The Washington herald., 1916-04-17
Protested Game Awarded
Peck Chapel VIII Come Up
for Final Decision.
BASED ON TECHNICALLY
BY JOHN A. DUGAN.

Technically champions. or winning a
championship on technicality may be
the title OF a comedy-drama scheduled
10 be staged at the boys department OF
the Z. N. G. A tonight. when the officials
OF The Sunday School Basketball League
VIII hand down a final decision at a
meeting Of the league called for this
purpose on a protested game entered by
the Peck Chapel team.
The Sunday School League during the
past season enjoyed what Is looked upon
as the most prosperous season of any OF
the organized Basketball circuit in the
District and this final argument in the
awarding of closely fought champion
ship mars the splendid record made by all
connected with the organization.
The grounds for the protest entered by
the Peck Chapel team are nothing but
a technicaiity of the rules of the league
in reference to the eligibility Of a player
who has never proved to be star at
the basketball game. English, of the
Eastern Presbyterian, is the player under
protest for not attending the above
named Sunday school the required num-
Der Of times preceding the game under
protest, which was played November 2
1915.
The Eastern Presbyterian defeated the
Peck team in this protested game and
after playing seven games in the league
dropped out. the Fourth Presbyterian
duint taking its place with the samf
standing in the number of games won
and lost The officials Of the league
granted the Fourth team this standing
and allowed the Fourth team to play WITH
this rating until February 4, when Peck
entered its protest. Late in March the
officials of the circuit handed down q
decision in which this protested game,
which Eastern won. was taken away
from the Fourth Presbyterian team and
awarded to the Peck quint as a victory
In the awarding of this decision by
the officials OF the league. it tied up Peck
and Christ Lutheran for the title ano
should the Peck team win from Mount
Pleasant quint tonight, they Will be con-
sidered champions.
According to the rules OF the circuit, II
in reference to a player or players at
tending the Sunday school Of the team
with which he plays, Peck appears 4
have grounds for protest because ruling
OF the circuit was broken, but II tn
league officials took IL upon themselves
to see nt to award Fourth Presbyterian
Eastern standings, without first investi
eating the status Of the rating In bou
players and games, these same official
are placing themselves in dutch"
II they were competent enough to max
their first decision in granting Fourtl
this standing, they are not only goint
against all rules OF sportsmanship in al
lowing this protest but they are plactnl
themselves IN a position that Is hard u
explain to any fair-minded person. 1t 4
the opinion OF the writer that the onl!
fair thing that can be done to straighter
out this tangle is to declare the leaguI
championship a tie and have Christ Luth
eran and Peck Chapel the contendint
teams, play a series OF three or nv
games to decide the issue.
Peck Is slated TO play Mount Pleas
ant ouint tonighh at the boys depart
ment of the Y. NJ @. A, and should theJ
win. according to the present standing
which Includes their victory In this pro-
tested game Peck VIII be -oRe- game n
the lead, while should the officials rs
verse their former action Christ Duth
eran and Peck win be tied with seven.
teen YictOries and four defeats each