The Washington times., 1915-08-04
President Young, Of Amateur
Association, Says Season Is
Poor Financially.
EMMANUEL DROPS FIRST
Bureau Defeats Marines in Bat.
tie for Title in Government
League.
BY BRYAN MORSE.

"The amateur baseball season 80
far has been success in every way
save financially" This is the way
President Robert H. Young, of the
Amateur Association, sums up the
1915 battles for the various league
pennants.
Conditions have been good ex-
cept that there are fewer playing
fields owing to building operations,
and as there are few enclosed fields
we will have to look forward to q
lean year as far as money is con-
eerned.
"There is no chance to reap any
harvest in the post-season games,
and we will have difficulty in raising
money to send the winner to Rich
mond, and in paying the way of the
Richmond team and the various eN-
penses incidental to the post-season
SERIES" continued the association
head.
"There has been but one serious
break in the season and that grew
out of misunderstanding, and has
been adjusted satisfactorily. All the
league will be ready for the post
season games"
meeting Of the committee Of the
association which handles the details
tonight. President Young will take
up the questions Of umpires, playing
helds. dates. and leagues In the two
sections of winners which will enter
the post-seasOn games.
Richmond has accepted the date Of
August 2s for the double header here
and it is eHpHGted that ths s,ash Washing g
Labor Day.
Whitney has the jump on Emmanuel
in the first of the series to decide the
winner Of the second series. getting
ahead with to Q game. Whitney
came through IN the ninth inning; u;
allowed the Whitney team but three
hits, tanning an even dozen batters.
s. RECTOR. who has made a quite an az
allowed five hits. keput them we'll scat
tered. however and famed twelve bat
ters.
Forest Thompson will probably pitch
the game for the Southern General
OnicG team against the st. Teresa, 3
nine, Of the Potomac League, scheduled
TO be played at American League Park
Thompson holds the District strike-out
record. having famed twenty-three
mon In one game several years ago:
and Is considered to be one OF the best
hurlers in the District.
Interior and Agriculture. OF the De-
partmental League. Will nook up IN a
game Immediately after the General
Ofice-St. Teresa contest.
The proceeds Of the double-header
will be turned over to the citizens u.
A. K. committee.
The well-known "Finnegan" stuff in
Co.
turned INTO an even Steven PROPOSE"
ton. as Bureau and the Marines are
now tied with one game won and one
tied for the league ti!lc. .
worst defeat Of the year yesterday.
wallop!ng the life out of Manager Bay
lis tribe by II to 2. Fifteen safeties
were gathered of Bruner and Burns.
checked the Marines throughout the
contest for Bureau.
Bureau took advantage Of the nine
errors made by the Marines, and pounded
A distinguished crowd was on hand for
the fray. For the first time this season
the double umpire was In use In the
circuit. Umpires Shurtleff and Hughes
working smoothly.
One big inning. In which four runs
were made. proved sufficient for the
Steel Plant team. in the Congress
Heights League. Yesterday, ana Harnll-
ton was defeated by a 5-to-l margin.
Shops took a 9-to-7 battle from Car
Department in the Terminal League
yesterday. Twelve hits were gathered
of McCann and Simpson. Myers, Jar
Wis. Garner. and Naples hit we'll for the
winners.
Norman Sill. captain Of the disbanded
Advent team. made an effort to have
the Advent players distributed among
the East Washington teams without
avail. AS the team broke up the asso-
citation would not allow the players to
take part in games after July Is.