The Washington times., 1923-06-02

Willie, believing the Shamrock
on the sandlots, declared with al
In Washington able to walk won
the bitter foe.
Thus it was that Willie caused
the conviction that the scheduled
contest between the Shamrocks and
Dorninicans is of more than passing
Importance. Any team, even of
sandlot variety, that can hit better
than 300 is worthy of particular
attention.
When such team Is to oppose
its keenest rival, the game should
Be more than ordinarily interesting.
Action will start at $3.50 o'clock.
So much for that.
the figures presented by Willie is
the average of Buclxy Burns.
Burns leaped to the ShamrOcls
this year from the champion Mo-
hawks, who won the city title
under the management Of BucIxy.
Burns is a secondsacker and
Tine fielder. Last year he was a.
punk batsman. This season so far,
according OF Glascoe, Burns has hit
400 and is second only to Dutch
gmithson, captain and shortstop,
who has 49,
Bucky has splendid form at bat.
How he could swing 50 clearly and
miss SO regularly was q puzzle
when Burns was leading the Mo-
hawks.
Tom Sweeney, recognized by
every sandlot club In Washington
as a star outfielder. is batting 1888;
johnny Robey, 1886: Serrin. .375;
Mace Mccormick, 1854: Taylor, 1888;
Loudan, 333; Miller, 800; e. Steele,
.27e; Johnnie Simmons, 1857 and c.
Steele, .23S.
Holding the enemy i'm check
while these SWatSmen perform the
massacre are three sterling pitch
@rB. They are Lefty SerTin. Mace
Mccormick and Gladstone Rouda-
bush. ROudabush pitched a no.
hit game for Eastern in the high
school series this year, the only
/, hltless game recorded in school
competition here since Shock
BOteler, Of Central Inundated
Business crack team back In
1912.
Johnny Simmons Is the Shamrock
catcher He is described by Glas-
coe as being 1.-THE best in Washing
ton" Which Is open to argument.
This may be nice place to offer
an humble bit of advice to ,sandlot
teams. 1t is suggested that all
planning to compete in the city
series make eligible more than one
receiver.
Catching is the risl1iest job on any
ball team. Catchers often are In
jured. At least one fine young
team was forced TO stay out of the
series last year because its lone
catcher quit and no one could be
found to take his place in time to
be qualified for the championship
event.
Another team i'm the series lost
It's only receiver through injury
during the thick of battle. It
was through the spOrtsmanship
Of other teams in its section in
permitting the drafting Of another
I catcher from outside that the
GibraItars were able to continue.
The team that expects to COM
plete the series will do well to have
more than one catcher.
Dominican 4yceum was forced to
use an outfie1der behind the bat in
the person of Chauncey Koogle.
Chauncey got away with it better
J than could have been expected.
But Dominican Lyceum learned a.
lesson. It is a safe wager that the
Dominicans have more than one
backstop eligible by the time entries
for the series close June Is.
Getting back to the Shamrock
Dominican clash, the Dominicans
fail to grasp Wee Willie Glascoe's
idea of things. The Dominicans
have lost several games rather I'M
J expectedly but at last reports from
Jimmy Butler, chairman of the
Lyceum's athletics committee, the
southwest club is to be stronger
than ever before.
The Dominicans believe they have
the stuff to carry them to the 1923
championship and stand ready. ac-
! cording to Butler, to take some Of
the wind from the Shamrock sails.
1t is likely that Micky Mcconnell,
expert pitcher, who saved the day
for Dominican Lyceum by turning
back the Shamrocks in a big series
game last year, probably will face
them tomorrow.
What promises to be a repetition
On AdSI SUNDAY Sparkling uOuOIS.
4 header Is carded at the Washington
Barracks. Mercury will play the
crack Bethesda, Md. team of the
Prince Georges County League be-
fore Dominican Lyceum tackles the
Shamrocks.
The $500 sandlOt fans who wit
messed the two games last Sunday
were well pleased with the attrac-
ton, rs was evidenced by the fact
} that practically the entire thrOng
remained until the close of the
Dominican Lyceum-GarfieId bat
tie, which ended with a 2-tO-1 vic
tory for Garfield.
That Bethesda is determined to
win in it's battle against Mercury
u brought out in the announcement
that five former University Of
Maryland players will be in the
game. They are Bailey, Beasley,
Groves, Moran and Brayton, the last
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