The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-01-04
Stockholders Reflect All
Officers and Also Board
of Directors.
AMATEUR SOLONS
DUE TO GATHER
Expect TO Convene January 8 TO
Improve Conditions in
City Leagues.
By THOMAS S. RICE.

The annual meeting of the STOCK hold
ers OF the Washington 2, se5au club
was held today az noon I'm ne office %
Secretary Benjamin $ Nino-, in the
Colorado building
The meeting was impoTssE- suC rreces-
ssry, but productive Of n5tTIi-- start
ling, for the same Officers ~, have
handled the club were re-eie-,cd- -uis
put a crimp in the rumOrs IN Circu'atig-
last summer that President Ton Noyes
might resign Mr.. Moves is one Of the
busiest citizens in Washington and the
swarms Of baseball folk Of all sorts
.vho naturally called upon him as presi-
dent took up more OF Fs time than
might have been supposed, and t1a-
caused the talk that he might turn over
1he 7eins to some one else, but he is
still on the Job and viii probably re-
main there until this time nextlyear-
Mr.. Moves is at present boUnd for
Cuba on a vacation and Vice Presto en-
r J. Walsh presided today Secretary
Minor had much important matter for
the consideration Of the fellow mem
bers Of the club. but confined himself
mostly 10 signal practice. as he IS SUI
ferIng from a cold that makes his voice
sound ike a perfect imitation Of a man
talking so far of You can't hear him
The Officers.
The officers are Tom Noyes, Dresi-
dent: + , Walsh, vice president Ben
5sInin s Minor, secretary; Harry Rap
ley, treasurer, and Rudolph Kaufman.
Henry P Blair, and Thomas l. Hume
who, with the officers, constitute the
board Of directors
club in the expendinE OF money and the
Improvement OF the grounds VIII be
handled by the board of directors
That the Washington club viii i'm
prove its plant. making Il more COM
modiOuS. comfortable. and slightly IS as
sured. but the directors have had TO
move slowly because CT q number or
real estate and other details When
TIE actual work Of rebuilding VIII be
started has not been announced and
nay not be for some time
Another baseball meeting for this
wee VIII be that Of the amateur com
uirSion set Tor January o, which han
dies the post season series between the
pennanr winners in Washington 8
leagues This gathering or the commits
SION Is expected To start something deu-
mite IN the way Of organizing all ANA
Ieur baseball ma the CsrltsI on a sane
basis At present the conditions are 50
chaotic and 50 subject 10 the whfms or
managers who are strictly amateurs
IN athletics and thinking that a PEIIa-
Celphia lawyer could not follow their
weird dCjnCs-
Objects OF Commission
Every year II has been the custom for
the leagues to hold off IN the matter OF
arranging eligibility rules and such Ike
until the last minute, then, frequently,
they would go ahead regardless OF the
rules This has led % vast confusion
and uuseemly contention among the
amateur the vulgar subject Of filthy
IUCTe and the division Of the receipts
frequently coming into prominence and
ETieviuE the soul OF DIT D. T. WiueT.
president Of the South Atlantic ASsCcia-
IiOn Of the Amateur athletic Union
and others who labor under the i'm
preston that an amateur VINO accepts
money for playing Is somewhat of
professional
It is not here urged that purpose OF
Ehe commission next season viii be to
make things 80 along so smoothly that
Ii1e monetary side VIII not bulge into
the lImeGEhr Nay, rather It's object
will De 10 suOpr some system which viii
no away with the existing TF-i-gHz and
FvpoCririCal policy Of CovJrrlr paving
good players IF 81 accomuiiShes this
the commission viii deserve the thanks
nf every clean sportsman in she Dis
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