The Washington herald., 1912-04-12
Local Amateur Joins Out
law Team-Played with
Hamline Nine.
OTHER AMATEUR GOSSIP
Three Franchises Taken in Soldiers
Home Circuit-Meeting Is
Called for Tonight.
BY c. w. SWAN.

Harry Beach. one Of the Districts
well-known amateur hurlers, will join
the Reading Club Of the United States
League Monday, having received his or
ders TO report.
Last year Beach played with the Ham
line team Of the Sunday School League.
and also with the Old Point Club OF the
TidewateF circuit.
Cotton showed promise last season
OF developing into a corking good
HEAVIER. and should have little trouble IN
making good with the outlaw aggrega-
ton.
Three teams are already enrolled in
the newly organized Soldiers Home
League, The Washington Herald aggre-
cation being granted the third franchise
last night. The other teams are the
Park kthletlc Club, under the manage
ment OF II. c. Chism, and the Silver
Spring Nationals. late of the Olympia
League, with C. T. Hutchinson as mana
ger.
meeting will be held tonight in the
sporting department Of The washington
Herald, when the remaining vacancies
will De filed. Managers OF teams desiring
franchises in this circuit are requested
TO be present not later than O'Clock
The league has secured the former
Commercial League diamond at Georgia
Avenue and Kenyon Street as its playing
field. and when the sixth team is Sc
lected tonight schedule will be drawn
and the league viii apply to the anna
teur commission for recognition.
1t is understood that Manager Hughes,
OF. the Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company team, will be on hand
tonight to secure a franchise, and, with
the other clubs that are after places in
the new circuit, it is planned TO finish
the business of the league tonight. as
the opening Of the amateur season is rap
idly drawing near.
Information can be had regarding the
league by calling on the sporting editor
to-day between ] and o'clock.
Owing to the injury Of the manager Of
the North Carolina team Of the Sunday
School League. Maurice Z. Sands. all
practice games which have been sched-
uled by this team are Indefinitely post
-poned.- This is somewhat OF setback
to- the Sunday School nine, as Mr. Sands
has been attending to the managerial
end of the aggregation.
During his enforced absence his BROTH
er. Arthur G. Sands, will assume respon-
sibility for the management, and will
soon try to have things in good work
ing order for the team to resume its
work. -
Arthur Sands Is a well known local bah
player. having played on many of the
Washington teams during his connection
with amateur baseball Undoubtedly he
will be equal to the task OF running the
North Carolina team during the absence
of his brother, and viii have everything
in proper shape when Manager Maurice
Sands again takes up the reins.
Manager Chism, Of the Park Athletic
Club, is out with a sweeping challenge
to any club in the, Columbia League,
and is ready to play any team in that
circuit Manager Chism has a fast
bunch under contract and would like
to arrange practice games at once.
There is very little likelihood OF
Micky Kelliher, the local boy now with
the Pittsburg Pirates, sticking with the
National League club the remainder e
the season. Micly has not shown the
hitting ability that made him the ter
ror OF the Virginia League last season,
and will hardly be kept on the bench
hy Manager Clarke.
Should Mike be let out II is almost
q certainty that he will be farmed TO
the Kansas City club of the American
Association and will be available to the
Pirates at any time. Micky has i'm
pressed Clarke as being a willing work.
er and ready to learn, and the Pirate
chief will surely keep string on him.