The Washington times., 1930-07-03
,n,s Sandlo Group Find Many T and Turns in Baseball
INTERESTING
CASES IN
GROUP

It's a funny turn. this baseball
racket. And, on the sandlots, it's
no exception. In explanation. the
ups and downs of variouT league
races here and the successes and
failures of teams during their
campaigns.
There has been several cases
this season where teams have
been on the upward stride at one
time, only to fall by the wayside
in later weeks. And there has
been instances where a team en-.
joying a big season finds the
going Unexpectedly rough and
holds on to it's lead and prestige
only by the hardest fight.
The District unlimited section
of the Capital City League offers
an interesting. If not peculiar,
turn of affairs. At the start Of
the season, the Mohawk A. c.
showed the way to the teams,
bowling them over with continued
regularity, with the st. JoSephs,
last years champions, in the back
around looking less like a winner
han ever before.
Then came the Columbia
Heights nine with fast ard
furious pace, Overtaking the
MOhawks. st. JOsephs finally
struck its stride, which put
them on top, the MOhawks; in
the meanwhile, taking a turn
for the worse and falling to
the secrOd division in . sud
den losing streak.
st. Josephs lead now and may
lead for the remainder Of the
season, but, will they be able to
keep up the pace? They might,
but only by the hardest of fights.
The Virginia section offers a
similar case. Ballston, for the
most part of the season. has led
that loop with plenty to spare,
with the jefferson and BauSer-
man teams now in the running
with it a!nybody's race. In fact,
the Bausermans are playing the
best ball of the teams at present,
but followers of the team are
troubled whit the thought that
possibly their team night not be
able to continue in it's stride.
Then comes the Prince Georges
County League. The Dixie Pigs
played invincible ball for the first
three weeks only to fall before
Mt. Palmer at time when the
Mounts were just striking win
ming stride. The same question
arises: Can the Mounts continue
tehir strong play or will they
fall before long and bow to some
other team, say HyattSville or
again to the Dixie Pigs?
The TakOma Tigers have
been faced with that question
ing thought also, throughout
the Montgomery County
League schedule, although
they have been able to stay
in the lead with the excep-
ton of one week.
Champions last year, they kept
right on with their fast pace at
the start of this season only to
find the going much stronger as
the schedule progressed.
Rockville and Chevy Chase have
given unusually hard fights while
an unlooked-for contender, the
Bethesda Firemen have bobbed up
to be taken seriously. Both Rock
vile and Chevy Chase have led
teh pack on occasions only to fall
back again when the Tigers. By
extra hard work, pulled them
selves into the race again.
The Tigers developed a slump
at one time when the Bethesda
Firemen handed them a 1O-to-T
decision earlier in the season, not
to find themselves until victory
after five losses in a row. -Four
OF these losses, of course, were
outside of league play.
So it's funny turn, this base
ball racket. It is interesting,
though, because of the fact that
anything can happen in the game
which aids this team or that to
get out Of a slump or fall into
one, whichever the case might be.