The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-07-18
TEAMS PINNED
FOR Big SERIES
Managers Of Amateur Clubs
Grab Star Players for Final
Dash to Barrier.
SHURTLEFF IS VERY BUSY
Secretary Of Association Gets Heavy
Mail as Releases and Contracts
Begin to Come In.
SHURTLEFF IS VERY BUSY
By JOHN E. McCABE.

Although the hot weather of the pas,
week was enough to make the average
man forget to aat, there was evidently
little sleeping done by the managers OF
the amateur baseball clubs who have a
chance TO land the District amateur title
In the grand skirmish next month.
If you don't believe us, take a peep
at the list of nearly 800 changes recorded
by Harry Shurtleff. secretary of the anna
teur baseball commission.
Business had been pretty slack all sum-
mer and Harry was just chuckling to
himself that his Job was an easy one.
Pretty soft he murmured as he welded
baby fan" in one hand and swatted
pestiferous flies with the other Then
the postman arrived. and he brought
some mail. Harry has been busy ever
since sorting EN- out and making en-
tries in the grand old dope book
AS those in touch with the rules of
the amateur commission know, the last
date upon which player may be re-
leased or signed expired on July Is. Some
Of the ambitious managers waited until
the last moment to grab the star players
of other teams and the avalanche of
mail for the commission secretary was
the result
Four teams are still banging away at
the grand old bunting in the Potomac
LeaSue-the Machinsts. who are lead
ing; Congress Heights. runners-up. and
st. Teresa and the Drillery mines, which
are but hairs breadth behind
st. Teresas evidently means business,
and with his eagle eye leveled at the
pennant Manager Leonard has induced
three well-known stars to affix their sig
natures to contracts. The new wearers
Of ST Teresa's uniform are Walter CO.
hill, the sensational player formerly with
the Mount st. Mary's nine: AL Ste-ne,
last years captain Of the Western High
School baseball team. and Yellow Myers.
Of Western High School fame. and more
recently of Lafayette. where he sstab- !
Eshed great record and was picked as
the all-collegiate first baseman
But the Potomac League Is not the
only one where a grand old upheaval
has taken place. for things have been
moving swiftly in the other circuits as
we'll.
In the Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
League Manager c. =. Parker has shown
great strategic SKILL grabbing UP four
or more of the best players in the cir
cult. his team having already won the
flag. He has signed r. s. Anderson and
f. c. Thornett. the centerfelder and
shortstop of the Union Station team:
John Nolan and J. A. Maxwell. pitchers
of the Auditors. and f. ]. Purdy. of ~
League.
Smoke" Stack. the first string twirler
of the Mayflower Club pitched one of the
best games of his career when he held
the Gibraltar A. c. hitless and sent II
back to the bench via the strike-out route.
The losers made but three assists. all
of them going to Goodwin's credit They
also played errorless ball.
Roundtree is playing a great fielding
game for the Machinist nine. In the G.
II. I. game ne handled nine out of ten
chances.
Lefty" Downey is proving one Of the
best hitters In the two leagues that he
is PLAYING in For the Bureau and Treas
ury teams he is hitting above the 40
mark.
The pennant argument In the Terminal
R R Y. VI. G. A. League has been set
tied. the General Office nine being the
victors.
st. Josephs. in the Catholic Church
League. have three brothers playing IN
their club. The boys in question are
Lee. who does the receiving. Jim. who
pitches and plays the infield. and Ed
Flaherty. who plays second base and
lakes turns with his brother In the box.
Paper Nose" Plunkett and Walker
-olston the dancing backstop. were both
nit In the nose during the past season.
Plunkett's nose was a trife weaker than
|olston's and was broken. Colston, how
.ver. had a different experience. When
he ball struck him it gave him a pair
II sinners
Credto. the brilliant shortstop of the
Commerce team, is putting up a fast
game of ball. In the Navy game he
scored the winning run for his team
through a brilliant bit Of baserunning.
In the Sunday School League the I'm
manuel nine seems to be In a slump.
while the Whitney nine is starting to
putt
Bill Mcbride. the star catcher and
ialfback for the Cardinal 4. c. of Alex
ndria, and one of the best all-around
thietes of the South. is the proud IA
her of bouncing baby boy. The heir
nd mother are both doing nicely.
Always the Same