The Washington herald., 1911-07-09
No Players Can Be
Signed After July IS
Commission Passes This Rule at Meeting Yum
MoreIand Goes to WiImington-Brow
LeapeS for Savannah.
BY c. w. SWAN.

Rule Is of the playing season rules
was amended last night so that no team
can add players in any way whatever
after July Is.
This, and the appointment of COM
mittee to transact all business pertain
ing to the post-season series and also
TO the intercity series, took up the
major portion of the evening.
President Young, Vice President Boil
giano, Secretary Shurtleff, and Treasurer
Thatcher constitute the committee.
4 II the present plans do not miscarry,
kthe first game of the series viii be
6ayed at American League Park on
Labor Day.
The charges against President Graf
Of the Commercial League, were dropped
SIS President Roakes failed to present
evidence within the prescribed time.
The benefit game at Capital City
League Park to-day between the Cornell
Tigers and the Interstate team, of the
Departmental League, for Arthur Noyes,
should prove a hummer, as the Tigers
are now leading the Capital City League
and the Interstate team has been
strengthened considerably Of late
Yum MoreIand, the Washington
sandIot star who has been hitting the
ball at a great clip in the Tidewater
League, will join the Wilmington team
Of the Tri-State League some time this
week. This was learned from a close
friend of the fast boy last night.
YUM will more than make good if
he can keep up the terrific hitting that
he has been doing in the Tidewater
League. ..
A prominent official of the Commits
sioners team, of the District League.
stated to the writer last night that the
team would not play again in the league.
Lack of interest was the reason given
for the withdrawal.
Ninth is sure a hard loser. While UNI
rire Hughes may have been OF in q few
of his decisions yesterday, he did not
favor Ingram any more THAI he did
Ninth, and the crowd Of players and
fans that encircled the Indicator handler
at the conclusion of the game yesterday
ives very unsportsmanlike, to say the
least.
RoWdyism will not be tolerated by the
amateur fans of the District, and al
though they may have been roofing for
their favorites,s when they have cooled
down the fans will realize that they
were in the wrong. The writer is not
trying to defend the umpire in the least,
as Hughes was a little off on a few balls
and strikes, to the spectators at least,
but when the fans try to tell the Jump"
when to call the game, they are goinS
too far. Another inning could not have
been played yesterday, with tho pitchers
working as slow as they did at the start.
Whitney and Smith took plenty of time,
and the Ninth team can blame the big
hoy. not the umpire.
A peculiar thing about the Ninth team
is that while the Kid Ingrams are the
youngest set of ball tossers in the league,
they defeated the champions twice, and
they are the only ones who have sue
ceeded in turning this trick. While
Ninth has a lot of stars, such as Jack
Carr. Hope Falconer, Monk Walters,
Whitney, Richmond, and the like, the
youngsters get their nerve and that is
all there is to it.
Yesterday the Ninth aggregation looked
more like a Marquette League team than
a nine in Glass A. Playing fair ball at
the best, ii was only the fast work Of
the outfield that kept the score so close.
Ninth had several chances to tie the
score, but bonehead base running each
chance. Whitney tried to steal third
with Smith watching him with the ball
in his hand and Carr after tripling
stood still while Cassidy touched him out
on Broome's weak gTounder. Instead
of trying to get either home or back to
the bag, Carr tried to coach Broome.
William Brown, the third baseman of
the Interior team of the Departmental
League, will leave Washington some time
to-day for the Savannah team of the
South Atlantic League.
Amateur Editor Washington Herald
You will doubtless recall that in a base
ball game between the Agriculture and
Interstate teams of the Departmental
League Arthur Noyes, who was catching
for the Interstate team, was so unfp lu-
nate as to break his leg sliding into third
base. He viii be laid UP for at least SIX
weeks, and we have arranged a benefit
game for him between the Cornell Cam
pany team and the Interstate team, which
game win be played at the Capital City
Park, Sunday, the 9Th instant, at O'Clock
p. m. understand that MIR. Belts has
kindly consented TO umpire. may say
in passing that the Interstate team has
been strengthened by the addition of
number of Departmental League stars
and we expect to be able to give Cornell
GOOD game. FRANK O. sTRATroN,
Manager Interstate Team.
Now that the Ingram team, of the sun
day School League, has succeeded in
signing several good, fast bali tcssers,
the confident leaders win find that the
Kids are still in the race for the flag,
notwithstanding their three defeats in
row.
The injury TO Jack Dodge broke up
their fast infeld. and the team work that
has characterized the oIympias, as the
Ingram outfit was known in the past.
was sadly lacking. Take their speed
away from the youngsters and the team
is in the air.
Another fast team that has experi-
eneed a slump is the Sewage Pumping
Station aggregation. OF the Capital City
League, but at the present writing It
looks as If the Pumpers have come back
into their own.
While Cornell has good lead in the
race for the pennant. the Pumpers are
q good. fast ball team. and TIE Navy
Yard outfit, with Becker In the box. win