The Washington herald., 1910-05-08

llnS AZ $50 O'Clock at a downtown sport
ling goods store.
President John T. Bond. Of the Ter
minal Railroad Y M. C. A League, is a
hustler. and has done more 90 stimulate
the affairs OF the railroad baseball league
than any man connected with that or
ganization. The league was. organized in
the spring OF 1907, chiefly through his
efforts. and he secured the present play
ing field, got the clubs together. and in
a hundred and one other ways aided the
Y. NJ. c. a. boys to get a secure footing
as baseball organization
While not chiefly baseball enthusiast,
President Bond stands on record as be-
ing in favor of all healthy athletic games.
believing that good sporting contests Of
a friendly nature do more than anything
else to cement spirit Of good-fellow-
ship among the employees OF the different
railroad companies. Mr.. Bond has been
president since the league was first or
lganized. three years ago. lie has been
prominent in railroad circles for some
years. and attended the International
conference Of Railroads in ST. Louis in
May Of last year as a delegate OF the
railroad here. He is as strenuous A
worker in railroad affairs as in ath-
letics. and has been jealous in the cause
OF the Brotherhood Of Railroad Train
men. lie is one Of the charter members
Of the Terminal Branch of the Y. NJ c.
a., is vice chairman OF the committee
ION management. and chairman OF the
social and membership committee of
this organization.
| President Bond has been employed as
a railroad man for twenty-five years, and
during that time has worked I'm nearly
every state in the Union. lie has a
host Of friends, who are glad to see his
latest athletic venture become a success
The Cornell Company has had hard
luck thus far in the Capital City League.
but before long this nine should COM
mence to win regularly, and then watch
/ out. There will surely be trouble for the
other teams, for Manager Cornell has
whipped together a bunch OF the city's
best baseball players and they are bound
to be in the running
That no team is really beaten until the
last man is out was demonstrated at
/ McDeviu's Field last Thursday evening.
when Manhattan defeated the Advents
/ To by showing three men across the
pan i'm the last session. a team that
plays as hard as Manhattan deserves
victory, and when II comes at the elev-
cnth hour it is an the sweeter That
krafts men are not cutters is evident
No doubt the boys learned their little
lesson about playing as hard as you can
as long as you can" from their expert
ence in the High School League as most
Of them are high school stars.
The first baseman on the Sixth team
i'm the Sunday School League only had
one put-out in the game Friday which
went seven innings. This out was the
result of man being caught cutting first
base by the umpire
Eighteen errors on one side in the
Bankers League game Thursday rroba-
bly, established new record for miscues
in amateur baseball which viii stand for
a long time. Friday American Security
and Trust and Riggs made seventeen or
rors between them. Looks like the Bank
ers need a little practice.
| The schedule Of the Southern Railway
League, composed Of the Auditors Book
keepers Law. Traffic. Tressurers. and
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