Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-09
BETTER BASE BALL WILL BE
SEEN IN AMATEUR LEAGUES
Teams Getting Into Condition and Showing
Much Improvement in Play-Bank-
ers' League in Precarious State.

other clubs in the Capital City League
that it will be mighty hard Job to
overtake 1t. The Cornell Company and
Navy Yard each have teams which
when they get going right will give
the Pumping Station a hard time to
hold its lead.
After pitching a cracking good game
against the Walford club in the Com
mercial League Saturday, Hummer
came back yesterday with only a days
rest and let the Andrews nine. the
league leaders, down with but one hit
and struck out seventeen.
The game yesterday in the Railroad
\. NJ. c. A. was called in the first
half Of the fifth inning, making
another no-result contest in that cir
cult.
The Commercial League managers
refused to forfeit the game protested
by the Walford club at the meeting
yesterday. 1t was held that the Wal
ford club also played an ineligible
man. in that the man who did the
pitching for the sporting goods people
was one Of the three men who were
cut on when the list Of PLAYERS sub
mitted to the league was found to con-
tain three too many names.
manager Gassaway stated after the
meeting that he would take the mat
ter before the next meeting OF the
amateur commission.
The whole matter of the lack OF in
terest on the part of the teams in the
the fact that the teams realize that thew
have not chance to win out against
the American Security and Trust Com
pany. The Washington Loan and Trust
company cropped out of the league yes
terday, and the manager of that team
stated that it was his Judgment that the
league would go under. President Young
OF the amateur commission said that he
thought that the solution of the prob
lem would come with the American Sc
curity's leaving the league and Joining
some other circuit, thus giving the other
teams in the league chance to win the
pennant President Young stated that
he was quite sure that interest In the
league would be greatly stimulated among
the other teams when 1t was found that
the Security and Trust Company would
not be a member Of 1t any longer II
was his opinion that the league wouid
| not fall through. and that the demain-
der of the clubs would play the sea
son out.
| When the amateur commission meets
Saturday night 1t Is fairly certain that a
| representative of each Of the four news
papers in the city. together with Presi-
| dent Young of the commission will com
pose the arbitration board 1t was
thought owing to the refusal of one
| or two sporting editors Of the different
! papers TO act that the board would have
| to be made up of some otier BODY of
men, but President Young has about
gained the consent OF representative
| of each OF the papers to serve. and II
| is likely that at the next meeting of
the amateur commission they will be
| formally elected.
1t is probable that Western High will
meet the Georgetown Props this after.
noon in a practice game on Georgetown
Field.
Central and Eastern are booked to meet
, this afternoon In another game in the
high school series About the only con.
!clusion that can he drawn is that the
Blue and White nine will run away with
the Capitol Hill lads. Eastern has so far
failed to show anything like the form
that would cause 1t to be rated In the
same class with Central BoteIer and
| Lyon are the men selected to do the
twirling for the two teams