Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-12
COLUMBIA PRINTERS
OFF FOR CHICAGO
Will Contest for Championship
in Union Printers National
Base Ball League.

This evening at o'clock the Columbia
team of the Marquette League, &C
companied by a number of rooters. will
leave Union station bound for Chicago.
They are to represent the local typo
era pi,fcal union columbia, 1OD in the
annual tournament of the Union Print
ers' National Base Ball League which
will be held in the Windy city.
The league is composed of eight teams,
representing ST Louis Cincinnati, Pitts
burg and Chicago. in the west, and Bos-
ton, New York. Philadelphia and Wash
ington. in the east. Each year the print
ers' unions of these cities send teams to
participate in down-and-out series of
games, held in one of the eight cities
composing the league. Last year the
contests were played in New York, and
the championship was won by Boston.
which team became the possessor for
one year of the beautiful challenge
trophy, presented to the league by Au-
gust Hermann. owner Of the Cincinnati
team of the National League. The team
from the. Hub also captured the silver
cup presented by the Lanston Mohotype
Company.
The local club has been greatly
strengthened since last year. and it is
expected to be quite factor in the
contests this month. The fans are very
enthusiastic over the teams prospects,
and they feel assured that with an even
| break in the luck it will return to Wash
ington with the championship.
The Printers League is unique. in the
respect that it is controlled by com
mission composed of three national Off
GERS and one representative from each
| city. This commission meets but once
a year, at the annual tournament. and
| formulates plans for the governing of the
| league during the period between meet
| ings. and also assumes direct charge of
the tourney. This method of managing
the business of the league has proven
very successful. as it puts the clubs
| from all the cities under the control of
one board. which is responsible for
| uniform set Of playing rules. as we'll as
| laws covering the eligibility of all the
| players.
1t has often been agitated by local base
ball enthusiasts that the only way to
make amateur base ball in Washington
the success it should be would be to
adopt the commission plan and have each
league represented. That would assure
a uniform set of rules governing all the
| leagues. and players could be made in
| eligible as members of more than one
team. And were player to violate this
rule by playing in more than one league
he could be blackisted and forbidden
to play In any league. Then the great
est cause of friction among the local
amateurs would be obliterated. II would
be well if the officials OF all the leagues
in the District would get together and
follow the lead of the printers.
| The local team, of which so much IS
expected in the coming tourney, Is made
| up Of some of the best base ball talent
| i'll the city. 1t is composed of Weaver,
Wilihde and Williams. pitchers: Julien
| and Suess, catchers: Shields. first base;
| Elicit, second base; Ball, shortstop: Rey-
| nolds. third base: Wood. left field: Nc
Carly, center field. and Thornberg. right
| field. Jim Elicit of The Star is manager
and captain.
The team and the rooters who accom-
pany it will make up crowd of about
| thirty, and they will be under the lead
ership of the local member of the ma
| tional commission, Frank S. Lerch of the
Herald. He has mapped out an itinerary
that should make the trip a most enjoy
| able one. Instead of going to Chicago
direct, 1t has been planned that the spe-
cial car which will carry the local party
/ shall go by way of Niagara Falls. To-
morrow morning they will arrive in Koch
ester, n. Y. and there the Wash ngton
| car will be attached to the big Six Spe-
| ciaI," special rain which will include
| the New York. Boston and Philadelphia
| clubs and their friends. This train will
arrive at the Falls about noon, and the
! dayswill be devoted to sightseeing. In
| the evening the entire crowd will take
| trolley cars for a trip to Lewis on.
| turning by the gorge route. Tomorrow
night the party leaves the Falls for Chi
| cage, stopping Ell route at Cleveland to
i pick up the Pittsburg crowd, whose car
will also be at ached TO the special. On
arriving at Chicago the visitors become
the guests of the Chicago printers. who
have arranged an extensive program for
| their entertainment.
| The complete program follows:
| Saturday. August 14-At 30 pm,
base ball game between Cincinnati and
PittsburG; $3.50 pm, New York VS..