Evening star., 1918-06-25
T0RPED 0N|NE TOPS
NAVY YARD TEAMS
Goes Into Lead in That
League When CIoffeps Lose
to Ordnance.
BY n. c. BYRD.

BY virtue of the defeat of the Clof-
feps yesterday by the Quadrangles the
Torpedo team went into the lead in
the Navy Yard League. The Cloffeps
and Torpedos were tied for first place
prior to yesterdays contest, and the
latter now is in front by half game
margin.
When the last inning opened it
looked as if the Cloffeps had the game
won by big margin, the score stand
ing 3 to 1 in their favor. In that
period, though, Buck America, who
was holding down the mound position
for the Cloffeps, became wild, and
passes with timely hits produced four
runs for the Quadrangles and gave
them the game by to 8. 1t was a
hard game for the Cloffeps to lose.
inasmuch as they not only went into
the last inning two runs to the good,
but had ten men stranded on the
bases.
Tom Crooke and Pat Rooney had their
eyes on the ball for Cloffeps, driving out
six singles between them Tom and Pat
each got three. Incidentally, Rooney
had eight assists at third base, an un-
usual number for a player on the hot
corner.s
Hits by Major, Luscombe and Litch-
field in the ninth inning We're response
BILE for the victory of the Quadrangles.
Yesterday the second series in the
Navy lnterbureau League was opened,
Marines winning from Ordnance by l9
to 4. The ''sea soldiers" landed on the
ball for keeps. driving out sixteen safe
wallops. Fisher, GLADDEN. and Clarke
Wee the leaders in the bombardment Of
safely on three occasions. Mccarthy
batted and fielded well for the Ordnance
nine. He got two hits and handled four
assists and one put-out in the outfield.
Marines of Quantico are due to come
up here again next Sunday for double
header, one game to be played with a
team of stars picked from the Navy
lnterbureau League and the other to be
with the Operations nine, which won
the championship of the first half of the
schedule. The games may be played on
Georgetown Field.
Here is the official schedule for the
second half of the schedule in the Navy
lnterbureau League:
June "a. Marine Corps vs.. Ordinance; 25,
Navigation VS.. S. & A.. 28, Operations Dis
bursements; y. s. A. vs.. Marine Corps; 2s.
Navigation VS.. Operations.
July l. Ordnance VS.. Disbursements: ., Ma
rine Corps VS.. Navigation; 3, Operations vs..
Ordnance; 5, Disbursements vs.. S. 4 A.; s..
Ordnance VS.. Navigation; 8, Disbursements vs..
Marine Corps; 10. s. & A. IS. Operations; Ii,
Navigation VS.. Disbursements: u. Ordnance vs..
$. A; u. Operations Marine Corps; 10.
S. & A. Navigation; II, Ordnance vs.
Marine Corps: Is, Disbursements vs.. Opera
tions; 10, Marine Corps VS.. S. & A.. 30, Opera
tions VS.. Navigation; %. Disbursements VS..
Ordnance; "a. Navigation vs. Marine Corps;
%. Ordnance VS.. Operations: 2G. s. & A. VS..
Disbursements; 30. Navigation VS.. Ordnance;
30. Marine Corps VS.. Disbursements; 81, Opera
tions VS.. s. &c A.
August ]. Disbursements VS.. Navigation; ..
s. & A. vs. Ordnance: >, Marine Corps VS..
Operations; 6, Navigation VS.. S. * A.; /. Ma
rne Corps VS.. Ordnance; s, Operations vs. Dis
bursements; 8, s. 4 A. vs.. Marine Corps; L..
Navigation VS.. Operations; 13, Ordnance VS..
Disbursements; IA. Marine Corps VS.. Naviga-
tion; -. Operations VS.. Ordnance; 49, Dis
bursements VS.. s. A.; 10, Ordnance vs.. Navi-
CATION; 20, Disbursements VS.. Marine Corps;
u. s. & A. vs. Operations; %, Navigation VS..
Disbursements; %. Ordnance VS.. S. 4 A.; 20,
Operations VS.. Marine Corps.