Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-25

Regarding the threatened withdrawal
Of one or two leagues from the amateur
commission, it might be mentioned that
| were such an action to be taken II is
doubtful IL the organization could exist
playing independent ball. Whenever one
circuit has attempted to buck an organi-
| cation in base ball 1t has always hap
pened without an exception, that it had
to give in sooner or later, and with great
| loss to itself
| Just what would happen locally if one
| Of the amateur circuits We're to withdraw
| from the commission would be hard to
foretell. but it is safe to say that it would
cause a great upheaval in the policy of
the amateur board, and either result in
| the formation of one of the strongest
| leagues in the city or else go to the wall
in a very short time.
For players who had become dis
gruntled with the actions and finding of
the commission or the various other
leagues it would become a sort OF haven
of refuge. but ii is questionable If the
result would not find many of the games
played in the league exhibitions OF row.
dyism and unseemy conduct. such as
appears in the Independent sand lot
games. Then the players in the league
which had withdra wn would be contin-
ally leaving the circuit soon as Some
little thing was done that did not ex-
actly suit their ideas, and the whole
thing would likely be a continual muddle.
Whatever may be done by the commits
sion, especially in a matter In which 1t is
simply upholding the regulation to which
the dissenting organization was a party
to the making. the various leagues should
be careful what step they take in leaving
the jurisdiction Of the supreme body.
1t has been pointed out before that the
sole hope Of amateur base ball in Wash
ington is in the keeping of it under or
ganization. The development of the play
ers. the space which it is given in the
papers and, in fact, its whole welfare
hinges on the fact that 1t all comes
under one head.
When the leagues themselves begin to
dissent against a ruling Of the majority,
then the beginning Of the end of amateur
base ball in Washington in its present
state is marked.
Austin Howard, who started the local
can Security and Trust Company and
Cornell teams in the Bankers and Cap
ital City leagues, respectively, has quit
the amateur game and accepted posi-
ton in Pennsylvania In engineering.
His absence will be felt to a great ex-
tent by one or the other Of the two teams
in the postseason series, as it seems
that one will win the pennant in its
league. while the other has already re-
ceived verification of its intention to play
for the championship OF the city.
The only game played yesterday in
the amateur leagues was between the
Silver Spring and Braddocks in the
Olympia League. The result of that
contest was 7-to-7 tie
II Joe Engle has signed and played
with more than one team in the anna
teur leagues 1T is no more than dozens
OF other players have done this sea-
son, the only difference being that the
others went to the trouble to get their
releases for the day.
It has always been a common prac-
tice for players in the amateur cir
cults to get their releases from GER
tain clubs IN order that they might
be made eligible to pitch an important