The Washington herald., 1911-03-04
Nationals Off for Atlanta Georgetown Meet to Be Best Ever
CAPITAL CITY LEAGUE
TEARS DOWN IT'S FENCE
New Park Will Be Built at Fourth and L Streets N E.
Aloysius Club Plans to Rebuild Enclosure
at First and Nj Streets

church which the team represented. or
he could not play. With the change of
policy, a Catholic, Methodist, or Episco-
palian is enabled 10 play on a Presby-
terian team, and doesn't have to attend
any church but his own. The Importance
of this change can be readily seen, bring
ing about. as it does, better understand
ing among the players, and less friction
from the standpoint of religious belief
No doubt the clubs will be 20 per cent
stronger with the new rule working.
President Meyers is very anxious to
hear from Sunday school teams desiring
TO enter the league. Applications should
be addressed to Mr.. Meyers, at his rsi-
dence, 1226 Twenty-ninth street north
west, as soon as possible.
The league will meet next Friday at
the Office of w. r, Love, G. street north
west.
Charles Graf, of The Washington
Herald team, who was appointed a COM
mittee of one by the Commercial League
to obtain lease on the ball ground at
Georgia avenue and Kenyon streets,
yesterday closed a deal with George Nau.
the owner of the property, whereby the
league will be able to use the grounds
again this summer.
NAlt NthliiAlANeS vi IuitS IdhtS up
the question which il has been appointed
to consider" said Bob Young. the genial
leader of the amateur commission, in a
tanning bee last night, IT intend to in
vite all the managers and players to be
present at an open meeting to discuss the
rules"
we do not know it ALL" continued Mr..
Young, and 1t is only just that the
players should have a chance to present
their views of the many changes which
will probably be recommended.
Cooperation with the players will do
more-real good than anything else along
the line Of a real revision of the rules"
concluded Mr.. Young.
Merchants and Mechanics Bank will
have a baseball team in the Bankers
League again. Since the hot fight in the
bankers organization in 1909. when the
Mechanics were nosed out of the pennant
by one game, being beaten by American
Security and Trust Company, the boys
have done little in a baseball way, but
they have the bug again this spring and
intend to go after the Trust Company lads
with a vim.
American Security and Trust put in
some good practice yesterday on the
White Lot. ICY" Macdonald being on
hand to help coach the team. Jim"
Sprigman, the regular coach for the
Trust Company, has his hands full with
the Georgetown nine, and "Cy'' is doing
all he can to aid the bankers in their
preliminary workouts. The boys en-
gagged in little hard work yesterday. con-
fining themselves to light batting and
fielding practice. Several of the men
will run tonight IN the Georgetown meet.
and for this reason held themselves in
as much as possible Captain Mike"
Macdonald has picked his infield with
Riddle, an eX-high school star, and Man
haitian player. on first; 'Skeets'' Hayes.
the Cornell Company star, on short; In
ky Davis. formerly with Business High
School, on third; and himself on second.
is popular with all the play
ers and has many friends.