The Washington herald., 1910-07-31
BY n. t. woRLEY.

/ Should American Security and Trust
Company win the championship OF the
Bankers League the Fifteenth street ag-
gregation viii not be able to present its
strongest front in the Dost-season series,
owing to the fact that several Of the men
have not participated in the required
number of games 20 make them eligible.
Austin Howard, the crack Cornell short
stop. for one. will not be able TO don a
uniform, as he has participated in bu;
two games "Inkey" Davis, the latest
acquisition 20 the American Security and
Trust Company's infeld. viii be missing
from shortstop and the loss Of these two
players VIII be a blow TO the Trust Com
pany's OUTFIT. To be sure, Boykin. who
PLAYED short so well last year and a
greater part Of this summer can be
brought back to his old position from the
outfeld, but who will Ill Towards place
at third base?
Howard is a Washington boy. and is
well liked. and well known about the
city. His development has been rapid.
and when he went away 10 school at
cornell he Immediately made the varsity
and has been a member Of the Cornell
nine ever since. Howard is a good batter
and better fielder. II has been some
| days since a youugster was developed
here who has as promising a future
/ There Is no use denying the fact that
without their star third sacker. and with
the additional handicap OF Davis being
out Of the lineup. American Security
and Trust viii present a weak team 10 DO
battle with the other league champions
COmmisSiOn's Rules strict.
! The rules OF the amateur commission
require a player TO have participated in
At least I'VE games, or In case OF a
pitcher. three. Rule covers the eligible
+ fly Of players, and is as follows:
Rule 9-Any player whose name ap-
/ pears on the eligible list OF any pennant
winning team party TO this agreement
shall be eligible u play in the post
| season series; provided. that he shall
| have participated I'm AZ least FIVE 90
/ scheduled games, and i'm the case OF a
I pitcher. at least three CD games Each
team shall be permitted 20 carry not
more than twenty players in the post
! season series. on or before August Is
an eligible list must be fled with the
I secretary Of the commission, together
with a guaranty Of SIS. This list shall
( give initials Of players and designate the
! captain. Penalty not 20 exceed FIVE dol
/ lars $50. The secretary shall publish a
/ list OF players I'm any newspaper pub
/ lished On the District Of Columbia al the
/ time the schedule is announced"
The record shows that Davis played his
first game with the Fifteenth street
/ bankers on July 9. when American Sc
curity trimmed American National, II 10
s. Two days later. when American Sc
curity defeated Commercial National, 70
70 6. Howard broke into the game and
Davis was again in harness. On the
18th OF July American Security defeated
/ Washington Loan and Trust, and How
ard and Davis both played. The Trust
Company has played no games since that
date. which, makes Howard having played
IN but two games and Davis three. As
none Of the games in which these two
players participated were pitched by
AtclAs TIE tllN way III WHICH GANM az "a
or Davis can get into the series viii be
for the Trust Company 70 play of the
postponed games. The Fifteenth street
I bankers are scheduled for two more con-
tests-one on August ,. with American
National. and one on August 8, with
Washington Loan and Trust Company
Should the American Security aggrega-
ton win these two games they would
then be tied FOR FIRST place with Com
mercial National. and a play-on would
follow. II this dope goes right. Ameri-
can Security and Trust has yet three
games to play. which would give them a
chance 20 sc, Howard and Davis in I'M
der the eligibility code.
When the situation was explained 70
several players on the Fifteenth street
bank team last evening they expressed
regret that the present controversy had
arisen. and that the trust company, op-
parentIy, had bitten Of its own nose.
Davis record for the games I'm which
he played was six runs. six hits. i've
putouts. ten assists. one error and two
stolen bases. Howard played in the two
games as follows: one run. one HIT no
putouts. three assists, one error, and one
stolen base.e
J. Miller kenyon. president OF the