The Washington times., 1929-06-03

its third straight by nosing out the
Capital a, c., 10. sThe Hawks
hammered the Dixie Pigs under by
a 10.2 count, and the AZtecs were
idle, thereby sharing the lead with
the other two.
Ire Auth victory was almost
personal triumph for Dick Keefer.
After he doubled to open the sixth,
stole third, and counted on Rupert's
sacrifice fly, he saved the game for
Rhodes by pulling in a drive that
had home run labelled all over 1t.
Rhodes had a slight edge over Col
low in the hurting duel, striking
out 13 and permitting only hits
and no walks, while Collow walked
one, allowed eight safeties. and
whitfield six. ...
As far as the Hawks were
concerned, all pitching looked
alike to them, three Dixie
hurlers having nothing with
which to fool them. Johnny
Wanley led the attack for the
winners with three blows. one Of
which was q homer. Meanwhile,
"Tack" EnsOr held the Pigs to
four hltS. ..
Edmonds Art Stone registered in
the win column for the first time
by taking a rs game out of the
fire in the ninth from the Tre-
monts, McDonald's single driving
home the two important tallies.
The National Press Building Cards
won the other league game, also by
a ninth.inning rally. which netted
six runs. Browns Corner was the
victim Of the Cards. The score was
II to Z, Young, who relieved Owens
in the fifth inning, halted the
Browns cold, allowing just two hits
and no runs in the last four frames.
In the last three stanZas the win
ners collected nine of their runs.
The Roamer A. c. and THYME
Aces are deadlocked for the lead
in the senior class in the same
league, each winning their second
game yesterday. The Roamers had
a battle on their hands to dispose
of the Brookland Boys Club, 10 to
Z, while the Aces simply walked
away from the Bostonjans. IA to
S. Kaufman and Montrose halved
their game which was called at
the end of the sixth with the
score 9-all, so each of them also
is undefeated, but with one win
only. In the other game the Hart
fords boosted their average to 500
by defeating Miller Company, 5-S.
Each Of the teams in this league
il full of players from the local
high schools, the Aces having now
fewer than six of them. For this
reason they are the favorite- to top
the league: Bud Hanna, who won
each of Eastern's four champion
ship games in the high school
series. is the Ace hurting star,
while Benny Spigel, Techs right
handler. is another Ace mounds
man. Snyder, Shapiro and McCul-
Tough are other Eastern players
and Brown from Tech are the
other high school players now per-
forming for the Aces.
The Victory Post team kept
it's season record undefiled by
defeat when il took the '8 and
40'' into camp, 9.6. Thus the
victory nine won, its third game
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other seven clubs.
Lefty Georges bat was the big
noise in the Victory triumph yester-
dav When Lefty isn't pitching he
nlavS left field and wields q heavy
bat: Three out of four, one ooun-
darv wallop, bounced from his
bat. and when the and Az threat
ened in the late innings George
came into the box and suppressed
them, In the other two games the
Snengler Post nosed out Delano, S-2,
and George Washington Post wal
loped, Lincoln Post, 13 to 5. The
washington nine has won three
and lost one.
The Corinthians moved into the
lead Of the Capital City Midget
League by walloping the Meridians,
IL to 9, a three runs splurge in the
ninth putting the game on ice. In
the other game the Iriquois and
Kenilworths battled to a tie, the
Kenilworths counting six times in
the last inning to knot the score
"All things come to an end"
philosophised the Washington Red
Sox as they tbowed to Brownie Lem
crises st. Mary's Celtics, to q.
It was the Red Sox's first defeat in
13 starts. Lefty Hamilton allowed
them only four hits and was ably
supported by his mates. Dreifus