Evening star., 1911-08-23
By "cURLEY" BYRD.

Atlanta may have team In the In
| tercity series. Arrangements are now
| being attempted whereby 1t Is contem-
plated bringing the Georgia town in with
Richmond and Washington in series
for the championship of the entire south.
The only impediment which stands in
the way OF the project is the expense OF
going to and from Atlanta. 1t is possible
that the railroad fare and other expenses
coincident with such a trip would be
more than the amateur teams would care
to stand.
A representative Of the Atlanta anna
teur organization is now In town, and
has talked with President Young OF the
local commission regarding the matter.
President Young Is very much interested
In the idea, and stated that he is heartily
in favor of such q plan, providing salts
factory arrangements can be made with
Richmond and the manager of the local
team involved.
Johnnie Wilkinson played his first game
iu the post-season series yesterday and
came across with three hits out of four
times at bat. At that rate the ST. Mar
tins manager will lead the batting list
in the post season series by a big mar
gin. There is seldom anything huky
about the hits Wilkinson gets, as they
are generally long drives to the outfieh
or hot grounders through the infield.
Hines, while he has been played at first
base all the year. was sent In at short
yesterday In the Aloysius-Sherwood game,
and the game he put up In that position
would have done credit to a man who had
been playing tho position all year. he
had two put-outs and Eve assists. in al
seven chances without sign Of slip-up.
Besides fielding his position In perfect
cfHyIo iocc yuyffh "a ho
two safeties out Of four trips to the pan.
Porter, who was a mystery to the sun
day School League batters. has been
he has been opposed in the post-season
series, both the Cornell Company and the
AlOysius teams hammertng his offerings
hard in the two games he has worked
Had Sherwood been placed In the class
A series 1t would have been among teams
nearer its class, and would likely have
made a great showing.
Post Once and Sherwood will meet
again this afternoon, and the game will
be watched with more than passing IN
terest, even though 1t cannot have any
bearing ON the championship Of the sec
ton. In the opening game Of the series
Post Onice was defeated by the Sunday
School leaguers in rather easy fashion,
although by close score. and whether
the game was In the nature OF nuke
or not WIN be shown today, when the
came twirler will face the Mailmen. as
Porter was worked yesterday.
The protest registered against Wal
tors u net likely to stand. a. 1t Is known
that the Manhattan club pitched him in
three games, which made him eligible to
play as pitcher. II a man Is eligible
to play with q club as pitcher there
10 no reason why a club should not play
him In tho Outfield-
It is difYicult to understand why games
should be protested by clubs In the post
season series anyway. especially In re-
gard to the eligibility Of players. The
lists Of men eligible for tho big series is
IL there are protests TO be registered
against any OF them It rather seems
that that ID the time to do 30 and not
wait until after games have been won
by the team In question. II does not
show up very well for the protesting
team to let q players name pass mus
ter when II is up for certifcation. and
then az soon as . game IL lost to protest
him.
In the case OF American Security and
Trusts protest against the Manhattan
club for using Walter In the outfieid. 1t
is hard to see ON what grounds It can be
upheld. Walter Is certified as pitcher.
Now, as has been said before. there IL no
pitcher In the outneh II It SO desires
after he has demonstrated his ineficiency
In the box.
OF course, It seems in the case of the
Manhattan club that there II q clear at
tempt TO evade the rules on . techni-
cality, but It appears that IL IL the rule
governing the case which 10 at fault
It was evidently meant to convey In the
ruling that . man who had played In
only three games would be eligible to
play In the p0st-seasOn series IN
no other position except the pitchers.
but there 10 nothing to that eject In tho
rule, which reads as follows: ANY play
er whose name appears on the eligible
list Of any pennant-winning team party
to this agreement shall be eligible to play
In the pOst-season series, provided that
he shall have participated In at least
; five scheduled games and. in the case OF
q pitcher, at least three games" There
is nothing in the rule which states that
q pitcher shall be played In no other posi-
| tiOn. It seems to be q question that will
bear looking into before next season
begins.
The Cornell and Aioysius teams will
meet tomorrow In the first of the two
genes remaining to be played between
| the two clubs. II the Paperhangers win,
| the remaining game will not be played,
as IL 1t were won by the Aloysius club
1 ~-----