The Washington herald., 1911-04-18
By c. W. SWAN.

At the meeting Of the Sunday School
League, held last night at the resi-
dence Of C. C. Love, 1O1s street north
mitted into the league in place of the
Peck nine.
The Hamline team will be one of the
strongest in the District, If Paddy
Holmes. its hustling manager, keeps his
word. Holmes is out for the champion
ship, and will bend every effort to land
the flag.
Manager Love, of the team that was
known as the Langdon Club, Will man.
age the Sherwood Presbyterian nine. This
team was given the franchise formerly
held by the suburban church as the Lang
don Club withdrew their franchise from
the league.
Many fast ball players have been signed
by Manager Love and the plucky lead
er of the former Langdon tribe is con-
season.
The grounds committee reported that
work on the playing field has been started
and that the stands would be in first-class
shape by the latter part of next week.
Inc sCneOule was adopted, Dut as there
were some changes to be made, it will not
be ready for publication until the end OF
the week.
The first three games will be between
Ninth and Hamline on May l; North Car
olina Avenue and Sherwood on May ., and
Ingram and Anacostia on May 3.
W. R. Love. of the Sherwood nine, was
appointed official gatekeeper for the en-
suing season.
Those rroS wore President T WILL
lam De Grange, Secretary Ormsby. Um-
pire Hughes; Ingram, Frank Adams:
Ninth, c. c. Love: Anacostia, L. E. Nc
GIL: North Carolina Avenue, NJ. E. Sands
and R. NJ. Yost; Hamline, P. D. Holmes
and Sherwood, w. r. Love.
A meeting of the District League is
called for tonight at the Aloysius Club.
All the managers are requested to be
present, as many matters of importance
will come before the board.
The management of the Petworth
club. of the Suburban League. has ar
ranged schedule of practice games for
the next few days prior to the opening
of the season with several teams of
other leagues.
This afternoon Aloysius will be tackled
at the new District League grounds, l
and NJ streets northeast, and a good
battle should result Bernie Gallagher
will no doubt be seen on the slab for
part of the game for the Suburban boys,
and as he has been working out a good
bit lately, should give the church team
some trouble.
Petworth. while possessing a strong
team last year. will be materially
strengthened this season by the acquisi-
ton of several new faces. Four candi-
dates for the catcher's position are w.
f. Hurley. W. G. Morris. J. c. Mayne,
and R. s. Jones, jr.
The pitching staff will comprise several
of this City's best. Included among its
box artists are Bernie Gallagher, Bev
Garrett, Birch Barnes, Joe Engel and
Perc LIE Due. Long Bob Evans and Fer
gle" Fague will fight it out for first base,
while Freddy Hiser, of Woodburn fame
should have no trouble in landing the sec
ond sacker's job over Grady Miller. At
short Newt Dempsey will again hold the
fort, while Buck Stewart will be seen at
his old position at third.
A wealth of outfield material is on
hand and the trio of gardeners will be
selected from Lefty Clayton. who has his
place cinched, Bunny Mayne, Willie Berg
man. George Seitz. c. Plunkett, G. Sell
lers. and J. L. Mcnamara.
Following is a schedule of coming dates
and Manager Babe Torney requests all
of the candidates to be present at the
places named: April 30, Ninth street
Church, at Thirteenth and D streets
northeast: April %, Agriculture, at White
Lot; April 26, Bureau, at District League
Park, First and NJ streets northeast:
April q, Navy Yard. at North Capitol
and L, and April 29, Interior. on White
Lot.
President Zed H. Copp. of the Olym-
pia League, has called a meeting for to-
night which will be held at his Office, els
Fourteenth street northwest. A team
will be admitted and a schedule adopt
ed, which will conclude the important
business which yet remains. The grounds
are at present being improved, more
than 500 having been spent in an effort
to make the playing field compare ia
with the other grounds around
town.
1t is expected that the improvement
will be completed by Saturday, giving the
teams a chance to practice there before
Rudolph opens the sea-
son on May l. The Braddock team has
applied for admittance and will most
likely be awarded a franchise
The Terminal Railroad Y. NJ c. A.
will hold its third annual baseball smoker
tonight in the association rooms in
Union Station. After the smoker a busi-
ness meeting of the league will be held.
Assistant Manager A. ". Patterson, of
the Gallaudet baseball team, is back in
college after an operation for appendi-
citis. The return to college of this pop
ular official will be glad news to his
many friends.
After the meeting of the Capital City |
League last night. held in the Office of
President James A. O'Shea, one of the |
prominent officials of that organization |
stated that nothing would be given out |
until after the meeting called for Thurs |
lay night.
While il is known that the Aloysius !
club will not put a team in the league |
this season, the officials have not been |
lble TO secure team to take the fran |
.hise that the clubmen offer for sale that |
would add strength to the circuit
Should the league decide upon four |
.lub circuit. as has been talked about so |
much the past few weeks, a better class |
# ball would be the result, as the four |
cams that would be retained are about |
evenly matched-namely, Cornell Com
1any, Sewage Pumping Station, Navy |
Yard. and the Midways.
The officials of the league have been !
rery cautious in. the past regarding the |
of the meetings, and the true
ituation Is hardly more than a guess at |
he present time.
In all probability the Braddock Ath-