The Washington herald., 1915-08-01
Recent Amateur Scrap
Is Worst in the History
Technically in Associations Rules Causes Big Sensation
Among Government. League Officials Authorities
Decisions Are Reversed

. evidence President Deane was agar
. overruled.
Another statement in one of this
mornings papers commends Bayliss
manager of the Marines. for his
, sportsmanship In challenging the Blu
reau team to a fve-game series. but
does not state that he refused to have
the same decide which team should
be pennant winner of the Government,
League.
Realizing the Importance of the
coming series with the Marines, Man.
ager Williams requested of Mr.. Dean
the services of an additional umpire
and upon being informed that the
league was out of funds offered to
pay the expenses of the same from
his own pocket which offer was curt
ly refused.
1t is unnecessary to make any COM
ment on the attitude of the different
parties in the Government League con-
troversy. except to state that no one
| regretted having to appeal to the
Amateur Commission any more than
| did Manager Williams and he did so
| because II was the only way he could
receive justice for his players and
! the followers of his team, and to fur
| Their state that if every man who is
! interested in amateur ball in Wash
inSton was as hard a worker as good
! spun anu as TO uD-
hold the amateur standards as E. r.
| W il!iams, Washington would be pre-
eminent in the world of amateur base
| ball Very truly yours,
S. NJ. FALCONER, SR
| In view of the publicity given the
/ recent decision of the Government
Leagues executive board in the case
! of Player Gordon. of the Bureau club,
the board has the following statement
to make:
First-That. at the conclusion of
the meeting of the board of arbitra-
ton on the evening of July 81, 1915,
Secretary Evans, of the Government
League, notified Manager Williams, of
the Bureau club. that Manager Col
Inns. of the Commerce club intended
bringing before the leagues >execu-
tive board Immediately the question of
the Player Gordon's eligibility
Second-That Manager Williams ig-
nored this notification and failed to
be present.
Therefore the executive board feels
that no injustice has been done the
Bureau club.
The executive board was aware at
the time that it's decision would not
be final. and that an appeal would be
ken 10 the board of arbitration re-
Gardless of the leagues ruling and a
final decision rendered by that body
With these facts in view and a de-
sire to eXpediate matters the eXecu-
tive board made its decision.
A. B. EVANS.
Secretary-Treasurer.
The schedul, of the Rosedale League
is as follows:
Mo 1day. August .. Rosedale VS.. Glib
raltar: Tuesday. August 3. Rotary VS..
st. Paul: Wednesday. August 4. Rose
dale VS.. Crescerts; Thursday. August I
5. st. Paul VS.. Columbia: Friday, Aug
gust 6. Gibraltar VS.. Rotary: Satur-
day, August I, st. Paul VS.. Crescents;
Monday. August .. Gibraltar VS.. Rose
dale; Tuesday. August 10. st. Paul VS..
Rosedale: Wednesday, August II. |
Crescents VS.. Rotary; Thursday. Au-
gust IL, Gibraltar VS.. St. Paul; Friday, |
August 13, Gibraltar VS.. Cresceuts: |
Saturday, August II. Columbia VS.. ST. |
Paul: Monday. August Is. Columbia VS.. |
Rotary; Tuesday. August Il. St. Paul
VS.. Crescents.
In the newly organized Junior !
League the teams are closely punched. |
and the winner will be hard to pick at |
this stage of the season. The Orioles |
are leading. but are being hard pressed |
by The Herald Hustlers.
The St. Teresa nine that has been
dl d last clip Will SclDdChS
in the last two games played. They
were defeated by the Machinist nine
and tied by C. H. 1.
Lefty" Kuhnert came through with
one of his good games Friday when he
pitched the Machinists to a victory
over G. H. I. Kuhnert was pitching
good ball earlier in the season, but a
lame arm handicapped his work.
kirkland is playing good ball for the
Rotary team. of the Rosedale circuit
His hitting and spectacular fielding is
as good as any other player in the cir
suit.
Eddie Upton has been benched by
the Keller club for lack of hitting
ability. In former years Upton was
,ne of the best players around the city. /
but lately he is having the same
trouble with his eyes that bothers
Jack Dodge.
"Rooners'' Vernstein. of the G. H. l.
md Interior clubs. has been given a {
ry-out by Manager Griffith. 1t is said
hat he made a good impression and
hat he will be placed with a minor
eague team with a string attached to
lin.
81. AeieSd sum mas d CHdnce 70 WIN
tut in the Potomac League, and the
players have not given up hope. II
The Aggies. winners Of the second
cries in the Departmental League,
vent to play the Clarendon team two ,
,ames for practice and were defeated {
n both contests.
vic" Gauzza's Nationals kept up
heir good work during the past two
weeks by winning all of the games
layed. The final victory was over the
cardinals of Alexandria.
General Office and Transportation. of {
he Terminal r. r. Y. NJ. c. A. and J
outhern Railway League, pennant
Winners. met in a game and the Gen y
raj Office nine swamped their oppon-
nts by II to 1 score.