Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-08-20
IN AMATEUR CIRCLES

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FEDERATION LEAGUE SEASON
TERMINATED YESTERDAY
Championship Series between O'Con-
ners md F"irm"unt Resulted In
Fifty Fifty Split.
Percy Riley. star pitcher for the
Boosters. is confined to his bed with
typhoid foyer and will be unable to
participate in tho city series.
Thomas pitched n nice game for the
Polarincs. and but for errors behind
MIN, at critical times. he should have
won.
Those noisy rooters Of the Boosters.
Gill and Parrish. were out and made
themselves heard by their big noise.
The Polarines made desperate at
tempt TO win the frs, game, Manager
p"rnely sending in three pinch hitters,
nut the best the" could do was to tie
the game and make II 80 into extra
innings.
Brandrick's three-baae hit and
Eachos timely single brought over the
winning run in the eleventh inning,
'''''N'I' t'It'tlcI the
Folarincs.
Brandrick's heavy hitting played an
important part i'll The doubl. win over
the Polarines.
Kooertson's pitching Was too much
Tor the Polarines, h. striking out TWEEN
ty-four men u fifteen innings and
yielding eleven hits
'iones's sensational fielding around
second base featured for the Polarincs
In the third Tuning Of the frs, gamo
yesterday, Sales. third baseman for tn.
boosters. wrcnched his knee but gar,o
~ STUCK 10 his post as the team wa.
handicapped b! five OF the regulars
being out OF the game on account, Of
aoSehce from the CITY and sickness
For Individual playing the honors g,
TO Brandrick aud Jones for their re-
spectiVe teams, rs these mon fieli.d
eneir positions ia big league style
snefai tin"s they took hard chances
ana got their man AT first
IN two fast and hard-fought games
fifty. ''''' i''S
Timely hitting and sensations, tio,d
Ing were the features OF the game.
thear'ck's ramcress in catching both
k"n'es "as feature" ana not a man
broken finger
harrison pitched "A good game in IN.
mShI. put tried 20 come back In the
ecohu ana was hammered GU, Of ,bn
Duke for fairmoun,. allowed only
nee hitS In the nrst game until tho
h'nth inning. but the o'Connors st.pn.i
"a natt!ns rally IN the ninth and Won
The sensational neldinc Of Nunnaiio
al shortstop and g. Martin H., ,,.,tcr
he,d was the best seen at the parl for
W. Johnson ,wirled q r,e,t ua,n.
FOR Fairmount In IN. second ara,r. al
lowing only hve hits and tanning nine
men. 100
The hitting Of rendlo,on in Tho frs,
batting feature. Pace also hi, we'll
In the first. his hit winning the FIRST
game.
Wineo contributed u home run FOR
sale. pendleton. Nunnalie and Ander.
son played TWO rafting good fielding
games. Nunnnlic also stole -our bases. I
4 Coleman, on frst, played great
game. his stops were OF high order. |
the Jones 'troihers. as usual, played
good games, their throwing being per-
feet.
Martin. catching for Oconnors. hit
for three bases, while {. Martin. of
Paramount covered miles OF territory |
IN the held.
The umprirg of Mr.. Kidd and Mr. |
Roy was excellent. only very few /
decisions being contested. Their work /
was above reproach
All teams in the Athletic League are
scheduled for doublc-h headers next Sat
urday, the first game To ho called /
promptly at o'clock
The Bread mixers broke their losing
Streak yesterday by wallopinc the !
League Leaders.
W. Bahen drove out three hits out
OF four times UP. and each time with ,
men or bases. Lumpkin, OF the |
preachers" also landed for three hits. |
Crost!c. OF the Bread mixers. is one
OF the heaviest hittcrs in the Athletic |
League.
L. Hoover caught good game FOR .
his team, also landed for two hits.
The First Baptist have two protested |
games 10 play, one with the Planters. |
Saturday. September ., and with Fair
mount. Monday. September 4.
The season of the Federation League
was closed with the games yesterday.
instead of being closed on next Sat
urday. The Church Hill Athletic club
Is SO far ahead that it is impossible
for its nearest competitors. Highland
Park to catch up with it.
On next Saturday the Church Hill
Athletic Club team and the Highland
Park aggregations Will play n double
bill at Highland Park to decide the
champions OF the league. Highland Park
was winner In the first half. while the