Evening star., 1916-05-25
BY n. C. BYRD.

the amateur leagues yesterday The
general office nine blanked the car
depa rtment in the Terminal Railroad
Y. NJ. c. 4. circuit by score of to U
and the Machinists ran away with the
contest in the Potomac circuit by y
to 0. Both games showed the v1ctors
outclassing their opponents in every
department of play.
Naples pitched the General once to
its victory in the Terminal ~" organi-
zation, allowing the Car Department
three scattered hits. Purdy and La
varine led the General Office nine in
hits. making two each out of Is many
trips to the plate. The only extra base
hit of the contest was one by Lava
riue for two sacks.
Mitchell, on the mound for Machin-
lists, had things just as he pleased
against Drillery. having one hit MADE
off his delivery and tanning nine. Tne
Machinists walloped the ball very hard,
getting twenty-three safe drives IN
hve innings. Had the game gone the
regulation nine periods there is no
telling how many runs and hits Le-
Clair's aggregation would have amass-
ed Braund. Schofield. Raba. Beard
Perry and Mitchell each got three sin
giles and Bell and Hines two each
Roundtree, the other member of the
team got one safety.
4 good game was played in the Agri-
cultural Interbureau League, the. Bu-
reau of Animal Industry defeating the
Chemistry nine by 5 to ,. The contest
was pitchers battle between Wor-
tendyke of the winners and Gowan
with the honors about even Smith, at
rhorts1op for the victors. played brill
liantly, while the general work of the
whole Chemistry aggregation was
above the ordinary. Edmo9ston and
Dickman of the winning team were
the leading batters, each connecting
safely three times.
The ouartermasters Department won
easy victory over the Ordnance team
in the War Interbureau circuit. the
score being IL to 8. Ordnance scored
all its runs i'll the final inning, while
the Quartermasters Tailed almost AT
will in the third, fourth and fifth. The
winners outhit the losers by big
margin, connecting for fourteen safe
drives. while the defeated team got
only six. McCammond's batting and
catching for the winning nine was
ceptionally good, and featured the con-
test
The game in the Home Club League
resulted in rather easy victory for
Patent over the Reclamation nine. Pat
ent banged the ball all over the lot
making twenty-five safeties. E. Fisher
led in the clouting with four hits in
that many times at the plate. Many of
the other players got two and three hits
each. Rohrman held the losing club to
hTe safeties.
The Marines captured the game in the
Government League, beating Treasury
by IL to A. Burns let the losers down
with four hits, keeping his contest well
in hand after the first inning, in which
Treasury scored three times Overton
played well at second for the victors.
having chances. Williams hit
af1yl canEhf we'll for rho Soldiers
f The Printers won their second con-
secutive game in the Rosedale League.
taking the measure of the Hilltops by
to 2 Blanton of the Printers and
Showers of Hilltops both pitched good
ball. though Blanton had the best of
the controversy. Blanton struck out
ten men against seven for Showers and
had much better control. Showers Civ
ing seven bases on balls. Gathgens
and Feidman were the best batters for
the winners and MCGUIRE, Long and
BDetler led the losers.
st. Peters an S-to-6 victor over
the ST. Dominics team in the Catholic
Church League Despite the big ad-
vantage il gained when ii scored all
its runs in the opening inning. St. Dom
intc's was unable to win. Both teams
hit the ball hard, but some good field
ing at critical times prevented even
more scoring. Cartwright's batting
was about the only feature of the con-
test. two homers and a single being the
result of his four trials in front of the
pitcher. Greer of the St. Peters team
made a two-bagger and single.
The Maryland Agricultural College
lost to ST. Johns yesterday at Annapo-
lis, both teams playing rather mediocre
ball. fuckers pitching and the field
ing of Heisse at shortstop for St Johns
contest. The Maryland nine felded rag
gedly. and its pitching was mediocre.
-Four men were on the mound for NJ. A.
c. al various periods of the game.
Mornhinweg starting. Chichester, Sic
CERT and r. Knode hurled during the
periods following the third inning, and
all were in trouble throughout. The
Farmers were without their regular
catcher. Mess, who has been barred be-
cause of scholastic difficulties.
The Baltimore Sun prints a rather
lengthy account of an agreement en-
tered into by the colleges In Maryland
concerning eligibility rules for ath-
letics. Two meetings were held at
which were present DR.. Fell. president
of ST Johns College: George f. Dorsey
University, DR.. Cain, president Of
Washington College, Prof Il. +. Grove
OF St Johns College. Prof Harry S
Bean Of Western Maryland College and
H g Byrd, director Of athletics at tn.
Maryland Agricultural College. The
Baltimore Sun says, in part. OF the
meeting:
"At this meeting II was found that
there were three grades of opinions AT
one extreme was Curley Byrd, who had
brought with him a set of rules con-
sidered much TOO strict by all the
others. but which ne declared was to be
adopted by his college in regulating its
own athletic ca andidates. On the other
extreme was Dorsey OF Hopkins. who
did not commit the university TO any
definite code. The other three colleges
were fairly well agreed about halfway
between the Aggies and Hopkins.
The rules which Byrd had prepared
were taken a basis for discussion
and after they had been gone over the
meeting adjourned for two weeks to
afford an opportunity for consideration
"At the second meeting each provi.-
ton Of the proposed code was taken up
IN detail. The first article regarded the
necessity for physical fitness of all can
didates for athletic teams. This was
adopted unanimously.
The initial difference came on the
second article. which was the four-year
rule. St. Johns and the Aggies agreed
Immediately. but Washington College
Western Maryland and Hopkins de-
INJURED. The first two wanted a Ave
year limit instead of four, so that they
might be allowed to play their sub
freshmen, but after some argument
agreed 10 waive the point and stick to