The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-01
NA|LSAPPLE
AND FIELDS
PERFECTLY.
By r. D. Thomas.

ballplayer for so long that men
approaching middle age sometimes
speak Of him as ''the fellow used
TO watch when.I was a kid"
These veteran fans, however,
DO him sort of injustice, accord.
ing to Lemeric, who says his dia'
i1ond career has endured not more
than 15lyears. -
He is in the limelight at this
time due to a sensational streak of
hitting and fielding. He hasn't
made an error this season. He has
made so many hits that Brownie
himself is unable to state his pat.
ting average.
It may be that modesty re-
strains him. His batting has
featured recent games of the
Printers. There have been sew.
eTal in which he connected four
times In five at bat. His aver
age in the Government League
is better than 500. In indie
dent games it must be higher.
Lemeric is having one Of the best
seasons in a long career but with
characteristic modesty he attempts
to put the soft pedal on comment
TO that effect.
II really haven't gone forward in
the last several years." he >ex-
plains, "and I'm not playing any
better than could be expected. A
fellow ought to learn a flock of
tricks in is years of baseball.
guess I've learned some of them.
For instance, save lot of energy
by not monkeying around in the
infield and relax throughly between
innings.
"This conserved strength means
q lot to a ballplayer when the
years begin to tell. admit they've
been telling on me for several sea-
sons. When the old muscles begin
to flag the teamwork counts. You've
noticed, maybe. how Heinie Webb
and couple Of others Of the Union
Printers are carrying on when most
eandlotters jack up"
Then Lemeric let loose what he
believes to be an important reason
for his sensational battings.
"Sandlot pitchers are not as
observing as they used to be. it
seems to me-" he said, because
they don't try to reckon the bat
ters' weaknesses. They simply try
to throw EN- past the batter.
'AII 1 do is stand there until
I get the kind of ball / like
best and then swing. II the
pitchers took the trouble to find
out what kind Of stuff can't
hit well and gave me nothing
but that. why. that average of
mine would shrink aplenty."
Lemeric has been one Of Wash.
ington's foremost sandlot and semi
pro- performers for many years,
since he entered the unlimited"
class. in fact. He probably has
played on more championship teams
than any other sandlotter now
active. And he is team" player
in every sense. although from time
TO time his individual brilliancy
forces him into the foreground. He
has been kpown, to make IL hits in
IL consecutive times at bat. That
record. incidentally, was achieved
in "play-off" games when every hit
was important.
Lemeric had an important hand
In the Printers 1O.to.9 victory over
the Commissioners yesterday in the
Government League, He made
three hits, one a triple, and scored
q run. Webb pitched all the way
for the Typos and was opposed by
Flynn. Both were hit hard and
often, the Commissioners making
. brave effort by scoring three
runs in the last inning.
In other league games, Judd and
Detweiler trimmed Barber and
Ross, 10 to s, in the Merchants
League; Treasury defeated Veterans
Bureau, z to 3, in the .Colored De.
partmental; G.. p. o. beat Agricul-
ture, in the Departmental, 8 to 6,
and Navy trimmed Naval Hospital,
z to 2, in the Federal.