Evening star., 1918-08-31
BOOKS
PRACTICE GAMES
Tom crooke's Nine Meets
Clarendon, Rex and Ship
builders in Turn.
BY Il. G. BYRD.

In preparation for thes opening OF
the District Base Ball Associations
championship series next Tuesday
the Navy Yard club has arranged
games today. tomorrow and Monday.
This AFTERNOON Tom Crooke's aggre-
cation Is to meet Joe Giebels Claren-
don nine: tomorrow the Rex Athletic
Club will be opposed. and Monday the
Shipbuilding nine of Alexandria is to
be played. The Clarendon game is to
take place on the Monument lot. the
Rex Athletic Club at Union League
Park and the Shipbuilders at Alex
andria.
Not much Is known about the Ship
building team of Alexandria. but it
is certain that the games between
Navy Yard and Clarendon will be well
worth seeing. Navy Yard has a Sc
lect nine and Clarendon and Rex have
strong combinations.
Tom Crooke has not been letting
any grass grow under his feet in his
efforts to get his team in the best
have not only been meeting strong
mines, but have, been out for real
practice among themselves. a kind OF
practice that amateur mines seldom
get.
Final meeting of the District Base
Ball Association was held last night
and arrangements for the opening OF
the series were made. The schedule
was adopted and is to open next
Tuesday. The nine clubs are divided
into two sections and 2. The series
in section l will find the Marines ar
rayed against the National Capital
Publishers at American League Park.
meet the Army Medical School at
Union League Park. Four umpires
were named to officiate in the series
and no objections were raised. Billy
Belts. Shorty Hughes. Jack Carr and
Joe Handiboe will handle the contests.
Here is the list of players turned In
by the teams to represent them In the
series:
Clarendon Club. H. Giebel. D. r.
Bolen. C. f. Emmons. L. J. Mccarthy.
Tillett. Percy o. Tillett, r: s. Hud-
son. E. c. Carroll. Leon Henderson.
James r. Gordon. II. c. McLaren
Harry Z. Mcmahon. +. Sinsenburg, p.
Hersberger. p. Goodrich. J. oertal. E
War Risk-E. P. Gill. ]. E. Tyser. J.
s Hamel. Howard B. Ryan. Fred
Underwood. Thomas J, Sweeney. II. r.
Grunder, c. Daughton, NJ. II. Lynn,
Paul T. Cox. Stanley Keyeva. E. J.
A. Donohue. w. Beall. Ernest Schafer,
Chick" Davis. DOC" Hartley.
Operations-Lem W. Owen. A. Pfel.
c. Piozet. o. o. Won Herbulis, F. r.
l. Kane. A. B: Watt. R. H, Hunter.
G. r. Newton. E. G. Purdy. 7. L. Deg
nan. r. f. Matthews. r. 7. Harnsber-
ger. L. A. Blue. w. C. Morris, r.
oDonnell. A. ]. Goldstein. A j.
Walker.
Capital Publishers-F. McGra.h. J.
A. Mulvey. Fred Brandenburgh. r.
L. Rarlon. c. verukardt. H. l.. Porcy.
John Tweedale. p. Dennean, c. w.
Jarvis. l. S; Shoemaker: Walter
Montague. w. F. Dixson and NJ. Heard.
Navy Yard H. Frye. L. A: Hart
Giovannetti. c. S. Sterzer, P. BRYANT.
w. F. Braund. NJ. F. Mccarthy, w. S.
Seaton. ]. p. Fitzgerald, p. Beuscher,
]. w. Luscombe, w. H. Humphreys.
r. A. Crooks and Lewis J. Long.
ingston. G. J. Ferguson. c. f. Kelly.
Chester c. Lyons, J. G. Roche. J. j.
Fitzgerald, W. D. Kehl. ]. G. Caffery.
E. Steele. w. r. Dyer. n. E. Sill. Will
liam S. Raba, T. J. O'Conner. w. NJ.
Shomo and Fred c. Hickey.
hardt. N. E. Thomas. Leo soyring,
John C. Ryan, b. c. Cruickshanks,
w. F. Martin. R. S. Waltenberg, ]. H.
Eiseman, S. G. Cruickshanks. F. Tain
borelle, jr.; G. A. E. Rheinbold. c.
Schneider, F. s. Baster, c. Grabill, ].
Fegan and E. A. Lansche.
Marine Corps-M. ]. Cantwell, n. j.
Clarke. P. F. Cobb. c. R. Collier, E. L.
Corwin. F. Driver, A. ]. GLADDEN.. w. C.
Hunt, A. C. Garyis, H. c. Bigler. J. B.
Miller. F. J. Moore. ]. N. Pasqueriello,
J. E. Singleton, E. A. Snyder, K. A.
Solomon. r. Smith. j. c. Yockey and
]. ]. Waldeman.
Army Medical-C A. Craumbaugh.
T. A. Bayne. J. c. Clark, r. F. Clark.
T. e. Carl. NJ. Conger. H. G. Hull
fish, A. Howard, B. Howard. H. F.
Jones. B. H. Parks, H R Fftz, c.
Patterson. W. c. Ruff, w. Seachrist,
C. Shindle, l. Kelliher, S. Densky. G.
Walters and N. c. WE'LL.
An athletic meet is to be held for
government employees on September
IA. In all probability the games will
take place in the Central High School
stadium. The Government Recrea-
tion League has the affair in charge,
and as soon as plans are completed
will issue information concerning it.
Marines and Operations, tied for the
championship of the Government
League by reason of each having won
game in the final series of three
games. are counting on playing for
the title next week. No date for the
game has been set as yet.
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