Evening star., 1916-08-22
BY Il. c. BYRD.

The championship of section A of the
post-season series lies between Holy
Name and Rosedale The games today
and tomorrow will determine the hold
er of the title Rosedale has won two
contests and Holy Name. one: neither
of the two mines has been defeated BY
its defeat at the hands of the Rosedales
yesterday Bureau was put entirely out
of the running for the honor.
Much enthusiasm has been developed
in the northeast section of the city be-
cause Of the chance the Rosedales have
OF capturing the city championship.
That club has its whole following in
that part of the town. and 1T is the
team have ever had a chance to vent
their enthusiasm over the prospect of
championship combination. The
RoSedales have just two teams between
them and the title-Holy Name and
Treasury. If they are to win the honor
Holy Name must be defeated today and
tomorrow, and then Treasury beaten
in final series between the victors in
the two sections.
The Rosedale team is almost entirely
product of the Rosedale playground.
Many of the men holding positions in
the lineup started in base ball as boys
on the playground at 18th and Gales
streets. The team, as it played several
years ago as an Independent club. was
made up of boys who frequented the
RoSedale field.
The declaration of the board of gov
ernous of the Amateur Base Ball AS
sociation that Albaugh is eligible to
play in the series strengthens the
prospects of the team considerably. AL
baugh is one of the most effective hurl-
ers in amateur ranks. and now that he
can take his turn today on the mound
the club stands a much better chance
to finish in front in section A. Holy
Name will not have an easy time beat
ing either Albaugh or Kelly.
The game this afternoon will be play
ed on the Rosedale grounds. Tomor-
rows combat is to take place on the
Catholic Church League field, 9Th street
and Florida avenue northeast Both
begin. at SIS o'clock.
After scoring one run in the fourth
! inning yesterday the Rosedales came
right back in the fifth and got six men
over the plate. This, with the run
scored in the seventh, gave the Rose
dales victory over Bureau by to 1.
The contest was a fine battle between
pitchers until the fifth. Kelly work ed
well for the Rosedales and Hamel was
in good form for Bureau Hamel broke
in the fifth. though. and Payne failed
to deliver in his rescue stunt. While
hits made off him were fairly well
scattered, he owes a great deal of his
victory to the defensive work of the
men behind him. Mike Moran, not
withstanding that he made the only
error registered against his team, play
| ed brilliant ball at short. Sixteen assists
were credited to the Rosedale play
ers. After the first inning the Bureau
| club was not able to get a man to the
| home plate, three of the five hits made
| Off kelly coming in that DeFiO1
| Holy Name figures in its second game
twice, one of the contests resulting in
a draw, ) to ), and the other an easy
victory. The Catholic Church leaguers
| have been depending upon Jack Nolan
| to pitch the contest this afternoon. but
there is some question whether he Will
| be able to DO so. Nolan lately took up
some work which demands his atten-
| tion at the time the ball games usually
are played. 1t is said he will make an
attempt to get away, but there is some
question whether he will be successful
probabilities are that either Ray Bisch-
off or Salb will do slab duty.
| followers of the Potomac League that
| the Machinists did not win the cham
pionship and represent the circuit in
| the post son contests. Probably
| the Machinists would have made a
much better showing than Bureau. and
might have stood a fair chance to win
out. Certainly after Bureau lost sew
eral of its best players it was almost
a foregone conclusion that it had not