The Washington herald., 1912-04-28
CURTAIN GOES UP
ON THE AMATEUR
SEASON MONDAY
Six Leagues Get Under Way.
Only One to Remain
Idle.
A BUSY WEEK AHEAD
Nine Circuits Under the Commission
This seasOn-Eleven Last
Year.
A BUSY WEEK AHEAD
By G. w. SWAN.

BY G. w. SWAN.
washington's 1872 amateur baseball
season Will be ushered in Tomorrow
six leagues get under way, leaving the
Sunday School League the only one not
IN operation.
When the one-team-one-man rule was
first brought up It was thought that the
number Of leagues would be lowered
but there are stin nine circuits that VIII
be controlled by the commission, as II Is
a certainty that the Northern Assoc-
alton will be admitted when the COM
mission meets Tuesday night in Spald-
ings store
This season there is every possibility
Of the class of bah being a great deal
faster than last year. as the teams VIII
remain intact throughout the season ana
will give the managers more OF a chance
10 get in some team work.
Nine leagues will be under the com
mission this year. as against eleven in
lg11. the Northern and East Washing
ton replacing the Commercial and Dis
trict, the Suburban and Bankers being
out OF business entirely.
Leagues Well balanced.
The ball players are taking pains to
sign with the best club possible, and as
a result, the teams are more evenly
matched, although there is one weak ag-
gregation in almost every circuit. In
the majority of the leagues, well known
amateur baseball fans will throw out
The arst hall. and the amateur officials
predict the most successful season in
the history Of the game in the National
Capital.
In the. Northern Association, which
has not as vet been admitted into the
commission. as that body has not held
a meeting since the organization OF the
circuit R P. Andrews. head OF the wen
known paper house, VIII TOSS out tns
first ball when The Washington Herald
aggregation faces the Andrews team in
the first game tomorrow. Mr. An
drews has long been a devotee Of anna
teur baseball, and will lend has aid, as
. in the past, 10 make the Northern AS
sociation the most successful amateur
league in the District
The Capital City League will not have
any opening day ceremonies, as Presi-
dent Beach SAYS that his circuit will
play ball this season and will not have
auy opening game duties. The Pump
ers, headed by Manager Moeller, will
face the Navy Yard club, under Manager
LeClair, and a battle royal is assured
the fans.
Bankers in Line.
When the American Security and Trust
Company club amateur champions Of
the District, take the field against the
Kensington outfit tomorrow, the Co.
lumbia League will start on its second
season, as the name was changed from
Olympia TO Columbia Just recently. The
Bankers will have practically the same
team that won the title last year, with
the addition of CHIEF Greene to the
hurting corps. Greene is known as one
OF the best amateur pitchers in the Dis
trfct, and should do much to help the
bankers land another championship.
The Departmental League will start
its season with the War Department out
fit, meeting the Agriculture team, and
" hile the Aggies are not claiming any
championships this early, the War club
will have to play better ball than II dis
played in the practice games to get the
jump in the pennant race. The Post
office club will be strengthened, il is un-
destood, by the return Of Norman Kraft
TO the fold. It was learned last night
that the old-timer would be forced to re-
turn TO the Mailmen, and will do the
backstopping for the club in the pen
nsnt race.
? Two newcomers to amateur ball will
struggle for the long end of the score
IN the Marquette League tomorrow, the
Bethesda club facing the Carroll Institute
aggregation. The CAROLS played many a
game in the old Capital City League, but
40 Orange and White uniform has graced
the local sand lots in, the past few years.
Very little is known regarding the
strength of the Marquette League clubs,
but il is safe to say that Capt Edwards
viii not have any dead ones in his circuit
this season.
Ninth Street Is Strong.
The newly organized East Washington
Sunday School League will take UP the
rsins with the Ninth Street club facing
the First Presbyterian aggregation at
Thirteenth and D Streets Northeast.
Manager Carpenter, of the Christians, has
signed a likely looking bunch OF ball
tossers, including doc" Crabbie and Gil
Cassidy, former stars OF the Olympia
Athletic Club, three times independent
champions OF the District. The clubs in
this circuit will have plenty of work, as
it is four-team league, and each club
VIII play three games a week.
Two leagues are already under way,
the Independence circuit started last
Monday, while the r. r. Y NJ c. A.
League opened its season yesterdaS The
remaining circuit, the original Sunday
School League, will start Wednesday,
when the Ingram club faces the Sher-
wood aggregation at Fourteenth and A
Streets Northeast.
Manager Bell OF The Washington
Herald club, viii more than likely sign
Ray Astryke, rhe wen-known second
sacker the A. b C.'s Of Alexandria.
Astryke is a corking good fielder. and
is also hitter of no mean ability. An
other fast man who has been signed by
the Newspaper boss Is big Ray Toense.
the former Tanglewood star. Toense had
been out of baseball for the past two
years, as he has been. out in the wild
and woolly West with surveying party.
but on the form displayed in the last
practice game. the big boy should be
able 10 make them all sit up atiG take
notice in left field tomorrow.
,fae Herald team will line up as fol-
lows, when il faces the r p. Andrews
aggregation in the opening game OF the
i. Northern Association tomorrow on the
Northern field. Georgia Avenue and Ken
yon Street Northwest: King. shortstop:
Farrel. third base: Fague. first base I;
Patterson, catcher; o'Srien, pitcher:
Toense. left field; Bell, second base; Rit-
enour. center field; Hancock. right field
or Joe Alien right field.
Tony Susss. the local sandlot receiver,
who had trial with the SpartaDburg