The Washington herald., 1911-07-31
Mtercity Plans
Are Non Complete
Committee Fapors Labor Day as Date for Local
Games, and the Following Saturday
for Richmond Contest.
By C, w. SWAN.

When the report of the committee ap-
pointed to make arrangements for the
playing of the intercity games makes its
report to the amateur commission LABOR
Day will be favored as the date for the
piayfng of the Washington end OF the
games, and the following Saturday as
the time for the Richmond battles. A
double header will be played in each IN
stance
BY doing this the local team will have
Sunday to spend in Richmond and Will
make a nice trip for the ball tossers.
This is the idea of President Young. OF
the amateur commission, and is the best
OF the many advanced.
II is plain to be seen that as the Ma
tiOrals will be on the road LABOR DaE,
the intercity games would draw well, and
that is the chief reason for the assign
lnent Of that date to the games.
These arrangements are not completed
as vet. but they are the plans Of the
committee, and will meet with the ap-
proval of the commission.
When the board of arbitration meets
the latter part of the week, presumably
Thursday night, Manager Cornell, of the
Cornell Tigers, will more than likely
produce the contract signed by EnsIe
with the Paperhangers and Will ask the
board TO reconsider its decision on the
case. This will bring another miX-Up be-
fore the board. Should Manhattan lose
Encle, the Independence League Will
have grounds to declare the games whicn
EnEic p,ayed with forfeits, as EnSle haH
pIaved with two teams prior TO his play
ing with the Manhattans.
This would be a big handicap 10 the
Manhattans, as they are now "l'hl',
striking distance of the pennant, and
every game Will count for the bunting
Ias+ year Manhattan had tough row
10 hoe and only lost the pennant DE
one game Now 10 take what chance
they have away from them would De
too much for the Cluhmen. They are
q ulvckv bunch of ball tossers, and de-
serve TO land in the front
A!oysius is preparing for the post-sea-
son games in 10 small degree, and Man
aver O'Connor will make one terrible
effort to slip one over the Cornell Tigers.
Iut Maurice. will have to trot out his
BIS; in the way of ball beavers If ne
wants to stop the heavy artillery Of the
Paperhangers.
Rabhington. who is doing the majority
Of the receiving for the Aloysius club
Of tlac District League. is backstop
of class and a clouter of good, long
swats This fast cht!d is leading the
league in stolen bases, and IS way up
among the leading Clouters- BAD Is
a good pcggcr and knows the game.
Next year will see him in professional
hau if he wants to 90 away, as tn"
write, has il on good authority that he
will receive an offer within the week.
That WaIford aggregation of stars
did not show up as well in the Com
mercial League as the fans expected.
With the players that Manager Gassa-
way signed. he should have won the
pennant in a walk. hut luck was
against the Sporting Goods boys and
they lost their chance for the pennant
as Andrews has a commanding lead In
tie race for the bunting.
Two more weeks and then the post
season series will start. In the major
itv of the leagues the winner is known
and in the other circuits this week
will more than likely tell the tale.
The Naval Medicos have the pennant
cinchcd in the Marquette League. Man
ager Collier stated to the writer last
night that should the Doctors lose both
the remaining games, tn" st. Stephens
cannot overtakc them. This gives the
flag to the Naval Mcdicos.
Hamline is having a cinch in the
Sunday School League. No other ag
gregation in the circuit can compare
with the Hamlineites. and the results
of the games are known before they
start.