Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-16
AMATEUR LEAGUES WILL END
SEASON IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS
Circuits Will Complete Schedules Shortly
Amateur Commission Reinstates Brewer,
Who Had Trial With Local GLIB.

Within the next two weeks the anna
teur base ball season in the majority or
the leagues will come to close Inc
schedules of several of the circuits ter
inmate within the next week. but post
poned games will have to be played ana
the season will thus be drawn out to
about August l in those leagues
In four of the leagues the season is not
scheduled to close until after the first of
next month. and it is doubtful II they
will get through with all their postponed
games in time for the post-season series
and may thus cause that set of games to
he postponed because winner has not
been decided In those circuits.
At the meeting of the amateur COM
mission last night there was little or I'M
portance done. The first matter Wmch
was taken ur was that regarding the
post-season and intercity series. 1T was
found that this committee had not had
time TO complete its work and, therefore,
could make no report.
The contest between the ST Marth,
and 81. Paul clubs last Tuesday In the
independence League, which was de-
cIared no game by the president OF that
circuit, was last night declared for1eited
to the st. Paul club because of the fact
that there is rule in the constitution
which provides that any team which
plays an ineligible man must forfeit the
contest.
The Ninth Street players, who have been
released by that club leaving the Sunday
School League. were given permission
TO sign with any team they choose. In
this connection it might be mentioned
that the withdrawal of the Ninth street
team was ratified and accepted.
Brewer. the Walford Commercial
League catcher. who has been given
trial by the Washington club. applied
for reinstatement and his application
vas favorably received. The vote was
close, though. 1t standing at four to -FOUR.
and President Young cast the deciding
ballot himself. Brewer claimed that ne
had onl.- received compensation for his
expenses and railroad fare while with the
local American League ball club, ana
there was nothing else TO do but rem
state him. as the commission set prece-
dent in such cases by taking Greer back
into the fold
1t is probable that one team in the
amateur leagues will be greatly strength
ened by the withdrawal of the Ninth
Street team from the Sunday School
League 1t is an old saying that lit is
an i'll wind that blows nobody good
and the adage seems to cover the case
in the Sunday School League. Manager
Love of the Ninth team, which has with
drawn, has told Manager Gassoway OF
the Walford club. in the Commercial
League, that he will be glad 10 turn over
several of his players to him II he de-
sires them. so that his team will be
strengthened for it's fight for the cham
pionship of the Commercial League. AS
there are several of the men on the
Ninth Street team who are classed
among the best in the city. there is no
doubt that the Walford club could be
materially strengthened by the addition
of two or three of them. and to judge
by what was passed yesterday between
the two managers it is highly probable
that the offer of the former Sunday
School League manager will be accepted
There is another consideration, though,
which will do great deal to determine
whether or not the Walford club will
henceforth be made up in the main or
Ninth Street Church players. and that is
the justice of releasing the men who
have placed the Walford team in po-
10 win the pennant. The men who have
worked to place the team in that posi-
ton certainly deserve a whole lot OF con-
sideration from the Walford manager
There is every probability that the
premier batting honors in the Depart
mental League this year will go to one
of the four men whose names follow:
Moran, Van Buskirk, Bradley or Barn
hardt At present Van Buskirk Is In
the lead with what appears to be a
comfortable margin. but the others are
hitting the ball in manner that
would cause one to believe that When
the final count is made there will not
centages of the four men. Had 1T not
been for the fact that Bradley started
the season by accomplishing some OF
the poorest hitting of his career he
would probably be on even terms with
Van Buskirk as lately he has been
clouting the ball consistently. Moran
and Barnhardt are both hitting well
now also. and both started the season
below their usual standard and have
had to make up a great deal of ground
1t is doubtful if there has ever been
an amateur commission which has &C
complished its business with the dis
patch and celebrity that have character
ICED the work of the present body.
who compose the commission have
tried to do things they saw them.
and have, Furthermore. made every eff
fort to accomplish the things which
have fallen to their lot to do in a
manner that was typical of the best
organized business associations, with
dispatch and accuracy.
Mr.. Young. the president of the com
mission, is deserving of a whole lot Of
CONNIE ndati for the impartial and
fearless methods he has used in set
thing controversies and in dealing out
punishment to offenders. His quick
ness to punish the man who tried to
persuade the members of the Ingram
team from playing in the Sunday
School League shows that he means to
uphold the organization to the very
extent of his power. on which the
whole future of amateur base ball in
the city depends.
There is one benefit which the local
amateur players derive from the amateur
commission of which ii is probable they