The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-03

DOUBL E-HEADER MONDAY
Cornell Company Commissioners, and Petworth Play at
Capital City Park Labor Day-Phipps Case Taken
Up by the Board Monday.

= meeting OF the amateur. commission
was held al the store Of Spalding &
Bro, al which practically all the mem
beTs Of the commission We're present
Another change was made IN the post
season series, 20 take effect Monday Il
IS probable that the rain VIII interfere
IN the games today, which viii neceSSl-
tate q further change on Monday Two
games in section 5 are scheduled for
today. but in the event that they cannot
be played they may be put forward 10
Monday or Tuesday.
For Monday in section A. a double
header VIII be played The Commis-
sioneTs VIII play Petworth at . O'Clock
and after this game Cornell Company
viii play the PetWorth team. Both games
are 10 be played at Capital City Park
If, after the two games are played AT
Capital City Park the tie for first hon
ors still exists, the Commissioners and
Cornell Company VIII play the deciding
game on Tuesday at the Capital City
Park
Two games are scheduled for section B
this afternoon Petworth is scheduled
10 play the, Washington Grove team at
Washington Grove
After the championship in each section
IS played, the winners Of a and 3 viii
play for the finals and the honor Of
going TO New York and Philadelphia
With the result in doubt in section a
II is hard 20 pick the probable winner.
The question OF Cornell Company is
hanging on the eligibility of player
Phipps- If he Is found ineligible 70
play, his team viii probably be thrown
out OF the race in section A This
would give the Commissioners the honor.
since they have lost but one game and
that TO Cornell Company. In section 3
Il looks Ike American Security. which
has not lost q game TwiuinS has Two
lost, and Il is difficult 10 figure il IN the
face
A good game should result when
American Security meets Twining
this afternoon at NcDeEitt'S Field
American Security has had a good
rest and should come up strong Tor
the game When IL IS considered that
IWlnInE has had chance al The
Bankers and failed miSera bly,. the
dope seems 10 point 10 the American
security team 10 win JoGay-S game
american Security is the only team
IN either team which has q clean
slate IN the series so far. It has won
al OF It's games and bids fair 20 close
the series with an unbroken string
OF victories BY the same token the
BANKERS are q more nearly represen-
Ae+l4 z team " amateurs EEa0 almost
any other IN the amateur circles
Many are pulling for the Bankers TO-
represent the city in the intercitv
series as II is calculated that the
Bankers are near the same siren
as the teams from New York ana
philadelphia, as far as can be figured.
Il is nearly straight dope that has
the Goldsboro men coming VI for
Tuesdays game Al Hzndiboe writes
his brother that he viii be in Wash
lnEtOn on Labor Day with Mcdonald
and Curly Brown. and il is a Siu7rIe
matter TO pat two and two together
and get the answer. correct aIuoSr
TO the fourth decimal place Man
ager Cornell may not have them in
the lineup. but IL is almost q safe
proposition TO advance that If thew
are in Mondays game they viii be
IN the game TUESDAY and they viii
be here Monday There is the an
SweT-
Questions come IN time after time as
10 why there IS q decline IN the U0uu-
larity of amateur baseball in the CITY
There seems 10 be little doubt but that
the attitude of the managers and the
men themselves has much 20 do with