Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-06-19
NEW SCHEDULE ADOPTED IN
CAPITAL CITY ORGANIZATION
List of Names to Meet Needs of New Cir
cult Drafted Amateur Players
May Be Suspended.

later and until after the committee has
had more time to look into the situation
! more thoroughly.
| 1t would not be at all surprising.
| though. to find that the committee to-
| night will recommend that one or two
! of the players involved be suspended.
| pending further action. In fact. 1t IS
reported on good authority that If the
| evidence which it is expected Will be
| brought to bear on the case is fort. mn
| ing some action of that kind wi ore
/ than likely be taken.
| 1t is certain that whatever can be done
| to sift the matter will be DONE as no bet
| ter choice could have been made of men
/ to compose such a committee than the
| four selected by Mr.. Young of the anna
| teur commission. Mr.. Copp, Col. De
| Grange, Capt Edwards and Mr.. Beach
are all men who have at heart the best
| interests of amateur ball and are the
very men who were instrumental in hav-
ing the rule passed this spring excluding
professionals from the amateur ranks
after June /. There is hardly any question
that as long as doubt exists as to
whether the charges brought by Wilkin-
son are true or not they will not let them
drop.
4 take too much time away from the class
room and the students are thus kept
from making the necessary progress in
/ their scholastic work is diSproved in
/
| been accomplished by the members of the
Western High School base ball team this
spring. In the squad OF thirteen six
graduated, and out of the six three have
been certified for college and the other
three have won competitive scholarships
to big colleges
| The men who are to go to the big
schools free of charge as result of the
excellence of their work in the class
room are as follows: Gray, who played
L loft fol .l,a taatr hog WON col ~
! arship to the University of Chicago.
Fuller, who held down third base, has
accomplished the same in regard to Har-
ward. while Holden. who pitched. has won
| the same privilege for Lafayette.
| Each of the three men who have been
successful in winning scholarships was
prominently mentioned for the all-high
team in every selection that was made
| Johnny Widmayer is hitting a whole
lot better for the Aloysius club than he
did with the Catholic University nine
this spring. In fact, the Brooklanders
| 100 per cent better clip in the District
League than he did in the college games
this spring. Whether Widmayer's in
crease in hitting is due to Improvement
! of the pitching in the mentioned league
is matter for speculation.
While Sullivan of the st. Stephens
cluD, In the marquette League. is iedu-
ing the District batters with the high
est average. it is probable that he is not
as good hitter as some OF the men who
have lower ranks. The twirling In the
Marquette League is far inferior to that
in some of the other circuits, and this
would cause it to seem that Steele and
Widmayer and several of the boys who
are 100 per cent below Sullivan In the
averages are just as good, II not better.
than is Sullivan.
One of the good effects that the addi-
ton of two clubs to the Capital City
League will have is the fact that 1t will
are not overstocked with good pitchers,
and they will thus have more time to
allow their hurlers to rest and work
their best men more often, rather than
have to take a chance with the men on
the mound who are more than lucky
when they are able to get away with
their games.