The Washington times., 1913-06-11
By KIRK c. MILLER.

Bob" Koomer, considered one of the
best pitchers who ever twirled in the
sandlot ranks here, is again to join
amateur baseball. He will be a MEM
Der Of the hurting staff of the Cornell
team, In the Capital City League, ex-
pecting to join that team within the
week. Koomer will begin working out
Immediately on signing an amateur con-
tract, and he wants to spend two weeks
getting his arm In smooth working con-
dition before attempting to take the
mound.
Cornell Is now at the head of the
Capital City League having a record Of
ten games won and two lost, while its
nearest competitor in that circuit,
American Security and Trust Company,
has won six and lost two. Both teams
are Strengthening their forces in every
way possible, and the end of the season
is bound to find them struggling for the
supreme honors of the local sand lots.
Koomer is going to add great strength
to the pitching stan of Cornell. He has
had worlds of practice and all he
needs is to become conditioned He hrst
sprang into the glare of the amateur
searchlight three seasons ago when he
was a member of the Agricultural
team, of the Departmental League. The
following season he played with
Aloysius, in the Capital City League.
and from there he signed with Connie
Mack's Athletics. Mack found lots of
undeveloped baseball in the tall finger
and farmed him out to Holyoke, of the
Connecticut League. koomer. dissatis-
fed with this shift, quit professional
ball. returned TO Washington. He
played with Cornell about two weeks
last season.
There is a mistaken impression among
many of the amateur teams that this
Amateur Day" parade is a matter of
duty on the part of those who are CIV
ing II and that the members of the
team may or may not participate in 1t
and lend their support just as they
please. Indeed, in the majority OF cases
the amateurs seem to overlook entirely
the responsibility that rests with them
to make the proposed Amateur Day
success. 1t lies with the members Of
the teams TO turn out and show Clark
Griffith that his efforts in behalf of
the sand-lot game here, are apprec'at-
ed.
The individual. players can not be
brought out unless their managers are
first impressed with the responsibility
they carry to make Amateur Day a sue
cess instead of a failure. For half of
the teams TO turn out in the parade
10 the ball park is not thought 10 be
worth while by Messrs. Shurtleh, Young
and Griffith and in case that proper
tion only, decide to participate, in all
probability the celebration will be aban-
doned.
TO let such thing as this occur
would show a distinct lack of apprecid-
ton of the "Old Fox" whose aim is to
stimulate interest in the game hare.
Besides rejecting poorly on the spirit of
the game, this displays discourtesy to
Griff and those who want to see the
amateur game prosper in the Capital.
Every manager of an amateur team
will receive a written notification of
the proposed Amateur Day parade, and
he will be asked TO reply In writing the
number of men under his direction who
will turn out for the grand pageant.
This method of determining the num-
Der of amateurs who are going TO Eelp
boost amateur day resolves itself to
single question with each play er. Are
you going to turn out with your team
for Amateur Day? This is prooably
the very question that your manager
will ask of you, and you have about
two days to decide what your answer
will be- There can be no good rea sc
why the answer should be NO; II I,
UP TO you, players! Amateur oasepaIi
is Just what you players make II, end
IL a short struggling line Of ball players
marches out to the park on June 70. II
is going to speak mighty bad Tor 'he
sand lot game. So get together, players,
and show Clark Griffith and those oIher
gentlemen who head amateur baseball
that you are deserving of the interest
they are taking In you.
Interior is one game stronger in first
place in the Departmental League, haV-
ing pocketed a 9-to-4 game at the ex-
pense of Agriculture. Three safeties Is
the sum total of hits Cleaned from the
delivery nf Pitcher Grav his INVITING
being firm at all times.
Spike" Robinson, on FIRST for the
Farmers. had one Of the most SUCCESS