The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-12

their hitS- II begins 10 look ike COdCh
Jim" Sprigman viii land his third
champion team in two years. Sprigman
coached the American Security and Trust
Company nine last year and landed them
on top. This spring he put Central High
School to the fore. and now ne has made
the Trust Company lads wallop their old
rivals, Commercial.
Twining and Manhattan fought tooth
and nail for seven innings yesterday
without reaching q conclusion. It is too
bad the game could not go the regulation
distance This way of starting the big
game at the last minute Is due TO the
anxiety of the managers OF rival teams
TO start the game with their best lineup,
and often the contests are delayed until
some young hopeful puts in his appear
anee. This IS fault that should be
remedied and not allowed to become
fixed habit.
The game in the Marquette League to-
day has been postponed and the games
viii start again on Wednesday. The
Diamond Athletic Club. having forfeited
three games. has been dropped from the
Marquette League. and the independent
Brookland team. managed by Mr.. Glen.
win take the Diamonds place
Young Howard. the Washington player
who made good on the Cornell varsity
team. arrived in town yesterday just in
time TO get into the Commercial-Arneri
can Security and Trust battle Howard
has turned down several fine offers 10
play professional ball. as he wants to
play at Cornell again next year. He
was offered a job on the Cape May Col
legians outfit 10 play summer bali, but
declined. and not long ago represent
alive of the Utica team in the New York
State League was after his services.
Towards batting has picked up wonder
fully since he has played college ball.
and he is a finished fielder, and besides.
the youngster has the advantage OF US
ing his gray matter.
Assistant Manager Shurtleifr. OF the
Cornell Company nine. said yesterday
that his team would not drop out Of the
Copitsl City League this year. as has
been persistently rumored. He refused
TO say whether the Paperhangers would
be in the league next year or not.
The Chamber OF Commerce boys are
back in Washington after their scrim-
mage at Atlantic City with the college
team of that place. The local business
men dropped the game. to 6. but led
all the way until the last inning. when
they lost out or a wild pitch. The score
was TO in favor OF the Commerce lads
at the beginning of the eighth session,
and they are a crestfallen lot when they
remember how those Atlantic City bat
wielders won out. The local team blames
the umpire. as usual. for most of their
misfortune, and it is a good thing that
the Jump doesn't 1--we here, but some
1 miles away
Wednesday. July q. the Chamber of
Commerce will clash with the Richmond
| Collegians at Richmond. This is Bill"
sitterdings team, and the Chamber OF
Commerce boys are expecting a warm
reception from the Georgetown captain
and his friends.
stoddard. Of Commercial, played a
plucky game in the Bankers League yes
terday. The crowd seemed to pick him
out for the slaughter from the start and
guyed him all the way through When
he dropped the ball they would shout
and groan, and when he made a good
play they would applaud voclferously
and chide him about his luck &c There
is nothing SO diseouraging 10 a player as
4 constant nagging. and the way in which
/ Stoddard ignored the remarks and smiled
and played hard stamps him as one of
/ the best ball players on the whole Com
meroial team Way down in their hearts
the ones whoNw were poking most Of the
fun admired his stand the most
The action which the board of man.
ayers of the Capital City League took at
a recent meeting of that body in over
ruling a suspension made by President
| James A. O'Shea, in the case of Jack"
| Carr, of Aloysius, and Manager Cornell,
| of the Cornell Company team, is causing
much comment in amateur baseball cir
! cles. Those who know say that such a
| stand as that taken by the team man
| ayers is absurd. In the first place, no
authority is vested in the board to re-
move a suspension which has been Inn
| posed by the president. There are some
who claim that the president of the
/ Capital City League has a right to de-
clare any games that Jack" Carr plays
in now as forfeited to the opposing
team, and It will be interesting to watch
the developments.
The board seemed TO be in a risky
mood at this meeting. and with its first
taste of authority. as it were. waded in
to revolutionize things with a vengeance.
The constitution Of the Capital City
League specifically states that the au-
thority to appoint and remove umpires
shall be vested solely in the president
OF the association, and In order to amend
the constitution the managers must wait
at least six days after the amendment
is submitted in writing Holman was
removed by the board because he was
unsatisfactory, yet the board has no au-
thority TO remove the umpire. What's
the answer
The amateur commission should hold a
meeting before long so that the bah play
ers may find out how the intercity
series is progressing Besides. the de.
tails for the championship series of the
District have not yet been discussed at
length. and as it VIII be impossible TO
get American League Park to play the
games there is bound to be more talk
! than usual. SO the commission had better