Evening star., 1916-08-06
STRONG TEAM TO REPRESENT
HOLY NAME IN BIG SERIES
Champions of Catholic Church League Ex-
pect to Put Up Hard Fight for City
Diamond Title-Other Gossip.
mediate squad. senior double ane
five singles at work almost every day

mediate squad. senior double and
FIVE singles at work almost every day.
There is proba bility that Tom
Farnesworth will not be able to row
in the intermediate eight. Farnes-
worth has contracted a case of blood
poisoning in some manner and 1t Is
very questionable if he will be in con-
Farnesworth had considerable expert
ence last spring in one of the Cornell
crews and his absence will be severely
felt. Probably Coach Hecox will be
unable to develop man quite as
capable to fill the seat.
Fred Stringer. captain of the Print
ers' team. Is player of much greater
capabilty than he has usually been
clever in more departments of play
than one. has been unfortunate enough
to be with a losing team during the
leagues He has held down various
positions for the Printers, to which
team he has confined his performances
almost solely. In the outfield or in
field. Stringer has consistently done
as good. or better. work than any other
member of his club. and particularly
this season has he been hitting the
ball harder and more consistently tnan
usual. Stringer is very popular with
his teammates and also with the mem
bers of other mines. He has high hopes
that he will captain the winning team
in the annual base ball tournament
of the National Typographical Union
at Indianapolis this week.
If Forest Thompson pitches such ball
for the Machinists as he did Friday In
the game in which he blanked Bureau
that club need have little fear of its
pitching stan. Kuhnert is better than
anybody gives him credit for and.
worked in with a good right-hander.
he should be of great benefit to the
team. Thompson did not strike out
pitched the kind Of ball which pre-,
cludes the possibility of much real
hitting on the part OF the opposing
club. They connected with the sphere.
though, nearly all the time. but their
bats seldom met it fair, little pop
ups or easy rollers to the inheld re-
sulting in most instances. lnasmuch
as General Office failed to win the
V NJ. c. A League, Thompson is free
to give his services to the Machinists
in the post-season series, provided, OF
course, they win out in the potomac
circuit. which does not seem improoa.
BILE The Machinists likely would have
won last season If they had been pos
sessed of adequate mound corps-
that is. they would have stood nne
chance to finish first in the series Ior
the city championship.
The victory of the Marines in the
Government League somewhat compli-
Gates the situation in that organiza-
ton The Soldiers are to play Agri-
culture and if they win then will meet
Treasury again in a play-off OF a tie
which will exist in the second series.
If the Marines win this half of the
schedule they will meet Treasury. vic
tors in the first part of the season. in
a final series for the title. If Treasury
is returned winner in this half. too. it.
of course gets the honors for the
league. There are now three organiza-
tions which have finished their seasons
and three still to determine their final
standing. The Potomac. Treasury and
Rosedale Leagues have not yet de-
termined a pennant winner: Terminal
Railroad Y. NJ C. A., Catholic Church
and East Washington Sunday School
have.
Out in the Potomac circuit the Ma
chinists and Bureau are sure. to battle
for the final honors. the former as
winner of the last half of the schedule
and the latter as winner of the first.
The Rosedale circuit begins to stage
the finale of its season tomorrow, when
the Gibraltars and Rosedales clash in
the first of a three-game series between
them. The Rosedales won the opening
part of the year, and Gibraltars the
closing. The Rosedales are generally
picked as the stronger of the two clubs.
There is going to be a lot Of interest
in the final games in these two leagues.
both clubs in each having lot of fol-
lowers and the players of each being
Of the kind who work hard to win.