The Washington herald., 1913-08-05
by JOHN A. DUGAN.

teur championship Of the District o.
Columbia
As has been the case in previous year.
the various teams are divided into tive
sections according to the caliber of tn,
clubs. Section A will play series o.
games until a winner shall have beer
decided. The same holds for Section B
with q final series between the champions
ship teams of both classes.
The first games of the post-seasof
series will be played next Saturday wher
the championship Interior team Of the
Departmental League will cross bait
with the winner of the Capital City
League, not as yet decided. This game
is in Section A, and in Section B the Ninth
Street club Of the East Washington Sun.
day School League will meet the winners
of the Central League on the East Wash.
ington Sunday School grounds.
The fans of the District who patronize
amateur baseball are bound to witness
some hard fought and close games dur
ing the coming post-season champion
ship series, as the clubs are evenly match
ed and rivalry is keen.
The other leagues that will battle in
Section A will be the representatives
from the Federal League and the Trim
ity club, champions of the Marquette
League. These clubs will cross bats in
their initial contest Monday evening on
the Federal League grounds. The win
ners in the Northwest Sunday School
League which, no doubt, will be the I'M
manuel club. will battle with the team
from the Eastern League on the Central
League grounds Monday evening.
II no tie or postpone games affect the
sectional winners it is the plan of the
association to start the final series of
the play-off Monday, August Is. All the
games will start promptly at $50 p. m.
unless otherwise directed by the board
OF managers or the association.
The question of umpires has not yet
been settled, as it is the idea Of the
association to give all indicator handlers
now under the association a chance dur
ing the series. The association desires
to use all the umpires. and are still
waiting to hear from one or two Of the
other officials. The umpires will be sole
judges whether the grounds are in fit
condition to play on. and all necessary
postponed or tie games will be arranged
for play-offs by the association.
The club first designated in the sched-
ule printed below will be regarded as the
home team. The board wishes to call
special attention of players and man
ayers to rules IL and l. of the ANA
teur Associations post-season series
playing rules. which governs the qualifi-
cations of the players and provides that
players other than pitchers must have
participated in five scheduled games I'M
less he took part in games prior to
July u.
Another question that the association
wishes TO enforce is that a list of ELI
gible players must be filed with the sec
rotary OF the association, Harry V.
Shurtleff, l719 G Street Northwest, be-
fore the club starts in the series. The
sectional series will be played on six
different grounds. and the only ones not
being used for the games will be the
Eastern and Departmental League
grounds.
For the benefit of the managers Of the
clubs whose teams are entered in this
series the following are the rules for
the eligibility of the PLAYERS
Rule 1l-Any player whose name, at the
date of the closing OF his leagues season,
appears on the eligible list of a team
that has won a league championship UNI
der this agreement is thereby automatic
ally named as player in the post
season series, subject to these conditions:
He must have participated in at least
five scheduled legal games. or, in the
case of player qualifying as pitcher,
in at least three scheduled legal games
Ii is further provided that player who
Qualities by participating in less than
given scheduled legal games may play ne
position other than that of pitcher, eX-
cepting TO act as an emergency batsman, |
in the post-season series. and that no |
game shall count in the specified three. |
in qualifying. unless he shall have pitch |
ed four complete innings in that game. |
In cases in which player has partici- |
pated IN game prior to July L. this |
three-game rule is waived. But to qualify |
TO play positions other than that of
pitcher on a team in the post-season |
series. participation in five games shall
be necessary. regardless of the date on |
which 4 player may join his club. Under |
the five-game rule any action which |
legally brings a mans name into the |
box score is regarded as participation"
in d game of ball.
Rule Fin defining a legal game, under
the provision of the Immediately preced-
ing section, the board will so consider
any forfeit game, even though one team
may have failed to appear at all Names
of all the players eligible for the post
season games shall be filed with the sec.
rotary of the association on or before
August Is the list giving initials Of play
er, and designating the team captains.
Each team is limited to a maximum OF
eighteen qualified players. A guaranty
OF SIS must accompany the list and
fine of IS may be assessed for violation
of any OF the provisions of this rule.
The secretary shall publish a complete
list OF the players, at the time that the
schedule is announced, in any daily news
papers of the District OF Columbia.
The schedule is as follows: Il
August s.-Cspital City Va Departmental, Capt.
tal City Grounds
August ll.-Federal va Marquette, Federal Grounds |
August R-Capital CITY vs. Feder.l, Central
Grounds. III
August 1s-persrtmental Va Marquette, Mar
luette Grounds. IL
August A-capit.l City Vs. Marquette. Capital |,
City Park.
August B.-Depsrtmental Va Feder.l, Federal
Grounds. IL
August M-pepsrtment.l Va CAPITAL CITY. Eat
Sunday School GroundS
August A-Marquetts Va Fedenl, Marquette
Grounds.
August ls-Federal '. Capital City, Capital City
Park.
August 1.-Marquette VI. Capital City. M.rquetts I
Grounds. - v
August a.-FedenI Va Departmental, Ceptr,1 Z
Grounds. IL
August H.Mssquette Va Departmental. Mar i
luette Grounds. III
SECTION B. In
August s-East Washington 8. s. League " | {
,ent7l, East Washington 8. g. Groundx III