The Washington times., 1923-07-04

sour chief recompense will lie
mitted to see some Of the title g
Thus reads in part letter fr
advisory board of the Hilltop diar
6ship series. The Hilltop club n
avenue and Neal street northeas,
Another item from Carriers lett
Of the best playing field in the c
from the worst.
GAS we are all aware, there al
series and in order to have the &C
ficient number of playing fields
although the Hilltops did not
enter the independent series its
members are in harmony with the
project and >1sire to see 1t a sue
cess
The sandlot commission thank
fully accepts the Hilltop courtesy,
because baseball diamonds worthy
of the name are far short of the
demand. But those who are trying
to better conditions in sandlot base
ball appreciate the spirit of the
Hilltops' offer as much as the ma
terial aid afforded by it.
On the eve Of entry closing
time, the HilltOps lost several
leading players and the team
virtually was wrecked. 1t was
rebuilt, but the task would not
be done I'm time to qualify the
team for the series. So the Hill.
tops lost out in the beginning IN
championship.
Entirely out of it, they are more
than willing to help put over the
series and in doing this they are
helping to advance sandlot base
ball as whole in Washington.
II every independent team in
this city fell in line with the Hilltors
spirit of cooperation and unselfish-
ness, many a bumpy place would
BE- smoothed in the path to sand.
lot achievement.
Close on the offer OF the HILL
tops comes one Of the same ma
ture from the Handley A. c.,
which has a splendid field in
TetwOrth, where the old Suburban
League had its games. The
Handleyss were unable to enter
the series because too many
But they are doing much to de-
Velop sandlot interest in their Sec
ton and the playing of champion
ship games on their field win help
further.
Jumbo Moran, Roamer pitcher
fand outfielder, has returned. Nor
an has been at Greensboro, n. c.,
off and on for months, but man
aged to get in enough games with
the Roamers to make him eligible
for the series.
Herbert Murray, Roamer short
stop, is out with cut finger.
Murray will be unable to play ball
for more than a week.
According to Eddie Pitts. the
Roamer manager, Joe Gulick Will
be with his old mates in the series.
The smuggling first sacker also lis
listed by the Mercury Club. Gu
hck's clouting has won several
games for Mercury.
The Comforter Club has lost it's
catcher, Luke HoWder. Howders
right thumb was fractured badly in
the St. Joseph game.
Paul Mudd's absence from the
. st. Teresa's lineup on opening
day In the series was conspicu-
GUS. It is taken to mean that
the Georgetown University star
will be with Dominican Lyceum
IN the championship fight.
Shades of the old Nativity team!
George Thompson and Billy Lus-
y combe are playing with Junior
Order. DR.. Butz resurrected them.
Thompson was star catcher
fifteen years ago, and Billy was
approaching his prime as ball
player then.
Norman Hutchinson. the Printers
young pitcher, only recently swung
into his full stride. Norman was
off form In several early season
games, but his work against Junior
Order showed vast improvement.
Fans are still discussing the Junior
Order-Printers contest. After the
first inning neither team had a
player reach third base. 1t was
Well-played game.
BroOkland is showing plenty
of power at bat. Nobody suspect.
cd Johnny McCann's crew would
wreck Park View with nineteen
bingleS.
The Comforter Club is off to a
Encouraging start in the series,
but has the leadership to keep
heads up and faces to the enemy.
Four runs in the final inning gave
et. Joseph fine victory over the
Comforter, but it was not the de-
feat that hurt the Comforter most.
They lost their catcher, Luke
' Howder. and catchers are mighty
scarce.
Before the series entry list closed
teams were advised time and again
to qualify more than one receiver
Those that failed to heed are trav-
ersing thin ice. An unframed re-
ceiver can wreck any ball team.
Before the series entries closed.
teams were advised time and again
10 qualify more than one receiver
to guard against having to use an
unframed man behind the bat in
case of injury. A punk backstop
can wreck any ball team.
Any yOungster who can knock
fourteen home runs in eighteen
games has a natural batting eve
and powerful body. He may
Arean1 with confidence NJ an,,rn