The Washington times., 1931-05-29
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Decoration Day of another kind
for the teams of The Times
Junior Baseball League. More
than SO games are on schedule
for tomorrow alone, and if some
of the scores are as one-sided as
were some scores last week, then
some of the teams will be need
ing flowers and slow music.
For when it comes to peppy
baseball, these teams in The
Times League do things up
brown when they play.
And when you take a pretty
good team, and that team runs
into a streak of luck to boot, the
score figures just mount up like
those divorces at Reno we read
about. But then, Old Lady Luck
smiles on teams that aren't so
good, too, and lot Of surprises
are in store for proud and naughty
teams tomorrow.
These weekend games have a
habit of ending in ways nobody
expected, and that's one thing
that is making them so interest
ing to youngsters all over the
Washington territory.
Challenges Listed
Before we forget about it, here's
another of those challenges. The
Joe KuhelS boys, Class c Pewees,
are looking for a snappy game
with any bunch between II end
13 years old, any time Saturday.
The Kuhels have their diarond
all ready: all they lack is some
boys bold enough to play against
them. George Sullivan is man.
ager telephone Georgia 1880,
and he will sit by his telephone
all Friday evening, waiting to
hear from a brave manager who
thinks his boys are as good as
the Kuhels.
And right here is a good time
to report the records of three
more games that have just come
in.
The Eagles just about ran
away from the Princeton A. C.
boys, 1877, in this Glass B divis-
ion 3 contest. Mirkle, who holds
down the third sack for the
Eagles, got his dander up and
smacked out three-baser, while
his teammates, Luebkert and
GagnOr, and Fillingame of the
Princeton, annexed twO.baggerS.
But the Spengler Post boys
treated the Fairlawn lads lot
worse when they left, them only
a goose egg at the end of nine
innings, the Spengler Post war
riors taking II markers in fine
style. The Fairlawns just didn't
get started right, and they aren't
discouraged by this 11-0 score;
they're coming back after blood.
When the Southern team and
the Oaks boys met on the field
of battle. the Southern romped
away from the Oaks and took
the heavy end of an 6-4 score.
The Dixie lads started right in
the first frame and brought one
man across home plate. added up
two more in the third, three in
the sixth and one each in the
seventh and eighth. The hard
wood boys squeezed one in the
third, got two more in the sixth,
and then, feeling big, added an
other in the seventh, but they
couldn't quite catch up.
Among the dozen fine features
Of these juvenile games, the good
audiences they draw is sure
sign of the intense interest they
are creating. There is hardly a
game played that doesn't have a
crowd of friends. relatives, rooters
and-yes, even sweet e arts
watching these young big-leaguers
handle flies and sizzling ground
erS and the old ash stick in true
professional style. Of course,
when some fellow pulls a boner
they give him the raZz, but if
a fellow can't grin at raspberry
he just isn't a good guy"
Good Games
The games tomorrow will bring
back together some old-time foes
in the Times League. The boys
are the best of friends on the
street or playground, but some of
these clashes slated for the COM
ing week are real grudge fights.