Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-03
BY II. c. BYRD.

The amateur base ball commission will
meet tonight 10 pass upon certain mat
ters that have come TO its notice latelS
and to settle the difficulty being expe-
rienced in regard TO the Capital city
League controversy.
II il rumored that the commission Will
not ala the circuit. which is practically
defunct organization, and that matters
viii he shaped 50 that the best results
may be obtained That likely means that
, conditions will he allowed to remain as
they are with the Sewage Pumping sta
ton in the Columbia League and the
Capital City League a dead organization,
a. il is now as far as active participation
goes. There have been no games played
IN the Capital city League with any
regularity for the last two weeks. The
Pumping station is to all intents MEM
Der of the Columbia circuit. the Seaman
Gunners have never really been member
of the Capital city League. because OF
failure 10 register their PLAYERS with the
commission, and the Navy Yard has re-
leased its men. The Cornell Company Is
the only team Of the four which now re-
mains, and how the league can he kept
gong under the circumstances Is prob
lem
Ii is very prohs bic that the commits
sion will allow matters to rest. IL Will
likely take no real steps 10 reorganlze
the league nor 10 prevent its dis1ntegra-
ton Ii is almost a certainty that the
Sewage Pumping Station VIII be allowed
10 continue as a regular member of the
Columbia League: that the Gunners and
Navy Yard Will be ignored as teams. ana
the Cornell Company allowed to JON
some other circuit whenever IL can ma
a berth. At least, that appears to be
the best way TO dispose of the whole
thing and obtain anything like salts
factory ending.
Trinity has taken the place of Be
thesda in the Marquette League and is
showing much better form than did its
predecessor. 1t has added considerable
strength 10 the circuit as whole. and
much better ball should be seen in the
games in which it takes part
The league is swinging along at a
good gait now and promises to have one
of the best seasons since it moved its
playing field across the creek. The at
tendance has been getting better. and
there seem to be prospects of another
very successful year
To Capt. Edwards may be attributed
the success that the Marquette League
has attained He has labored faithfully
TO make the circuit a popular organiza-
ton, and he has done exceedingly we'll
The independence League will play its
first game on its new field. the District
Park. this afternoon. While the orSani-
cation hopes for continued success in it's
new home il will not soon forget the
faithfulness of the fans in Blooming
dale. who really gave the league its popu-
larity and made for ii the prosperity at
tanned. and desires to remain to all those
who lent their aid toward that purpose
Yours truly as Dutch" Newman evx-
pressed ii in the farewell announcement
Saturday afternoon.
There is no question about several of
q IN
tercollegiates Saturday winning the right
to represent the United States in the
Olympics by the excellence of their work
There are men who won In events In tnat
meet who would have to be placed on
the team even though they did not find
II possible to compete in the tryouts next
Saturday Some marks were set which
give the holders the distinction OF peins
among the best performers In the world.
Gardner of Yale, by vaulting over thr-
ten feet in the pole vault, must be looked
upon as the peer of any man in the world
i'm the event. The worlds mark set gives
him the right to represent America
against the foreign vaulters, without d
nossible objection. Jones of Cornell by
breaking the intercollegiate record in the
half mile showed that he Is even faster
than last year. and In his favorite event.
the mile. should equal his previous mark
if not better II. He Is assured OF a place
on the team. Berna. also of Cornell Will
likely be given place. even though ne
did not win his event. 1t is generally con-
coded by those who saw the events that
he killed himself off in the mile and was
not able to run the two miles nearly as
we'll as he could under different condi-
tons.
Mercer of Pennsylvania will be given a
place because of his ability in the broad
Jump and 220. Reidpath is the recognized
peer of all other quartermilers In THIS
country and If not given the position
because of his ability in the 40. would
have to be considered for the sprints. as
he did with one-fifth OF a second of the
worlds record in the 90 yards dash
While the work done in almost every
branch of sports at the intercollegiate
was excellent II still remains for a good
hundred-yard man to show up While
Thomas of Princeton did very we'll at the
distance he did not evidence enough