Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-14

~ ITCHER RAY narrower, big
- Navy Yard highlander, hadn't
been of much help to the Gum
makers until two weeks ago, but
what he's done since then has been
plenty. He pitched the tailenders to
the second-half pennant.
For almost three months Manager
Noonan's club noundered, with no par
ticular destination. One pitcher, Lefty
Kuhnert, was bearing the brunt of the
mound burden, but Kuhnert, being no
flaming youth, couldn't win two games
a week consistently and as a result
Navy Yard finished poor last in the
first half race.
Today the Gunmakers are the cham
pions of the Government League Sec
ond half, and Ray Harover's sensa-
tional return to old-time form is largely
responsible for it. In trimming Naval !
Hospital yesterday, 8 to 2, he hung
up his second victory over that club in
a week, being the only pitcher to hold
that distinction.
Narrower kept seven Hospital hits well
scattered, while the YardSmen raped
Rebel Crews and Pete Ingram Tor 10
lineup accounted for at least one hit.
A brief rest will be given Navy Yard
and Naval Hospital before they begin
the three-game series for the cham.
pionship. With no possible chance OF
deciding the winner of the Government
League this week unless q game Is
played Saturday. the CITY series, as
expected, was moved back TO Thurs
day, when it will proceed under the
revised schedule.
Monday, it was announced yesterday,
the two Government League winners
will play the first game of the series.
Barring rain, the affair should be over
by Wednesday, at the latest. Then, on
Thursday, the week day league series
will start, but the Government League
champ will not be called upon to play
until one week from this coming Mon
day.
Naturally, after making 1t possible
for Navy Yard to win the second-half
title Yesterday, the Union Printers were
hoping that the Gunmakers would re-
turn the favor and lose to Naval Hos
pitaI, thereby creating q three-way Tie
and Giving the Printers a chance.
So it was q disconsolate crowd OF
Typos who watched the Sailors go down
under another overwhelming defeat.
Naval Hospital will have to come to
life all of sudden, 1t appears, II II
means to be in the city series again thls
season. The Gobs played sloppy game
afield, were almost helpless at bat ana
received pitching that might have been
better. However, there's no denying
that Navy Yard punch, which only re-
Gently has been manifest.
Now that the Government League Is
adjourned unt1 Monday, sandlot 1ans
will be able to shift their attention to
another league which Is really deserV-
ing of little support-the Georgetown
Church League. The Sunday school
leaguers have been putting on race
exactly the same as the Government
loop, with two strong teams doing the
battling.
The Calvary brakes, red-hot favorites
to capture the banner, knocked the pail
all over the place in swapping west
Washington in the first game OF the
play-off, IL to 2. =,
Today these two teams Will CLASH
again and a win for Calvary would end
the Church League fracas, while de-
feat would call for another game TO-
morrow.
It's beginning to appear that the an
nual series for the championship OF the
Terminal Y. M. c. A. will not be held
this year. The first game, between Pull
man and Capital Traction, which was
scheduled for yesterday, failed to ma
terialize, as Capital Traction, Morning
Terminal champ, called it of. Today's
scheduled game will not be played, and
according to A. L. Hightman, secretary
of the ~" it will be played after the
city series, If at all.
Pullman undoubtedly would have little
trouble with Capital Traction anyway.
For that matter, most observers are OF
the opinion that the Browns will retain
their citv championship. Pullman has