Evening star., 1916-09-24
southern HONORS !
WON BY TREASURY
Baltimore and Richmond De-
feated In Battles for
Diamond Title.
CR0S0N AND DUST HURL :
AGAINST VISITING TEAMS
Former Allows One Hite in 0pening
Gauie- e-Marylanders Beaten, %,
and Virginians, 81.
By n. c. BYRD.

By defeating Baltimore and
Richmond yesterday at American
League Park in the final double
header of the intercity base bail
series Treasury, title winner in
the District of Columbia, won the
amateur championship of the
south. The Washingtonians took
the lead in the opening inning of
the first game and Baltimore was
hardly within striking distance
at any time. In the second con-
test Richmond got big margin
at the start and looked a prob
able victor until the final half of
the eighth, when four Treasury
men crossed the plate. Baltimore
was beaten 9 to 2 and Richmond
8 to-. =
After two runs were scored In the
first inning against Baltimore. Croson
pitched so cleverly that the visitors
struggled In vain to reach the plato
until the eighth. There was little
margin for Treasury after the nrst until
three of its players scored in the nth.
and after that 1t did not seem In the
least possible that Baltimore could
win. The Marylanders were unable to
hit effectively and often appeared to
be completely at sea.
Treasury scores Twice.
In the first period Anderson worked
Murphy for q base on balls and stole
second. McLarren and Strait struck
out and it looked az II there would
be no scoring. However. Downey lean
double to deep left and Anderson
counted the first run. Downey scored
Immediately after on a clean single
between hrst and second by Bell. Dust
ended the inning by grounding to Cole.
on balls to Strait and q second double
by Downey gave Treasury another run
in the third. Two bases on balls and
two singles accounted for three in the
fifth. The other three were made in
errors, base on balls and single to
right by Armstrong.
Baltimore did not get hit on Croson
until the eighth. in which Cole led on
the only safe drive charged against
Croson, though Melville deprived him
self of q clean double on q drive to
left by his failure to touch hrSt, whore
he was thrown out.
Croson was SO successful in the OPEN
ing game that he was started In the
second. His arm got cold and sttn
between the two contests. though. and
he was not able to do himself justice.
He did not have control of the hall.
lacked the speed and curves shown
earlier in the afternoon and was hit
hard. Three hits in the nrst. another
In the second, three more and one base
on balls and two hit batsmen IN the
Dust substituted. In the ffth inning
before he was warmed up good Dust
was touched up for two hits ana gave
q base on balls. which netted one run
for the visitors, but after that d1o ex-
ceedingly creditable work.
Richmond got one run in the Open
ing inning and then added four mora
in the first half of the fourth This
before Treasury had reached the plate.
But in the local clubs half OF the
fourth things began to look up. Jolliffs
started by walking McLarren. Strait
hit to Amos, forcing McLarren at sec-
ond. Downey was walked and then
consecutive singles by Bell Dust ana
sent four men scampering over the
plate.
Treasury's other big inning was the
eighth McLarren led of with single.
Strait following with another. Nc
Larren went to third and Strait was
held at first. Downey doubled, scoring
McLarren. and sending Strait to third
Bell struck out. Dust drove sharp
single to right, which allowed Strait
and Downey- to jag home. Flannery
hit to short, forcing Dust at second.
and then stole second. Flannery scored
a moment later on Armstrong; single
to center with the winning run. Arm
strong ended the inning by getting
caught in an attempt to steal Scores:
TREASURY. ABR sB sH so BIB PO
81