The Washington times., 1915-06-15
Departmental and Home Club
Circuits Fail to Present Their
Quotas.
CAR AND COLUMBIAS STAR
Win Closely Contested Games
In Terminal and RosedaIe
Battles.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

The very first sign of waning in
terest in amateur baseball is noted
today in the two forfeited games
Innng up by the Departmental and
he Club Leagues. Survey for
fefed to Secretary-Indian Office in
the Home Club circuit, while the
Union Printers were left high and
dry by War Department for game
in the Departmental League.
There have been several forfeits
in the Departmental circuit lately
and interest seems to be dying out.
Time was when the Departmental
League drew the biggest of crowds.
1t is one of the oldest of the anna
teur leagues in the city and put
amateur baseball into the popularity
it has been enjoying of late years.
Officials Of the league have given War
one more chance to make good by pre-
senting a team. If the War players re-
port for their game with Treasury to-
morrow the team will be allowed to
finish the season. Failure to report will
automatically drop the team from the
circuit. Labor will take the place Of
War If the team fails to report.
Printers and Secretary-In Indians got to-
gether for a battle when their scheduled
opponents failed to show up. Printers
getting in ahead by S to in seven in
nings Of play.
The Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. c. A..
turns in close contest today. one of
tho best played games OF the season
going down to the credit of Car De-
partment and Auditors. Car Depart
meme won out by to 2. For six in
nii:gs Auditors had things their own
way, leading by to Q, but in the sew
run. Nolan, OF Auditors, deserved to
win his game. While his teammates
failed to get but four hits for MN. ne
held the Car players to five hits. famed
thirteen, and walked but three. Risdon
struck out nine, allowed four hits and
walked one An error lost the game for
eeron Went home on Woods wild peg.
Holy Name. playing In the Rosedale
League, added another game to line
string yesterday playing an nvsIy aruc1s @aV Vl
THE score was to O. Tomlin and Grady
did the box work for the Holy Name
team, and allowed Columbia three hits
between
Innings, while Grady finished 1t out.
The winning rum was scored in the
fourth inning.
There were big scores on the White
Lot yesterday. Bureau. of the Govern
,nent I league, which seems to be sailing
right out after the Marines fol-. the
honors in the second series, Ealloped
Library by y to l. Library maze Twelve eve
score of the Bureau team. as but eight
hits were made by the winners. Library
is composed of youngsters for the most
part. and has been pitted against Older
and more experienced players.
Ouartermaster Generals Office hand
ed the Ordnance team a l4-to-l lacine
yesterday in six innings. For i've IN,
nings there was game, but when the
Generals went to the bat and scorec
nine runs hostilitles were called off
Torbet, pitching for the winners, al
lowed his opponents but one nit.
Action Is expected on Clayton anf
Donnelly, the players declared ineligible
by Secretary Shurleff. of the Amateur
Association. According TO the ruling o
the association. these players arc auto
matcally suspended and can not .pla'
with any of the three teams they haV
signed with.
The peculiar case of winning team
getting fewer hits than a losing one j.
recorded in the Potomac League battl
of yesterday Machinists won by lop
sided score of 10 to 2. The winner
made their 10 runs off of hits whil
the losers made 8. Machinists failet
to get to bases on errors as none ar
recorded for the Fairlawn team. Cha
pins homer featured the game.
The Catholic Church League got ava
yesterday with flying colors AND tn
youns sters are sure to have a'grea
season Of It,. There seems to be a grea
opening here for a junior league sucl
as was tried by Andrew Ormsby 4
Brookland last summer. There ar
plenty of high school and grade schoo
youngsters who might be formed into
good league with an age limit. Th
Catholic Church League should be wel
patronized as there is a deal of interes
in the circuit.
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