Evening star., 1911-06-10

A new base ball league for government
employes-the league Of bureaus OF th'
Department Of Commerce and Labor
promising much ultimatelI for base ball II
all the departments, has been formed b!
representatives Of some Of the bureaus o.
that department.
There Is much interest already In th'
movement not only by the clerks In th'
bureaus, but also by the bureau heads
and 1t is probable that some good bast
ball talent will be discovered, while ths
increased opportunity for sixty-odd play
ers Will be beneficial both to themselves
and to the sport in general.
AS now constituted, the league consist:
of six teams representing the following
bureaus and offices: Corporations, Stand
ards Census, Census Annex, Immigration
and Naturalization. These teams have
been organized since the beginning OF
this base ball season
Other teams in the Department OF Com
merce and Labor may be formed, and
provision will doubtless be made for
their admission to the interbureau league,
certainly in time for next seasons play
ing. Moreover. 1t is not unlikely, and
it is part cf the plan. that similar bu-
reau leagues shall be organized in the
other executive departments-the Depart
ment of Agriculture already has small
bureau league-and that the time will
come In year or so when all-star bu-
reau teams representing different depart
ments will compete with one another In q
short series of games to close the season.
The games between different bureau
teams of the Department Of Commerce
and Labo will be played on the grounds
between the Monument and the White
House There are about dozen dia-
monds there, and every day some of the
diamonds have been unused.
01A IN fhn of
hidden base ball talent now lying dor
Inant in the departments, there is an
other object in view in starting base ball
campaigns in the Department of Com
merce and Labor, and that Is to fur
ther the good fellowship and interest al
ready existing in the various ofhces and
bureaus.
Secretary Nagel, like President Taft. is
a base bali enthusiast The Secretary
often walks down to the departmental
games on the White Lot. He is very
approachable anyway. All his clerks IKE
him, and his geniality and refusal to
regulations in the department have done
more than possibly he realizes to create
among his men the proper esprit de corps.
The forward movement In the forma-
tion of bureau leagues will have great
part in promoting the health and eff
cheney of the employees. Certainly. the
team work and friendly rivalry Tor su-
periority In base ball will not interfere
will tend to develop executive and ad-
ministrative ability. which Uncle Sam Is
looking for, as well as everybody else.
If no more good came out of the new
movement than keeping certain per
eentage of bright men out OF that dead
ening rut so easy for government en-
ployes to slip into. it is we'll worth
while.
1t is proposed to distribute shortly,
throughout the government offices in
Washington. attractive folders contain
ing the schedule of games to be played
and also perhaps an exhortation to come
out and get into the game.
All games will be played on the bureau
of standards diamond. The schedule of
games that has been arranged Is as fol-
lows:
June Ia-Census Annex vs. Census
June Decentralization Immigration.
June 14-Corporations Standards.
June Decentralization VS.. Census Annex.
June 16-Standards vs. immigration
June 1e-Census Corporations.
June ao-Immigration vs.. Census Annex.
June naturalization VS.. Standards.
June 23-Corporations vs; Immigration.
June 28-Standarls vs.. Census.
June 21-Cenxus Annex vs. Corporations.
June 2s-Census W.. Naturalization.
june june n'es VS. eorporssions
July 3-Immigration vs. Census.
July standards vs. Corporations
July Census Census Annex.
July 1o-Imnigration Naturalization.
July 12-Immigration vs. Standards.
July 1s-census Annex vs.. Naturalization.
July 14-tOpen.
July 17-Census Annex Immigration.
July ls-Standards vs. Naturalization
July 13-Immigration VS.. Corporations.
July 20-Census Standards.
July 21-t0pent.
July 24-Corpora tions vs. Census Annex
July Standardization Census.
July 26-Census Annex Standards.
July 21-Census VS.. Immigration.
July 2s-CorPnrations Naturalization.
Jack Sherman has resigned as UNI
pire in the District League. He will be
work Monday. No special reason was
given for the action. Nenable, who Is
to take Sherman's place as holder of
the indicator in the new league, has
and should be able to do good work in
the position.
That games are becoming warmly
contested in the Departmental League
is plainly shown bv the fact that yes
terday members of the Interstate and
Commerce apd Labor teams mixed II
in what came near being free-for-aIl.
The Commissioners are beginning to
hit their true stride IN the District
League now and the winning gait which
they have struck Is only the form that
should have been shown weeks ago.
Chism, pitching for the Andrews team
Yesterday in the Commercial League,
caused a surprise to be sprung in that
the paper men took a walloping out OF
the hotel team.
Many are wondering why 1t is that
Boteler, the Central High twirler, is
showing such excellent form in the
games in which he is pitching these
days and that he failed to do as we'll in
the high school series. when he was UP
against poorer teams. The reason is
simply this, that Boteler failed to get
himself in the proper condition before the
beginning OF the series. He made the
mistake OF letting Armstrong and Nc
Cathran do the best part OF the prelimi-
nary work. and saved himself for the
high school games or. rather, he thought
he was saving himself when. in fact he
was losing valuable time, which ought
TO have been spent getting himself into
good condition. Had the Blue and White
twirler pitched six or seven games before
the initial game in the scholastic series
there Is little doubt that he would have
been the same invincibie mound artist
that he was the year before.
When the meeting of the amateur
commission Is held tonight there are apt
TO be made charges and counter charges
but IL Is doubtful IL any Of them will bs
proved. While the men are morally cer.
tain that cases OF the kind that have beer
mentioned during the last few days arr
being put through every week. II will b.
another matter for them to prove theil
assertions. Probably the majority Of tn,
people connected with amateur bail fee