The Washington herald., 1913-03-22
By c. w. SWAN.

Five leagues are signed under the
| agreement which will control amateur
| baseball in the District this season, with
| the officers of the Amateur Association OF
Baseball Clubs of the District of Co.
| lumbia as the guiding lights
Last night, at the meeting held al
| SpaIding's, in Fourteenth Street, the
rules, which were laid on the table Mon
day night. were adopted. and the officers
of the new association elected.
The "three-man'' rule. the one which
will revolutionize amateur baseball here.
did not come up for discussion. The meet
ing was called to order at s:i5. and at
S:47 o'clock the rules : ere passed, with
out dissenting vote, and the amateur
commission passed away.
This is the fastest piece of business
ever pulled off at a commission meeting,
and while the conference was little
late getting under way, President Young
rushed matters along. when the moGuls
had been called to order.
The "three-man" rule will take the
voting power out of the hands of the
commission. and will vest all the power
in the hands OF three men. the president.
first vice president. and second vice pres
ident of the association, as the commits
sion will now be known.
An entire new set of bylaws were
passed, and a new constitution went into
effect last night. The new rules are AL
most the same as the old ones, with the
exception of the "three-man' clause.
Robert II Young was elected president
of the association last night. with Fred
Dennet as first vice president and Clark
Griffith second vice president Charley
King was chosen to act as treasurer.
while Harry Shurtleff was appointed sec
rotary by President Young.
Messrs. Young. Dennet. and Griffith
will control the amateur situation in the
District this summer. These men will
say just what is to be done, will decide
all questions, and will be the final judge
of all arguments. The presidents of the
different leagues will be allowed to state
their cases on the floor of the meetings,
but the board of control will do the vot-
ing. This will do away with great deal
of lobbying and friendship in the mat
ter of deciding the many cases which are
bound to come to light during the course
of a season.
But five leagues were represented last
mght-the Departmental. Government,
Marquette. r. r. Y. NJ. c. A. and the
Capital City. Three of these are ready
to start the season at once, as the teams
have been selected and the officers prac-
League will have four fast clubs fighting
for the pennant. while the Departmental
will have six and possibly eight In the
Marquette League, Capt. Edwards says
he will have six fast clubs. and would
like to hear from two teams who desire
a berth in fast circuit.
Clark Griffith will make an ideal man
for the Board of Control One of the
best-informed men in baseball today.
the Nationals pilot understands the
amateur angle of the game. and will
devote a good bit of his time to the well
fare of amateur baseball here. Last
season his amateur day stunt was the
talk of the American League circuit, and
this season he plans another amateur
day" parade. only on a bigger scale.
Last season the Union Printers won
first prize, with the Bankers second. The
Express Company aggregation landed
third prize. Nearly 800 ball players
in the parade, and this season
II is hoped that fully double that num-
Der will take part in the pageant
Harry Shurtleff, secretary of the asso-