The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-01-30
RULING BODY FOR
ORIO[EAMATEURS
Baltimore viii Organize Com
mission on Lines Of Local
Organization.
SULLIVAN IS In DEMAND
Pepeo's Star Pitcher Is Much SOUGHT
After by the Virginia League
Clubs.
SULLIVAN IS IN DEMAND
by c. W. SWAN.

Baltimore needs an amateur commits
sion.
This is the announcement sent broad
cast by the Baltimore papers. and accord
ing to A +. Bross, manager of the Arch
er Laundry team. the OrioIe City will
have a governing organization before the
start of the 1913 ball season.
Professionalism has never been wiped
out in Baltimore any more than ii has
here, but it is true that a commission
will help matters a great deal in Balti-
more.
Manager Bross is willing to shoulder
the responsibility of starting the move
ment, and il the Baltimore baseball
nigh lights will cooperate with him, he
Will make an honest effort to bring about
such commission. He said:
This jumping about by players Of a
little prominence from one team to an
other because one organization pays its
players nominal sum has got to be
broken up. and the only plausible way
Is to have an organization that will fos-
ter only the ideal IL athletics, the bona
fide amateur. I had some trouble on
this score last summer. and other man.
ayers have told me the same thing"
This is but one point that could be
cleared up by an active commission"
baseball commission for the anna
VI ne lUe IneduS
OF Strengthening out lots of trouble with
schedules and on other points. The way
10 start the whole business will be for
several OF the more prominent managers
Of the teams of the Oriole City to confer
with Manager Bross, at Howard and
Mulberry Streets. After that a general
meeting date might be set, and other
parties interested urged to be present.
TaI St,It;v,. ,E.o a;,.;axa ..-i.L
Buck Barton. with the Pepco club last
season, has received several offers from
Virginia League clubs. Ted has contracts
from both Petersburg and Richmond, but
prefers to remain silent as to his inten-
tons in regard TO playing professional
baseball.
There are many fans around town who
say that Sullivan is a better pitcher than
Buck Barton. who will go south with
the Nationals in March. but Ted lacks
that one essential of a real big league
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ted has
world of stuff. and plenty of speed. but
he needs lot of experience. Ted will
have little trouble holding his own in the
Virginia League, should be decide to ac-
ccpt the offer of one Of the clubs, and
II would not be big surprise to see him
so up at the close of 1913 season.
The Amateur Baseball Commission OF
Richmond, Va. will meet tonight at SIS
o'clock in the Office of the sporting edi-
tol of the Times Dispatch.
While il is generally believed that
James Thorpe, the wonderful Indian
athlete. who was stripped Of his laurels
won at the Olympic games for his self
confessed professionalism, will turn to
professional baseball for a livelihood. he
is not the property as yet of any major
league ball club as far as can be learn
ed. Rumors have been floating in from
every section of The country concerning
Thorpe and his future plans ever since
the decision Of the A. A. L. declaring
him 1 professional was announced.
Among these was one to the effect that
Thorpe had been drafted from the Fay
cite Club of the Eastern Carolina
League, where he played the profess
sional ball that led to his downfall as
an ameteur, by the Pittsburg Club of
the National League. and that the story
Of his playing with professionals was
told at this time after being kept under
cover for two years so as to force him
to play professionally.
But a search Of the records of the Ma
tional Commission, where all drafts
made by big league clubs are recorded,
does not show that Thorpe has ever
been drafted by any of the big league
clubs or that he the property in any way
Of any of them. This Is further sub
Stimulated by statements from Barney
Dreyfuss, owner of the Pirates, and
Thorpe Himself. both OF which deny
that the Indian is any way bound to
the Pittsburg Club. Dreyfuss declared
that all he knew of the matter was
that Thorpe had once given out an in |
terview in which he said that he |
would like to come to Pittsburg. THAT |
Is all there is to it, declared the Pirate |
owner.
Entry books fdr the ten mile marathon |
to be held by Carr6ll Institute February
= are out. and cAh be had at any of
the local sporting goods stores. Capt. !
Lynch, of the Carroll Institute track I
team, stated yesterday that Johnny
Gallagher. the Georgetown long distance
runner. would more than likely be in
the race, and that efforts are being made |
10 have the cream OF the Baltimore !
come over. AS the Oriole !
City club is holding an event of this
kind on the same day II is not likely I
that many men will enter wearing the |
Blue and Gold OF the Baltimore Cross
Club.