Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-20

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the end of the present base ball season
in.the amateur leagues Capital City and
District leagues will combine While
nothing definite has been done toward the
accomplishment of that end it is more
than probable that such will be found to
be the case before the amateur playing
season comes to a close.
While there has ben nothing given out
regarding the matter. it is a we'll known
fact that the players with a four-club
circuit, as is now being done in the Cap
ital City League, Is not at all a satisfac-
tory arrangement, and IL it could be done
conveniently the managers of the clubs
now composing the circuit would be glad
to get two more good teams to come into
the organization. The fact was proved
when the American Security and Trust
Company was about to withdraw from
the Bankers League. and that nine was
rendered an invitation to enter the league
in company with the Seaman Gunners
and thus make up a six-club circuit.
In the District League everything is
not SO rosy. There are but two clubs In
the circuit which will figure prominently
in the race for the pennant, and 1T is
likely that one of the clubs will drop out.
IL Is sort of an independent affair
and the players are taking little interest
forfeited and there is rule in the league
constitution which provides that when
team has forfeited three times it must
give up it's franchise.
There is no doubt that the league
would be glad to strengthen its circuit
by getting in better clubs, but it is hard
to see where the better clubs are coming
from. as there seem to be none in the
city which can be obtained
That merger of the two leagues would
solve the difficulties of both goes with
out saying. The Commissioners and the
Aioyslus clubs would make par
which would play just as good bail as is
being played in the Capital City League
at present, and ii would undoubtedly
make one of the strongest amateur cir
cults in the country.
The walford club is booked to meet
the Andrews team today in game
contest the honor of holding down the
second place in the standing, for awhile
at any rate. Each club has Won three
and lost two and each has strengthened
for today's game. Manager Gassaway
of the Waltord club has gotten to-ether
the best nine which has represented his
club this year to put against the paper
men today, and there IS every Likelihood
of his getting the game.
Sewage Pumping Station players are
claiming that If Manager Mohler had
not taken Martin out of the game when
lOOheC a lttle MIN
day. when that nine played its first los
ing game i'll the Capital CITY League
against the Cornell Company. the Pump
ers would have won. While it is mighty
hard to figure such things, in fact, II Is
impossible to do so, the jumpers adj
herents are loud in their claims that had
the lanky twirler been allowed to remain
in the box he would have won his game.
The college games scheduled for today
are as follows: Georgetown plays the |
Navy In Annapolis. Catholic University |
is to meet Rock Hill at Brookland the |
Maryland Aggies are booked to hook up
with the Western Maryland College team !
at Westminster. Md, while Gallaudet will |
try conclusions with the Washington |
College squad at Chestertown, Md.
There were no games scheduled in five
OF the amateur leagues yesterday. The
contests on the White Lot had to be can
celed because Of the high school drill |
while open dates We're the order In the
Suburban and District leagues. Those
circuits which had to call OFF their games
yesterday on account of the high school
drill were the Departmental, Southern
Railway and Bankers.
Just how much good has been done by
the regeneration of the Bankers League
remains to be seen. Whether the laxity
of the new rules governing the eligibil-
itv of players in the circuit will permit
the other teams to strengthen enough to
enable them to compete successfully with
the American Security and Trust Com
pany Is the question which will have to
be decided. II is certain that the league
cannot exist with the trust company nine
winning from the other teams by the one
sided scores which Ii did at the start of
the season. and If Ii begins to repeat
with the same kind of games there is
every likelihood of the league again being
In a turmoil While there were few teams
which admitted 1t, IL nevertheless Is a
fact that the main reason for all the dis
sension that was raised was due to the
fact that the American Security and
Trust Company was making runaway of
the race by scores which looked more like
foot ball than base ball
Only one reason can be assigned to the
many forfeitures that are going on daily
I'm the amateur leagues-there are too
many leagues. The promoters of anna
teur ball, in their anxiety to do we'll,
have been overZealous In their efforts
and there is not doubt In the world
that as long as there are as many diff
ferent circuits in the city as there are
at present the only result will be the
continuing Of teams not putting in ap-
pearance for scheduled games. There are
not enough players IN the city to form
the teams, and there are scores of men
who are enrolled in two leagues: in fact
almost every man who is any good at all
fe signed up in two circuits. The state
Of affairs which this brings about is sim
ply that when conflicting dates appear on
the schedule Just which ever team does