depended upon
to be effective. II these two men live
| up to the standards they have set at
| times in the past there is no doubt that
Machinists will have a mighty hard
row to hoe before they finish.
| This post t-season series will be short
| er than usual and no trouble is antici-
pated in finishing it well within the
prescribed time. There are fewer teams
listed In the struggle for the city title
and the schedule is consequently much
| shorter.
| The three American athletes who go
to Sweden in September to take part
| In the athletic games to be held in that
country ought to score lot Of points
When one stops to consider their re-
markable capabilities they should al
\ most be able to win a track meet them
\ selves. Two have already been select
ed and the third is to be chosen after
| the National A. A. L. championships are
held early in the month already men
toned. Ted Meredith and Joe Looms
are the runners named and it is as yet
questionable who the other will be.
| Probably the third man is to be select
| ed so that he will star in the events in
| which neither Meredith nor Loomis is
| especially adept. Meredith, If in good
| condition, can win the 440 and $50
That will be accepted as an accomplish
I ed fact even before the games start
Loomis should stand an excellent
chance to take the 100-yard dash. the
high and low hurdles, 220yard dash
and high jump. That seems a great
deal for a fellow to do in one afternoon,
| but Loomis has accomplished just
about that several times. He is
tamong the very best specialists in each
of these forms of competition. The
third man of the trip will not have to
be so very, very good in order to make
a wonderful showing for this country
| The Potomac Boat Club seems to be
assured of just as large representa-
ton as has ever taken part in Mid
die States regatta for the events here
Labor day Several clubs making their
homes in and around New York have
sent word they will send crews, and 1t
lis assured that Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Richmond will be represent
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