Evening star., 1912-07-19
BY n. C. BYRD.

Amateur day will be held tomorrow.
All arrangements made for the event
when 1t was originally scheduled will be
| carried out The reports made from the
various leagues indicate that the affair
will be more Of a success than would
have been the case had 1t been held at
the time previously set.
Capt. Edwards will marshal the parade
on the White Lot as soon as the teams
meet at 1 o'clock From there the line
of march will extend to 10Th and +
streets and out F street to 7th, at which
point special cars will be waiting to take
the men out to the grounds. 1t was not
deemed advisable to continue the march
| to the ball grounds.
1t is estimated that between thirty five
and forty teams will take part in the
parade. Besides the players comprising
these. there will be many others. The Of
ficials of the circuits, the members of the
amateur commission, some old-time ball
players and many of the followers of the
amateur sport.
The organizations will line up as fol-
lows in the parade:
Band.
President Robert Young and officers of
! the amateur commission.
President, managers and umpire of East
Washington League; teams of East Wash
ington League.
President, managers and umpire of Sun
day School League: teams of Sunday
School League.
President, managers and umpire of Gov
ernment League; teams of Government
League.
Vice president, managers and umpire Of
Marquette League: teams OF Marquette
League.
Northern Association: teams of Northern
! President, managers and umpire of De-
| partmental League; teams of Depart
! mental League.
President, managers and umpire of r.
r. Y. NJ. G. 4. League: teams of r. r
Y. NJ. c. A. League.
President, managers and umpire of In
dependence League: teams Of Independ-
ence League.
| ital City League; teams OF Capital City
| League.
President managers and umpire of CO.
lumbia League; teams Of Columbia
League.
The teams will form again after leaving
the cars at the baR park and line up for
| the inspection which is to determine the
| winners of the prizes.
| The awards to be made are as follows
The best uniformed team. $50; the sec
OnQ, SIuV, anu Inc lHIIu, wv AIdAlH6
| all $780, which will be given to the clubs
| putting up the pattiest appearance.
| The Amateur day" will undoubtedly
! stimulate interest in the game. That
| branch Of base ball will be the gamer by
| the knowledge of the fact that others
| are taking more than a casual interest In
It, That a manager OF team IN Sec
| ond place in one of the big leagues Is
| interested enough IN the game to make
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more than passing notice in giving a
general idea as to the prominence being
attained by organized amateur base ball
There is no question that the amateur
commission must be given the greatest
amount of credit for the work done in
raising the game to the high plane II
| enjoys at present. There is not a chance
| in the world that one-tenth the notice
| would have been taken of the game had
| it remained in the chaotic state it was
| sion The commission won for the games
| a prominent place in the newspapers. the
| one factor which has determined its great
popularity.
The official standing of the Sunday
School League teams shows the clubs to
be very closely punched. The team
down in fourth place Is not SO far back
that it has not a chance to win the
championship Sherwood, in third posi-
ton is only three and half games be-
hind the leaders, not far enough to keep
it out of the pennant il luck should break
its way.
Nativity is leading the league with fif-
teen games won and three lost. Ingram Is
second with fourteen won and five lost. q
game and a half behind the leaders. Both
Of these clubs have been playing on very
even terms all season. although the odds
seem to favor the former at present. The
Sunday School is the only league, with the
possible exception Of the Independence, in
which the winner cannot be picked.
The standing of the Sunday School
League teams is as follows:
STANDING OF THE TEAMS.
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