The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-09-19
By BRYAN MORSE.

Clarendon Athletic Club and the
Rex Athletic Club today resume the
District Baseball Association cham
pionship games at American League
Park Neither team has a chance TO
win the first position honors, but both
teams have a score to settle. The
Rex A. C. players are rated as the
strongest independent team in the
city.
Over across the river in Clarendon
they think the lads managed by Joe
Giebel the fastest team in the State
OF Virginia Rex gaIIoped of with
the first contest but as the Claren-
don club pulled into a tie with Navy
Yard recently, the game should be
wen worth the price of admission.
Today's result will have little or no
bearing on the final standing but it
VIII help to start something in to-
nights District association meeting,
at which all managers will take up
the proposition of getting the games
played off before Sunday.
Here's what remains on the list of
games: Friday, Army Medical vs.
Navy Yard: Saturday. Operations VS..
Clarendon. There are two other games
listed. The Marines-war Risk battle
70 decide the tie in section one must
be settled. The postponed Navy Yard
Operations battle and that tie game
between Navy Yard and Clarendon I
must be listed before the winners can
be determined.
Navy Yard Is willing.
Navy Yard Is more than willing to !
clear up the situation by playing two
games on Sunday afternoon at Amer
tcan League Park. The Yard men
would engage the Clarendon Club in /
one game to play of the tie and
would battle Operations in the second
contest of their postponed contest
This would settle the section two
series
Marines and War Risk want to play
their engagement at the American
League Park on the same day so that
It Is not unlikely that triple header
might be arranged to take care OF
the whole thing and start the post
season games on Monday.
Clarendon Athletic Club is listed for
. game at American League Park
with the Cardinals on Sunday and
1t is expected that the Cardinals will
give up their engagement for a later
date or come into some sort of ar
rRngement which will be put up to
them at touight's meeting.
a. -Four Teams Ready.
There are two teams in section one,
the Marines and War Risk, which will
get a chance in the series. The COM
ing game between the teams will de-
-termine the winner OF the section.
Operations and Navy Yard have a
chance to win out in section two. A
win for Navy Yard over Clarendon
and q loss to Operations will create
another tie for section two leadership.
At any rate the matter will be ad-
5usted tonight at the meeting of the
association at Spalding's store and the
question OF the final series and dates
taken up with the managers.
Navy Yard is the only team I'M
beaten as yet. War Risk has been
beaten once, as have the Marines
Operations has lost a single battle.
The race is the closest in years and
the winner OF the city championship f.
will probably be in doubt up TO the
last out in the final series. II
PasquereIIa In Lead.
Tony Pasquerella, of the Marines,
islithe batting leader in the Section
games. Pssquerella is the cleanup
hitter of the Marines, and has earned
an average OF .524 in six games in
which the Marines have taken part. L
Mig Clarke. the old Cleveland In
dams catcher, is the second batter,
with a mark of 400. In addition to =
lehding the section PasqUerelIa has ,
saved two battles for the Quantico
mSn by sensational stops at first base, a.,
and on this account is hailed as the
b&ro OF the series.
1Ewald Snyder. playing in a single
hattie for the Marines, has gotten
tSfree out of four hits. The Marines
h4se a team average in hitting OF l
.5e6, which shows them better than (
aIS of the others in the section. >
Beft-Handers Plentiful. 8
II is doubtful II any series in re-
c@t years produced the Ieft-handers
that have shown in the present games 4
Capital Publishers have four south I
paws performing with Dennean, &
SerTin. McGrsth, and Dyese. War '
Risk has .Schaffer, Clarendon shows