The Washington herald., 1911-03-05

stephens Pension Bureau, COMPANY r.
y NJ c. A, Georgetown Athletic club
and Columbia Printers Union iOl. wcr,
present. The committee on grounds pre-
s'nted its report. which was accepted
Ihc report went into cOnsidera bic detail
and calls for n general rennvatinE uf
the field, the erection Of seats to accom-
modatr l,N0 persons. and the nIIing in
OF all the Eullrys and holes in the out
iIcld.
Tn" league took mp tho question of
umpirc~ and discussed the chance. of OIL
tanning Suitable arbitrator for some.
time. hut tho managers could not agrr,
on the right man. Whcr"up"n the score
t;-rN WIS in:oructcd to hunt up a good
fi"lHl and report at Tn" next m"ctu=
tn" next gathering Of thr league will loo.
held 1T the re<idcnc" Of capt & g.
Edwards, 17Ia First street northwest. ON
SUNDAY, March j.. ~ 5 .CIOrk
Monk Walters may <" to DanvlIIo H.
has been considering an offer from that
place for the past week, but has not
mad" up his mind whether he Will gu
th'r" OF stay at home Monk ha. D
record in amateur baseball Of whIrh h,
has q ri"ht to h" proud Ilc has PLAYED
with wv" champion teams and one run
r7"-Up in three 5"dr~ That = EuIu-.
So me. when l"u stop minute To think
"G II In lgN Walkers played with tirtrc
md that club landed the sunday SChnu
banner. In 1903 b" WIS a member uf thr
Ninth team. wm"h lost tho fIdg hy ON.
gam. whil" in 1910 nc plav"I with the
Ninth rhumpi"n team For tur past
thrc" Year. Walters hIs consistently ha'-
tod over the go mark, and bc-Id"s Is =
'cry iInc fielder.
With Herman \. Meyers refusing tu be,
candidate for reelection to tn prr-r-
dcncy Of the SUNDAY school League. tho
friends or cN-PrcSidcnt Frank 4 Carp"n-
ter arc booming linn for the position. Nj.
Carpenter has never lost his interest IN
the affairs of the church lca-u,. and has
b. en- faithful to the Interests Of that or
sanitation ever since II" HrSt b""amv u
member Of that body several years age.
II" is well liked by all who know hun
md has the reputation Of being on" at
the SQUar"St me n in amateur athletics iU
Washington. He would make fine prc>I-
dent. and it IS proper that ne b" chosen
b cause "t his past good work and Pr,s-
cnt hustIinS ability.
At a meeting of the Pctworth baseball
team last week, BABE Torncy was elect
cd manager in place OF Robert :. Joncs.
who refused to manage the team again
on account Of other important busnes~
demanding his attention. TOrney is
capable leader in very respect. and tHr
prospects Of turning out Il good MIN"
,.OuId not be- better. P'twOrth mas dom"
well since il broke into the baseball
arena. and as there arc no signs OF dt-
activity on the Part Of tn"
champs, We expect TO hear from
them strong this year.
William TAYLOR, formerly with Agrirul-
turc in the DEPARTMENTAL League. will
play with tn. chamber of commerce and
AlOysiuS club mines this spring. Bob
is still Il strenuous PLAYER and one OF
the fastest men on the bases IN the 'i's'
c. r. WinsInw. secretary Of tn" Ter
niral Railroad Y. NJ e. \. League. who
has been III at his home FOR the past thTo"
weeks is now So much better tnat he i~
Iblc 10 sit up several hours each DAY ~
soon a. his condition permits he will :"
.o Hot Springs. Arb. To spend a month IS
and incidentally regain his
health While the Railroad Y. VI. &. \.
League will miss his services, no one
will begrudge him 4 good. LONG vdCa-
ion. under the circumstances. aud IL -
lope, he will return refreshed and wei.
Interstate Commerce commission has
extensive plans on foot in a has
,au way. In 19T9 the Interstate boys
were = member of the Departmental
eagle and after starting off badly by
0Sing four out OF the first five games
hey turned about and landed TWEEN
Y out of the next twenty-One and
anne within a few runs of Winning
he Dennaut AS it was. Treasury hal
o play them three tie games before they
naIIy won the championship. While tn"
Commerce Commission lads are unwilling
n ,nter team in any league. they in
end to start preparations for a fine team
1 1872 and are going about il by organ
Eng four teams among themselves. These
luis will draw up a schedule Of thirty
iN games. each team playing nine games
nd playing in a regular league. At the
nd OF the season it is expected the ma
nrial in the department will be developed
nOuCh to give those who are ambitious
or the department a chance to get
OrreCt line on the relative merits nf tn"
layers. and thus choose a CrackCrjaCk
aggregation for the 1912 campaign. Since
he Interstate law was passed the num-
er Of clerks in the department has been
lcreased nearly 100 I.er cent, and the ma
Ority OF the new employees have been
ounG men. Thus it will bc seen at a
lance the Interstate Commerce Commits
ion nine in 1872 should 5c a fine one
At a meeting of the Manhattan Ease
all Club, OF the Independence League.
riday night, w. +. Donncly. we'll
nOwn in local baseball circles, was on
aged to manage the team during the
oming season. DOnnelly at one time
lanaged the OIvmpias. Of Georgetown,
nj is a very capable leader.
N.r.w.\