The Washington times., 1922-12-31
BIG SANDLOT
SERIES SPURS
INTEREST HERE
Great Victories of Mohawk and
Holy Name Feature Base
ball Championship Event..
BY r. d. THOMAS.

teams waging fierce warfare for
supremacy in the various age class
%. It will be fierce, no doubt, for
the rivalries born or heightened BY
close competition in the great in
dependent series of 1922 will re-
turn with renewed spirit.
Those who promoted the 1922
championships had prominently in
mind the furthering Of interest in
independent baseball. Before the
big series ended and it's fifty-odd
teams had determined their cham
pions, the leaders were drawing
record crowds.
1t might be interesting To con-
lecture on the interest likely to be
centered in the next series. The in
dependents wax enthusiastic looking
forward to 1t. Long had they been
sadly overlooked until the series was
inaugurated. Before 1t came to take
its place among the leading sporting
events of the Capital. the leagues
had held practically all the fans at
tention.
The Mohawk Athletic Club. OF
football fame. added vastly to its
glory by winning the championship
of the unlimited class in Its first
season in years on the diamond.
1t Was q Struggle.
Long will sandlot fans and per-
formers remember the Mohawks'
struggle to reach the top. In their
way were the fighting Dominican
Lyceum team and the smooth-work-
ing. hard-hitting Union Printers. The
big three, won their way to the
finals by Nlaving brilliant baseball.
No forfeit aided any one OF them.
Their victories were hard.fought for,
an q rule and won strictly on merit.
The Mohawks, Printers and Do.
minican Lyceum played two games
around in the finals and Mohawks,
managed by Bucky Burns, emerged
q winner by the scant margin of
single game, the Printers finishing
second and Dominican Lyceum a
close third. Few runs were scored
In the entire play-off. and two games
were tied.
Because the Mohawk team was
literally thrown together at the
start, many thought it merely col
lection of players with a loose sys,
tom Of playing ball. 1t might have
been early in the campaign, but as
Lu0 0uu HtdI GU tIC "CiV pSi
forming as a smooth combination.
Victory IL Decisive.
They went out and cleaned up the
General Accounting Office team.
which had won the league cham
pionship In competition with thir-
teen pennant winners. Although the
games between the Mohawks and
Accountants were short, they were
lonx- enough to bring out the Mo;
hawks marked superiority.
Only two games of scheduled
series of three were necessary. Wal.
ter Beall held the Accountants with
ease In the first and in the second
little wineearten shut out the foe.
Beall's pitching was widely con
sidered to be the prime factor in
the Mohawk's victory in the unlimit-
"a Class play-off. Beall had been
away and returned just in time to
pitch for the Mohawks in the big
games. II not Its strongest asset.
Be6ll was, indeed a star OF the
team. Next season he will pitch for
Rochester, IN the International
League, and 10 said to be headed for
the Chicago Cubs.
CRACK HURLER HELPS.
General Accounting Office, too,
had q star hurler and mainstay in
the person OF Lem Owen. Owens
pitching in crucial games literally
won the Government League pen
nant and his splendid mound work
was principally responsible for
General Accounting Offices triumph
over War Department, the Depart
mental League representative in the
post t-season league series.
The Washington entry won the
national championship in the union
printers tournament at Cleveland,
under the splendid leadership Of
Heinie webb. Webb piloted his
team to much glory. too. in the
Independent series at home. An.
other manager who distinguished
himself in the unlimited class was
Jimmy Butler, Dominican Lyceum.
Although the Mohawks' achieve
ment In winning the championship
Of the grown-up independents was
a noteworthy one. the big feature
OF the series was the double VIC
tory of the Holy Name club which
won the titles in the senior and
Junior classes.
Father Carroll Moore was the
manager and John Irving the coach
Of both Holy Name teams. Each
in his capacity acquitted himself
with distinction for they produced
two of the finest young teams that
ever played on Washington sand.
lot1.
This compliment has been paid
Holy Name by more than one sand.
lot authority. Holy Name changed
its name at the end of the series
and ID now the Wayerly A. c.. hav-
inG the same personnel and leaders
~ before.
holy Names principal rival in
the senior class was the crack
ReAnier team which had won the
Junior championship in the series
Of 1881. The rivals met in q three
game play-off and Holy Name won
out, two Victories to one. Each
game. was decided by a one.run
margin. Il was q bitterly fought
sefiSs, more 30 even, than the close
scores would show.
The Holy Name Juniors had
scant competition for the champion.
ship OF their class. They never
Ina{ n eanlo And were the only