Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09
DISTRICT LEAGUE BOOKED
TO COMPLETE ROSTER TODAY
New Club Will Be Organized to Fill Vacancy
Peck Drops Out Of Sunday School
League.

The officials Of the District League will
meet this morning to complete the for
nation of the circuit for the coming sea-
son. Other matters pertaining to the
opening Of the season and the playing
schedule will also be discussed.
The committee appointed to look after
the enrolment of another nine to COM
plete a six-club league has SO far been
unable to find any aggregation strong
enough to take the franchise that was
not affiliated with some other league.
This is the situation which the commit
tee has been up against for some time,
and It was decided recently that Mr..
O'Connor and Mr.. Luitich together would
recruit a team themselves and give 1t a
name, and thus be assured Of having a
nine we'll able to take care Of itself dur
ing the season. Another reason why the
matter is to he remedied in this manner
is that Mr.. O'Connor has under his SUI
pervision a complete set of uniforms with
the letters c. A. G. on them. The uni
forms are old Columbia Athletic Club
suits, and It Is more than likely that the
the letters on the shirts will not have to
be altered. It was thought for some time
that the Columbia Athletic Club name
would be retained, but as this Is deemed
fused with tho Columbia Q0D team,
which is a charter member Of the league.
It Is more than likely that some name
will be adopted at this mornings meet
ing Whether it will be the Congress
SIGNALS. as reported, or something else
remains to be seen.
It Is not known whether the league
will discuss the question OF whether or
There has been some talk to the effect
that 1t will not. and there have been just
as firm statements that It will. 1t Is a
significant fact, though, that the league
has never had any representative at any
OF tho meetings Of the commission, and
has. so far, not even considered that
body as being in existence. All the
rules embodied in its constitution have
been formulated and passed without so
much as consideration Of whether they
confiicted with the commissions DEGREES
or not.
Two of the managers Of the teams now
composing the league are in favor OF
coming under tho commission, While 1t As
certain the others are not. The man VINO
has put In the most strenuous objections
to playing outlaw ball is Mr.. Love, who
Is in charge Of the Columbia lOl team,
he having intimated that his team would
drop out Of the league unless It decided
to play within the Jurisdiction of the
amateur body. Whether he would make
good in case the officials do decide to play
outlaw ball Is a question, but he SAID
that 1t was not his idea OF right for a
team composed OF union men 10 DUCK
against organization.
To come to tho fine point OF the matter,
the league officials themselves probably
do not know what they will do In regard
to the matter, but 1t is more than likely
stands Sooner than have 1t disrupted
those who object to having it come under
the commission would probably give in,
unless. of course. they were sure that
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the place Of the one to drop out.
The game scheduled yesterday between
the Catholic University and the William
during the afternoon by the management
Of the local nine. The grounds We're in
such poor condition that it was impossible
to play, the mud in the outfield being at
least ankle deep and the infeld very lit.
tie. If any. better. The poor condition Of
the field being mainly due to the fact that
a great deal Of dirt has been dumped and
spread on it during the last week to get
it into better condition, but the rain which
fell caused it to be a veritable sea of
mud, which prohibited any kind of base
ball.
The William and Mary team was pres
emit and ready to play. and hooked like a
pretty good bunch Of ball players. although
younger than the local aggregation.
The next team which is to be met by
the BrOoklanders is Fordham. next Tues
day. The New Workers always have a
mighty good ball club, and the Catholic
University aggregation is bemoaning the
fact that 1t has not been able to get
in the desired amount of practice against
the smaller college teams which have
been scheduled during the last ten days
but have not been play ed owing to the
inclelnent weather.
St Martin in the independence League
is to have another good club this year.
I~Iv IL <,,o ~
the team again. is going after the same
players he had last season, and is aim
ing to strengthen the weak positions
with good men. Marsden and Wddmayer,
both Of whom are playing good ball tor
Catholic University at present, will hold
down short and third respectively for
the churchmen. Another addition to the
team will be Baldwin, who will play
first base Baldwin IS a st. Johns Col
lege. Annapolis, man, and while at that
third. While he will be played out of
his position with the ST. Martins team,
he should be able to give good account
Of himself. both in the field and at the
bat.
If the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion starts the Departmental League sea-
son with the lineup whichthey are adver-
tised, there Is not a doubt that 1t will be
in the running for the pennapt till Its
end. The combination looks better than
any other club can boast of at present.
Besides being fast fielding and heavy
hitting organization, some good pitchers
are being signed to see to it that the
other teams do not hit as well. Sam
Edmonston.- if he twirls for the team,
should be able to como near winning the
pennant himself, as he is mighty good
man when going right. In fact there are
great many who claim that he could
hold down a big league berth If he
would get up little more energy.
Hoffecker is a Belair boy and was
brought down to the state college by
Grason. this years coach, who played
against him in a semi-professiOOal game
down on the Eastern Shore last summer.
From the first it has been claimed that
he would be a star in college ranks this
season and the mainstay Of the Farm
ers in the box From the way he made
those sailors fan the air in the game
Wednesday there is little doubt that he
will make good the prediction.
In this connection 1t might be mentioned
that the Aggies have about the best team
in years this spring. 1t is we'll fortified
in every department, having two other
pitchers above the average besides Hor-
fecker. The outfield and infield are each
strong. being composed OF men who can
both hit and field the ball WELL The
nine should come near capturing the in
tercollegiate championship of. the state
this season.
The Ninth Street Sunday School team
will come near capturing the pennant in
that league again this season, it having
almost the same aggregation representing