Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-28
LEAGUES NOT ABLE
TOF|N|SH SEASON
One or Two Amateur Circuits
Likely to Go Under Because
of Lack of Finances.
MENEFEE is LEADING
HIS TEAM IN BATTING
Former Central High School
Lad Heads Charleston
Players.
BY H. C. BYRD.

not last the season out. 1t has been said
by those in close connection with one
of the circuits that it will be lucky if it
hangs on for a month
| 1t costs a lot more money than is gen
| orally supposed to run one of the anna
| teur leagues. and the only source of in
come that some of the organizations have
| is at the gate. The receipts have so far
been a negligible quantity, because of
the slack attendance The natural re-
| suit is that the treasures are fast being
| depleted. With paying an umpire. the
| cost OF the playing fields and the ex-
penses in running the game itself. il takes
quite a little money to keep one of the
| leagues going, and without proper sup
| port at the gate some are bound to 20
under Ii would not he A big surprise TO
| hear of one or two giving up the ghost
before long. if reports are to he credited.
| Gould Menefee. who is playing with
the Charleston team in the South II
lantic League. is leading that club in
batting. Gould is clouting the ball
for an average of 1913. twenty-four
points higher than any other man on
the team. The next regular player
has an average that is only .263, or, in
other words. Menefee is leading his
team in hitting by IA margin of about
OIL
The former Central High lad has
been doing better work than any other
catcher in the league. according to re-
ports received from Charleston. He
has been doing practically all the
catching for his team. and. besides his
fine hitting, has been fielding his posi-
ton much above the average.
1t is worth while to mention in this
connection that the two best catchers
in the league are Washington boys
Joe Giebel. playing with Savannah
and Menefee. Every critic who has
seen the men work has been emphatic
in stating that they are the two best
men in the circuit and that there is
hardly any other man who compares
in the least favorably with them.
The following games are scheduled in
the amateur leagues today.
Capital City Observation-Disclosures vs..
Waverley.
Central League-G. P. Q. VS.. \. NJ. II A.
Departmental League-Interior VS.. War.
Federal League-Stanton VS.. Fairmont.
East Washington Sunday School League
Presbyterian VS.. Ninth.
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. League-Express-
men VS.. Station.
Northwest Sunday School League
Fourth VS. Calvary.
Treasury Observation-Disclosures of Cur
rency VS.. Interstate.
Southeastern League-Western Buds VS..
Marquette League-Holy Name VS.. War
Department.
Jim Curran, who is coaching the Mer-
cersburg track team. will take Robinson.
his crack Splinter, to Europe this sum-
mer to match him against the best men
in the old world. According to report.
Robinson will meet the best amateur
sprinters in England. Ireland, France and
Germany in match races and will also be
entered in the championships held each
year in each country.
If Robinson can show the form he has
evidenced in the scholastic meets this
spring. there is every reason to believe
that he will show his heels to the most
capable sprinters of whom Europe can
boast. He has been credited with time
in the DO. 1W and 40 that would be
good enough to win in the Olympics. and
there is no question about him being a
man of exceptional ability.
1t was noticed the other day, though
rather funny thing-that a northern
| paper, In speaking of the performances of
| Robinson. stated that he had done some
remarkable work in the indoor season as
| we'll as on the outdoor tracks. As an
example 1t mentioned that one of his
performances was in the hundred yard
| dash, in Baltimore. at the Hopkins-5th
| Regiment meet. His time was given as
10 ID seconds for that event. As mat
ter of fact. Robinson did not win that
event and no time was taken for him. He
| was second to Jones of the Western High
| School. and the time cited was really the
| time made by the Washington boy.
| 1t was stated this morning that West
| ern High did not actually refuse to play
| the game scheduled i'm the scholastic Sc
ries yesterday. but that il sought a mu-
| tual postponement because of the poor
conditions. Representatives of Western
| We're willing to have the game 60 on if it
/ ohcnlrI fnly hui foIs
| that it might we'll be PLAYED under
| favorable conditions.
| In wanting a postponement because of
| the poor conditions. Western simply was
| standing up for what it thought was for
| its own good-something it cannot be
\ blamed for doing Western depends most
| ly on its ability to run bases and field
| than any special hitting assets On a
| field that was wet and with rain still
| falling. it would have been a very poor
| day for speed. and the Red and White
| would have been under a disadvantage
| Eastern has the odds much in its favor
| because II has to win only one game out
| OF two to get the championships whereas
| Western must not only win the las,
| scheduled game but must also defeat
| the Light Blue and White in another con-
test. With the odds against it. Western
was not going to take the risk Of running
| its few chances il it could help it, and
1t cannot be blamed for sticking UP for
| what II thought to be its own good
| Business High was put out OF the
running Yesterday when it lost to
Central High by score of to o.
The Stenographers played game that
ordinarily would have won any high
school contest. but the fates were
against them 1t is not once in sea :
son that high school contest is won
with only one run scored and vet
Business lost in such game yester-
day. The Central aggregation played
fine ball. and the pitching of Taggert
was splendid. to say the least Kelly
was not far behind Taggert in his work
in the box. The Business lad held the