The Washington herald., 1910-08-11
in advance. veTy truly yours.
Rev. A. J. QUARTZ, 3. J.,
Moderator Of The Aloyssus Club.

Before the end q the Washington amateur hsse-
ban season. the hoard q governors q the Aoysius
club. after mature consideration has decided that
q IS IN duty bound 10 make formal and Official
statement 20 the iusticeovng public q Washington
anent the conditions obtaining IN the series a
games Tor The baseball penn2nt his season 10 tie
Capital City LeaEue
We were induced 20 reeuter this league on the
express condition that nothing but amateur methods
would be tolerated. and especial and emphatic as
suance was given rs through the manager u cur
baseball team that no team would Be considered
eligible In the race for the penuant which Iud for
/ the services q any q its players
/ II has been brought 70 our uotioe, and Is sd-
mitted 20 he an open secret. that one team IN
particular which Is now IN the race for the pen
naut has secretly becn rUmuneratinE at least some
a its PLAYERS. with a view n securing the best
baseball talent available To EXPECT direct proof
Of this statement would be absurd this would
be % demand that delinquent player should pub
licy confess his delinquency by admitting before
an investigating committee that he has violated a
fundamental rule Of amateur sport. The circunstan-
ual evidence IS 50 strong however. that every
honest observer is repeatedly deprecating this con
slant violation Of amateurisrn and sees IN II the
ruin Of amateur baseball in Washington. In fact
some players the team referred 20 have ung1ard-
odly admitted. We have been told that they would
not play without pecuniary remuneration. Again,
no sane man can believe that any Of the former
Georgetown and Catholic University baseball stars
would play against the Aloysius club unless It were
made worth their while
Our attention has also been called TO an instance
Of biased and according 20 al ideas Of equity ur-
just ruling which was made last Monday when the
Official umpire Mr. Belts and the players q one a
the teams ahscnted themselves because they Judged
and with very good reason. that the condition Of
the grounds on account of rain made game impos-
sble So good was this reason that none Of the
amateur teams n the city PLAYED that DAY. Yet the
game declared forfeited and was credited 20 the
team that was present. We beg ~ submit that such
a ruling vas clearly UNJUST Is any technical rule
that may be quoted 10 Justify e.
But our principal protest against the nnanaeerent
Of The present series % games in the CAPITAL City
League resolves itself 10 two cunts. First, in
one Of the games between the Aloysius team and
the team whose methods we are questioning the
captain Of club, while obiecting to a decision
Of the umpire. was struck BIZ the manager Of the
opposing team, and. % be expected. he re-
turned the compliment. and was thereby put out
Of the game and suspended. with the result that
our team disheartened by the absence Of It's best
player lost that game and several others that fol-
lowed II was apparently a we'll planned conspiracy
% cripple nine and put Il out Of the race for
the pennant, as the offending manager has been
quoted as boaStng that he had his point and
cared not for the blows he had received as long "A
be had deprived rs Of our best player. Secondly
IN Of the games Of the series the same manager
employed the services 81 a well-knowu player whOse
name had not been registered long enough 10 make
him eligible according 20 a rule Of the Capital
In that one instance. at least. to play a scheduled
game. OF this the manager Of our team has direct
proof. as he personally watched the register Of
nance
Il is over a month ago that the manager Of the
Aloysius team acting under our instructions fled
an official protest against the aforementioned games
and since thus far no action has been taken in the
matter ard the two disputed games have been cred
tied 20 the offending team, We deem it our duty 70
those whom we represent 20 make this public
protest before the end Of the series and % state
that, in spite Of what consider unjust treatment
we win play the series to the end, but under
protest.
Richmond was in exceptionally good
form yesterday and got revenge for the
game he dropped TO Hamline on the 18th
ultimo
It was the first defeat for Birch. Ham
lines star twirler had won six straight
games before yesterdays contest.
Wynkoop had a bad case OF stage
fright and dropped the first fly ball
knocked out to him IN the first inning by
Walter, who showed some heady baseball
by running the ball out to the limit and
reached second on the play.
Marceron and Moreland continued their
good work with the stick getting a
triple and single each. Moreland got
his third hit IN the seventh inning, but
as the complete round was not played Il
reverted back to even innings and he lost
his hit.
It is not a good thing for teams OPP
posing Ninth TO start things by picking
out home runs. In Tuesdays game Muir
ray. Of the Peck team. drove the ball
Tito the carbarn for a home run in the