The Washington herald., 1914-07-25
RICHMOND DATES
TO BE SETTLED
President Young and Local
Committee to Meet Virginia
City Delegates Sunday.
OTHER LOCAL GOSSIP
District Association Winners Invited
to Play in Big Cleveland ANA
teur Tournament.

The local champions Of amateur base
ball are sure of meeting the winners Of
the title from Richmond this season.
President Robert H. Young. Of the
local Amateur Association OF Baseball
Leagues, along with Secretary Shurtlen
and Treasurer Charlie King. will meet
the delegates from Richmond Sunday In
this city to select the dates on which
these contests will be played. =
Down in the Virginia city the follow
ers Of the amateur games are having the
time OF their lives in picking the win
ners in three of s different leagues as
in all OF these circuits there Is neck
and neck race for the title and with a
playon with nine teams entered, IL will
be some little time yet before the Rich
mond committee can name the club which
viii meet Washington's best outfit.
A the races In seven Of the nine
leagues in the District are far from be-
ing settled It will be three or four weeks
before the local commission can name its
winners. but at the meeting Sunday the
dates for the coming intercity series will
be settled. II these dates should be In
the early part OF the month Of September
or late In August the local commission
will be compelled TO declare a winner In
three or four OF the different leagues
which have an extensive schedule.
Secretary shurtIen, Of the local asso-
citation, has been, invited to enter the
winners OF the local championship in the
big amateur tournament OF the United
States which is slated to be held at Cleve-
land. Ohio. this year. This tournament
is run in the old down and out style and
should the local commission decide to
enter a team from the District IL will
mean the finest kind OK air-tight pitching
to stay In the race. and the best OF hit
ting to land top honors from the best
club which the country can AFFORD. Al
though but very little has been done
aDng these lines II Is probable that
Washington will have an entry In the big
amateur classic OF the United States
The Eastern club. of the Potomac
League, will journey to Elizabeth, n. J..
next Saturday to meet the strong Hamp-
ton Fire Department team, Of that city.
The Elizabeth team have the best club
in and around Greater New York. and
the Potomac Leaguers will have to hustle
to gain a victory.
Umpire Dick woodward encountered
his first kick OF the season yesterday
when he called the game between the
Emmanuel team and the Brightwood club
in the first OF the ninth inning. With
the score standing three all at the end
of the eighth inning the team took the
field for the ninth and the first batter
hit fly ball between right and center
field, which should have been an easy
putout for either fielder. Both fielders
stood still until the ball had hit the
ground claiming that they could not see
and Umpire Woodward Immediately
called the contest much to the disgust
OF the Bright players.
Eddie Conover, who Is covering the
right garden for the Interior Redmen, in
the Departmental League, has gained a
reputation for hisself in pegging out run
ners at the plate. He has caught no
less than twelve runners at the home
plate this season, and in the contest
Tuesday between the Mailmen and the
Interior outfit he nabbed Merrell Vaughn
three yards OF the sack on a great throw
from deep right field.