The Washington times., 1907-08-18
LOCAL AMATEUR
LEAGUE SEASON
Four Leagues Close Sue
CeSSful Season in
Capital City.

The close Of the playing season OF
the Marquette League last Wednesday
practically marks the end OF organized
amateur baseball IN washington for this
season.
Two leagues. the District and the In
! dependence. are stin playing, but these
started their seasons some time after
| tke leagues that have now finished,
namely the Sunday School, Capital
[ y. and Marquette.
The last four leagues have arranged
a pcst-season series. to start Wednes-
day, and the District and Independence
| Leagues viii, in all probability, play
championship series between the two OF
/ them some slime next month.
4 The East washington Sunday School
| League is more or less OF an offspring
Of the old Sunday School League. which
was IN operation last year. The new
organization started the series with four
| clUbs-Nilth. First Rhode Island Meth
odist. Waugh and Bethany. The win
ner Of the pennant did not enter the
fold TIL some time after the actual
/ playing season had begun
This league has been a success from
start to finish, in spite Of the predic-
tons Of many followers OF amateur
baseball to the contrary. and. with
few changes, it will continue 10 draw
the East washington crowds next sum-
mer, as It did this.
Up to the last few weeks of play il
looked as If First had things all TO
/ themselves with Ninth. hardly a COM
| petitor. and Bethany a possibility. out
Manager Worley's aggregation, in a
| whirlwind finish, managed 10 snatch
| the rag away from Ninth. which had
! showed First down to third place. AS
/ things were, IL was not finally decided
that Bethany was the winner until last
Friday at the final meeting Of the board
OF directors, as there were several pro-
tests to be considered which, had they
been allowed, would have changed the
entire aspect Of things.
The attendance at the games through
cut the season just finished and the en-
thusiasm displayed by the spectators
fully demonstrated the practicability OF
an organization in that part of the
city EeXt year.
There will probably be a change in
the management Of the Waugh team
next year, and q new team may be ex-
rected, but with these exceptions
things may be expected 10 run along
as they did in the season just closed
Although things looked black for the
Departmental League at the start, the
| organization finished the season with
flying colors.
The directors of the league, having
been informed late last fall that JUS
tice. War. and Navy would not put a
team in the field, had expected, and
laid p ans, 10 have a five-team league
consisting Of Treasury, Postoffice, Com
merce and Labor, Interior, and Agricui
,iraI teams. when, after the schedule
! had been made out and the grounds Sc
Iected. the last-named organization sud
denly announced that it would be un
able 20 put a team in the field because
! its players were assigned to work II
, different parts Of the country. How
ever when 1t looked as though there
would be no Departmental League foi
the season of 1907, Navy managed 10 st
together a team, and schedule OF aOou
forty-live games was arranged
Treasury led all the way and up II
the last month no other team had
! look In. However, Postoffice. which haf
been making the gamest kind Of a fsh
and had defeated the money-handler'
: the only two times they had tasted tina
B desc, drew UP within striking distanc'
I and, although il didn't set the rag, TIT
mail clerks team made the champion
! play oft several Of the postponed game
3 before they could clinch the pennant.
6 Commerce and LABOR had the thirC
, best team and was factor TO be takel
into consideration throughout the race
1t was largely through the efforts of
Commerce and Labor man, Mr.. Ander
l son, that the league was able to TAX
y the field at all.
In the Capital City League few squall
were encountered, thanks to the never
: wearying efforts Of the president, Jane
4 O'Shea-
The question Of grounds, whicl