Evening star., 1923-08-27

F'iremen were not idle yesterday.
They are aiming to trim the Police.
They opposed the ST Stephens Club,
but a dispute marred the battle. In
final session, the Firmen claimed that
their opponents failed to keep the
crowd off the field. which enabled
runner to be tagged out The score
was to s. the Firemen's way, when
the leaders left the field.
RinIto Athletic Club took the meas
ure of the Henderson team, l3 to II,
when il smaCked eleven bingles off
the slants of Jefferies. Jaffe led the
attack He connected for three wal
lops in four times to the stick, in
Cluding a triple and double.
One of the best games OF the sea-
son was waged between the Herzl
Athletic Club and the Milans yester-
day, the fray ending in a 2-to-1
verdict for the former team. Five
scattered hits were garnered on Hero
ISauber. winning boxman Goldberg
fielded well for the Herzis, while Jake
Sauber batted heavy.
Clarendon tosxers uncorked sur
prise yesterday when they took the
measure Of the Dominican Lyceum
team. to ,. Jenkins held the losers
down to four binsles. while his team
gave him rare support.
Peerless Athletic Club successfully
invaded La Plata, Md. yesterday.
routing the team representing that
place, to 4. Manager George Simp-
son sent Mcdonald to the MOUND Tor
the visitors. The Peerless slab artist
yielded seven safeties.
Warwick Athletic Club disposed OF
the St Mary's team of Alexandra;
Va, to 1. The Virginians gathered
six safe clouts off Leebode. Marwick
tossers registered fourteen swats.
Irving Athletic Club made what is
believed to be a sandlot record yes
terday when ii copped a trio or VIC
tories. It downed the Raleigh Ath-
ietic Club, II to 3; Lexington team,
10 to ), and the ST. Joseph nine,
8 to o. The last fray was forfeit
to the Irvings.
slamming the sIants of L. White
for six timely hits. the Milans
triumphed over the Capital Traction
Club, ) to 8. The Traction tossers
connected for eleven bingles: out
they lacked the necessary punch.
Potomac Athletic Club took both
ends of double-header yesterday,
defeating the Alexandria Tigers. to
winners piled up twenty-six safe
clouts to win the twin bill.
Patton di.hed out some hurting of
forters. his team winning. to 2
over the Camp Humphreys team.
Each side registered eleven blows.
but Patton came through in the
pinclfes. Stout, Hedges and Houston
hit heavy for the soldiers.
A desperate rally in the last three
innings enabled the Cardinals to
trim o'Donneirs Drug store nine nine
: to 3. until the last three sessions
OBrien hurled in splendid style for
the O'Donnell's until the final stage.
when the Cardinals hammered his
offerings all over the lot. Jimmy
triple that put the game on ice
for the Virginians.
Corinthians bested the South Cap
itol Midgets, 6 to 2, in an interesting
game. The winners have won thirty
out of thirty-six engagements.
shamrocks were I'm a savage mood
Yesterday when they defeated the
Junior Order outfit, to !. Thirteen
safeties were collected by the south
west clubmen. Thompson, on the
mound for the Shamrocks, held the
losers down to eight hits.
Hilltop Juniors took a hard fought
game from the Western tossers, 4
to 0. Neither side was able to score
until the sixth. then the Hilltoppers
came to life. Honey batted we'll for
the winners. Shreve hurled master
fully. allowing the Western team but
three safeties.
One lone scratch hit during seven
innings was allowed by Ike Dreifus
of the Dreadnaughts, his nine win
ming over the knickerbockers, to
eighth when they pushed across a
pair of taliies. jeff Smith was found
for sixteen wallops. including hon.
er by Devers.
Lem Owens again displayed un-
be atab1e hurling for the Silver
Spring Tigers. He turned In an s-to.0