Evening star., 1914-07-07
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featured the contest with his fielding. He
accepted eight chances. six of them as
| sists. He did not make anything that
| even looked like a misplay
| BrightwoOd had hard time getting
away with the long end of the score
| against that bunch of Mount Pleasant
youngsters, and it probably would not
| have done had it not been lucky
| enough to score three times in the first
| inning. Mount Pleasant also aided in the
! run-getting of its oponents by making
| five misplays.
I Charlton and Herr of Brightwood did
some good base running. Each man stole
| three times. Peck and Austin were the
! only members of the Mount Pleasant
nine to pilfer. They stole one each
| Jim Rice. coach of the Columbia Uni
Versity crew and winner at Poughkeepsie
this year. is now here to take charge of
| the Potomac Boat Clubs oarsmen. Rice
! had a big bunch of youngsters out on the
river Yesterday, and he is quoted as say
ing that his material looked good. and
that some good boats might be
| developed. Some six years ago Rice
, was here and he stated at that
! time that if he had under him as
capable IA bunch of Youngsters repre-
i sented the Potomac club. he would come
| mighty near developing boat that
would make cleanup.
In order to raise money to defray the
extra expense of obtaining high-priced
coach and in placing its crews in the
big regattas remaining, the Potomac club
will give two or three excursions to Mar
shall Hall The first is to take place to-
day. a unique feature of the excursion
will be reception that is to be rendered
to Rice.
The Potomac club is confident that
Rice's ability a coach is going to
give it winning crews, and where such
confidence exists results generally are to
be found.
1t is reported that several men who
took part in the athletic events July
Will be suspended from the y. A. L. In
fact. nothing else can be done, it Is
said. as the rules of that organization
specifically state that any man who takes
part in an unsanctioned set of games
automatically suspends himself
1t was also asserted in this connection
that the A. A. u. had asked to have the
games held under its sanction in order
that the 300 athletes registered here with
that body would be eligible to compete.
That request was not granted and the
games took place unsanctioned by the
body which controls track and field ath-
ietics and several other sports. In other
that the Athletic Federation of the Dis
trict of Columbia is fighting the A. A. L.
and doing all in its power to balkl its
plans Nothing could be further from
the true condition of affairs.
The Athletic Federation, organized two
years ago. is making no attempt to
fight tn a. A L. The federation of local
clubs came out of a discussion which
arose two years ago regarding the power
Baltimore exercised in local athletics At
Pa hpI and iDhf
for that matter, has the governing voice
in all matters pertaining to athletics in
Washington. Whatever Baltimore wants
in the A. A. L. Baltimore can get: what
erev Washington wants is granted. pro-
vided Baltimore sees fit. That is just the
condition, and that is just why a meet
ing of protest was held. When that pro-
test did not accomplish anything. the
head of the A. A. L. was petitioned in a
very respectful manner to allow
separate jurisdiction of the A. A. L. for
Washington This was not granted. and
Washington determined to control its own
activities by forming union of the local
clubs to be known as the Athletic Fed
GRAFTON of the District of Columbia.
Right now this federation is endeavor-
ing to obtain permission from the CEN
trail government of the A. A. L. to form
separate body, one which will give
Washington control over its own sports.
Years ago Baltimore had the same fight
to have Philadelphia control over Balti-
more athletics broken, and it won out
after a tWo-year fight. The same is be-
ing done in Washington to break off
Baltimore control, and Washington is
going to win its fight.
1t would be useless to fight the A. A. L.
as a body. and those back of the local
movement are not trying to do so. They
are doing their best to compel recognf-
ton from the central government of the
a. A. L., and they are eventually going
to accomplish just that. There are many
things about the A. A. U. that are hardly
fair, and yet it is well recognized that
it accomplishes much good and is too
strong to be fought. But Washington
clubs and schools and colleges want to
govern their own activities. and why
they should not do so is not explained.
government from afar is against all
principles of good government, and is
never satisfactory to the governed. Such
government never has and never will
meet the approval and consent of those
which come under such jurisdiction. and
why the same does not apply in one
thing as in another is something that
cannot be understood.