The Washington herald., 1922-08-13
SEMI-PRO TITLE
AT STAKE TODAY
Rex Seeks Another Victory in
Second Clash With Sill.
yer Spring.

Silver Spring and Rex A. c. will
clash at Silver Spring today at 3
o'clock in the second game of a Sc
ries for the semipro championship
of Washington.
Lem Owen, crack right-hander.
will pitch for Silver Spring and
must win or let the title slip to
Rex, which won the first contest,
3 to o.
With Owen on the mound, Silver
Spring will be at full strength. He
has pitched notable ball and is
widely considered the leading hurl-
er in the Capital outside of the
Griffmen's staff.
Patterson, who shut out Silver
Spring in the opening encounter,
may be sent back to the hill. He
hurled masterful ball and gained a
well-earned victory. Rex has sew
eral other star moundsmen and
Patterson's choice is not definite.
The Silver Spring-Rex series is
the outgrowth Of grudge dating
from early in the campaign. 1t Is
true championship event, the con-
testants being the only two bona
fde semipro clubs in the Capital.
Milan Midgets defeated the Seat
Peasants, to 4. Thursday and Fri
day they won from the Mt. Rainier
A. c. by the score of 81 to l. The
Milans desire games with the Lin
worth's. Knickerbockers and any
other teams. Call Lincoln SOIL
after p. IN.
Rosedale A. G defeated the fas,
going Superba A. C. yesterday by
the score of 10 to 6. Today the
Rosedales meet the Grace A. c. on
the latter's diamond at 3 o'clock.
All players are to report at the
Rosedale Gym at l o'clock.
Union A. c. will hook up with
the Arlington Reserves today on the
latter's diamond at 1900 O'Clock.
All Union players are reque to
report at Twelfth street and Penn
sylvania avenue at 10 o'clock
sharp. Any fast senior team desir-
ing games write Carroll Brooke.
1413 Eighth street northwest.
Black A. c, will play the Oakland
A. c. at Oakland, Virginia. All
Black players will meet at l p. m.
This afternoon at o'clock the
Rosebud A. c. will meet the Park
view Seniors on their North Alfred
street grounds in Alexandria. The
Alexandria boys are scheduled to
meet the team of the Patent Office.
Sunday afternoon, August 20. and
have won twenty-one games out
of twenty-four starts. They would
like to hear from the Knickerbock-
ers. Mohawks. Silver Spring Re-
serves and any team in the senior
class.
Dominican Lyceum will play the
strong Brookland A. c. today at
the Washington Barracks at
o'clock.
Milan A. C. will play the Prince
ton a. c. on the Milan diamond at
3:15 p m. at Fifteenth and D streets
northeast.
Today the Knickerbockers will
meet the fast Garfield A. c. in the
second OF series of three games
on the Knicks' field in GEORGETOWN.
Ihe last time these two teams met
the Garfield team defeated the
knicks. and the latter are confident
of evening the count when these
teams meet Sunday. Lefty"
Schrider. star of Maryland State,
will toe the mound for Garfield.
while the Knicks will depend upon
the slants of either Jeff Smith.
Denny Sothern or Ross Fisher to
stop the fast travelling Garfield
team
A series of three games will be
played by the w. r. E. Company
and the Capital Traction Company
baseball teams. First game to be
played on the Monument Lot dia-
mond No. 3. Thursday. August II.
1922. 1880 a. m. The Walford
Sporting Goods Store has taken
much interest n this contest and
has offered a very beautiful silver
cup as trophy to the winning team
of the series.
Treasury Messengers defeated the
Elite A. c. in closely contested
game yesterday, 6 to 5. The hitting
of Jeffries featured the game.
Knickerbockers will play the fast
Seamsn Gunner team on theKnicks
field this after