Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-26
INDUSTRIAL HOME WINS
GRADE SCHOOL HONORS
Takes Base Ball Title Of District
Winning Final Game From
Henry-Polk School.
BY n. c. BYRD.

Industrial Home School this morning
| won the grade school base ball cham
pionship OF the District of Columbia by
taking the third and decisive game of
the final series from Henry-Polk School
All the previous contests have been
close and well played, but yesterdays
was walkaway. the winners getting
the long end of a 9-to-0 score Indus
trial Home took the lead early and kept
: adding to 1t as the contest wore on
The strain the youngsters have un-
dergone In the last ten days in going
| through series as close and hard as
| the one just ended told on them con-
sideraoly, and the play was moro or
less listless. Jacono, star hurler Of the
losing nine, who has done remarkable
work IN the series. left the box at the
end OF the mr. NTH inning: and solly Gold
berg TOOK MS place. Cavanagh. on the
mound for Industrial Home. allowed
only three hits Consistent batting and
GOOD base running were the big factors
in the victory Of the Industrial young
sters.
Before deciding not to hold it's an
nual national championships the Anna
teur Athletic Union determined to take
mali vote OF various sectional asso-
clations. The returns showed an over
wheImlng majority in favor of hav-
ing the events take place under usual
conditions AS an outcome of the vote
the executive committee Of the A. A.
=; mas determined to stage the cham
plonsnlps. The place where they will
take place has not yet been deter
| mined Probably the dates will be
| early in September
Last spring the University of Mime
sofa announced 1t would have no more
| athletics until the end of the war
however, 1t has reconsidered that ac-
ton and, following the action of the
western conference, now states that it
tod IT,
competition as usual Minnesota. hay-
ing taken that step. it seems very like
~ that Wisconsin will do likewise
League yesterday, defeating the Cen
eral Bakers by I to 2. Phelps pitched
| the Maroons to a rather easy victory.
He was never hit hard and all the
| time received good support
| Honors for the first half of the series
in the Rosedale circuit will be deter
mined today, when the Maroons and
lColumbias meet. The two teams are so
close in the standing, though Columbia
| is ahead. that the victor will get the
honors for the first half of the season.
| Several big league scouts have been
going the rounds of the Blue Ridge
| League this summer, and, it is said.
have found two or three very likely
looking youngsters. One Of those that
/ nave attracted attention Is Harry
Mortimer. shortstop of the Frederick
nine Mortimer was a member of the
Bureau team, champion Of the Potomac
League last season. He has been hit
ting the ball and fielding well at Fred
erick. Tom Crook, a Washington man.
is in charge of the team at Frederick.
Blue, Martinsburg first baseman, has
ben sold to Detroit. Country Morris, an
other Washingtonian. is managing
| Martinsburg. AS both Crooke and Nor
ris have agreements with their club
| owners which insure them OF 4 per-
centage of purchase price of all play
| ers sold. both should profit consider
ably as a result of the scouts visits.