The Washington herald., 1913-07-13
LEAGUES PROTEST
POTOMACPLAYERS.
Efforts Being Made to Outlaw
Members Of Amateur As
ISOLATION Who Play with
Suburban Circuit.
OTHER SPORT COMMENT
Great Battle Today Between Canaries
and Tigers-Petworth Manage
ment Changes Hands.
OTHER SPORT COMMENT
BY c. w. SWAN.

BY Z. W. -" Az.
Several protests have been received by
Secretary Shurtlefr. of the Amateur AS
ISOLATION, regarding the playing Of
men with teams in the Potomac
League who are signed with teams I'M
der the association.
The Potomac League is not under the
jurisdiction of the Amateur Association,
as one of its teams, the OXon Hill out
Mt, is in Maryland. and the association
only controls amateur baseball in the
District.
Practically all the stars of the local
amateur leagues are playing with teams
in the Potomac League. In fact. this
league will soon be the strongest in this
section of the country. Big crowds are
turning out at every game, and the
class of ball is getting faster with every
contest staged.
Nothing can be done in the matter of
the players taking part in the games of
the Potomac League. The association
has nothing to do with the Potomac
League and the protests will not hold.
The game today at Union League Park
between the Tigers and the Canaries is
sure to be a fast contest, and will be
witnessed by banner crowd. according
to the talk going the rounds. The Ca
naries will have Hasenstab. the winning
the Tigers will send Don johnson to the
hill The contest is slated to start
promptly at o'clock, with Capt. Jenkins
handling the indicator.
The Petworth club, of the Federal
League, has changed hands. ]. P. Stew
art has taken charge of the team. and
has signed several stars. Patsy Dean.
formerly of the First NJ. P. club, of the
-E,s r
Johnson, of the same aggregation, have
been signed by Manager Stewart.
Manager Stewart is well known among
amateur ball players, having handled the
Eensington club for some time Stew
art will retain many of the men now I'M
der contract with the Petworth team,
but will also fill in with several young
sters.
THURSDAYS game in the East Wash
ington Sunday School League between
First NJ. P. and Ninth. with Buck
Becker working in the points for First
NJ P. and Beall hurting them over for
Ninth, may be shifted to Union League
Park, so as TO give the fans better
view of the game, and also provide
better field.
This game is sure to draw a big crowd
and will be we'll worth witnessing. Ninth
defeated First NJ. P. two weeks ago. but
the game was later thrown out OF the
league standing
Cornell had the Bankers to 1 in the
third inning yesterday when the rain
started and then-it was all off.
In the second inning of this battle
Earle Steele, OF the Cornell Tigers, pull
ed one of the greatest plays ever seen
in amateur baseball in the District With |
Reggie Rawlings, who is no ice cart on
fob7 AH- 10
Steele. The Tigers center fielder nap
ped the ball and threw Rawlings out at
third with as perfect peg as could be |
asked for. Just previous to this he re- |
tired Country Morris at third when |
Country tried to take advantage of an
overthrow of second. Steele yesterday |
proved that he is among the topnotchers |
when 1t comes to fielding. |
The Bankers have been strengthened by |
the addition of a couple of hurlers and |
an outfieIder. The pitchers are Bentley, |
a southpaw. who pitched for Georges |
School in Philadelphia this spring, and |
Banerman, the Dickinson College finger. |
The outfielder is Landvoigt- who appears |
TO be a good man. Landvoigt is also a |
runner Of ability, having represented Ger |
many in the Olympic games last summer. |
A peculiar thing happened in the third |
inning OF the Bankers-Corneil attempt TO |
play yesterday. With one out, Zachary |
singled cleanly TO left, Billy Marceron |
fielding the ball poorly. Feinle followed |
suit to the same place, and Marceron al |
lowed the ball TO hop over his shoulder. |
Then after Shipley had flied out to Steele, |
Hayes hit to short, the ball hitting a /
stone and rolling over second base. He |
stole second. Morris went out. Howard % |
Litz. Three hits, two errors, stolen |
base, and one run
Charlie Graf, who is leading the Can |
aries. the strong semi-pro team which /
tackles the Tigers at Union League Park, |
plans to present the strongest team ever \
seen on a local amateur diamond to the |
fans before the season is over.
Lefty Wilson, the southpaw who was
with the Nationals. will more than likely |
be a member of his hurting staff, while 1
he has already signed the pick of the |
sand-lotters of the District When the
Canaries hook up with the Vigilants. with
Buck Becker on the mound the fans will |
see some battle, and these two teams may
clash next Sunday. |