The Washington times., 1913-07-24
! AMATEUR MANAGERS
EXPECT A MEETING
Business of PoSt-Season and
lntercity Series Games to
Be Brought Up.
GOOD RACES ARE NOTED
Six Leagues Stage Battles
That viii Keep Up Interest
in Race Until Last.
GOOD RACES ARE NOTED
By BRYAN MORSE.

Amateur baseball managers are look
ing forward today to q call to be issued
pv Secretary Shurtleff fo- a meeting of
the Amateur Association, at which time
the full details of the intercity and post
season series of games will be COM
pleted.
II is expected that at that time the
board Of governors. consisting of Pres
ident Robert II. Young, Fred Dennet.
and Manager Clark Griffith, of the Ma
uonals, the third member of the board,
VIII be on hand. Nothing definite was
done at recent meeting, and the Anna
teur Association will be in a position
to determine the details of the two big
annual features CT sandlot baseball in
Washington.
It is not unlikely that the plan talked
of at the last Amateur Association
meeting. that of allowing the teams
taking part in the post-season series
TO draw for position and take a chance
as to which other league nominee Il,
win meet, will be adopted.
This idea is meeting with the an
proval Of the various leagues. and prob
apiy VIII be carried out as the man.
ayers feel that considerably more money
VIII come in at the games. Weaker
teams are able to gather BIT more
coin when they are playing with a pos
sible title winner.
SIX OF the amateur leagues are
staging battles for the title that are
calculated to maintain interest until
the nnai game of the season. While
one or TWO winners are practically de-
clared. the Capital City. Departmental,
Marquette, Central, and Northwest
sunday School, with the Federal
League. put up interesting struggles
for the title. 49,. ..
Bankers and Cornell stIIl have a long
way to go before either team can feel
safe IN predicting the penant In the
Capital City Trinity and ST. Stephens
in the Marquette, are nip and tuck for
the lead IN the Georgetown circuit I'm
manuel Baptist and st. Paul in the
Northwest Sunday School League are
flying along to the finish closely bunch
ed. while Aggies and Interior in the
Departmental are within half a game
of each other.r-rz,r.-,. -.--fr.r---
!, FaIrmont and Pension Bureau in the
Federal are at the top while in the
Central League IL is any teams race.
In no season In recent years on the
sandlots has the pennant race develop
ed into such close fights BY this time
in former years one club has gone out
TO the front and was resting easy wait
ing for the post-season series. Now
every leagpe practically has an un-
deeidedr race 49, $50
II is thought that the strength of the
Capital City League and the punching
Of much Of the best talent in that cir
cult has had much to do with making
the races in other leagues close. Coz
neil. Bankers, Waverly, and Hyatts-
ville could take titles in. almost any
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sibls excepuon or the East washington
Sunday School and the Departmental.
Hyattsviile A C. took a clever win
ne wsioP from ths ftfeE Banksrs Tseeiy tSe
day before Rawlings pitched a fine
game for the Maryland team, allow
Ing but three hits and striking out
but kept the ilits well scattered and
reesiyed some good support with the
should have little difficulty in getting
away with their games today. The
Paperhangers meet Waverly, Ninth
IfhIs- Whiie the Rssies | pnf hope to Strengthen str @
their stand FOR the Departmental
League title by taking a game from
Commerce and Labor
Games to be played today follow:
Capital City-waYerley VS. Cornell
Central-PrInters VS.. Twining.
Observation-Disclosures VS.. c. &
Federal-Pension Bureau vs. Pet
=. wash. s. s.-st Agnes VS.. Ninth.
Observation-Disclosures VS.. Iroquois.
Northwest s. S.-Immanuel VS.. Mt.
Potomae-HIghIand VS.. Steel Plant.
Eastern-Western Buds VS.. Congress
MISUNDERSTANDING VS.. Holy Name.
Games recorded by the amateurs yes
terday follow:
Capital City-HyattsvIIie. 8; waver-
centraI-sherwood. 8; C. P. O., fOr-
Observation-Disclosures, s: Marines. 4.
Feieral-Fairmorts II: Tanglewood 2.
z. wash s. S.-First NJ. p, 3;
Jnnior-Astorias. Il; Victors. 4.
Northwest s. S.-Whitney, Is; CAL
Potomac-G. H. l.. IL: Congress
Eastern-Shamrocks, s: Mohawks e.
Marauette-Wisconsin, 3; st. Stephens,