The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-08-29
BEGIN THE LAST WEEK
OF AMATEUR SERIES
Teams Prepared for Final Run for Championship
Light on Question of Eligibility of Phipps-News
and Gossip of Amateurs.

There should be three good games
played this afternoon in the post-seasOn
series
In section A the Commissioners rect
Petworth for the first time this year
4 game was scheduled between the
two teams for last week, but rain inter
fered 10 the exeent. that both teams
were minus a player or two, and the,
game waS postponed
Two games viii be played in section
& Twiniug VIII play the Washington
Herald and Adams VIII play the AmeTi-
can Security and Trust Twining and
American Security won last week, when
the same teams were played, and the
suppOsiJiOn is that the same teams viii /
win today. Twiaius has not had the
same ease in winning games that the
American Security has had but opinion
has Il that the TWining team viii Win
out III section 3 It IS true that Twin
ing has the call on the pitchers over the
Bankers, but the team does not hit bet
Ter. nor are there as good helders as
American Security seems 10 have The
genes between the two contenders VIII
be played on Wednesday and Saturday
The parties protesting the eligibility
OF Howard Phipps, of Cornell, during
the present series, have been given, an
unexpected jolt n summing up their
evidence. In or6er to prove that Phipps
did not p2rUcIF. ate at certain games
Al Capital City Park il viii be necessary
10 present the Official scorer s book but
II Is now learned mat AIr- Sullivan, the
4eaS ne scorer > OUT OF t-e Guy anu Ce--l-
nOL be reached FOR several days The
box scores published I'D the nor ulll5
papers VIII hardly De accepted UJ t4lc
commission, as the young man VINO
reported the games was not the ofncl2l
scorer. who on the other hand, repre-
scented an evening paper II Wilich .-le
box score did not appear Concerning
the date Of August =, when Eul-IpE
played with AnaCoStla against Ninth,
IL the sunday Seaooi Lea ..e- anu ~
the same time being made eligible with
Cornell. IL has been advanced that me
PLAYER IN question was al laplldl Ill1
PARK on that DAY. bat when he saw
that no same would be played ne
speedy left for the Sunday ScE2ol
grounds 70 play with AIacOStla- l-i-S
seems hardly plausible, however, as Il
Wo-Id nor De possible Tor any one 10
leave Capital City PARK ol 30 ~
which time the game wouid hI1Ft zen
forfeited, and reach the DIAMOND III
Thirteenth and j streets northeast pc
fore the Sunday Scnooi game upelltH,
date started promptly az '-22. me
matter viii not be croppeei-., nov Z Z 81 81,
MAJ srfrcieur proof viii be presented
today. when the arblJra ton board Is X
rected 10 meet, IN order 10 make tAe
case complete
From all indications, everything points
70 close races in both sections Now
that Cornell Company dropped game
the Commissioners viii put forth every
effort 10 catch the leaders blId aIc
Robertson VIII be depended upon 10 ty
The work. and although BYRD mas Iot
pitched for some time, he reports tnat
he IS in the best of condition r9neIL-
n - Dan
DIV and won his game, holding down
Rockville 10 four hits
There we're several amateur games
yesterday. some OF the independent
Iea-ns journeyinC out Of town 10 play
The 81. Stephens team, Of the Olympia
League. took part IN L1e Stcylil 800
OF 2 dOuble-header at Bladenso RS .l-t
handy defeated the team from ll-tt
town by II 70 - NCDCuouSh lelc tl.S
fsIad=nsburzs team 10 three hits Gallon
ATrDonouuh and lIahoneE, Tor 81
Stephens, made two hits
A team composed Of the players from
me Terminal r r Y. NJ c. A PLAYED
the CuIUeper team at Culpeper and was
defeated IN a vveIl-pIayed game. to l.
Cuf0eQer got three runs I'm the urSt
inDfns and the Independents were
able To set but one score across w. ltlt@
Thomson. Of the Indcpendents- alioM-
ed Culpeper but FIVE hits the incepend-
e0fS got only three and were held al
viii BY White, of Cu!Peper-
YESTERDAY the Vizilart Athletic club
walked off with the Olympia Athletic
Club. ny y 10 score lElltia
claimed the championship Of the Dis
fricf and Jlp 20 Yesterday had not been
defeated Manager Oliver has gotten
together a strong hunen Of payers ana
seems 10 have than working well to-
Fether- oliver IS an energetic manager
and fan and is looking Tor teams To
CONQUER Yesterday = same was NOT a
difficult one for his men as Iney got
sixteen hits. batting Walters and LeHay
at VIII
Some one has suggested that Manager
Cornell had better ge- the -GoldShoro
GoIdbriCks'' back to win the pennant-
To show what the aStufe manager
thinks of such tTiVialItTeS, h. went on
q fishing trip YESTERDAY All Of which
gems 10 prove that there are more
things TO be caught than ball players
Nfntf'z victory of Saturday o-er Cor
nell stamps the Christians as danger
Gus factors should anything befal the
PAPER hangers IN their race Tor the DIS
tricr championship The cause of Ninth s
losing half the games already play Ed Is
on account of the teams batting slump,
its stick average for the quartet OF
games being only -2I5 The team s
heavy hitterS-namely Walters, More
land. ard NJ BrOOme-lave been unable
To connect very regularly during the
present series, although Buehler and
Charley Brcome have cn3esVOred 90
Keep up the teams reputation by slug
gfng the sphere at opportune times. The
Christians play their remaining games
on their home ball yard, and the boys
saw they VIII win them both
Charley Eroone, the auburn-haired
catcher for Ninth is out for houors.
and whatever medals may he offered to
PLAYERS during The championship series
CHUCK has been twelve times at bat.
making six hits an average Of 500
while his fielding record Is clean with
tventy-siz accepted chances without a
miss
Experience is the best teacher and
this statement is more and more be
coming q realization 10 the local
e-ata7f- lea cues The Official scorer