The Washington herald., 1911-07-12
Backbone of Sunday
School League Broken
Ninth WithdraVs and Ingram Team Refuses to
Play Without Change of Umpires-North
Carolina Doubtful
By C, w. SWAN.

There was sure some hot time at the
meeting of the Sunday School League
last night at Ingram Church.
Manager Charles c. Love, of Ninth,
preferred charges against Umpire Hughes,
but Manager w. R. Love, of Sherwood,
made a motion that the charges be re-
ferred to a committee, and the commit
tee would report next Friday. This did
not meet with the approval of several
of the board, and a vote was taken
which resulted in a deadlock, with In
gram, Hamline, and Sherwood voting IN
favor of the motion, and Ninth, North
Carolina, and Anacostia voting against
il. President De Grange cast the decid-
ing vote, and the motion was carried.
The reason for the objection of Manager
Love, of Ninth, was that he did not want
Hughes to umpire the game to-day be-
tween Ninth and Sherwood.
Manager C. c. Love then withdrew his
team from the Sunday School League.
AT the junction of the meeting, the In
gram team, headed by Capt. Cassidy
walked into the meeting and stated that
they would not play again with Shorty
Hughes handling the indicator. While
Manager Adams was not present himself,
the entire team was there, and that just
about kills the Sunday Scnool League, as.
without Ninth and Ingram, the circuit
would lose money. These two teams prac-
ticalIy support the league.
North Carolina was very doubtful last
night as to whether or not they would
continue in the circuit. When asked
about the matter the manager would
make no statement other than he did not
like the looks of things.
TafI 70 at rid Of
Hughes, the circuit is bound to die
With Ingham and Ninth out of it. Ham,
line would win in walk, as there is
really no other team in the league that
can cope with the Hamline aggregation.
True, Sherwood is there, but they are
minus the one and only star. Reds"
Porter, and without him the Sherwood
tribe is like a ship without a rudder.
This breaks the backbone of the
league and the sooner the officials wake
up and get busy the better for the
league in general There has been too
much kicking against Hughes of late,
and there is only one remedy-change
umpires! There is more than one
league in the District that would jump
at the chance to land Shorty" and
that would be the best for all con-
cerned.
Umpire Erwin will not oficiate at
the game between Commerce and La
bor and Post-ofice to-day in the De-
partmental League. AS there is so
much feeling between these teams, and
as Erwin IS employed in the Depart
ment Of Commerce and Labor, Billy
Betts, the most popular of all diamond
officials of the District, has been Sc
cured to run the big game on the anna
teur schedule to-day.
At the meeting of the Commercial
League last night the game which An
drews lost to the P. z. P. Co. was de-
clared forfeited to Andrews, as the Poto-
macs played Morris before he had Sc
cured his release from Andrews Manager
Myers, Of She Willard, resigned as treas
urer of the circuit.
The meeting developed a peculiar thing.
It was the first meeting Of the CONNER
cial League that charges of one kind or
another were not brought against Mana
ger Gassaway, of the D. n. walford
team.
In recognition Of the clever work OF
Lefty Cleveland, the crack indicator
handler received a neat little increase IN
salary. Too much cannot be said Of the
great work of Lefty this season, as
to date there have been very few kicks
on his decisions.
The following dispatch was received
from Norfolk regarding the injury to
Elec GIL. the former Tech High and
Washington Herald star inhelder.
y Elec GilTs arm was fractured between
the elbow and shoulder. Surgeon at
tending declares il is a crack Of slight
nature, not likely to end in permanent
disability, but will probably require three
weeks to get all right. Fortunately, also,
it is the left arm and will not injure his
throwing ability.
Post-ofice will make one awful attempt
to capture to-day's game from Commerce
and LabOr!Sin the Departmental League
Manager Anderson has signed uS Buck"
Becker the crack twirler of the Navy
Yard and HamIine teams, and will pitch
him to-day against the Laborites. Whit
ney will oppose him on the rubber Kraft
will catch Buck" while Mcdonald will
be behind the bat for the Laborites.
Amateur Editor The Washington Herald:
Through an error OF the league officials
In not notifying the newspapers of a
change In schedule and standing of the
teams as carried at the meeting Of June
JIG, 1911, the Sewage Pumping Station
team has been done an injustice and the
public misled by the papers publishing
the standing of the teams with the Navy
Yard in second place. The Navy Yard
team is not at present, and no time this
year been, entitled to second place, as
decided at g meeting Of the league held
July 10, 1911. The standing OF the first
three teams to July 10, inclusive, is Cor
nell Company first, with 15 games won
and lost; Sewage Pumping Station sec
ond, with Is games won and s lost and
Navy Yard third, with Il won and slost.
The above statement will be verified by
President James o'shea and Vice Presi-
dent r. Blosser, officers Of the Capital
City League. n n MoH1Ep
Manager Sewage Pumping Station BASEBALL Team.
ShamrOclZs Forfeit.
The shamrocks forfeited to the fast