Evening star., 1930-06-25
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.
q PEAKING of gameness-


Tragedy stslked into the lives
\ of a group of small boys here not
so long ago.
This little group was bemoaning the
death of their manager, coach and,
above all, friend Walter Neuman, late
manager of the Corinthian Athletic
Club. The loss of this popular sandlot
mentor was deeply felt by every mem
Der of the various Corinthian teams.
Almost every normal boy loves some
form of athletics, and all of Neuman's
teams, the insects in particular, were
lost without their manager.
This insect team, composed of bows
ranging between the ages of 10 and IA
years, wanted to play ball, and after a
lapse of almost a month went about
organizing the team and running 1t lust
as they knew their former manager
would like to have it done. But small
boys such as these cannot be expected
to take over job that even an ex-
perienced man sometimes finds difficult.
Now, there are hundreds of sandlot
fans in the city, but few care to take
over managerial job, for some reason
or other. Yet the efforts of this game
little Sandlot team began to bear fruit,
and now 1t is back in the race, with
H. K. McCarty as the new leader.
Such discouraging blow as fell upon
these youngsters would cause many boys
to give up. But the Corinthians-not
by long shot. Yesterday, in their first
game in the Howard A. French Insect
League, the Corinthians were beaten by
team which a short time ago was in
much the same predicament-the Spud
ColemanS, who were also without a
leader earlier this season until Spud
happened along. But you can bet that,
whether it's defeat or victory, two teams
such as these will continue to play ball
And, after all, what really counts is
how the game is played.
Take, for instance, Huck Stahl, one of
the best 1nflelders playing on the sand
lots today. About four years ago, when
Just reaching his peak as bali PLAYER,
Huck was accidentally injured, seriously
But the love of the game made him
continue playing ball. Stahl's an in
fielder, and it's no cinch to play on a
Sandlot diamond knowing all the time
that bad bound of a hard-hit ball
may undo all that nature has healed.
Bill Flester, manager of the French
A. c., is a stanch admirer of Stahl and
ooJS, AAhIh lIlBlIG 1dNc ROIle up DuC
for this accident, and it's my opinion
that Stahl is one of the best players
on the local Sandlots."
Marcus Chaconas, crack French out
fielder gave a rare demonstration of
gameness recently when the Trenches
tourneyed to Frederick to play the Elks.
ChaconaS was sent to the mound be-
cause of shortage of pitchers.
And he showed that hitting and fly
chasing aren't his only specialties-he
can hold his own with many a hurler
on the slab. For six innings he held
the Elks scoreless and allowed but one
hit. Then in the seventh he came to
bat. hit to the infield and while running
to first collided heavily with the first
baseman. who was standing on the bag.
ChaconaS was "out" for almost five
minutes, but when he came to he went
into the box and finished the game on
nerve alone, and the Elks cleaned only
three hits in the last two innings and
managed to score but once, while the
Trenches crossed the plate eight times.
Lou Hollis. G. P. o. outfielder, was
badly hurt in an automobile accident
last March and for a time 1t looked as
though his base ball days were over.
But Lou still is shagging flies and bat
ting 'em out and is one of the shining
lights on the Government Printing Of
flce team.
II this epidemic of rain, tie games,
etc. keeps up, the Georgetown Church
League will never be finished. Provid-
ing the weather Is favorable this after