The Washington herald., 1911-02-19
Best Amateurs Will Try Their Luck in Fast Company
AMATEUR BALL TOSSERS
WOULD MAKE AN ARMY
More Than Fifteen Hundred Players Worshiped
Little God of Ball and Bat Last Year-Local
Boys Who Play in Fast Company.

| trial Many of the coilege athletes of the
day are making their way through college
| simply on the strength of their play
/ ing ability
Taken all in all. it is pretty fair bunch
OF players who win. represent Washington
| in fast society, and while some of them
/ may find the going mighty hard, all are
determined to bend every effort to make
| good The prize for success is one well
| worth striving for and while mechanical
/ ability will always be considered the one
greatest asset. brains and courage are
/ factors which will be of help to some in
| landing the prize. A discerning manager
VIII not overlook the two latter, even if
his eye is only fixed on the former. The
best wishes Of local fandom 60 with every
candidate for professional honors. and the
hope of the sfooters lis that some, il not
all. may eventually secure niche in the
baseball hall of fame si.
Excuse our ,Inodesty in printing the fol-
lowing letter which we received last week:
February Is rslI.
The Sporting Editor Of The Washington Herald:
Dear sr:-I trust you will pardon for taking
| up your time for q few minutes. The fact is I
cannot resist the temptation to write and
gratnla7e you on the stand you have taken relative
| to the amateur baseball situation in this CITY
1t is, indeed. pleasure to find at least one
| Paper IN Washington which is not afraid to give
the space which the fans want and which the
] games from news value alone. deserve.
The Washington Herald, bI its devotion to ana
teT sport, has made many hiends and is rapidly
becoming the Official mouthpiece Of all the Wash
ington amateur organizations Very truly yours
WILLIAM S. HICKS.
At meeting last week the Sewage
Pumping Station baseball team was or
ganized for the coming season on the
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interests of the nine will be held next
Tuesday at the pumping station, Second
and T streets northeast, to which all can
didates for the nine are invited to at
tend. Although it was hastily organized
the club made fine showing last year
and with Manager. Mohler again at the
the helm the Capital City Leaguers ex-
pect to be coHtendeFs for the CapitaI
City League pennant.
zed H Copp, president of the Olympia
League. asks us to again publish his re-
quest that any teams desiring to enter the
Olympia League; call at his Office, 615
Fourteenth street northwest, or send their
application in by mail
1t was definitely learned last night that
the Marquette League has, leased the
grounds at Wisconsin avenue and Thirty
fifth street northwest for the coming sea-
son, and the Olympia League will have
to obtain another ball field. st. Stephens,
last years member of the Olympia
League. will be member of the Mar
Quette organization. Their place will
probably be filled by the Fargo team.
Thursday evening at 7:3o o'clock the
Olympia League will hold a meeting at
615 Fourteenth street. when the vacancy
caused by the withdrawal of the St. |
Stephens club will be filled and the mat |
ter of afiliation with the amateur COM
mission will be taken up.
Robert II. Young, president of the
amateur commission. will call meeting |
for Saturday night. provided he finds |
that all of the leagues can be repre- |
sented that evening. In reply to his |
letter to the league presidents, Mr.. |
Young has received letters from the De- |
partmental and Marquette, and verbal /!
word from many of the others. On Fri |
day OF this week, the Marquette League |
will meet at the armory al
ct am very glad to learn that Mr.. /
Cornell may reconsider his determination |
to drop. out of amateur baseball said /
r. H. Young last evening, in conversa-
ton with the writer There are too few /
men like Mr.. Cornell in amateur baseball |
for him to withdraw without doing the /
game an unintentionA injury
Undoubtedly there will be little kicking |
this year over the selection of the three
men to fill the vacancies on the board 1
of arbitration. President Young says he /
sees no reason why these men should be
elected hastily and that he wants every /
one to be present when the matter is
taken up. At any rate, the board can
be of no service until actual play begins,
which will probably pc the first Monday
in May.
We have been wondering what was the
matter with the Suburban League, GEM
orally the boys from the. suburbs are the
first to get together on the baseball ques-
ton. But now comes the welcome news
that the league will have a meeting. at
the residence OF Secretary-TreasurerR Rob-
ert S. Jones, .ssS yarnum street northwest,
Monday evening. Brightwood, NSilver
Spring, woedburn, and Petwerth viii
again be members of the league. Park
ant has not signifed as yet what it viii
do with its franchise. Should either of
the last-named clubs fail to place a nine
in the field. the places will be; filled from
the applications already in the hands of
the secretary. 1t is understood Manhat-
tan and National Union. of the Independ-
snce beague. are trying to obtain a, fran
chise, and unless the Independence
League gets under way soon they may 4
be allowed to enter the suburban organ
zation.
Considerable speculation is rife as to
whether there will be any Independence