The Washington herald., 1911-05-07
By G. w. SWAN.

| time, and as the committee on the board
Of arbitration asked for delay of a
! week before making its report, the main
subject Of the meeting was not taken up
Next in importance was that Of allow
ing manager to pick n man from the
opposing team and play instead of for
feiting. The proposed amendment reads
| as follows:
| Resolved: That the constitution be
amended as follows: Insert after section
the following: Provided in the event
| tnat any manager Is unable to have a full
team upon the field In time to play, he
| snail be allowed to play not more than
cne player who is not listed as a men,
her Of the team. provided that such
payer is listed as player of another
! team OF the same league, and further
| that his selection shall be satisfactory to
the manager of the opposing team"
Ihls was strangely approved by Mr.
Beach. OF the District League and Mr.
| Roach, of the Independence League; Mr..
Gray. of the Commercial League, and Mr..
| Robbins, Of the Marquette League II
was opposed by Mr.. Love, Sunday School
Mr.. La Clair, Capital City. and Mr. Page.
| Of the Suburban. The amendment was
not passed because the constitution rules
| that majority of the league presidents
| must vote for an amendment before II
goes into effect. AS majority was not
obtained. the amendment was rejected.
Mr.. Page, of the Suburban League.
stated that three of the members of the
Silver Spring team, who are also playing
In the Bankers League, have been threat
ened with loss of their positions in the
bank IL they do not quit playing ball with
Silver Spring The members of the Silver
Spring team have been playing with said
team for four or five years. Manager
Clark, of the Silver Spring team, was
there to corroborate Mr.. Pages story.
President Young ruled that these threats
at the players on the Silver Spring team
be put In writing and 1t be sent to the
President of the Bankers League for an
swer.
Blanks for registering players may now
be had from Mr.. Thatcher, at Spalding's
store.
Mr. Shurtliff reported that many teams
are violating the rule allowing one team
only twenty players and that one team
has as many as twenty-eight men regis
tered.
Mr. ]. c. Boss and Mr. Beekwith have
filed applications with Secretary Shurtli1
for positions as umpires under the ANA
teur commission. Mr.. Young announced
lndl tne urnpireS IN the QlHerent leagues
were doing good work and that he saw
no need for additional umpires at the
present time.
A letter has been received from Mr.. q.
E. Warwick. OF baltimore, that the
Blackwell Tobacco Company has print
of 1911 baseball guides. and IL the anna
teur commission so rules copy of this
guide will be given to every man play
ing ball under the amateur commission.
Ainta to Ia
port on board of arbitration asked for
a layover of one week to make report on
account of absence of one Of the men,
bers. This was granted.
The committee on the cup for the Dis
trict champions also asked that the re-
port be deferred until next meeting. and
ii was granted by President Young.
The constitution Of the Amateur Com
mission has been sent to New York, and
is expected back from there some time in
the coming week. AS soon as il is re-
ceived notice will be given to the news |
papers. and copies can be had by all
for the asking from Mr.. Thatcher at
Spalding's sporting goods store, or from
MIR. Shurtlif. secretary Amateur Com !
mission. at his residence.
The meeting was called to order at $50 |
by Secretary Shirtliff.
Those present were Mr.. c. Graf, Com !
mercial League: Mr.. Charles Love repre- !
sented Sunday School League; Mr.. Shut !
lift, secretary of Amateur Commission; |
Mr.. Thatcher. treasurer of Amateur !
Commission; Mr.. Young, president of
Amateur Commission: Mr.. Beach, presi- |
dent of District League; Mr.. Roach. |
president of Independence League; Mr.. |
La Clau represented Capital City League:
Mr.. Page. Suburban League: Sergt. Rob-
bins, vice president of Marquette League.
Capt. Edwards
The showing of the Ingram Memorial
team in the Sunday School League to
late has been of the first rank and the
kid Ingrams," as the team is now
known to the northeast fans, BIDS fair
10 equal its record made in independent
ball. AS the Olympia Athletic Club they
won the independent championship three
years in succession with practically the
same team that is wearing the colors of
the Ingram Church. J
In Elmer Smith the Ingram team has
The coming twirler of the District In
he Commercial League last year Pied
mont" started the season with a one-hit
'ictory and closed II with no-hit win
rom the Southeast Branch Y NJ. c. A., /,
of the cracks of the southeast
section of Washington. This season he
defeated the Anacostia tribe in their
opening game, to 0. allowing the boys
rom across the Eastern Branch one
'ingle The next day he pitched for
National Union in the Independence
league and defeated the strong ST. Mar
ms Club. This feat of pitching and
two games In as many days
tamps him to be an Iron man" as
veil as a first-class twirler. Boots"
Walters showed his class as box artist :
" trimming the North Carolina team
yesterday. to 8. and tanning ten men
n the first four innings.
The class Of amateur ball played so far
n the different leagues has been far
bove the article played last year. In
he Olympia. and Departmental leagues
specially have the men shown more in
crest and put up better games.
There is only one fault to find with the
ray in which the leagues are conducted
nd that cannot be helped. The games
tould be started not later than $40, and
hen a five-inning contest could be played
very day and no postponed games would
e caused by. the failure to play the nee
ssary five innings.
While every manager does not like to
ut a weak team on the field when he can II
raft little while and put a strong nine
n, lot OF games would be played IL
he managers would play men that get III
n work in time to start the games at III
30. and then put the late comers in the
anne when they. put in an Appearance.
his would do away with the necessity Al
Z waiting for the players ana would pre-
ent postponing q regular game This tI