Evening star., 1911-06-04

! It Is possible that the proposed tr1-
| city base ball series with Baltimore and
Richmond may fall through. News which
was given out last night at the meeting
| of the amateur commission does not
make it appear that Baltimore will be
| a contender in the event. A represent
ative of Baltimore paper said In tele-
gram to a member Of the local committee
that the conditions governing amateur
ball in that city are nothing like those
which govern the game here, and that 1t
would be almost impossible to get to-
| gether a representative team, as there
would be no rules by which to govern the
selection Of such nine. Taken all
in all. the representative Of the Bal
timore paper stated that in his estima-
tion the plan of arranging a series OF
games at the end Of the playing season
would not be feasible for the mentioned
| reasons.
| In connection with the mentioned facts
he also stated that he would look into the
matter more closely, and try to ascertain
| If 1t would be at all possible to arrange
| the matter so that the games might tade
| place.
| Whatever may take place In regard to
the series with Baltimore, there Is no
| doubt that the Richmond team will be in
| line for the event, as word has been re-
ceived from that city that such an affair
| would be welcomed. The amateur base
ball clubs In Richmond are governed by
practically the same constitution as that
which controls the Washington clubs and
| 1t would be the easiest kind of matter
! to arrange the series between the two
| cities.
The meeting Of the amateur commission
| last night was little more than routine
| affair. The telegram received from Bal
| timore regarding the status of clubs in
| that city was read and discussed, but 1t
was decided that nothing be done definite
| ly until it had become certain that Balti-
more either would or would not consent
to place a team in the tri-city series.
| The committee which was appointed to
look after the trophy for the team win,
ming the post-season series reported
progress in its efforts.
| The selection of the board of, arbitra-
| tion was ratified without dissenting votes:
The board in the future will consist OF
papers.
The victory which the Walford club Sc
cured over the Willard team in the Com
mercial League Friday places that nine
at the head OF the league, and II 1t con-
| tinues to play in the same form that 1t
has shown in it's recent games there is
little doubt that 1t will be able to hold
the position. Besides having some
mighty good men in its lineup, 1t is we'll
| fortified with twirlers. who are more than
able to hold their own against the class
| Of the clubs which oppose them in the
| mentioned circuit
! While the Parkview team appeared dur
| ing the early season to be as good as the
| Petworth nine in the Suburban League,
it does not seem that it will be able to
hold the pace that the present leaders are
| setting. The only defeat which the Pet
worth aggregation has had chalked up
against It this season was received from
Parkview, but there Is not much likeli-
hood of it's being able to repeat the trick
when the two clubs hook up in their next
game At present the Petworth nine is
i leading the league with eight games won
and one lost, while the Parkview aggre-
cation is In second place with six vic
! tories and one defeat
The most consistent ball that is being
| played by any team in the amateur
| leagues appears to have been shown by
| the Commerce and Labor nine in the de-
partmental circuit. The Laborites have
been playing mighty good ball ever since
the season started, and there Is no ap-
pearance of there being a letup in their
work The nine appears to be excep-
tionally we'll balanced for an amateur ag
gregation. it being able to put up fairly
good fielding game and also to get runs
enough to win no matter how many are
scored against it.
The biggest factor which has kept the
team up In the race though. Is: without
The former Sunday school Lacquer has
been doing some great work In the box
for his team. and his consistent twirling
has won several games which: with iess
effective pitching in the pinches, would
have been lost.
There are a great many who are Won
dering how 1t was that Technical was able
to get away with the game against West
ern when that team outhit the Manual
Trainers. glance at the summaries
| would tell the reason mighty quickly.
Twelve stolen bases and six bases on
balls were registered against the Red and
White battery. and that In itself would
have been almost enough to win any ball
game, even though Tech had failed to get
over four hits No sooner would Tech
man get on first than he would go around
to third, and when any team can do that
it is almost sure to win.
At the meeting of the commission last
night there was a great deal of discus
sion as to the question of registered play
ers. there being several clubs which have
the same man registered. and there being
several others which have men registered
with only the last names given For in
stance, one team had three men by the
name Of Jones on its list of players, and
1t was held by the commission that any
man by that name might be played by
the mentioned team and nobody be the
wiser as no initials appeared before the
names.
The Navy Yard team, In the Capital
City League, is playing better bal! now
than 1t has at any time this year. The
Gunmakers appear to be getting started
now and may be looked to show a much
better class Of ball from now on. With
Buck Becker in the box that team will
be one Of the hardest in the city to beat.
The college and scholastic base ball
season is ended. The game between
Technical and Western Friday marked
the finish of the scholastic year. while
the contest in which the Maryland Aggies
figured against the Western Maryland
ICollege nine at Westminster yesterday
was the last game which will be played
by any local college nine this spring.
Catcher Grason is hitting the ball for