The Washington herald., 1910-03-13
Looking Forward to Spring
and Baseball Season.
AMATEURS BUSY PLANNING
Under the Rule of the Amateur
Commission sand Lot Baseball
Artists should Flourish This Year.
Washington sports Proud of Local
Stars Now in Fast Company.

with it the opening OF the baseball season
in Washington Although Washington
has never been favored with crack pro-
fessional team in recent years. the resi-
dents have always looked with pride upon
the rising generation Of ball tossers who
dot tho sand lots five or six months in
the year and have faithfully believed that
in time our fair city would be given an
exalted position on the map by producing
a pennant-winner in the American
League. We are still looking for a pen
nant-winning professional team, and still
pointing with pride to the youngsters
who are developed here al home and
who 90 away and make good in some
other city. The names of Stanley. Ster-
ger. Handiboe. Cy Macdonald. and others
are ever before US, and tend to inspire
the youths who have been ambitious to
become real ball players"
But to get down to earth and back 10
the subject in hand. it viii be but FIVE
or six weeks before the baseball fever
viii turn our most staid and respected
citizens into raving maniaes and we viii
ali be out on the lot roofing like a tribe
OF Indians for our favorite team
Bright Prospects for Amateurs.
There is one thing in the amateur situ-
alton here that should be big boon to
baseball and that Is the amateur COM
mission. With good men in charge and
8 strict observance Of its rules demanded,
the commission viii be the finishing touch
needed 20 purify the amateur atmosphere
and save the game from further degrada-
ton by the paying Of players who pose
as pure white amateurs VIII the COM
mission come up TO expectations? That is
the question, and II is up to the board 10
go slow and think twice before taking
any radical action. lest its power be lost
by split IN the ranks.
Although the commission is only about
FIVE months old. as a permanent body.
ratihed by the leagues, 1t has had its
trouble already. The majority OF the
leagues have accepted the rules laid
down without a murmur. but the Mar
quette League has taken exception 10
some of the stringent clauses in the con-
stitutiOn. and while Offering TO 90 on
record as favoring the purpose for which
the commission was organized. yet de-
clined TO accept the articles of agree
ment drawn UP by the commission until
r certain changes are made
President c. Z. Edwards said yester-
day that the changes desired were
modification Of the rule which excerpts a
player from playing in more than two
leagues or on more than two teams; the
, suspension OF players under the provi-
sions upon which such suspensions are
now made. and a change In the number
OF players allowed each team from
twenty TO fifteen, contending that If
teen players are enough for any club
Marquette League Elects Officers.
At a meeting of the Marquette League
Thursday night c. E, Edwards was re-
elected president, w. c. Robbins, vice
president. and w. A. Costello, secretary.
Mr.. Edwards viii also hold the office of
treasurer. Next Friday a committee will
report in regard TO the changes to be
made in the playing field. which viii
again be at First and W streets north
west and it Is expected that the Mar
quette League will be one OF the first
10 Get under way. a new move, which
the writer thinks is a bad one. will be
made by the Marquette League this sea-
son, when their roster viii consist of
eight clubs, instead Of six. The old idea
OF eight clubs IN one circuit has proved
10 be a bad one for the amateurs, as
nearly all the teams desire 20 play two
league games week, and unless two
diamonds are used when double-headers
are played such a thing is an impossi-
bility. The teams that will retain their
franchises are the Columbia GOD Print
ers' team, Pension Office. which won the
championship OF the league last year;
Tanglewood, and Congresslonals. while
the new members viii be the Interstate,
Sewer Department. Olympia. and NY
genie Laboratory navy Department..
Nothing is known about the plans of
the board Of directors Of the CAPITAL
City League. although meetings have
been held every Sunday for the mast
month. and one Will be held this after
noon. IL is rumored that neither the
Columbia Athletic Club or Brookiand
will be in this league again. Maurice
O'Connor. who managed the Columbia
Athletics last season, is TO be at the helm
of the Aloysius club this year. and should
land the North Capitol street lads we'll
10 the front, as they have a wealth of
good material for a c0rking good nine
Owing 10 the fact that President Chance.
OF the Departmental League. has been
out Of town for a month news in regard
to the Departmental League Is rather
scarce and indefinite, but the depart-
mental organization will again be in the
running and viii give healthy account
of Itself in the race for top honors in
the District.
sunday school LeaEuers Busy.
There have been several meetings Of
the board OF directors of the SUNDAY
School League, and at one Of them on.
GERS were elected for the coming wear but
at the very next meeting some one due
out the constitution which showed thar
the election Of officers could not be legally
held until some time IN March so for
the present last years officers are sttu
holding Office and are working hard trv-
ing to get another lease on the grounds
at Thirteenth and d streets northeast
Il Is stated that some one has MANNED
to build q row Of houses there This
summer. and all the northeast fans are
awaiting word from the directors that
viii either mean another year OF base
bail at Thirteenth and D streets or viii
mean a long hunt for another ground
upon which to play. There are two va
cancies in the league this season, Beth /
any and st. Paul dropping out. and Sec
rotary Charles c. Love desires 70 hear
from two other teams to fiji the val
cancies. His address is los D street
northeast. The teams that will be with
the Sunday School League again ara
1.angdou. Peck Hamline and Nyin.h