Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-23

WILL FIGHT 1T OUT FOR
DISTRICT LEAGUE REMNANT
Commissioners and Aloysius Club Look
Best for Premiership-Rules Com
mittee to Formulate Changes.

out what really is In the high school
team before stacking up against the
other scholastic institutions In the city.
While the high school aggregation Is not
expecting to win. it is intended that to-
days contest will practically decide the
final makeup Of the team.
Jimmie" Kerr. who did good work
both in the Departmental and Capital
City Leagues last year. will again play
with the Post Office team i'm the clerks
organization. and. besides. will cast his lot
in either the Bankers or District League.
with either the American Security and
Trust Company or the Bureau of Engrav-
ing team.
Just where the Independence League
games will be played this year is un-
certain There have been several meet
ings of the league offic a IS in which the
question has been brought up. but moth
ing has been definitely decided on. That
the grounds used last year W II not be the
holding-out place again this season seems
to be assured, ii would be almost i'm
possible to get them in good playing con-
dition without a great deal of expense,
which the league is not able to AFFORD
The cutting of a new street through the
field has split the almond almost IN
ha IF, and If the grounds were to be used
the infield would have to be moved over
in what was right field last year. and as
this part of the ground Is down hill a lot
Of grading would have to be done to get
It in any kind of shape at all, and then
it is not likely that ( would be perma-
nent, as il is prob BILE that IL will all be
sold as building lots before long.
The Commercial League has placed it,
self on record being the only one
which has dared to say that II Is going
to use whatever kind OF ball ii pleases-
Green, who was the star slabman of
the Catholic University nine last year.
VIII start the game in the box for that
school next Saturday. when IL opens the
local collegiate season against the Mary
land ..ggies. The Farmers will have
new man on the mound in Hoffecker.
who. while he has quite reputation
among Independent clubs has yet to show
his worth as a college pitcher.
The committee which was appointed
some time ago to accept suggestions for
is to meet this afternoon to formulate
the changes which il thinks will be nee
essary for the betterment of the sport in
the District. Whatever the committee
decides this afternoon will be recon-
mended to the amateur commission when
it meets tomorrow or next day, and what
ever is recommended by the committee
will probably be adopted.
Two of the ma n articles regarding
which there has been more discussion
than any other are these: First, that q
man shall not play with more than one
team, and, second, to bar from playing
entirely any man who has at any time
played professional ball. Whether either
of these will pass the committee is not
known. but it is certain that each will be
well supported.
Eastern High played about the best
base ball yesterday against the American
Security and Trust Company that 1t has
since it won the championship of the
high schools some years ago. Lyon did
himself proud by holding the Bankers to
five hits. showing himself to be In
class with the best of the scholastic
beavers. The game was a remarkable
one from a fielding viewpoint, only one
error being made, and that was an ex-
cusable slip-up by Evans of Eastern.
By striking out six men i'm the two In
nines during which he officiated on the
slab in the Army-Navy Props game Todd
of Cathedral School showed yesterday
that he has lost none of his old-tfme
form. The score was Ia to in favor OF
Cathedral.