Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-28
COMMISSIONERS WILL PUT
OUT BEST TEAM IN YEARS
District Clerks Have Good Material for
neutrality-suspicious. League Against
Radical Changes in Rules.

held the indicator in the Prince Georges
County League last year, and Neuman.
who worked In the league at the begin
just f what man nes W get the Job but the
chances are that ii will fall to Neuman.
The appointment will be made by the
president some time during the coming
week.
The Maryland Aggies. while they suffer-
ed defeat at the hands OF the Catholic
University last Saturday, gave evidence
that they have the best team in years.
fast fielding aggregation. and WELD the
stick to better advantage than most COL
lege players in their class.
Morris of Technical High is to catch
for the Manhattan Club I'm the 1ndepend-
ence League this year. He should make
the team good man behind the bat.
At the meeting Of the Olympia League
yesterday it was settled that the play
ing grounds this season will be the lot
at the corner of 18th street and Column
bia road. There was great deal OF
trouble in getting the location. but 1t was
finally landed through the efforts OF one
Of the committee. No umpire was chosen.
but four men were presented to the pres
ident by the secretary. and one OF them
will be appointed by him this week.
The Wisconsin team did not have
representative present at the meeting.
There is some trouble in regard to that
clubs entering the league. and 1t is ru-
mored that 1t will not be seen In the
Anal roster Of the organization All the
other clubs were present and each PAID
the necessary fee for the franchise. IL
only remains for the Wisconsin team to
get in line now for the organization to
be complete.
II the mentioned club should drop out
for any cause, 1t is not anticipated that
much trouble would be experienced in
getting another team to take its place.
Catholic University and Swarthmore
will stack up against each other this aft
ernoon at Brookland. The Quakers Tell
victims to the St. Johns College nine or
Annapolis yesterday. and there Is little
likelihood Of their trimming the Brook
landites today, even though Tarbell. their
star pitcher will be seen in the box.
Green will probably be seen on the mound
for the local aggregation, and III ne
pitches in his regular form there is hardly
any doubt as to the result of the contest.
While the Red and Black did not show as
we'll last Saturday against the Mary
land Aggies as it did in games last
year ii is probably due to the fact that
it was so early in the season that the
men have not had the chance to get
working well together.
Ed Handiboe. who has signed a con-
tract to umpire in the American Asso-
citation this season, will have charge of
the game He will umpire ali the games
at the university until he reports for
duty to the president Of the association
next month.
The Independence League at it's meeting
last night plainly showed that il is
against two of the rules at least which
were recommended by the rules commit
tee Saturday night to the commission.
One of these was the rule proposing II
separate the leagues into Class \ and
Glass B before the beginning OF the sea-
son. The other was the professional
clause. While the league believed that
some rule should be made which would
prevent the indiscriminate use of pro-
fessional players, 1t did not think that
they should be barred as radically IS
proposed.