The Washington times., 1921-04-01
CLARENDON IN
JAzz|NG GAME
Augmented Band Volunteers
( & Services for Sunday Base
ball Engagements.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Clarendon, Va, is just bubbling
over with anticipation today. The
town is all jazzed up. This morn
ing Mayor" f. B. Keefer, chief pub
licity agent for the Clarendon base
ball team, stepped to the telephone
long enough to announce that for
Sundays opening double-header the
Clarendon band had volunteered its
services.
The Clarendon band will be on
hand to take it's stand to jazz the
land" said Mayor" Keefer, or words
70 that effect.
Clarendon is going to start things
going at 2:30 o'clock Sunday after
noon there being no blue law appar-
emily.
: The Biltmore A. c.. of Georgetown,
is tackling Clarendon A. c. in the
opening game. The second game will
be between Clarendon and a picked
semi-pro team.
'"Therell be lot Of semi-pro play
ers in the second game" says Keerer.
Il cannot give the lineup but the
best semi-professional players in the
District and Virginia will be lined up
against the Clarendons. Can you run
a picture OF the Clarendon club
house?"
mot on April L." we replied.
LEAGUE Is FAVORED.
The proposed league of the best
clubs in Maryland. Virginia and the
District is heartily favored. The
knicks have received the approval or
manager McCann, of the Brooklano
A. c. nine.
Brookland. Silver Springs, Knicker-
bockers, the Clarendon A. c., Rex. A.
c., Navy Yard. and one or two other
fast ones somewhat remove from the
general run of teams have been asked
to league up for Saturday and Sun
day games.
Alfred Bellman. the thirteen-year-
old Mt. Rainier impresario who sue
cessfully ran the Liberty League last
summer dropped in this morning to
say something about his club. Bell
man is a real fan and is doing quite
a lot for Mt. Rainier. Read what
Alfred writes.
The Mt Rainier Yankees will
: tackle the Gonzaga freshmen Satur-
day at p. m. at the Yanks diamond
on Thirty-second street.
THE Yankees won the thirteen
year midget championship in 1920 by
winning sixty-seven out of seventy
one games. Scoring 652 runs to their
enemies 208. The Yanks team batted
,343 and fielded .9O1. Richard Rooney
led the team in batting with .714, A.
Bellman with extra base blows, and |
Earl Bauman in stolen bases, Martin |
Casey in fielding with 1858. f. Bau
man in pitching.
TOWN BACKS 'EM.
"The Yanks are backed by their
town which has nearly 5000 people, |
the Mt. Rainiers being the only team |
representing the town. Much interest |
~ being taken in the Yanks club as
they have their own field and keep |
such club records as batting and |
fielding and all such things as the |
brother Griffs do.
Manager Robert Sherwood has
new players this year as to
strengthen the club in needed places. |
He needs badly some new pitchers, |
he only has () four capable hurlers
in Hawk, +. and l.. Bauman and |
Longly. two left and two right
handlers. Cawthorne, Lebouitz. Nc
Man, and Bellman are some promising |
players that expect to land a regula,
berth.
HAVE OPEN DATES.
The Yankees have open dates and |
any fourteen-year-o club wishing |
to play the champions may please
address Business Manager Earl Bau-
man, box $50, Mt. RaiSier, Md.
"The Yanks this week will play as
follows: Friday, Blagden at Mt. Rain
ier, April /; Saturday, Gonzaga at Mt.
Rainier. April 2; Sunday, Bennings at
Mt. Rainier, April g."
Alfred didn't spell business" cor
rectly, but aside from that one gets
pretty fan idea OF his club. |