Evening star., 1930-06-21

~ NE Of the hottest races in years
is featuring play in the
Georgetown Church League.
While attendance has been
poor and fans have been attracted by
the other loops, the Sunday school
leaguers have put on pennant chase
that is easily the closest Of any Of the
week day circuits.
While Pullman was running away
with the Terminal "Y" League and
Naval Hospital, D. c. Repair Shop and
the Tile Settlers were doing likewise in
the Government, Departmental and In
dustrial, respectively, a heated three
cornered battle for the top position is
being put on between Eldbrooke, Grace
Episcopal and West Washington Bap-
tiSt
And it looks as if 1t may be tie be-
tween two teams for the first-half
championship. At the present Ed
brooke and West Washington Baptist,
the latter by virtue of its 6-to-4 victory
over Calvary Baptist yesterday, are
leading the pack with seven wins and
two losses, while Grace Episcopal Is
next with six wins and two defeats.
But Graces road will be easier than
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Monday and Tuesday they play YER
mont Avenue Christian, which is now
occupying fourth place in the stand
ings, with but one win in eight con-
tests, while on Wednesday Eldbrooke
and West Washington meet in game
that will spell flnis for one Of them.
Calvary Baptist, last years champs,
gave West Washington a big scare yes
terday. making the league leaders work
all the way.
Bozie Berger, Maryland athlete, who
had been playing in the Terminal "Y"
League, tried his hand at pitching and
was charged with the defeat, although
he permitted only two hits after reliev-
ing Bowman with the score tied in the
sixth inning. Carl Bean, southpaw
mound ace of the West Washington
club, turned in six-hit performance.
however.
Fol the fan who likes raw meat and
long distance slugging yesterdays game
between Express and Southern Railway
was just the thing. The EXpresSmen,
though out of the firSt-half race, fat
tened their batting averages at the eX-
pense of Conover and Haig, Southern
martyrs, who were unable to do thing
in the way Of stopping the Express slug
gers.
The Expressmen made Is hits, in
cluding a double, four triples and two
home runs, with Lefty Jewett leading
the attack with three three-baggers and
a single. In the fifth frame Gill, first
up for Express, socked the first ball
pitched for home run over the center
field fence, and Tommy Snake" Clark,
brother of Earl Clark Boston Brave
outfielder, followed with another four
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est hits made at the Union Station
Park
Southern Railway, despite the lop-
sided score, is undoubtedly the most
improved club in the circuit, and If 1t
could only sign one or two pitchers, is
likely to do a lot better than end up in
last place.
1t is reported that Pete Ball will join
the club, which may be the answer to
Southerns prayer.
Fowler, Express third baseman, did
something no other tnfielder in the
league has succeeded in doing. Fowler
has devised all ingeniuS method of COM
batting the sun, which is binding to
the shortstop and third-sacker in the
Terminal Park.
Fowler cut off peak OF an old base
ball cap and sewed it onto the peak al
ready vi his cap, UldkulB bIl6 cIlIHc
brim almost foot N length. 1t was al
most as effective as an umbrella.
Brothers! Brothers.! And more
brotherS!!!
Has it ever occurred to the average
sandlot fan that there are at least Is
brother acts" now being enacted in
the unlimited class?
Here they are: Fee and Sos Colliere,
Walter and Ed Rainies, Tots and Louie
Long, Dick and Walter Hughes. Al and
Benny Schneider. Dutch and Harry
Smithson, Bill and Tom jenkins, Henry
and Ernie Hiser, Abby and Tommy
Clark, the Fitzgeralds, the Swygerts. the
Hamiltons, the Tuccis, the SINNERS and
the Snellings.
And Gill and Fish aren't far apart
Interest in the Howard A. French In
sect League is running high this year,