The Washington herald., 1911-03-05
New and Philadelphia Amateur Base Ball Rules Compared
PAT" DIVER SIGNS WITH
VIRGINIA LEAGUE CLUB
Crack Independence and Capital City League Player
Will Join Team March 20-Led Independ-
ence League BatterS Last Year

Pat Diver. who played with the St
Stephens team in the Capital city League,
and with the TwininG club. pennant. win
ners of the Independence organization last
season. vest erday signed d contract t"
play with the Petersburg, Va. team. "f
the Virginia State League. and he Will
leave Washington on March -. DivV"r
led the Independence League in batting
with a mark of as at the wind up Of
the 1910 season, while he had mark of
80 in the Capital City League.
Pat is one OF the best iiCldeTS ever
turned out of the Independence ranks,
and his work in center field has been u
great help to every team with which n"
has played. He is twenty years old. iy'.
feet six inches in height, AMI weighs l59'
pounds.
Efforts during tho past week To got the
departmental League under way were vc~y
discpuraGing. Inquiry at the Navy De
partrncrt brought out the lI"t tina; the
Sailors have abandoned bascl,au on "a
count OF their past r"vcrscs and tho lack
Of promising material from rhirh to So
let Z team. Tho writer communicated
with tn" chief clerk Of the department
Of Commerce and Labor IN tie tcIopnonr
and 81 an"d from him the information
that the L.ah"ritnS have Il ,u. nothing
yet, and have no Intcnti"n Of organizing
unless competent manager can h.,
founI. Interest in baseball at the I,-
partnt OF Commerce and Labor 5
dead, it is said, and tn" probability OF
ther" being a team j. very small
With the decision Of ihr Interior Do
pnrtmcnt officials that n" baseball cluh
VIII ," turned out from there. it is adj
mlttcd, even by the most enthusiastic
supporters of the League. thL; chlnccs
Of reorganization are now very slim.
Secretary John II. Anderson has been
doing his best t" work up Interest in the
various departments. hut the general
"pIni"n prevails on all sides that the Dc
pArtmental League has died natural
u,ath.
Now that Congress has adjourned.
President Merritt .. Chun.c has instruct
ed Secretary Anderson t. call meeting
OF tho league for Monday o. TUESDAY of
this week 20 find out just exactly how
the and lays. Efforts to ct the Ngri- !
Cultur" team to recuu~Id,r its announrrd
dec sion TO quit tn" lcIgue have been .
undVaIiGg and unless very strong pres /
the Farmers Will not be in the field /
In past years there has been much
kicking on the par; Of the clerks at the
annual hat passing feature and on ar- /
count ot TN" poor sport furnished last .
season. It Is almost certainty that any
attempt to pass the hat around this ,car /
IN some OF tho departments would end .
diSastr0usIy. Eighty-tvc dollary. the
price of d Franchise in the Clerks League.
q limo ff1f,
when il IS taken into conside. alton that /
suits must bc purchased and that this
item alone runs up TO So or more
While it is hoped the league will h. /
ahI" to get on its fe-l and stay in the
field, tn" outlook is certainly very di<- /
The Commissioners intend 10 apply for |
i franchise in the Capital City League.
according 70 statement by member .
1f that team yesterday.
Now that he considers i fight is being
made against him by the AIoysius CIub
baseball team, George +. Cornell has
entered the local baseball arena to stay
for another season. The Tiger manager.
between generous rhewk OF tobacco. cx-
pressed himself yesterday as being de
,Crmined to stay on deck until a certain
"drm place in the land Of the hereafter
freezes over before he will allow any
me to scare him out Of baseball
Mr.. Cornell is no quitter. This fact iS
r'ell understood and generally admitted
~ those who differ with him in various
ways, and his determination to play the
game to the finish is characteristic
All of his players Of last year have
allied under the Cornell banner, now {
hat it is known the Tigers will again
pe out for prey. and indications point To I
me OF the fastest mines in Washington I
,einE turned out by the Brentwood :
eader. Moves. Salb, and several others I
Who were with Mr. Cornell last summer I
rave refused good offers to play with j
clubs out Of the city, and !
he announcement that the Cornell team ,
would again be in the field had lot to :
10 with the decision to stay at home cns d
he part Of these boys. /"
Johnnie Salb will probably play with Q
'rostburS again this summer. lie likes
'rostbUrE. where he is very well known c
nd well liked. Johnnie turned down a | J
inc offer to go to Ctica, y. Y. and 4,
iay with the team from that place in | h
he New York State League. The price i
amed was $175 a month. Salb was for j
innate enough to also be offered $3.50 BY }
he FairmOnt CNV. Va club. in the West 8
'irginia State League. He has quite a :
equation for hard hitting in minor
nague company. and his services seem
o be in great demand. b
That ball players very often are turned /
ut in punches from the same family is X
cnerally admitted and when Charley Q
alb, Johnne's brother, exhibited a con- c
act calling for 800 plunks month n
'Om Manager Moore. OF the Holyoke a
Ub. of the Connecticut League, the
ritter was little surprised. Charley has
good position with the Commercial =
ational Bank, and last night mailed his
ontract back unsigned.
Johnnie Priest will leave Washington
Larch 15 to join the Indianapolis team of
e has been farmed out by the New
ork Yankees. Priests work in the
irginia State League last year was a
-eat satisfaction to his many friends
nd he will be closely watched this sea-
IN.
Within ten days work will be started
1 the new park of the Capital City
asebaI League at Fouvth and l. streets
and 1t is said it will not be
ng thereafter before the improvements
i'll be completed.
American Security and Trust Company
1t in another good days practice on the
Ihite Lot yesterday afternoon, and the
,ys indulged in harder work than on i
riday. The team turned out from the |