Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-03

which, While II probably passed the no
tice Of the aiority of those present at
the meeting of the amateur commission
Saturday night, will more than likely
clear UP the muddle at present existing
in the Capital City League. 1t was the
question of when is a league league.
While 1t was not brought before the house
by the president OF the mentioned or
ganization, it was finally put into a mo-
ton by him and showed through. and it
is very probable that he saw its value
to his circuit soon as it was brought
to the attention Of the commission.
The rule as passed is designed TO keep
teams jumping from one league TO an
other, and in substance is follows
Any team having attended meeting or
a league and having voted on any mat
ter pertaining to the league affairs and
having signiied it's intention of becoming
member of that league shall he con-
sidered as belonging rightfully to that
organization. 1t was held by one MEM
Der of the commission that it was i'm
possible to tell just when team right
fully belonged in any circuit, and the
measure was passed to cover that point.
While on the face of it the rule does
not seem to cover the case in question.
namely. that Of the Aloysius club and
the Capital City League, it would apply
in that unless a team has during the cur
rent year attended meeting of the
league and voted In its meetings and
signified its intention OF becoming MEM
Der Of that league, then 1t is not a MEM
Der. This seems to be just what the
Aloysius club has not done. and II 1t has
not, then it cannot be rightfully consid-
cred g. member of the Capital City
League Whether the commission would
interpret the clause in this wise is hard
to tell, but it would be a rather dimcut
matter to put any other construction
The Capital City League constitution
has a clause in it which does not enable
it to claim the franchise of the Aloys1us
club until that team shall have 1alled TO
show up for three regularly scheduled
games, but as, under the new rule, no
club is in a league until it has attended
it's meetings, it could be considered as
not holding a franchise in the organiza-
ton.
in whether the commission would hold
that the rule applied to one year. or
whether it meant all time. 1t is hardly
reasonable to suppose, though, that be-
meeting year ago under the present
ruling II could be termed member or
that league IL it had failed to- show UP
for any meeting held to formulate plans
it seems that some such words as dur
ing the current year" should have been
added to make the rule explicit.
R. E. Doyle. scout for the Savannah
club in this city, and who sent Dick
Robertson and Joe Giebel to that club
this spring, received letter from the
secretary of that organization to the ell
feet that both men would be kept during
the coming season. The letter which
was in the way Of an official notifica-
ton, stated that the former is to be re-
tanned as one Of the regular pitchers
and that the latter would be kept as
second string man behind the bat.
hot hnfh Huyhn
club should have made good with co1ors
flying is a fine tribute to his judgment
of ball player. Both men were rec
ognized as being among the best in their
respective positions in the amateur
leagues last year.
The defeat of Georgetown by the
American Security and Trust Company
expected that the Hilltoppers would
show much better form than they did.
Poor fielding and poor hitting character
ized the work of the Blue and Gray nine
all through the contest. Fury seemed
to be the only one who was able to con-
meet with the ball for anything that
looked like hits. apd there was not an
infielder who did not have an error
charged up against him. The Bankers,
on the contrary. gave a good exhloatlon
ditions. fielding almost to perfection and
hitting safely seven times.
Notwithstanding the fact that
Georgetown lost the contest to what
weaker team. there is no doubt that
1t has a much better aggregation of
ball tOssers than has been indicated by
the two games played, and who will
give a much better account of them
selves as the real season begins to get
under way
The real season will begin this week
among the colleges. schools and clubs
alike. While several games have been
played. they have been more or less in
the nature Of practice contests, in
which the real strength Of the different
teams might be tried out. Georgetown
has yet to meet it's first collegiate OPP
ponent. and while the other colleges
have played two games each, the hard
part of the schedule will begin during
the coming week.. Several of the big
northern mines will be seen on the To-
cal fields. No club SO far with the
exception of the American Security and
Trust Company. has played game.
but several have announced their in
tention of getting out this week to
prepare for the opening of the anna
teur season, about May 1. The weed
ing out process among the schools has
about stopped, and the teams will set
tie down to the hard grind which is
to come between now and the first
high school game. April IS.
The vacant 1ranchlSe In the District
League was not disposed Of at the
meeting OF that organization yesterday
morning. The two teams which were
under consideration by the committee
were not judged strong enough to hold
up their end of it among the other five
clubs which are to. compose the circuit. |
The United States Senate team was
considered for quite while, but it
was found that it could not mea sure up
to the necessary standard
Jack Sherman was appointed umpire |
for the coming season. He held the
indicator. during the latter part Of last |
summer in the Suburban League, and
gave satisfaction. He should be able
to do good work in his new berth.
The next meeting of the club will be
held next Sunday morning, and it is
then intended to adopt a constitution |
and give out the other franchise.
Other matters Of Importance will also
come up for settlement, and 1t is very
probable that after the meeting every
thing will be in shipshape to start the |
season.
+ meeting Of the Independence League |
will be held this evening. and the most |
important matter that will engross the |
attention Of the officials is the selection
of q team to take the place of the Twin |
ing club. which has dropped out. Presi- |
dent Roakes stated that while no team
had been definitely settled on. he had |