The Washington herald., 1911-06-12
TROUBLE IN STORE FOR
AMATEUR COMMITTEE
No Easy Time in Proving Charges of Manager Will
kinSon, of St. Martins Team-Other
Amateur Gossip.
By c. w. SWAN.


That the committee appointed by the
amateur commission is going to have
considerable trouble trying to get evil
dence regarding the charges of Manager
Wilkinson. Of the st. Martins team of
the independence League, Is a foregone
conclusion.
The charge OF Wilkinson referring to
Dutch Stukert is one that will be
hard to prove, as the president OF the
Commercial League stated at the meet
ing of the commission that he would be
responsible for the charge against Man
ager Myers, of the Willard team, the
team that was said TO have offered
Stukert a $45-a-month Job to play with
them.
President Graf further stated that fully
one-half of the players in the CONNER
ciaI League are employed by the houses
they represent. And there is no law in
amateur ball against a man playing with
the team that represents a commercial
house, II is hard to see Just where Man
ager Wilkinson can make his charge.
If the manager OF the Willard team did
offer Stukert a position at the hotel and
Stukert accepted 1t, there Is nothing to
II. A man has the right to earn his liv-
ing, and If he can get a good position
by playing ball the writer fails to see
how the amateur commission can stop
him.
Gill Cassidy, another former member
of the st. Martins team, is charged with
having applied for his release, saying
that he had been offered g a game by
the Havenner team to play with the
Bakers in the Commercial League.
When asked yesterday regarding the
matter, Cassidy said: Il told Wilkinson
that I wanted my release. did not want
to play with the St. Martins team, as
am a member of the Ingram team of the
Sunday School League. and cannot
spare the time To play on two teams at
present.
The charge regarding Manager George
E. Cornell and Charlie Macdonald reads
as follows: That Mr., Cornell, Of the Cor
nell Company, team had offered Charles
Macdonald, who was at the time a men,
Der Of the St Martins club, money to
get his release fro mthe st. Martins
team, so that he might be eligible to play
with the Cornell Company in the Capital
City League. The player in question, ac-
cordinH to the statement contained in Mr.
Wilkinson's letter, said that he, was go
ing away to school, and that, as, he
would be paid money to play on the Cor
nell team, he could not afford to lose It
by playing with st. Martins.
Should the committee be able to prove
the foregoing. 1t will be more than any
one else has ever succeeded in doing, as
the game leader Of the Cornell Tigers
has been accused of paying his players
since the beginning Of his career in anna
teur ball, and the charges have never
been proven as yet. What will be done
with this charge remains mystery until
the committee makes its report.
The game between Navy and Agricul-
ture in the Departmental League,
scheduled for Saturday, was postponed
until to-day In respect to the memory Of
Reeves, the former twirler of the Ag-
gies, who met such an untimely death
the early part of the week. The game
will be played on the west diamond Of
the Ellipse.
Richmond is twirling good ball for
Commerce ant. Labor in the Depart
mental League. He has pitched in six
games, winning five and tying up one.
In all, he has performed in fifty full in
nings, and but eight runs have been
| scored on him. With an average of q
trife more than six strike-outs per game
Clyde's work has been about the best in
the circuit.
Silver Spring must not be overlooked
when the chances of the different teams
are mentioned In the Suburban League.
Manager Cy Cummings has corralled a
bunch. of clever ball tossers who will
make great bid fer the flag. 1t would
be no surprise 20 see them win to-day,
when Park View Is played,