The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-03-24
Sunday School PreSiden-
Will Resign Position at
Early Meeting.
PICK SUCCESSOR
FROM MANAGERS
Schedule viii Be Longer This Sea-
Son-New Grounds Hailed
With Acclaim.

When President F. A. Carpenter, OF
| tie Sunday School Baseball League,
| calls the managers to order at the first
| regular meeting Of the board of direc-
| tors next Friday evening it will be for
| the last time. for after plotting the or
! ganizatiOn through three successful sea-
! sons and landing it as one of the fore
most amateur leagues in the city, he
has decided TO pass up the cares and
responsibilities of the office
This is one of the severest blows the
league has sustained for several sea-
sons, for Carpenter ranks among the
leading amateur magnates and is a
valuable asset to any organization In
the course CT his leadership he has
brought the league to one of the best
patronized amateur organizations In
the city, and last year produced an
article of ball seldom seen on the sand
lots of Washington Although Car
penteT will resign the presidency. he
has been persuaded to accept some other
less laborious position and will not he
lost altogether to the budding organ
ization.
At the present time it is doubtful
VINO the successor to President Car
the
older managers who allied themselves
with the leagues forces when it Wa
organized, are still in the ranks. # is
more than probable that the choice
VIII fall to one of them.
The opinion expressed by the vari-
Gus managers is that the games this
season VIII be even better than those
which drew the largest crowds in fT1e
city last year.
Change in Roster.
The withdrawal Of the Grace and
Waugh teams will cause a slight shake
up In the club roster, Peck Memorial
OF Georgetown, Hamiine, and Iangdon
making application for the vacant posi-
! tons. This question will be settled ar
the next meeting Of the directors on
Friday. A committee viii be appointed
10 draw up schedule. Because of the
unpopularity of the short season Iast
year the various managers declare
themselves in favor Of a longer playing
session, and it has already been planned
10 start the season at the regular time.
and extend it at least a month longer
/ than last seasons program.
/ Last year the schedule petered out
about the middle Of July, and despite
D eA2AcNLAl ttA0i - Oh the Dart OIL the 0lrnr-
I tors to extend it. Feuds between the
( various managers cropped out, and the
\ task was made impossible. Those man
Z ayers who at that time held leadi7,e,
positions in the league did not wish to
! risk their standings, and stubbornly pre-
/ ferred to close up shop. This feature
Will be looked after at the meeting next
Friday, and it is likely that the sched-
/ Tile adopted viii begin about the first
/ OF May, and continue through to the lat
/ ter part of August, or the early part
/ Of September.
Gets New Park.
| The change in grounds is another item
which the directors argue will promote
the popularity of the league. Last year
I all the games were played at Sixth and
! D streets northeast, but as the ground
| is being used for building purposes the
directors were forced to the painful
necessity of hunting cut another dia-
mond
/ With the withdrawal Of the Marquette
| League from the northeast the grounds
/ at Thirteenth and y streets were left
vacant, and the deal whereby the Sun
! day School League viii play there the
! coming season has been practically
clinched- This league played on the
/ Thirteenth street grounds two seasons
/ ago, the returns from the games beng
much larger there than at any other
stand used by the league.
! As soon as the lease on the grounds
I is turned over 10 the league work VIII
| be started on the erection Of the stands
/ and screens The equipment used last
season at Sixth and d has been sold
! and IL is the intention Of the league
/ magnates to erect entirely new seats
| and screens. The grounds, although
{ they are now in good condition. viii be
/ worked Up, and by the time the season
| opens the Sunday School League should
4 have one Of the best stands in the city.