The Washington herald., 1911-07-06
Suburban League
-Four Club Circuit
Brookland and Takoma Teams Dropped-Park-
riev to Stick-Charges VIII Be Brought
Against Manager CIunr.
By c. w. SWAN.

The officials of the Suburban League
met last night and the Brookland and
Takoma teams were dropped from the
circuit, the first for the nonpayment Of
the fines imposed upon Manager Clun
and Players Cord and Beckert
Takoma was dropped for forfeiting the
last three games, and now the league
will continue with four clubs. Silver
Spring and Brightwood will play to-day.
Manager May stated that he never had
any intention of Withdrawing from the
circuit, and that the rumor was only idle
talk
President Page at the meeting of the
amateur commission Saturday night pre-
ferred charges against the two players
and Manager Clun. so that none Of them
will be able to play ball or be connected
with any team under the commission.
A committee was appointed to draft
new schedule as a four-club league, and
the dates will go into effect next Monday.
The schedule will be published in these
columns later. The games for the re-
mainder Of the season will be played as
per schedule.
The action of the Suburban League IN
dropping the two teams was a good piece
of work. as several high officials stated
that as Clur1 had tried to bull the league
all season and that more concessions
had been granted to the Brookland team
than any other, he should have come
across with the fine and not tried to be
the whole show.
Elmer Smith, the crack twirler of the
Ingram team, Of the Sunday School
League, will most likely pitch for Com
merce and Labor, of the Departmental
League, tomorrow. Smith is the most
promising youngster in the District, and
in a year or so will be one of the best
amateur twirlers in the country.
The Ingram team presented a different
lineup yesterday and the change looked
kind of good. Cornell at short and
Fague on first added a lot of strength to
the Ingramites. and when Whitmarsh is
in the short field and Cornell out in the
field the youngsters will have a corking
good team again.
Fague handled the first base job great
yesterday, knocking down two hits and
sacrificing a couple of times. Cornell
slapped out one of the four hits and took
care of his position nicely.
Jack Dodge made his temperance in
an Ingram uniform yesterday after
long illness and clouted out just half Of
the hits credited to his team, besides
playing a fast game in the field. The op-
Grafton on his leg makes Jack a little
slow, but still Jack is there with the in
side ball stuff.
The Bureau of Chemistry baseball team
failed to place nine men on the field in
the game scheduled on the west diamond
OF the White Lot EIlipse with the Forest
Service in the Interbureau League yester-
day and thereby forfeited the game to the
Forest Service.
This is the second forfeit of the season
made by the Bureau of Chemistry, and
as a result they lose their franchise in
the 1nterbureau League. The Forest
Service has now six victories and two
defeats, putting them in second place,
with the Main Building of the Depart
ment of Agriculture in first position and
the, Solicitors Office a close third.
There is only a difference of one game
between the leaders and the Forest
Service, and the same difference between
the Forest Service and the Solicitors
teams.
The race for the pennant has been very
keen, and it is hard to tell whether one
of the first three teams or even the
Bureau of Animal Industry team will
come out ahead. The latter team has
shown remarkable strength in the last
two games