Evening star., 1924-07-13


Fourteen teams will compete in
the Chicago tournament this Year.
according TO the dope, mines from
Boston, Chicago and Detroit will offer
the Washington toSSerS the keeneSt
battles. Boston, especially, turns out
a clever combination and it is apt to
menace the prestige of the District
team. The tourney will end August 3.
There is every indication that the
lccal nine Will give good account
of itself at Chicago, judging by the
brand of ball it has produced in sand
lot circles here this season. 4 flock
of formidable teams have met defeat
at the hands of the Typos, who have
received but one drubbing. this COM
ing from the Alexandria Dread
naughts last Sunday.
Manager Heinie Webb will do some
hurting in the tournament games, but
the majority of the mound work will
fall on the shoulders of Lefty Pound,
Malcolm SimonS and Norman Hutchi-
SON. trio that ranks with the best
in the city. Others to make the trip
are: Clarence Desper. catcher; Roy
Hood. first base; Tommy Ford. Sec
Brownie Lemeric. third; Anthony
Suess, right; Herman FeIdman, CEN
ter. and Ed Lowrie. right. Andy
Hancock will be used for utility
purposes.
Southend Midgets are after the
scalp of the Stanleys, Corinthians and
the Meridians. Telephone challenges
to Manager Oppich at Franklin 1856.
Play in the Alexandria junior base
ball championship series will get un-
der way next Sunday, with the Tigers
and the st. Mary's mines meeting in
the opening tilt. Virginia Gray
Club are the two other teams en-
tered.
John Walton Tulloch is president
of the junior series: Ralph Larson,
vice president; Edward Harlowe,
treasurer, and Jack Allen, secretary.
The managers of the four teams will
act as a governing committee. They
are Charles Gator of the Tigers,
Louis Latham of st. Mary's, Ashby
Snellings of the Virginia Gray Jun
iors and Jack Allen of the Column
bias.
A. Mazxacchi, business manager of
the reorganized Yankee nine, is seek
ior classes. His telephone number is
Franklin $3.50.
Alexandria fans will he treated to
a double header today at the Dread
naught Park. The Dreadnaughts will
entertain the Naval Hospital tossers
in the feature attraction, starting at
o'clock This will be followed by
a clash between the Falls Church
and the Alexandria Tiger mines.
Those fans interested in the Ben
ning-Prince Georges Base Ball League
will be well entertained today. Four
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viii entertain the Capitol Heights
team, Seat Pleasant will be the guest
of the MARYLAND Park Athletic Club
4,
the opponent of the Lof1er tossers on
start promptly at O'Clock.
;fss3nd S4nsiderable ri e., interest is being man
Heights match. Cleveland. who huri-
ed SO effectively against Bradbury
Heights In recent engagement,
W Sor araW the monnd AS
Newton are being counted upon by
Bradbury Heights.
Lefty kagle or w: F. Miller are
likely likely, to o hIrl for Tuxedo, against
mack should bear watching for the
last mentioned nine. Ryon and W.
Morland is the probable battery for
Maryland Park, while Coates or
Pleasant pilot. Pierce Athletic Club
intends to use Hoffman or Jones on
the mound. MacRoberts or Duval Of
the Lofher team will oppose them
Joe Miller. hurting ace Of the Car
lin Springs team, probably will toe
the mound against the Seabrook nine
Of Maryland today on the Iatter's
diamond. Play will start at 1870
O'Clock. Should Miller falter, Eddie
Douglas will be drafted. Carlin
Springs players are to report at the
clubhouse at IL o'clock.
Southend Midgets took the meas
ure of the Frier Midgets in a 16-to-9
match. The victors are casting about
for games with teams averaging
fourteen years old. Telephone the
manager at Franklin 96s. Bryant
and Keefer played creditably in yes
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