The Washington herald., 1909-06-05

Rain dealt another knockout TO the
amateur baseball organizations IN Wash
ington yesterday, and none Of the leagues
could play, and from the condition Of
some Of the playing fields il will take
q warm sun 10 enable the baseballists
10 play to-day. No wonder there are so
many suicides these days. the baseball
fans cannot stand this much longer.
The Interior team. after the first few
defeats. has been strengthened materially
and the result is a string Of victories the
Interior aggregation having come away
winner in the last three games they have
played. The Seventh street crowd has
never shown the fast clip that they MAIN
tanned some seasons ago. when Interior
rot only won the bowling honors. but
was also represented by a corkinE good
bah team. Now they are lucky 10 win
al chess. However, Manager Duganne is
getting his squad together. and f they
continue 70 do as good as In the past
few battles, his combination viii be yretty
near the top at the close Of the present
season.
II Is high time something was being
dsne in this city in regard to enforcing
a strict eligibility rule which would keep
players from jumping about from one
amateur league TO the other. Il has been
agitated time and again. and baseball
writer's have advanced many plans for
the enforcement OF such a clause but
when it came down 20 making II go the
plans proved 10 be impractical. inasmuch
as they could not be applied 10 the situa-
ton here. At the present time there are
eight amateur leagues in Washington,
and they all have a large following. Peo-
pie are talking about the wonderful hold
the game has on the fans Oh. YES. but
there is something rotten about the races
In some Of the leagues, and II is all due
70 the fact that a manager Of team in
the second division never knows when ne
will have a full team on the field The
Departmental League suffers little. as
the players are forced TO give the gov
ernment league the preference, because /
they are employees Of Uncle Sass and It's
the same way in the Capital CITY. where
many OF the players, from the writer's
personal experience, received a compen-
satiOn which IS enough inducement 70
make them play. But take the other
leagues the Sunday School. the Mar
quette, and the Independence. for in
stance, and there's where the rub comes
IN Until the presidents OF the various
leagues sacrifice their own pride IN their
organizations and put the good OF the
sport before their own gain. nothing viii
ever be accomplished along lines which
will tend toward the betterment OF the
amateur situation. In this connection II I
is proper 10 give credit where due. and
the one league which has put its foot /
firmly 20 the ground 70 stamp out the I
jumping jack business is the Independ- /
ence League While the directors are
having their troubles. and the teams are 1
feeling the cut In their playing ranks
Que to players being barred out of the |!
league. yet the ones back or the move 4
are getting the moral support Of the pa
tient and long sick and suffering fans.
Gus Julien has returned from New 4
York. and caught for the Brookland team /
in the Capital City League this week. 4
While DarnalI is one OF the best catchers
in the city. his work can never be Of
the same value 10 BrOOkland as Jullien's.
who has played on the BroOkland team
since ;he good old kid days. and there is
nothing like playing with your friends.
besides. that BrOokland crowd is a funny
Dunch, ana tney groWl, groWl growi for
BroolIland al the time. and therefore
with a team OF Brookland players thew
get more support from the suburban fans
Then, too. you know. HarrelPs bunch
has never quite forgiven Darnau for be-
ing a member Of the Brentwood team thar
beat Brookland so hard several seasons
ago when Brookland's team vas the
pride OF that place
It's a pretty race between Bethany.
Hamline. and Ninth, in the Sunday School
League.
Riddle IS playing a good game at the
initial sack for Peck Memorial.
Wooden gave nine bases on balls in
Wednesdays game against Peck, three
Of which came in succession in the fourth
after the bases had been filed, forcing
three runs across the plate.
Richards hold the strike-out record so
Far this season. He forced fifteen to take
the count in six innings He has also
won three out Of four games pitched
In Marceron. steeher. and Walters
Ninth has the strongest outheld in the
league. They are batters as well as
helders. Each have a home run TO their
credit. while Marceron has five triDles