Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-04
POTOMACS AND ANALOSTANS
TO ROW AT PHILADELPHIA
Local Crews Will Take Part in Several
Events in Peoples Regatta-Other
Gossip of the Amateurs.

| Church League is booked to meet the
| Solkan Athletic Club this morning at
| 5th street and Florida avenue, the rail-
road ''Y" field. The Holy Name club
Will present its regular lineup. and
expects to put up good exhibition. The
Solkan nine is made up of employees OF
a local department store, and is con-
sidered to be more competent than the
average organization of that character
AS result of a forfeit by Emmanuel
in the Northwest Sunday School League
last Thursday, the Whitney Avenue
nine is now tied with it for first place.
When time to call play came there were
not nine Emmanuel players on the field.
with the result that the contest went
to the Whitney Avenue club automat-
ically.
Manager Williams of the Bureau team
in the Government League seems to be
very much perturbed over some charges
recently brought in a letter written to
one of the local papers by the manager
of another Club in the organization
Manager Williams has this to say rela-
tive to the matter:
Il am very sorry the affair occurred
and 1 regret that the proper channels
through which such charges should be
made were not used. Whenever some
thing happens that another manager
thinks is wrong he has a perfect right
to seek redress by appealing to the
commission which controls amateur
ball. AS soon as l read the letter pub
lished in one Of the papers l communi-
Gated with President Robert H. Young
and asked him to investigate. He re-
piled that the commission had taken
up the matter, but had been of the
opinion that it could not take cogni-
zance of such communications publish
ed in the papers i have no way of
bringing the matter before the COM
mission, as the commission has refused
to investigate on the ground given by
Mr.. Young. I might say. though, that
If any other manager In the Govern
ment League thinks l have done wrong
in any particular 1 will be pleased to
have him bring his charges through the
amateur commission, the only proper
channel, because l well realize that no
newspaper wants to lend ies columns to
a discussion pro and con of some con-
troversy between managers. 1 would
like that to be done, because 1t would
give me chance to refute the charges
and exonerate myself Of all that has
been insinuated.''
Spicer, who played second base for the
Outlanders in the Masonic game yester-
day, was a member Of the Denver club in
the Western League last year. He was
sent by Denver to Racine, and refused to
report He handled himself like a real
ball player, and acted as If he knew how
field position yesterday, though his regu-
lar place is in the outaeld.
Joe Leverton, who used to play anna
teur ball regularly. is almost a mystery
as far rs hitting is concerned. Yesterday
he performed at third base for the Out
landers. and he got two clean drives over
second, and hit another ball hard enough
to get a hit. but it went right at one Of
the inf1elders. Last year in the Ma
sonic game Leverton made four clean
safeties out of as many times at bat. and,
despite his not having played a game since
that, seemed able to time the ball as per-
fectly as ever.
Manager LIE Clair of the Machnists in
the Potomac League thinks that his team
is not only going to win the championship
in that circuit. but that it will stand an
excellent chance to take honors in the
post-season series. Says lie Clair:
I'VE have such good lead now in the
league race that it seems almost impossi-
BILE for any other club to beat US out UNI
less we take a much greater slump than
is expected. We have been going very
well. having won fourteen out of sixteen
contests. while the next best club Ia not
anywhere near that figure. In the post
season series we will have much sitter
opposition, know but think we are as
strong as any of the other mines. OF
course. we have no hashy pitchers. but
our boxmen have been working steadily
all season, and I expect them to come
through with good support. which they
are likely to get"