The Washington herald., 1909-08-27
REITERATEs HERALD STORY.
Manager OF st. stephens Team An
swers Writer OF Protest.


Sporting Editor The Washington Herald:
Seeing in yesterday mornings edition
OF your paper an article by a player OF
the former Aloysius Club. in which he
stated that an injustice had been done
the Capital City League. the Aloyslus
Club. and their followers by an article
appearing In your columns on September
q. would like 10 state that the portion
OF the above named article which dealt
with the close fight in the Capital City
League between the AlOysfus Club and
st. Stephens Institute is correct, and II
the gentleman who answered the article
would have given few more facts with
regard 10 the winning OF the Capital
City Leagues pennant Of 1907. he would
have conclusively shown that the pen
nant IN that league was given to the
Aloysius Club by the board OF man
ayers Of the league behind closed doors
and not won on a ball field
He refers to a game in which a boy
was hit by a pitched bail, which game
had to be discontinued because OF inter
ference by the police. thereby making Il
impossible to finish the contest. That
portion of his answer Is correct, but he
does not make mention Of the game in
which a st. Stephens player was called
out for interference when there was no
occasion for same. The following extract
from one Of the local papers in reporting
the game will give an explanation Of
same: with Moriarity on third and
Kraft on second and one down, Hughes
nit one to HandibOe at short and was
thrown out
80 far so good. but ball playing was
a efusrr
Hughes and Davis, the Aloysius first base
man, collided Hughes made the second
out. and Moriarity while endeavoring 10
cross the pan clashed with Catcher Bag
gette and was declared out by Umpire
La Flaver for interference The ball
went wild and Kraft sauntered in. tieing
the score. At this stage of the game.
which was the fifth inning. the crowd
got beyond control and swamped on the
field. and 10 resume play was out OF the
question. Umpire La Flavor got lost In
the crowd. and abou- half an hour after
ward announced his decision making
AloysiUs the winner. His decision was
not made on the ball field"
The St. Stephens management protest
ed the game, and the arbitration commit
tee ordered the game to be played over
The arbitration committee was appointed
by the president, and consisted OF three
disinterested people. who were to decide
all protested games. The constitution of
the league provided for the appointment
OF such a committee. but the board Of
managers or the league, notwithstanding
the decision OF the committee which they
had created through their constitution.
passed a resolution doing away with that
portion of the constitution and passed a
motion to the effect that the game should
stand as played and should not be played
over. thereby giving the pennant to the
AlOysiuS Club.
The portion OF your article which deals
with the Interference by the crowd is
correct IN every detail. Outlines the
crowd would surge inside Of the playing
field and make It almost impossible for
a St Stephens fielder TO field ball near
the foul line, but IL conditions were re-
versed and ball was hit by ST. Steph-
ems player the crowd would Immediately
separate and allow the Aloysius player TO
field the. ball.
Six OF the St Stephens players Joined
the Trinity club, and on a fair field.
where the crowd could not interfere with
their playing. defeated the Aloysius Club
for the championship Of the District
THOMAS LEO FORTUNE.