The Washington herald., 1911-08-22
POSt-OHIce TO Protest
Saturdays Game
According to Rule 81 "Tin1e" Should Have Beer
CaHed-Petworth Will Enter Independence
League-Ninth Challenges Series Winner.

The writer learned from Bradley, the
left fielder of the Post-office team, that
the Mailmen would protest the game
lost to Cornell Saturday. when the ball
was touched by a spectator, to Presi-
dent Bob Young. of the amateur COM
mission, some time to-day.
The protest will be on the grounds
that Umpire Belts should have called
time instead of blocking the ball.
The rule in question is as follows:
Rule 81, Section 3-If the person not
engaged in the game should retain pos
session of a blocked ball, or throw or
kick it beyond the reach of the fieIders,
the umpire shall call time and require
each baserunner to stop at the base last
touched by him until the ball be re-
turned to the pitcher, in his position,
and the umpire shall have called play.
According to the rule and the play,
as the wr!ler saw it, the Post office ag
gregation has an excellent chance to
have the game played over, for the
tying run had scored before the small
boy picked up the ball.
Should the board of arbitration declare
the game void and rider it played over,
the Tigers will be one game away from
the championship, and will have to work
Secretary Jones, Of the Suburban
League, who is also the leader of the
Petworth team, stated to the writer yes
terday that the Petworth aggregation
would not be in the Suburban League,
should there be one, which there is a
great deal of doubt, and that the Baby
Dolls would enter the Independence
League next season. This knocks the
Suburban League in the head, for the
Petworth team has practically supported
The league the past two seasons.
According to a well-Iefined rumor,
Chick Davis, the crack third baseman
of the Sewage Pumping Station team, of
the Capital City League, will shortly
leave for Charleston, of the South At
lantic League. Collinsworth, of the same
team, stated to the writer that transpor-
tation was awaiting Davis at Union Sta
ton, and that he would leave in a day
or so for the Southern town.
Chick" is about the best fielding third
sacker in the District and should he
travel to the Sally circuit he will carry
the we'll wishes of many amateur fans
of the District
Manager c. C. Love, of the Ninth
Street Christian Church team of the Sun
day School League, is out with def to
the winner of the championship of the
District to play a series of games for
that title or if the champs do not want
to play for the title, Manager Love will
place his team on the field for the glory
Of the games alone. .-z.-.-e
Vt is an assured fact that had the Ninth
team stayed in the Sunday School
League, it would have won the pennant
and on that ground Manager Love be-
lteves he has a certain claim to play the
winners of the District title
Manager Love also desires to play the
Sherwood aggregation, who won the
championship of the Sunday School
League. Should the Sherwoodites agree
to play the Christians, a battle royal
would be the result.
Now. it is up to the team that wins
the title in the post-season games to
play the Christians for the good of the
game alone. Manager Love stands ready
to put his team on the field at any time
or place the champions may name, who
tver they may be.
Jack Spauiding, the crack shortstop OF
TIE Southland and Hamline teams, is at
present putting DIP a fair game for the
Lynchburg club of the Virgainia League
Jack Joined the team the latter part of
last week. He is taking Harry Zanellis
place at short, as Harry is out of the
game with a case of ptomaine poison.