The Washington herald., 1914-07-27
NORRIS gets
EARL BREWER
Fast Eastern Club Out6elder
Signs with Martinsburg,
of TriLCity League.
OTHER LOCAL COMMENT
Amateur Association to Meet Wednes-
day to Fix Post-Season Dates.
Printers Are Of.
BY JOHN A. DUGAN.

Earl Polly" Brewer, the heaVy-hitting
left fielder of the Eastern club, OF the
Potomac League, has signed contract
with Country" Mirris' Martinsburg club.
Of the Tri-City League. and will join the
West Virginia outfit early this week.
Brewer gained quite a name for himself
as a fence buster with the Steel Plant
team. Of the Potomac League, last sea
son. and he was given a try-out by Mama
ger Robert Emmett Kelly, OF the Eastern
outfit, early this season. and but for one
week layoff. due to an injury. he has been
one Of the mainstays Of the Navy Yard
club and is clouting the ball in the Po-
tomac circuit for .i6i clip.
The fast outhelder is a sure hitter and
can cover any amount of ground in the
outer garden, besides being a finished
player on the bases. Earl Is a brother Of
Big Six Brewer and has had but two
years OF amateur baseball experience. Be
sides playing with the Potomac League
club this season, Brewer has been taking
care of left field for the Reformation
club. Of the East Washington Sunday
School League.
Brewer attracted the attention OF Nor
ris when he was with the Eastern club
team on its recent tour OF the Tri-City
League. and as the Martinsburg club is
greatly in need of a heavy-hitting out
fielder since Johnny Blair has been signed
by the Nationals, the directors OF the
West Virginia outfit jumped at the
chance Of securing the services OF the fast
Potomac League fielder.
The local directors Of the Amateur
Leagues met the directors of the Rich
mond association yesterday in the office
OF President Robert Young. in the South
ern Building. and have all but settled on
August 3 and September as the dates
for the inter-city clashes.
W. Y. Seamaux and R. J. Crowder
were the members of thA Richmond as
sociation which met the local governing
body. and as the series in the Virginia
city will be ended about the middle of
next month II was their idea tn get the
inter-city series under way as soon after
August IS as possible. The Northerners,
Richmond Grays and the Richmond
Blues are three teams in the Southern
city which are having a great battle for
the honors of representing Richmond in
the coming series and with a heavy
schedule for and between these three
clubs during the next two weeks a YER
dict Is soon assured.
Because of the early dates desired by
the Richmond delegates the local COM
mission will have meeting Of this as
sociation next Wednesday night at Spald-
ing's and definite arrangements for the
post-season and the inter-city series will
be made.
Frank Greer. the Eastern High Schools
star center and one of the best football
players that the local high schools have
ever seen. is slated for Yale. Greer will
enter the Hotchkiss School this fall and
prepare for the big New Haven uni
yersity. 1t was rumored during the early
spring that Greer would EAST Sis loo
with either Dartmouth, North Carolina
or Catholic University and the story of
his preparing for Yale comes as a big
surprise TO his many friends and fol-
lowers.
The Washington Printers, Columbia,
lol, will leave here next Friday night for
Cincinnati to compete in the seventh an
nual tournament of the Typographical
Union Baseball Association.
Columbia, 10l. won the cup last year
and hope to repeat this season. The
team has been playing consistent ball
this season in the Central League, al
though II has not been winning many
games as the other teams in the league
have strong teams. They make it their
ambition TO win the cup in their annual
not caring so much about
Columbia will carry ten men besides
the manager. John Luitich. The tourra-
ment will open Sunday with a double
header and continue through the rest Of
the week. Two games will be played each
afternoon till the champion is declared,
and the cup will be awarded Saturday
night at the banquet given the visitors
by the Cincinnati printers.
, Gerry Hermann, Of the National Com
will give the visitors a trip on
the river one night while they are So
journing in that city, and several side
trips viii be taken before the boys re-
turn home.
Washington expects to play its first
game on Monday, but as the drawing of
lots has not been given out 1t will not
know whom II is to play till II arrives
Saturday afternoon and Is assigned its
place In the pIay-off