The Washington herald., 1910-03-20

The past week was one OF activity
among the sand-lot baseball artists, the
amateur commission holding meeting
Friday. and the Sunday School, Mar
ouette, Suburban, and Departmental
leagues getting together, while many of
the Independent teams held informal
gatherings TO perfect their plans for
the coming year. The first baseball games
OF the 1910 series were played last week
giving the sporting page fresh look and
furnishing new impetus to the sprirs
baseball movement. Georgetown's crack
baseball team vanquished the Maryland
Aggies in good style Saturday. and the
fans had a chance TO look the collegians
over for the first time in a real game.
All in all. last week was a mighty busy
one.
The Sunday School League meeting OF
Tuesday was largely taken up with the
work of revising the constitution, and
the election OF officers was again post
poned. The changes in the constitution
are mainly those which viii tend to keep
the Sunday School League on an amateur
basis. The regulation regarding the eligi-
bility Of players was amended, prohibit
ing transfers after July 1 and setting
July 10 as the last day upon which play
ers can register With the various teams
OF the league After that date any
player who is not properly registered will
be ineligible.
This is a very important change. which
cannot be fully appreciated until after 1t
has been tried out for a season. Ball
players are optimists to certain extent.
and are prone 10 look sideways ct all
rules which are framed to insure their
amateur standing. In fact, so many
rules regarding the eligibility OF players
have been framed in past years and not
enforced that one can hardly blame me
players for thinking that there Is way
TO get around any old rule that is framed.
Managers will meet and vote on a GER
tain clause, and when that clause affects
their team or any Of their players they
Immediately set about TO get around the
rule which they have helped to adopt.
Again referring 10 the meeting Tues
day, a ruling made by the board 10 the
effect that the pastors Of the various
churches must vouch for the eligibility
step toward making the players attend
Sunday school promptly and regularly If
they want TO play bali Pastors, while
many of them are real dyed-in-the-wool
fans. usually are more interested in their
flocks than in the national game, and
they know who attends the services, and
their word viii not be questioned.
The committee on grounds reported
that an arrangement had been made
whereby the league would again obtain
the lot at Thirteenth and y streets
northeast This will please all of the
Sunday School League followers, as the
real support OF the Sunday School
League comes from the northeast sec
ton Of the city
A feature of the meeting was an ad-
dress by Rev. George A Miller. pastor
of the Ninth Street Christian Church.
Mr.. Miller advocated a stricter eligibil-
ity code, and its enforcement, and de-
plored the professional faint which has
been noticed of late in the amateur ranks
in this city. Many Of Mr.. Millers sug-
gestions were adopted by the board
Next Tuesday viii determine which two
teams viii fiji the vacancies caused by
the withdrawal of the Bethany and ST
Paul clubs in the Sunday School League.
The three applicants TO date are the
Sixth Presbyterian. Emmanuel Baptist.
and Ingram Memorial mines.
The Capital City League met last sun
day afternoon and went over the plans
Cor the coming year. The navy yard
will be represented in this circuit this
summer. but unless the Brookland boys
sell their franchise the Machinists viii
be the only new faces besides that Of
the Aloysius club, and the Aloysius BOYS
are far from being strangers at North
Capitol and NJ streets
st. Stephens, Government Printing
Office, and the old Brentwood aggrega-
ton will all be back In the fold, although
the Brentwood club viii be under a new
name. that Of Cornell q Co. They are
already known as the "Cornellites. so
the change will not be much Of a sur
prise TO the fans. II Is expected that as
soon as the baseball fever strikes Brook
land, Manager HarreITs tribe win round
into form and once more be contenders
for the pennant in the Capital City or
EAilALdA4bll
Brookland had an of year last season.
and the friends OF the suburbanites ara
anxious TO see them redeem themselves
by coping the has. The Marines will
not have team in the league.
meeting Of the Departmental League
was held Tuesday evening at the Office
Of Merritt o. Chance in the Post-office
Building and arrangements were made "a
start strenuous season for the clerks
on the diamond. At an earlier meeting
the officers we're elected, all OF last sea-
sons officials being restored to office
War and Treasury will not be contenders
for the Departmental League pennant
this spring owing 10 the fact that they