Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-16
POTOMAC BOAT CLUB RAISING
MONEY FOR ROWING REGATTA
Will Hold Excursion July "a to Help De-
fray Expense of Middle States Events.
Treasury Club Seems Strong.

part Of the schedule and st. Peters is
| third. with Holy Name second.
The Marines had something of mix
UP in their schedule for today, Hyatts-
Vile and Riverdale having been angling
| for game with them. The soldiers called
off negotiations with both the suburban
towns and will meet Hyattsville next
Sunday at Hyattsville.
The Treasury club in the Government
League is picked to capture the cham
pionship of that circuit unless something
happens to offset it's present status. The
team now seems to. have margin on the
others in all-round strength. but Is pos
sessed of several versatile players who
may be shifted from one position to
another and perform with equal facility.
Strait, who is the mainstay back of the
bat. can also play the outfield very credit
ably. Bell is pitcher. fnfielder or out
fielder. and has done some catching.
Downey, who is the regular first base
man. can do fine work on the slab, and
his ability in the outfleld may be Judged
from the fact that he once held down
one of the three positions with National
League club. McLarren is another man
who can shift from one position to
another without much bother to himself.
With Strait back of the bat, Davis
at third, Armstrong at short. Ander-
son at second and Downey on first, the
club has a first line Of defense which
is about as good as any possessed by
the league clubs in the majority of
poor, by anym eans,a nd the team, as
a unit, is banking on finishing first
in it's circuit and having a fair chance
to capture post-season honors.
IL Bureau wins the championship OF
the Potomac League the Treasury team
will suffer a very big loss in the in
field. 1t is certain that Chick Davis.
star third baseman, will go to the
Bureau nine in the series for the
championship of the District, provided.
of course, Treasury and Bureau both
are winners of their league titles. And
right now it seems there is a good
show for this to come to pass If
Davis leaves the Treasury nine a
vacancy will be created on the hot cor
ner of the diamond which no other
player whose services are available to
Treasury can fill. Davis is not only a
brilliant fielder and better hitter than
the average, but his long experience
gives him added importance in an
amateur contest.
Reggie Rawlings did some remark
able hitting in one of the games played
by the Martinsburg club yesterday in
the Blue Ridge League. Rawlings is
holding down an outfield position for
that team and his batting all year has
been good. Out of four times at the
connected for a triple. two doubles and
a single.
Rawlings undoubtedly is one of the
best hitters ever turned out by local
amateur clubs. He swings hard at the
ball, and the majority of his safeties
are slashing drives which go to the
outfield at speed which bids fair to
take off the legs of the infielders who
get in front of the wallops. Rawlings
was member of what probably was
the best outfield ever got together on
local amateur club when he played with
the American Security and Trust nine
in 1913. Kendall Myers of Lafayette
College and Country Morris of the
Maryland State College were the other
two players. All three are former local
high school men. Morris having attend
ed at Tech. Myers al Western and Raw
lings at Business. Morris also is play
ing with Martinsburg now, and he and
Rawlings are about the best batters on
the club.