Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-04
TWO MORE GAMES |
ARE LISTED TODAY
Commerce Plays War Risk,
Navy Yard Meets Rex A. C..
in TituIar Series.
BY Il. G. BYRD.

Two more gamee are scheduled to-
day in the series for the District base
| ball championship. At American
League Park, in section 1. the War
Risk and Commerce mines are to meet
and at Union League Park. In Sec
| ton the Navy Yard and Rex Ath-
'letic Club mines make their first ap-
, pearance. The contests are scheduled
| to start at Sis.
War Risk and Commerce were MEM
bers of the Departmental League dur
ing the regular season. Both have
| strengthened somewhat, War Risk
having avng got together an almost new
Rex Athletic Club also have been
playing all season, players of the
former having been members OF
teams in the closed Navy Yard
ated for several years as one of the
crack independent organizations OF
the city. 49,
the. series. in section 2, Operations
took the measure Of the Army Medf-
cal School by score Of II to 8, In a
conest. that did not SAVIOR much Of u
Championship affair. In section l the
Marines caught Tartar in the Ma
| tional Capital Publishing Company
nine and were held to 3-to-3 tie for
ten innings. The contest was called
at the end of the tenth.
R. Clark, shortstop for the Army
Medical School, did some good work
for his team at the bat and in the
field. He made three hits and handled
seven chances. Congers ana Brum-
baugh got two hits each for the same
club.
Matthews and Harnsberger led OPP
erations at bat, each player connect
ing for brace of safeties.
Bus Hager did some excellent work
back of the bat for Operations.
Through putouts and assists he took
care of thirteen men. One error was
charged against him.
Watts put up fine game around
second base for Operations. He made
two plays that were entirely out of
the ordinary.
Operations practically put Army
Medical School out of the running in
the opening inning. as far as yester-
days game was concerned. Lane
Lacey's players crossed home plate
sevef times in that first period, more
than enough to put a quietus on the
| majority of clubs. It was almost a
scored six times in the third.
Won Herbulis held down the. slab
| job for the Operations team until the
end Of the third inning. when he retired
| in favor of Pfeil.
At the beginning of the eighth in
ming between the Marines and Cap
ital Publishers 1t looked as il the lat
ter would spring an old-time surprise
played good ball and held, the lead by
2 to /. However. in the eighth the
Marines got to the front by counting
twice. The Printers evened up in the
ninth and when the contest was called
at the end of the tenth the score stood
8 to 3. -
Both Marines and Printers hit the
ball hard. the former connecting. for
ten. Mike cantweil Of the Soldiers
and Dennean OF the Printers pitched
well. though keeping the hits well
scattered.
Montague. centerfielder for the
Printers. led both clubs at bat with
three hits. Waldman, GLADDEN., Solo
mon, Collier and Moore connected for
two safeties. each while at the plate
for the Marines.
Tweedale caught good ball for the
Printers and Shoemaker played well
at third. In fact, the fielding Of the
whole of the Printer team was above
par,
Mig Clarke's catching and Pasque-
rella's first base work were fielding
features for the Marines.
Probably one of the largest crowds
of the year will watch the Navy Yard
nine this afternoon in it's games with
the Rex outfit. In fact, both clubs
have a good following, and Union
it's capacity. Finney Kelly or ches
Lyons will be on the mound for the
! Rex outfit and either Phil Buscher
or Frye will do the hurting for Tom