Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-22
INDEPENDENT ATHLETES \.
BUSY THROUGHOUT 1929
Foot Ball, Base Ball, Basket Boil and
Track, All Better Organized, Enjoy
Successful Campaigns.

~ ISTRICr INDEPENDENT athletes
had busy and highly success
full year in all branches Of
H. sport during 1929. Foot ball,
base ball. basket ball and track
all had bright seasans. Each was bet
ter organized than ever before.
It may be that sandlot base ball Is
losing its hold In some cities, but GER
tainly such Is not the case In the Capt.
tai. Here many teams engaged In
league and independent competition.
Battling was keen and the attendance
at games as rule was good.
st. JoSeph's Athletic Club won the
Capital City League unlimited section
title. The Saints gained the crown by
vanquishing the ike Pig team OF
Bladensburg, Md, to 3, in . hard
fought game. 1t was the fourth time in
the past seven years the Saints had
gained this crown.
THYME Aces captured the senior class
nine, IA to 5.
In the junior section THYME Aces
downed Lionels, . to 2, TO achieve the
pennant.
Corinthian MIdgets Cop.
Corinthians captured the nag In the
midget section, in which teams other
than those representing American Le-
gion mines competed. Eastern ALI
Stars won the insect section crown,
conquering Georgetown, to 0.
George Washington Post team cap
tured the championship of the Ameri-
can Legion midget division. defeating
the Lincoln Post team, Q to z. in the
second straight game Of Q series Of
three. Then, after battling its way to
the final in the No. 10 regional finals
at Philadelphia, the George Washing
ton nine was beaten in . 9-5 game by
the Uniontown, Pa, nine, the champion.
Eastern finals of the American Le-
gion series were staged in GrifIith Sta
dunn here with regional victors from
Atlanta. Ca. Asheville, N. c.; Buffalo,
N. Y; Uniontown. Pa; Lisbon Falls.
Me-, and Louisville, KY, competing.
President Hoover, who threw out the
first ball, and the late Secretary Good
attended the opening game along with
other notables. Buffalo was the winner
of the finals, conquering Lisbon Falls.
8 to 4, in the deciding game. Play
throughout the series was spirited.
Pullman nine, pennant winner in the
Terminal Evening League, defeated Ma
val Hospital, Departmental League title
holder, to 5, to gain the weekday
leagues District championship series.
Pullman survived an elimination which
was carried on for nearly three weeks.
Other teams that were beaten In the
series and the leagues that they repre-
serlted were: Union Printers, Govern
ment League: Potomac Yards, Terminal
Morning League: Calvary Baptist,
Georgetown Church League, and WASH
ington Gas Light, Industrial League.
Georgetown A. G. ON Top.
Georgetown A. G. again was regarded
as the class Of the independent mines.
Though getting q rather late start and
with a lineup containing only three
original Georgetown players, the team
carrying this clubs colors showed
strongly against leading opposition.
Samosets won the French Insect
League flag.
Both outdoor and indoor vacation
leagues were conducted for the 1irSt
time by the Boys Club, with a view
chiefly to giving youngsters employed in
the afternoon . chance to play ball.
Twenty-Five teams competed in the OUT
door league and eight in the indoor cir
cult. The leagues were sponsored by
the Washington Civilian Club.
Plaza All-Stars won the flag in the
midget section of the outdoor league.
Warwicks took top honors In Division A
of the Insect Section and Hoovers
were winners In Division B. Hoovers
defeated WarwickS for the insect crown.
Buddy Myers won the peewee section
title.
In the indoor league the Optimists
won the American" League title and