The Washington herald., 1911-03-01
MANAGERS AT ODDS OVER
CAPITAL CITY BALL PARK
No Agreement Reached After Stormy Session of Cap
ital City League-Fence Causes Controversy.
Gathering of Bankers To-day-Am-
ateur Commission Meets
Tonight
Tonight.

baseball commission yesterday to the
president of the commission, and the ap-
plication will be acted upon at to-night's
meeting of that body.
David w. Bell manager of the Pet
worth baseball team, has called a meet
ing of the team at his residence, 1903
Ninth street, Petworth, Tuesday evening
/ next, for the purpose of reorganization.
| Capt. Babe" Torney expects the Pet
worth club of this spring to be the best
ever turned out from that suburb, and
predicts that it will give an excellent ac-
/ count of itself in the sand lot battles.
| Ferguson Fague, last season with Bright
wood, and one of the most promising
first baseman in the Suburban League.
will be in the Petworth lineup when the
gong sounds for play.
| River View will be run under new man
I agement this summer. and its representa-
| tive, ]. F. McKeen, is in town hunting
up the various managers and trying to
arrange dates for amateur games to be
pulled on at that place this summer prin-
cipally on Saturday afternoons His plan
| is to have certain dates shifted from the
local sand lots to River View the COM
pany paying the fare of the players on
the Two teams and any other expenses
me steamer st. Johns will be engaged
10 make regular trips to River View this
summer. and a handsome baseball diamond
VIII be leveled of for the use of Wash
lngton amateurs Mr. McKeen has n
clear IDEA of what he wants, and it is
hCped MS plans will be received favora bly,
when they are presented at the meeting
OF the amateur commission.
In recent article James E. Sullivan
points out a few evils in connection With
| athletics in this country, and part of il
hits the nail on the head as far as the
local amateur situation is concerned, Mr.
Sullivan says:
Athletic sport when conducted on
sane and safe lines, with high standards.
VIII oenett any group that takes part In
It. But II we are to allow and encourage
the boys to deceive the officials of games
and others, then we are not attaining the
benefits we claim for our youth in par
lclpation in athletics. Instead of max
ing them honest, straightforward citizens
we are developing them along untruthful.
deceitful lines
This is rather strong language, but I
nave always contended that the Quarrel
has not been between the professionals
or over the professional but over the
Ene that divides the amateur and the
professional in competition. One who
VIII go out night after night under an
assumed name and play basketball or
some other sport for s. or S, or will play
baseball in the summer for money under
an assumed name and then go back to
his school or club and play under his
right name, and thus rob, by dIsdualifica-
ton, his team mates of glory and the
medals they might otherwise receive, is
the type of boy that is going to make
one Of our worst citizens.
b Something more than rules or regliIa-
TONS Is necessary to guide the schooIboy
in the path of uprightness in his sports.
What is needed is notwithstanding that
will cause him to regard his conduct in
the athletic arena as quite as much
part OF his character as all his daily &C
tons are and that trickery and subter-
fuge do not constitute good sportsman
Ship If boy is ineligible, is a profess |
sional, he should get up and admit it like |
a man and not so out with a team and |
have it disqualified afterward on account |
of his ineligibility, depriYing his team |
mates Of their medals and the club of a |
trophy that might have adorned its walls |
with credit
'lf the boys were brought up along the |
right lines of honest sport there would |
be no trouble. 1t is no disgrace to be |
professional But the boys should be |
taught that they cannot play for money /
one day and as amateurs the next day.
They must choose which course they will !
pursue and live up to it,