The Washington times., 1912-08-26
GAMES
AMONG AMATEURS
Cornell Plays Bankers and Park Athletic Club Takes
GP O-Ninth Waiting for Intersec-
tional Series
tional Series.

Cornell and the Bankers play a game
in section A today, while Park and g.
p. o. meet in the section G contest.
Both games are those which were held
over. The section 4 postponement was
caused by rain and two tie games in
section c necessitated calling for more
contests to determine the winner.
Ninth, which won the Sunday School
League title was declared winner of the
section B contests a week ago and has
been resting on its laurels preparatory
to the intrasectional games which are
scheduled to start after the winners in
sections A and have been determined.
Cornell and Company must defeat the
Bankers today and must In turn defeat
the Postoffice team tomorrow in order
to take the premier honor of the sec
tion A team. Pepco is now runner-up
with the chance only of tying Cornell
should one of the two games be lost.
A loss of both games for Cornell would
put the title in the hands of the Pepco
nine.
President Young, of the amateur COM
mission, has declaI ed that in case of
tie in section A but one game will be
played to determine the winner. as the
Intrasectional games must be played
before the date for the intercity con-
tests, the first of which is scheduled to
start on September Z.
In the intercity contests the winner of
the intrasectional games here will meet
the Battle Axe team of Richmond
which has been officially declared the
winner of the post-season series in that
city. The Battle Axe team, managed
by DR.. c. B. Parker. 1t will be remem-
bered, is the one which represented Rich
mond last year and succeeded in giving
| the Bankers such battle.
L. a. n. III.
| has seriously handicapped the post-sea-
son series this season, and is the only
thing which could be criticised. There
are no less than nine umpires who have
1 the season. 1t is believed that more
men should have been used in handling
! the post-season games; yet Hughes,
Retts, and Collitiower were the only
ones who were allowed to start in
| the games.
| One or two occasions cropped up
| where two umpires we're absolutely
necessary on account of the ground
rules, and the fact that the decisions
| were unusually close and needed the
supervision of two men. No explana-
| ton has been given why two men were
not employed In all the games as the
| attendance surely warranted the extra
expense of employing the men.
| There has been no suggestion that the
| three umIires have enjoyed any special
| graft in handling the games They were
| paul. IL - unuCTStOOus get OtHeTbI per-
baps not as competent. might have been
\ allowed a chance to get into some Of
| the contests, where it was subsequently
proven that they were necessity.
With the single exception of the faul-
| ty system of umpiring, the post-season
| series this year has been a decided sue
| cess, ard the commission and the com
| mittee which arranged the series is t.
| he congratulated upon staging such q
| SllrrnSSfI.l
J have shtwn their appreciation of the
| games by coming out in goodly mum.
bers, and the players have rewarded
their friends by playing close, Interest