The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-05-30
AMATEUROTAKEREST
Majority of Leagues viii
Not Play To-day.
TO MEET c. U.
Game at BrOokIRnd Of Interest to
Fans on Account of Its Bearing on
Washington - BloOminEdaIe Ath-
Ietic Club 10 Play at Chevy Chase.

Most Of the amatuer leagues viii have
no games to-day the players preterrinS
10 take holiday instead Of playing base
ball. Parties viii 90 out into the coun-
Try and carry along large baskets Of
good things 10 eat, and this is the at
traction for the amateur artist At
I Capital City Park, the ST. Stephens club
viii clash in a doubIe-header with the
| Navy Yard and Midway mines. while at
McDeyitts Field the usual scheduled
game viii be played at 10 o'clock. A col
/ Iege game OF interest locally is looked
/ for az $3.50 o'clock ia the afternoon when
Catholic University viii meet Gallaudet
/ i'm the second battle for the college
championship Of the District The Bloom
/ ingdaIe Athletic Club viii play a team
/ from the Chevy Chase Club at Chevy
| Chase at g o'clock. All Of these contests
should prove interesting, and no doubt
VIII draw large crowds.
! Charley limbaugh, Of the Manhattan
team. who was 70 join the Maryland
outfit several weeks ago, has baked at
i, the price offered for his services. and IL
| is now doubtful whether he Will be able
to come to a satisfactory agreement with
! Manager Baushman. of Frederick. I'm
baugh has played I'm many games about
| Maryland, and IS well known outside Of
/ Washington. He would be Of great ben
eft to the Marylanders.
/ There seems 20 be trouble brewing in
/ the Twiuiug ranks and Il looks like that
/ team viii go TO pieces unless the New
/ York avenue boys patch up their DIFF
/ ferences with their manager. Just what
is the trouble Is not known. but It is
/ said that when Manager Dilsavcr tried
| 10 cast some Of the old-tmers of the
squad not long ago and instiu some new
/ blood I'm the ranks the Twning players
! revolted and came near quitting the In
/ dependence League in a body. The pres
ent state Of affairs is deplorable, and is
( in direct contrast 10 the easy way in
which the affairs OF the team were run
several seasons ago when tbs reins were
I'm the hands of Rupert.
Callahan. Of the Prospects. now leading
the Olympia League. is putting up a
classy fielding game at shortstop. The
/ Olympia League has several good short
/ fielders-Nelson. of Tanglewood: Martin.
of the Olives; Evans. Of St Stephens.
| and Callahan, Of the Prospects-and they
! are delivering the goods.
The story that the Frederick Y VI. c.
4. club is Offering a purse Of 5000 TO any
! team that can win two games from them
| in succession reached the ears Of Maurice
O'Connor. Of the Aloysius club. yester-
day. and he dropped i'm TO find out II
there was any truth in the rumor. offer
ing to clip the wings Of the Frederick
tribe on short notice. Mr.. O'Connor said.
| II viii play them a series of three games.
| each team playing one game at home
and the third game being PLAYED on the
| home grounds Of the team making the
| greatest number Of runs in the first two
contests. l am willing to meet them
half way on any proposition they are
willing TO advance" That's the way we
Ike to hear our boys talk. Now we are
waiting to hear from Frederick.
As a rule, when a new manager takes
| charge Of a team he likes to introduce
himself by shaking up the team. which
generally results in a bigger shake-up
than he anticipated. The continual shift
ing about Of players is demoralizing. and
poor fielding and a lack Of team work is
sure to be the result.
'Dicko' Cook. who pitched for the ST
Patricks team in the early and prosper
Gus days CT the Marquette League. is
with Berry & Whitmore.
Thompson pitches with ease to himself.
and is second to none in the sunday
School League in fielding his position. He
handled eight chances Monday with but
single error. His one slip-up was on
such an easy play that he appeared much
distressed when he tossed the ball over
the first basemans head
Moreland is playing a good game in
center for Ninth, and is recognized by all
the twirlers as dangerous batter
Broome is catching a good game for
Ninth, few bases being pilfered on him.
Although one Of his fingers was broken
in game last year. he has lost none Of
his nerve behind the bat.
Carroll has three straight victories TO
his credit. and is the only pitcher win
ming more than one game without de-
feat in the Sunday School League.
symanoskie and Gordon have both won
three games, but each has lost a game.
n. T. W.