The Washington times., 1910-09-07


| Cornell Company vs. Commits
/ sIOners, at Capital City Park Mr..
/ ] Belts and Dir. Hughes, UmPIres-
/ SECTION b.
III W. Pet
/ Am. Security Bank L.. = 0 LOCO
/ TWininE Und. L-)---..... . $50
/ Herald Com. lib. 400
Adams OR. r. L. 1873
Columbia, IOI Mar LIZ 0 s 900
II Game Today.
h No game scheduled
Is any desire evinced toward showing
what should or should not be done The
{ not anOrd 10 let Its future greats,
ANA teurS, OF --nOn-pTOfGsSiOnslS, as
the Inquirer calls them reflect anything
/ but credit on this city
Should the game this afternoon. be-
/ tween Cornell and Commissioners. be
a tie, or should rain interfere. the con-
test viii be pulled on tomorrow.
It was decided at the meeting Of the
/ amateur commission last evening that
but one game would be played between
I the winners o. each section to deter
mine the champions OF the District
Owing 10 the short time remaining be
fore the lnteTcity series is TO BEGIN, Il
was agreed that the best-tzEo-o.1t-of-
( three plan, as originally proposed, would
most llkeIy interfere with the game
/ 70 be played In Philadelphia on Sat
urday-
/ President Bolgiano, OF the Amateur
{ Commission, stated last evening that
/ the team representing Washington in
/ the lnterclty series games would play
( its first game, one OF q dOubIe-head-
( Ct. IN Philadelphia next Saturday after
{ noon The team WI leave here Satur-
+ day morning
The matter Of VINO Is TO defrav the
/ expenses Of the winning team 10 New
4 York and Philadelphia took I'd a good
/ part Of the meeting last evening, but
I II was finally agreed that the manager
: OF the team representing Washington
/ would have 10 shoulder The burden. and
{ take chances meeting the expenses
I through the proceeds to be taken in at
4 the dOUble-header 10 be played in wash
/ that 500 VIII be barely sufficient 70 COW
/ eT the travel and subsistence Of fifteen
/ men 10 both places and return
} II. Y. Shurtlen, secretary OF the anna
teur commission, has been delegated 70
{ leave Washington Friday night and
4 represent the washington team n max
/ ing arrangements Tor Jile reception. etc,
Of the District laos 10 arrive IN the
quaker City Saturday
The president OF the Commercial
/ League expressed some uneasiness as
/ 10 what has or what would be done
! concerning the charges made against
I the Herald team 10 the effect that the
1 Newsies had thrown games TO the Bank
erS during the series. but he was as
Sured by President BolglanO that as
the source OF the charges originated
from the lips OF q party whose word
/ not
sion, the matter would be dropped and
forgotten
At $50 o'clock the arbitration COM
I mittee- composed OF President BolgianO
I and MesSrs. Thatcher and Young, went
/ into session and, assisted by the parties
protesting the eligibility Of Howard
{ Phipps, OF the Cornell team. 9 lively
half hour ensued without decision
I beng reached
c c. Love, manager Of the Ninth
Street team, Of the Sunday School
! handed the committee af6davits 10 the
effect that PhippS was on the Ninth
Street bench at Thirteenth and D streets
northeast, st 0-15 on the afternoon on
{ August 10, and that the player did not
leave the Sunday School League grounds
from that time until the game had ter
minated. Il IS alleged. OF the Other
Z SIDE that PhippS was az Capital City
Park on August 10, ready 20 play with
/ Cornell against the Midway team
E which game, however, was forfeited tC
statement, an affidavit, sworn 10 by
member Of the Midway team, was pre-
scented to the committee stating that
{ PhipBs was not on the grounds at Cap
Itai City Park IN uniform or ready tC
play on the date mentioned
Manager Cornell requested that he be
given tlrre 70 obtain afddavits to refutt
those presented last evening, and he
vas allowed until noon today to work
up his defense The protesting parties
on the other hand, VII also get busy
securing further affidaVits, and M
doubt when the meeting IS called Il
order this evening the Spalding Stort
VIII be Z sea Of legal peTpleXities- AC
COrding to HOyle, II may be that ths
hand holding the greatest number ol
, There win be a meeting Of the board
OF managers OF the independence,
League at the residence Of j H Kett
ner. vice president, ia Adams stree
} northwest, and all members are ex
pected TO be present
Amateur ball was robbed Of the ser
% vices OF one OF Its tOSSerS last Satur
sdav wh en- Cupid's dart pierced Tommy
5OuautreIie. first baSeman Of the Mint
, League Tom and his bride formerly
Miss Potts, took a honeymoon excur
, sion 10 the seaShOre- The Mint
Street player was very ret1Cent abOu
! his flaIleuverings during the past few
? weeks but Coufided 10 his manager las
week that this would be his last sea
r son on The diamond The team i
I planning a gay reception for Tom art
/ his bride when they return TO wash
: ingtOn.
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
GAMES SEPTEMBER l.