The Washington times., 1905-07-02
AMATEUR LEAGUE NOTES
Departmental LEAGUE.

| DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE. /
The Judges, who have been shooting
the chutes pretty regularly. have stop
ped for breathing spell.
The different managers have awak-
ened to the fact that bunting counts.
Bunts figured extensively In many of
the games OF the past week.
1t looks like smooth sailing for the
Middies now. They are playing a stiff
game and Will be hard TO head
BieIaski's catch of Stevensons liner in
the Justice-Agriculture game was the
best of the season, and it will make the
whole outfit hustle to even equal his
feat, much less surpass it,
The protest of the Commerce and La
Dor team of the game between it and
Interior because Mcknight pitched was
turned down at the meeting of the board
of governors at its meeting last Friday
night. but not without considerable de-
bate.
The Justice-Agrsculture game demon
McGinty and Thompson, who tried to
take his place. made 2 bad muddle OF
the Job
The new diamond at the navy yard
was responsible for the first shutout of
the year The Middies blanked the Met
calftes by the tune of 10 to o.
The games each team have yet to
play are as follows: War, Ia; Navy, IA;
Library H. Postoffice. l5: Agriculture.
IL. Justice. 13. Treasury. ID; Commerce
and Labor. IA: Interior, a.
1t vas claimed by some that McCar-
ren, Of the Navy, was brought here
from another navy yard to play ball,
but this is emphaticaily denied by the
Navy management
The way the Treasury team has of
changing its men leads one to believe
that every player must be a general
utility man They never play a game
without shifting most of the men and
introducing several new PLAYERS The. They
never say word to the scorers about
the changes, either. Roast.
The Judges really won game on
tiaeir merits, and it's up to the Attorney
General to declare a holiday.
There will be another meeting of the
boz rd of governors on Wednesday night
ana it is expected that there Will be
adopted SSEHr2l rules THAT VIII mate
rally change things.
AS to postponed games, no team which
has postponed game can make the
other team play unless ii wants to. If
one team wants to play and the other
does not. that is all there is TO it. The
only time that an appeal can be made
to the board of governors with any
Chance Of success. is when the standing
of a team may be in question at the
close of the season. then the board can
compel the teams to play, and II one
refuses then the board will declare that
the team refusing to play shall forfeit
the game in question.
The backstop work OF all the teams
has shown a decided improvement in
the last week, and stolen bases are get
ting to be a rare occurrence.
1t is to be hoped that now the
and had a peep in IN the game win
ming proposition. they may keep the
good work up and get up in the bunch
and amount TO something.
The '-Aggies'' in their game with the
Judges got all that was coming to them
and then some more
Pat" McKilIen did his first stunt in
the twirling fine In the league Friday
with the MoEeymakers. and what the
Metcalfites did 10 his benders in two and
Il.
After the smoke of the first half OF the
third had disappeared the tall one
was given free transportation 10 the si-
lent isles and leafy woodland. And he
went.
The batting of Dutch Kinney. of the
Metcalfites. Is rather remarka BILE, as he
Is a pitcher. Slab artists as a rule are
poor btsmen. but Dutch is an exception.
1t is very seldom that he does hot get
two or three hits out OF every game In
which he plays. He has one of the few
home runs made to his credit
The moral of the Justice winning
game is that you can't keep a squirrel
or the ground.
Assistant Secretary Murray and Solid
tor Sims. OF Commerce and Labor De-
are daily visitors at the White
Lot Mr.. Murray frequently pulls off his
coat and bats EN- out. He's one of the
boys,
A new rule of the league adopted
by the board at its last meeting. is that
no man shall play on any of the teams
unless he has served one month or over
In one of the departments.
The Moneymakers were up against II
when they tried TO play the Metcalfites
without the assistance OF Nut McCau-
ley and 'Curley" Lord.
SUNDAY SCHOOL LEAGUE.
Section A.
Evidently the pitchers in the Sunday
School League are getting better. Some