The Washington times., 1930-05-24
BETTERGAMES.
IN WEEKDAY
GROUP

GRUUP
Longer and better games arc
the rule in the various week day
leagues now. Seemingly 50 as
each Of the five twilight circuits
played and have played good
baseball in the past two or three
days.
Where six-inning batting affairs
have usually been chara Cteristic,
nine-inning contests have horned
into the order of things. And in
several of the instances 9 and
10 inning tie games have found
their way into the box scores.
Later sunsets explains some
of the change in play. while
warm competition brings out
other changes. The teams are
slowly but surely rounding
into their best fettIe, all IN
the playing of better and
longer games.
Where the pitching is almost
always looked to become better,
the fielding of the various teams
has become even better which is
something for each league to
stand around and buzz about.
None other than Bill Flester,
president of the Industrial League.
sized up the situation in CAB
fest the other day.
"The teams can't expect to
show their true worth during
the first half of their Sched-
ulteS," says Bill, because .
they're not in shape and be
cause they come down to
their games at the start Of
the season without any
amount of practice together. :
1t takes them several games
to get adjusted to things and
in the matter of wins and
losses it's just a case Of who's
the luckiest. And that goes
for every league in the week
day group, too"
And Bill might be half right.
Pitching and fielding both may
bob up here and there in these
firSt-half games. but in all. the
teams don't play their best games
until after the second-half sched-
ule gets under way.
There were some mighty good
games in the five played yeSter-
day. Two tie affairs featured
with interesting results in the
others. Express and Terminal
played to a SIS deadlock in the
Terminal Y League while West
Washington Baptist and Grace
Episcopal battled "A without a
decision. In the Industrial
League, Big Print Shop defeated
Western Electric, s to 3, Agrlcul-
ture nosed out Commerce. s to 7.
in the Departmental League and
4. in the Government loop.
Both of the tie games were
featured by good pitching
and alright fielding. In the
Express Terminal game an ex-
cellent throw by Ed Magee in
right field cut off a run in
the ninth inning and saved &
Terminal from a defeat at
the hands of Express. And in
another part of the game,
DOfflemyer and RaineS col
labOrated in executing a
dOuble-play to make the field.
ing stand out.
Good pitching featured the
West Washington Baptlst-Grace
Episcopal setto. Bean and O'Mears
locked in a duel with the for
mer allowing but three hits and
tanning 10. O'Meara was effec-
tive in the pinches while grant
ing six hits and striking out 4.
A home run off of the bat Of
Johnny Davis which took a pc.
culiar bounce over the r1ght-field.
er'S head to roll all the way to
the adjoining diamond, settled the
game between the Big Print Shop
and Western Electric mines in
the Industrial League. The clout
put the game on ice and ended
pitching duel between Kopp of
Big Print Shop and Moeller, of
Western Electric. Western Elec-
trio had several chances to score
but could not get up the punch
when hits were needed. Kopp
struck out 10, by the way.
Consistent pecking away at
Lefty Kuhnert won for Inter.
state over Navy Yard. After
scoring three runs in the first
inning Interstate continued
by counting one each in the
fourth and fifth and twice in
the sixth to put the game in
the bag. Navy Yard kent
dangerously near by counting
once in the first, twice in the
third and once in the fourth,
Late batting rallies won for
AggieS over Commerce. Behind.
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