The Washington times., 1930-09-08
TEAMS AWAIT
! SERIES FOR
TITLE

HILL
The baseball season can be said
to have taken a decided turn
towards a certain end in the games
Of yesterday. Three champion
ships were won in the Capital
City League enabling the teams
In the winning sections to get
: that much closer to the intersec.
tional series supposed to start next
Sunday.
The nacOstia Eagles
grabbed the District unlimited
section banner by defeating
the Columbia Heights TOSSerS,
10 to 8. The Dixie Pigs
,cOrped the Prince Georges
County section flag by defeat
ing Mt. Rainier in a double
header, 8 to 5 and Z to 5 in
their play-Off; while the Acme
Printing TOssers scored over
the EiOnels, 4 to 3 for the Jun
ior Title.
With the exception of the Jun
aor Title which will stand pat as
won, teams in four unlimited Sec
tions Of the league will meet in
an intersectional series to decide
the ''big" championship Of the
city. The Anacostia Eagles, of
the District section; the Dixie Pigs
of the Prince Georges County Sec
ton; the Takoma Tigers of the
Montgomery County section, and
the Bauserrnan Motor Tossers of
the Virginia County section, will
compete.
The teams will meet tonight at
the Washington Post at o'clock
to arrange plans for a start next
Sunday. The Takoma Tigers
and Bausermans have idled some
time from league play waiting
for the other sections to end their
championships. Both the Tigers
and Bausermans won their re-
spective titles several weeks ago.
SandlOtterS received a shock
yesterday in the news that
Mickey Kelliher, St. Mary's
Celtic coach and first base.
man, was killed in an auto
mobile accident earlier in the
day. 21.hf.r
During the eighth inning of
the st. Mary-FrederickSburg Elk
game, the several hundred fails
and players of both teams stood
with barred heads in respect to
the memory of the popular play
er-coach Of the Celtics and we'll
known parsonage in sandlot
circles.
The Celtics won the game, Is
to and thereby deadlocked the
race for the Northern Virginia
semi-pro championship. The Elks
won earlier in the season by a
4 to 2 count.
The Hyattsville Stars had little
trouble in defeating the Chevy
Chase Grays in a game on The
Riverdale diamond. Also the
Takoma Tigers were off form in
losing a double-header to che
Skinker Brothers Eagles, by the
scores of 13 to 8 and IA to 10.
Sanford Ross hurled the
Saks ClOthierS to a 7-tO-4 vic
tor over, the Alexandria
Cardinals. Dick MOthershead,
in right field, sOeked out four
hits in as many trips to the
plate, driving over six runs.
Ross granted six hits in his
excellent effort.
The Silver Spring Giants de-
feated the Chicago Bloomer Girls.
13 to 4. The Washington Red
Sox lost to Bryantown, 4 to 1.
while the Palisades defeated the
Bethesda Juniors, 5 to 3.
The Sam West Midgets stepped
out of their class to defeat the
Cardinal Juniors, 10 to 8. The
Vests now challenge the Spengle
Post nine to a three-game series.
The championship of the week
day series will be decided today,
weather permitting, when the
Pullman and Calvary Drake mines
clash on the Union Station dia-
mond at AIS o'clock.
If the teams are forced to idle
this afternoon on account OF
rain, they will mix tomorrow on
the same site at the same time.