The Washington herald., 1910-08-20
TWINING WINS OUT
Arbitration Board Declares
Kraft Ineligible.
TEAMS NOW TIED TOR FLAG
Contest to Decide Championship Of
Independence League VIII Be
played at McDevitt's Field This
Acknowledging of Board Gives
Both Clubs Another Chance.

Twining won it's protest against the
awarding Of the independents League
pennant 10 Manhattan when the board Of
arbitration Of the amateur baseball COM
mission went over the evidence in the
case yesterday afternoon. and the board
has ordered the two teams. which. by the
boards decision. are now tied, TO play on
the tie at McDevitt's Field this after
noon.
The board found that Catcher Kraft.
of Manhattan, was ineligible. and award
ed the game OF July %, which Manhattan
won from the Clubmen. to s, 70 the
Now York Avenue tribe by forfeit
The boards official decision in the con-
troversy is as follows:
The protest Of the Twining club OF
the game OF July q. 1910. with the Man
haitian club. OF the Independence League,
on the ground Of the ineligibility Of Nor
man Kraft. who played with the Manhat-
tan club. has developed many contested
questions and complicated conditions for
the determination OF the arbitration
board There is no dispute however,
that said PLAYER was regularly registered
and played with the Post-ofFice team, Of
the Departmental League, and the Mid
way club, of the Capital City League.
Tt is alleged that he was released by
the Midway Club and became free
agent on June u. and that he was re
leased from the Departmental League on
July l. Neither OF said releases were
filed or recorded with the secretary OF
the amateur baseball commission. mol
was that players name registered as a
member Of the Manhattan Club with the
secretary at any time
Rule s. which is binding upon all the
clubs and leagues under the amateur
commission. provides that new names OF
players shall be registered with the COM
mission Immediately. and transfers three
days before they shall be eligible 10 play
after the expiration Of which period the
commission may reopen the question OF
eligibility. sc, and rule provides that
the secretary Of each league shall prop
erly notify the secretary OF the commits
sion OF any changes IN the lists OF play
ers eligible 10 play on each team in his
league, which shall be subject 70 the ap-
provaI OF the commission. Therefore,
the alleged releases Of Kraft from the
Departmental and Capital City Leagues
are without force and effect to qualify
him 20 play with the Manhattan Club OF
the Independence League. and the profess
/ OF the game Of July Is is. therefore. sus
1 tanned. and is ordered forfeited 10 the
TwininE baseball club.
! Before the president Of the Indepen-
dence League left the city he certified thai
the Manhattan team had won nineteer
games and lost six. and this is not dis
puted by the Twining Club. BY the for.
fixture OF the game Of July %. the stand
/ ing OF that club viii be changed e
eighteen games won and seven game.
lost. The Twining Club also claims thar
another game played subsequent {,
( July q, in which Kraft participated. witt
Manhattan. should be forfeited. but OF
this point the president Of the leagu,
placed in evidence the following certlf
cate. which the commission accepts OF
behalf Of both contestants:
August x. 1910
Board Of Arbitration: In the protest o.
/ Twining against Manhattan there Is bat
one game involved. that Of July %
Norman Kraft played July II. and
the game resulted in a tie. to 5. and
was played Off on July IS: so this 4:
but one game. He also PLAYED on JULY
X and August u but Manhattan lost
1 both games
7 certify that there Is absolutely NJ
other game in dispute. Very truly yours
/ III F. WoRLEY.
President Independence League
at the hearing held in this matter
the question arose as TO the disposition
1 OF a scheduled game between Twininr
and National Union OF August 10. Twin.
/ ing claimed that the game had beer
forfeited 70 them, and Manhattan con
tended that II had not on the grount
that neither club had a uniformed team
/ present This. therefore. is a question
! Of fact. and in the absence of the presi
dent Of the league, the ofiiciaI scorer o.
the Independence League was callet
1 upon to furnish a statement OF tn,
games won and lost by the Twining club
which he submitted. showing that Twin
ing won seventeen games and lost eight
which includes the game OF August i
as a forfeited game 10 Twining. 3,
granting the game Of July % to Twining
their standing becomes eighteen games
won and seven games lost. which make.
those clubs tied for first place. and 4
is directed that this Tie be played of
on Saturday, August 20. and the result
certified by the Official scorer, r. E
Leith, Immediately.
ROBERT n YOUNG.
"F. W. BOLGIANO.