The Washington herald., 1911-08-02
Committee Report
Nou Completed
Inter-citv Plans Will Be Turned Over to Commits
sion at Meeting Friday-Manhattan
Plays Kendall Today.
BY c. w. SWAN.


When the amateur commission meets
Friday night, the committee appointed to
make all arrangements for the playing
of the intercity series will have their
plans completed.
President Young of the commission.
received a letter from President Eaton
of the Richmond commission stating that
the Battle Axe team had won the pennant
in Richmond and the sooner the series
was started the better it would please the
Richmond fans.
1t is an assured fact that the first OF
the games will be played here on LABOR
Day and the following Saturday double
header will be played in Richmond.
Commerce and Labor's defeat by Agri-
culture yesterday in the Departmental
League was great surprise to the
followers of that circuit. and put a de-
cided crimp in the Laborites' hopes for
the flag Now Manager Shoemaker
boys will have to trim Navy to tie Post
office, if the writer has the correct list
of postponed games, and then series
will be played between PoSt-office and
Commerce and Labor to decide the
honors.
To-day one of the best games of the
Independence League. when Manhattan
and the Kendalls hook up in the first
game OF the two postponed ones between
these aggregations.
The last time these teams met one of
the largest crowds that ever attended
an amateur game in the District was on
hand, and the league officials are max
ing preparations for handling another
recOrd-breaking crowd.
Manager Donnelly will most likely send
Engle in the box to stop the onward rush
of the KendaIls. while Coach Sterns will
probably work either Knoot or Mcmahon
on the mound. Whoever does the hurting
will know that he was in a real ball
game. for the boys will fight like wild
cats 10 land this battle. as it will have
great bearing on the pennant.
Manager GaSSaway. of the u. y. Wal
ford team of the Commercial League.
will probably forfeit the remaining games
on his schedule as the SportSmen have
no chance for the pennant. and Manager
Gassaway is not the man to stick with
a loser. It is a real team or none with
him.
That Sherwood aggregation sure did
hang il on Hamline in the Sunday School
League Yesterday. Reds" Porter. Man
ager Loves man of all work. twirled
great game. allowing the Hamlineites but
three scattered bingles, and never giving
them a loOk-in. Porter is a good pitcher
and a good ball player, no matter where
You put him.
When Naval Medico defeated Corco-
ran yesterday in the Marquette League.
the pennant was decided. st. Steph-
ems has no chance whatever for the
bunting, and the Doctors are sole own
ers OF it. This will be a sad blow 10
Mat Noone. the hustling manager or
the Churchmen.
No matter who PepCO plays in the
Commercial League. they all look alike
to the wire boys. If the Pepco aggre
cation had started the season in the
league they would have won the pen
nant in a walk. They have OutCiassed
everything else in the circuit, and next
season-well, just wait and see.
Friend Halleck sent in another of his
drawings and it will he found elsewhere
on this page. This youngster is rapidly
forging to the front rank of our car
tOOnsts and is bound to be heard from.
More power to Halle"
\ movement is on foot to have the
champion Washington Herald team. of
the Commercial League last year. play
the PepCo aggregation on Friday of this
week. Should President Graf be able
. arrange this game, a battle royal
will be the result as the newspaper boys
We're a fast bunch and the PepCO tribe
re in the same class.
When HamIine and Sherwood meet
again in the Sunday School League. look
for Martin Becker to twirl for the HAM
incites.
The board of arbitrator will meet to-
morrow night to settle whatever cases
may come before it. More than likely
Manager Cornell, of the Tigers. will pro-
duCe a signed contract with Joe Engle,
and then the board will have a nice
mess to untangle. Just what the YER
dict will be is hard to say. although it
will be the team with the prior contract
that will land the player.