Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-26
AMATEUR BASE BALL HONORS
WILL BE DETERMINED TODAY
Agriculture and Machinists to Meet at
American League Park at 4:30 O'Clock.
La Clair Shows Good craftsmanship.

the runners scoring. Owens. the pitch
err. intercepted the throw and shot the
ball to third in an effort to catch
Beatty, who had been On first when
Schof1eId made the hit. On the throw
from center field Schof1eld was going
from first to second. Now. the ground
rule made prior to the game was that
a man should have a base besides the
one to which he was going on all over
throws. Cusack failed to handle the
throw to catch Beatty. the ball rolling
into the crowd, and Beatty should,
lowed to score and Sehofeid to go to
third. What really happened was that
the umpire refused to allow Beatty to
score and held Schofield on second.
The extra run would have given the
Machinists a tie game, and for this
that the contest would have to be play
ed over 1t was at this period. when
the score stood to in favor OF MS
team, that Manager La Clair OF the
splendid a show of craftsmanship as
has ever been evidenced in amateur
base ball here and offered to hinge the
championship on a single game today.
The following is the official protest az
made in a letter by Manager La CialI
to President Young:
Robert H. Young. President
Amateur Base Ball Commission.
Sir: I hearty enter a protest with
you concerning the awarding OF TO-DAY
intersection championship game be
tween the Machinists and Agriculture
to the latter team, the basis Of my
contention being that Umpire Belts
gave an illegal decision upon the fol-
lowing play:
Three men on bases-batter hits to
centerfield-helder throws to infield,
hut two men score-ball thrown to
third base to catch runner who. before
the hit, had occupied frst-thtrd base
man makes error. ball going into
crow runner and batsman score,
making a total of four runs on the
play The ground rules give man
one base. in addition to the one 70
which he is going. on an overthrow:
Under this rule the man for whom
the play was made at third was en-
titled to score. In addition. as the err
ror was clearly the fault Of the third
baseman, the batsman should also have
been allowed to score: Mr.. Belts now
ever ruled that the batsman and man
ahead of him should return to seeona q
and third bases, respectively rms
ruling cost my club the game, the
score of which should have been to
in its favor.
II urge you to give this matter your
immediate attention.
al. T. LA CLAIR. Manager,
Machinists Base Ball Team"
The answer of the manager OF the
Agriculture club follows:
President Robert H Young.
Amateur Base Ball Commission
"Sir: Regarding the protest or Mr..
La Clair on decision made py Mr.
Belts in the game between Machinists
and Agriculture Yesterday. August "a.
In my opinion Mr.. Belts gave the
proper decision on the play, and if at
that time be erred 1t was up 10 MT.
Hughes to allow the change if the
Machinists protested. Mr.. Hughes was
umpire chief at that game and as
serted that authority when he reversed
a decision that cost our team two runs.
IL. NJ. EIDSNESS,
Manager Agriculture, Departmental
League"
Here is the statement obtained from
Umpire Belts. who made the decision:
president Robert H. Young, Amateur
Base Ball Commission:
"Sir: In answer to protest filed by
Manager La Clair of the MachinIsts