The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-07-09
important Meeting of Cap
ital City League.
UMPIRE HOFFMAN LOSES JOB
Owing 20 vast Number OF Kicks
Beard of Managers Unanimously
Votes TO Relieve Him OF the Job as
Arbiter-KeniIworth to Consolidate
with st. Stephens Team.
BY n. It. woaLEY. z

at Sixth street and Louisiana avenue
northwest last night 10 transact impor-
tant business. The managers OF the Cor
nell Company. Aloysius Club. Navy
Yard. Pumping Station. and Midway
mines were present. St Stephens was
not represented. In the absence of Presi-
dent James A. o'shea. Vice President
Ross J. Blosser took the chair and pre-
sided during the meeting.
After roll call. the board of managers
got down to business. and one of the first
steps they took was 20 raise the suspea-
sion OF Jack Carr and George Cornell,
who were put out Of the game indefinitely
Cornel-Aloysius game at Capital City
Park. The board was unanimous IN vot-
ing to lift the suspension.
Another important bit OF business trans
acted was the authority given the mana
ger of the st. Stephens tea INTO place
the Kenilworth club in the Capital City
League, either as team from that place
or under the name OF st. Stephens, con-
solidating It with the Georgetown club.
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is made up largely or players who play
on two or three clubs. has not been able
to muster full nine lately, and the ac-
ton Of the league was IN line with a sug-
gestion advances by the manager Of the
ST. Stephens outfit. At any rate, the
Kenilwurth. or St Stephens. team will
be managed by John p. Luitich. who is
well known about town as one or the
foremost hustlers in amateur circles.
With any sort OF material, Mr.. Luitieh
should develop a first-class team, as he
has the knack OF picking ball player
and getting the work out Of him. and has
had considerable experience handling
young men. But for unforeseen circum-
stances that proved TO be the hardest of
hard luck. the ST. Stephens nine would
to-day be battling at the top for first
honors. It IS with q great deal OF pleas
ure that We are able TO announce that St
Stephens will be strengthened by the
advent OF the Ksnilworth club into the
Capital City League. No matter whether
it is called Kenilworth or ST. Stephens.
it win merely be the old st. Stephens
team recognized.
Owing TO the constant nagging against
Pete" Honman's umpiring. the board of
managers OF the Capital City League
gave him his walking papers last night.
and the vice president was requested TO
pick up a flrst-olass man, II he had TO
travel 10 Africa TO and him.
The 1Iidways were given permission 10
strengthen last night. and undoubtedly
this club VIII hand few surprises out
20 it's opponents before the race grows
much older.
From now on the Capital City League
viii play every day. including Sundays.
tho games on the Sabbath being made
necessary by the number Of postponed
contests Piled up. Ks the Sunday games
pay well, there is no kick coming from
any Of the teams.
Despite the stories that are printed to
the effect that the Washington amateurs
who have elft here to play professional
ball from time 10 time are making good.
they continue TO return with that sad.
sad tale and with stretched and tired
limbs after their long tramp home. Faith.
indeed, Fthere's 10 place ike home 20
the ball tosser who fails to deliver IN
these little towns A has been" is use
less. and the only thing for the unfor-
tunate TO do IL he cannot secure enough
money from home to pay his fare back
IS to hike it over the RATS TO dear old
Washington. The list Of arrivals this
week has swelled the ranks OF the adj
vance guard Of returning bright lights
Of the diamond, and we print their names
with a feeling of awe and reverence.
First OF all. hail. We fans, TO Philip
Buscher. who left TO pitch for Danville
recently with blare Of trumpets and
long news articles as to his strong right
arm and the many men he had moved
down. Buscher tells an interesting story
of how he was not given a fair show.
was about TO De farmed out TO Green's
boro. and then quit Next
Hail to Arthur Noyes, Johnnie" saIb,
and Jack Leonard. just in from Hagers-
town. They tell US there is no Hagers-
town team any more; that since they
left the team went on the bum-bumpety-
bump. But as these last three were only
out Of town about week and were
hardly missed, long explanations that
might embarrass the boys are not in