Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-07-12

thought likely by the ones in closest
touch with affairs. there would be nc
final fight between two clubs for the
honor of representing the organization in
the struggle for the District title.
Attention has been called to a mislead-
ing statement published in this column
last week. 1t was said that the Rose
dale League would become allied with the
Fairgrounds Association and that II
would no longer come under the jurisdic-
ton of the amateur commission. This
is corrected to the extent that the cir
cult will continue as a member of or
ganized amateur ball. though 1t also will
ally itself with the playground. The
Fairgrounds Association will foot the
bills of the league. but the organization
of the body is to remain unchanged.
Fred Drummer deserves considerable
credit for his efforts during the past
year to boost swimming among local ath-
letes. He has been one Of the prime
movers in the formation of club to
support that branch of sport. has organ
lied teams of girls and teams of boys at
the Industrial Home School and has got
ten together an all-high squad. Brun-
ner is not only proving a good organizer.
but also Is doing some good work as a
teacher, being coach of the squads
Brunner's efforts have been attended with
much success. considering the short time
he has been connected with the work.
and the future seems to hold in store for
him much greater rewards.
The Southern intercollegiate Athletic
Association seems to be on the verge of a
collapse. Vanderbilt withdrew from that
body only a short while ago and now the
Georgia Institute of Technology an
nounces that 1t will not longer hold IT.
self to the rules. There appears to be
general dissatisfaction among those col
leges because of rule passed forbiddng
institutions that have an enrolment of
more than 400 from using first year stu
dents on their teams. This seemed to be
a great hardship to Georgia Tech, and it
refused to abide by 1t. Whether the OBJ
jectionable rulings of the association will
be abrogated is hard to say. but. accord
ing to sentiment in some of the institu-
tons. which have been its strongest sup
porters. 1t looks very much as If the end
is in sight, II they are continued In force
At least, the prestige Of the organization
will be 1essened. because Georgia and
Vanderbilt have been two of its most i'm
portant integers.
Harmony Lodge is going to give little
spread to the base ball team that repre-
sented 1t a short time ago in the Ma
sonic game. The event will take place
Thursday night.
There are fewer college men playing
ball in the amateur leagues this year
than at any time within the last several
seasons. 1t used to be that there was
hardly a league in which there were not
several stars from the local and outside
of the clubs. but those players seem to
be lacking now. In fact, with one pos
sible exception. there Is not a man on any
Of the amateur clubs who played with
the college mines last spring.
Contrary to what the college men are
doing, great many high school boys are
getting in lot Of good work. work that
is going to stand them in good stead next
spring when they get out on the dia-
mond in the high school series. There is
not league in which there are not some
of the scholastic stars playing. and in
several there are great many of them
taking prominent parts.
Burton shipley. one of the best atb-
letes ever developed at the Maryland
Agricultural College. has been i'll for
the last month from an attack of APP
pendicitis Shipley went to Martins
burg IN company with four other men,
bers OF the NJ. A. c. base ball team Dec
Grafton day to play game of ball. He
was stricken that morning in Mar
tinsburg and an operation was neces-
sary- Shipley left the hospital too soon
and was compelled to go back because
of complications. He is getting around
again. however, and beginning to look
something like himself.
Shipley has finished his course al
NJ A c. and his loss in athletics will
be one that will be felt very much
1t Is doubtful If anybody will be de-
veloped in quite a while of as great
all-round capabilities as he.
1t was a rather peculiar coincidence
yesterday that three Of the four games
played in the amateur leagues resulted
In ties. There was only one contest
and that took place in the East Wash
ington Sunday School circuit between
Keller and Reformation. Mount Pleas
ant and Emmanuel played to a s-to-s
score in the Northwest Sunday School
League. Sherwood and Waverly bat.
tied for nine innings in the Central
circuit to a 1-to-1 tie. while Holy Name
was unable to get a decision over the
Columbias in the Rosedale League, the
final count being s to s.
Reggie" Rawlings did some soot
batting for Emmanuel against thu
Mount Pleasant team. Rawlings got {
home run and two singles out of fou,
trips to the plate. which constituted
one of his typical days at bat.
The feature of the duel in the Cen
trail League between Waverly ant
Sherwood was the splendid pitching O
positions. Mcmahon and Cantwell boil
going along in splendid style. Boil
men pitched brilliantly. their worl
standing out as the best hurting exhi
bition given in any one contest in tina
league this season.
The Departmental League is the firs
to end its ra0nlAr arhA6n1A Thu Ana