Evening star., 1952-09-01
City SandIot Series
To Open Tomorrow
With Two Contests
By Bill Fuchs

The Washington Amateur Base
ball Associations big City Series
starts at 4::30 pm. tomorrow with
two games on the Ellipse.
The Heurich Brewers, runnerup
to Silver Hill for the Industrial
League title, meet the Herson
Panthers, second-place f1nishers
in the Metro Leagues Eastern Di-
vision, on the South Ellipse. FBI.
easy winner in the Departmental
League, faces Lincoln A. c., run
nerup in the Metro Western Di-
vision. on the West field.
The first-round schedule calls
for two games a day through next
Monday. with action tapering off
to one game a day after that. It
requires two losses for elimination,
and with 10 teams entered, the
tournament will take about three
weeks to complete.
The bigger field was made pos
sible when the WABA dropped out
Of the All-American Amateur
Baseball Association. In previous
years, Washington sent a repre-
sentative to the AAABA tourna-
ment. which necessitated a short
er season here and a playoff con-
fined only to league champions.
Runnersup in each of the five
leagues are in this years series.
Four Negro Teams Entered.
Last year the Washington Royals
became the first Negro team to
enter the tournament. This year
the Royals are back and three
other Negro teams are entered,
the Panthers, Lincoln A.C. and
the Black Sox. The Royals won
the Western Division and the
Black Sox the Eastern Division
of the Metro League.
Other teams entered are Atchi-
son and Keller, runner up to FBI
in the Departmental League, and
the Haley's Dodges and the Ma
tional Capital Used Car Dealers.
The Car Dealers won the first
half title in the Anacostia League
and the Dodges took the second
half. They have not yet played
of for the title.
FBI, which swept the opposition
aside in its drive for the Depart
mental League championship,
ranks as co-favorite with Silver
Hill. which defeated the Brewers
In three-game play off for the
Industrial title.
Brewers in Better Shape.
However. Manager Pepco
Barry's Brewers are in better con-
dition now than during the play
off with Silver Hill. Charley
Hiden. vacationing during the Sill
yer Hill series. will be available
for mound duty. as will Johnny
Norris and Lou Snouffer, neither
OF whom saw much duty in the
regular season.
I'll use Snouffer tomorrow, ,"
Pepco says. HE came to me in
the second half and I didn't use
him much-much to my sorrow.
He looked awfully good against
Silver Hill in the playoffs.
Charley Beall, FBI manager, is
expected to start Billy Carroll, his
top pitcher, while John Henry
Jones, manager Of Lincoln, says
he is planning to use Jack Green,
a right-hander with a ST. league
record.
The schedule through next
Monday:
Tuesday-Herson Panthers VS.. Heurich
South Ellipse; Lincoln A. C.. VS.. FBI, Wesi
Elipse. Wednesday-Haley's Dodges VS.
Silver Hill. South Ellipse; the Black SoS
VS.. Atchison and Keller. West Ellipse
.Thursday-National Used Car Dealers VS.
the Washington Royals, South Ellipse
Heurich VS.. Lincoln A. c., West Ellipse
Friday-FB1 vs.. Haley's, South EllipSe;
Silver Hill vs.. the Black Sox, West Ellipse
September S--Atchison and Keller VS.. Used
Cars, South Ellipse; Washington Royals VS.
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