The Washington herald., 1911-06-16
Francl1isesfor Marines
and Seaman Gu1lnerS
Capital City League Win Be Six Club Circuit
Traffic Withdrtws from Southern R. r.
League Other Comment.
n q. M. sWAN.

At the meeting of the CAPITAL City
League. Echeduled for Sunday morning.
the Seaman Gunners and tie Marines
will be formally admitted into the
league. This was learned last night
from the manager Of one o. the proml-
nent teams in the circuit.
Beginning next Monday, the Capital
City League will start on its schedule
as a six-cIub circuit, each team to play
fifteen games. The winntr of the six
club circuit win play the winner OF the
present series to decide which team viii
play in the post-season series.
This has been hanging fire for the past
week, but it wss Definitely made known
last night that the teams in question
would enter the league.
The Trafic team, of the Southern Rail-
way League. has quit the circuit for
good. No team will be admitted In its
place the railroaders continuing their
league as a f6ur-club circuit.
Trafic had protested all three of the
games lost and when asked last night
the reason for the withdrawal of the
Traffic aggregation. a prominent official
of the league could give none.
This leaves the Southern Railway
League to continue playing as four
club circuit The schedule will be re-
arranged some time in the near future.
Next Sunday is the date set for the
playing Of the benefit game for Hillery
and Castor. members of the Parkview
team, of the Suburban League, who were
injured in the auto smashup at Rosslyn
last Sunday.
The r. P Andrews team. of the Com
merciai League, and the Parkyiew aggre-
cation are the teams that will battle on
the Commercial League diamond for the
injured players. AS these teams are
evenly matched a hot game is looked
forward to by followers Of both mines
Game called at 2:SO p. m.
That Sherwood team, in the Sunday
School League, is sure going some, The
former weak sister OF the circuit is pick
ing up and will bear watching from now
on. Manager Love is corralling a fast
bunch Of ball tossers, and the confident
leaders will have to fight for every game
in the future.
The following releases and additions
were made on the books of Secretary
shurtliff, of the amateur commission, re-
Gently:
L. H. Taylor, manager Of the Car De-
partment team in the r. R. Y. NJ. c. A.
League. would like to arrange a game
with any amateur team In the District
for Saturday, the 18th, to be played on
the league grounds, at Fifth and Florida
avenue northeast. Any team that can
arrange to play Manager Tayior's team
should telephone to Mr.. G. H. Winslow,
secretary of the Terminal Railroad De-
partment of the Y. NJ. c. A.
Alexandria, Va, June Is, 19l1
Sporting Editor The Washington Herald
At a meeting of the Cardinal Athletic
Club, held in the clubroom this evening,
the offensive article concerning the base
ball players that was published in your
paper last Sunday was discussed, and
the twenty-eight members of the Car
dinaIs think that a great injustice has
been done them by the aforementioned
article Our members do not claim to
be gentlemen but we do claim to be de-
cent. self-respecting, honorable amateur
baseball players. and law-abid!ng citi-
zens of Alexandria We are not in the
''scaIlywag'' and "cut-throat" class, and
have at all times tried to treat our visit
ing baseball players in courteous man
ner. The Cardinals respectfully refer as
to their standing in this community TO
any fair-minded business man, me-
chanic and to the public in general of
our home town.
JOHN W. sCHoFTELD.
Manager Cardinal Athletic Club.