Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-06-17
TO STRENGTHEN
THE WEAKER TEAMS
Action Taken by the Board of
Directors of the Department.
al Base Ball League.

The board of directors OF the Depart
mental Base Ball League has agreed to LET
the Navy Department management draw
on the enlisted force OF the navy for three
men. with the only restriction that they
shall come from vessels stationed at the
washington yard. It was also agreed 10
suspend the eligibility rules In favor OF
Justice and let them play another notary
public in place of Hutchinson. the crack
George Washington pitcher. who failed to
make good.
Curnane. one OF the men selected by
Navy under this agreement, has proven an
excellent pitcher. as he pitched the four
teen-inning tie against Agriculture a week
ago yesterday. and although the box honors
were pretty evenly divided. he got a little
the better of Sanders who was substituted
for Titus. the Georg George Washing
ton crack. in the fifth inning Until that
game Sanders had easily pitched his team
to victory In every contest. defeating every
team in the league with the exception OF
Navy, while. on the other hand. Navy In
casting around for good pitcher. has
steadily lost games. the Warriors. their
bitter rivals. being the only team they have
oested. In this game Curnane went the
entire fourteen innings. and at the close
was apparently as fresh as when the game
started. and proved to be much stronger.
while Sanders pitched but the usual nine
innings. During this time Curnane al
lowed only nine hits. passed only four men
to first base. struck out thirteen and did
not make battery or fielding error. In
previous game he did fully well. allowing
only four hits striking out fourteen men,
only three short OF the seasons record.
held by his opponent, Sanders. This time
however. he lost out on errors by a score
OF to 2 Curnane will undoubtedly be in
the running for pitching honors.
Rau and Coleman other tUo nj
who, II Is understood are or the Presi-
dents yacht. Mayfiower. played an excep-
tionally good game at short and third.
spectively. Friday. and they both hit the
bali. With the addition OF these three
strong men the Navyites look good as
any of their rivals. and will be in the race
throughout the season.
Cleveland. another man from the enlisted
force of the navy, tried out in the game
against Commerce and Labor. also made
good. and II Is thought that he will be put
in In the absence of Rau or Coleman. He
is also OFF the Mayfiower.
McMichael. a weil-known young Wash
ington athlete. is the new pitcher obtained
by Justice under suspension of the elgibil-
ity clause. IL is understood that he will
pitch in tomorrow's game against the
strong Interior team, and IL is generally
expected that he also Will make good and
count among the leading pitchers of the
league. McMichael is captain OF the West
ern High School team. and won his game
In the All-Washngton-P Princeton game. He
has also been elected captain of next year
team at Western.
When approached In regard to the mat
ter of their suspension of the eligibility
class, members of the board said that IL
was their intention and desire to make each
team as strong as was possible. and for
this reason they had decided to suspend tho
clause whenever 1T could be properly done.
II was the suspension OF this rule that has
made the Departmental League teams fully
a hundred per cent stronger this year than
1t was last. Navy. Justice. Commerce and
Labor. Treasury. War and, in fact. nearly
every team in the league. with the possible
exception of Agriculture. have been bene-
fitted by this action.