The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-06-12

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Petworth!
Today this name sticks out ir
. bug looking over the field for pro
; Handlot war.
Petworth, with not a player o
senior class in disdain.
And Petworth, caring nothing !
game and already has brought {
sandlot prey and several others.
When Petworth'S striplings
knocked flat the Dominican Lyceum
team the occurrence was called lone
Of those things likely to happen
once in so often to all good. ball
teams. Even the best have OFF
days.
But when Petworth's ambitious
youngsters crowned the crack Mer-
curry outfit. the upset, in view of
the Dominican Lyceum surprise,
drew more than momentary atten'
ton. 1t also caused the managers
Of leading teams in the unlimited
class to do a little thinking In the
interest of their teams.
There Is little or no glory in the
victory OF an unlimited class club
over q senior team, the latter being
limited to players Of twenty'one
years and under.
On the other hand, to be
trimmed by q senior team Is q
y black mark on the record OF y
fully grown team. Briefly, an
unlimited class outfit has moth
ing to gain and all to lose In
competition with clubs below their
age class.
So Petworth scared away a lot Of
game with the noise made in
blowing up Dominican Lyceum and
Mercury. At least one leading
team that had Petworth booked can
celed the contest. Few prominent
teams were willing to give the
youngsters q date.
But the American Legion did.
Charley Swans fire-eating ex-Yanks
took on Petworth.
And took q beating.
While PetWOFth was achieving
these big successes, the leading
teams in the senior class were.
looking on with apprehension.
They counted on meeting Pet.
worth I'm the senior division OF the i,
city series. The big thought in
the mind Of most was that IL
PetwOrth could hammer down
ouch foes as Dominican Lyceum,
? Mercury, and the American LIE.
gion the average senior teams
) would be easy meat for PetwOrth
In the title games.
Petworth thought the same and
acted generously. Buck Grier, man
ager, and O good one. and Chester
Spencer, popular president Of the
Petworth club, Judged IL would be
detrimental to the senior series for
PetWorth to cause q runaway race
for the title, which looked probable
IN the event Petworth cast its lot
there.
More than that, Grier and Spen-
Ger and the whole PetWorth team
figured e would have. o fair chance
Tor top honorg in the unlimited
division and into the big class it
has gone.
Waverly, champion Of the senior
class, which won its title last year,
may feer q bit hurt that Petworth
or any Of Petworth's admirers con-
oidered Wayerly out of Petworth's
class. In truth, WaverIy, with the
same lineup that won the 1922
championship could make Petworth
or any other strong team on Wash
Ington sandlots step lively.
Waverly, performing as Holy
Name, last year flashed one Of the
finest young teams this town
ever had. PetwOrth, with many
Of the players now In its lineup,
was . contender In the senior
class IN 1022 and was beaten out
IN the sectional strife BY the
ROamers. Holy Name In turn
knocked off the Roamers.
All Of which makes Waverly
look good.
Nearly ali of Petworth's players
were recruited from high school
teams. Three scolastic athletic cap.
tains are In it's lineup. They are
Harrison Dey, of Central; Tommy
Conner, of Business, and William
Rhees, Of Tech, all of whom led
their school teams In basketball
last winter. Harrison Dey, by the
way, II president Of the graduation
class at Central.
Many players Of the champion
Central team are with Petworth.
They include Dey, first baseman
and second baseman; Merrill Miller,
catcher; John Brinkman, pitcher:
Phipps and Boyd Edlin, pitchers;
Mike Gordon, second sacker and an
outstanding star; John Mooney, out.
fielder: Robert Whitney. infielder:
Dewitt Moore. outfielder; Ernest
Gonzales. utility infielder.
Emory Shanks, formerly Of
Tech, now Of Penn State, Ii q Pet.
worth catcher. Rhees. first
sacler, ably represents Tech on
the team. Tommy Conner, Of
Business, 10 playing third.
Roger Simpson and Clarence Clar.
tdge, outfielders, and Clifton Clar.
idge. infielder, also represent Bust.
ness, and Chick Brown, former
Business student, is an inficld util.
ity player. Willie Mann, a former
Eastern player, is pitching for Pet.
worth.
Buck Grier, the manager, is be.
Oieged by candidates. His team has
played five games with unlimit ed
class clubs and won all Grier has
made no effort to collect high
school stars. So many members OF
his team live in Petworth, the namc