The Washington herald., 1916-08-21
R0SEDALE nine Will
Meet BUREAU TODAY
Plate Printers" Will Face
Northeast Club in Section
A at Fairgrounds.
HAMEL TO FACE FINNEY KELLY
Fans Are Complaining About Condi-
tions on Playing Fields Named
in Section A.
HAMEL TO FACE FINNEY KELLY

The sandIot fans will flock to the Rose
dale Fairgrounds this afternoon TO wit
ness the game between the Bureau Club,
OF the Potomac League. and the Rosedale
team. Bureau has been defeated in two
games, but the Plate Printers have not
given up hope. as they have shown on
two occasions that they are equally as
good a team as the Holy Name Club,
which Is being picked by many as the
probable winners.
This Bureau nine although a misfit out
1T, have been playing some brilliant ball.
and with a little moro OF the breaks of
luck would have defeated Holy Name in
their first meeting on Friday evening at
Fifth and Florida avenue northeast This
game ended in tie, but the boys from
across the river played rings around the
ChurChmen on bases. BisChoff, who
pitched for the ChurChmen, hurled one of
the best games that he has worked in this
season and deserved to win. but his team
mates played rather loosely over the en-
tire route. and It was nothing but his air
tight pitching that saved the Churchmen
from defeat, as he struck out five of the
last six men to face him.
In the game across the river on Satur-
day evening Chester Lyons. the iron man
of the Potomac Leaguers. had the Holy
Name crowd eating out OF his hand for
six innings. but he weakened in the
seventh and the visitors gathered four
runs of four hits and an error. But for
this weakening OF Lyons, Bureau would
have no doubt been in the thick of the
fighting this week and would still have
d grand chance of landing. but with these
breaks against them. II appears like
tough going for the Plate Printers in the
remaining contests.
Hamel will no doubt be selected to do
the twirlinG for the Plate Printers to-
day, while Lyons or Payne may be put
into action at the last moment
Manager Junghans. of the Rosedale
team. was uncertain last night just who
would work against the Plate Printers,
as he has but two available pitchers,
namely. Kelley and O'Neil. There is quite
a little protest being heard on all sides
in reference to Vernstein and Albaugh,
two pitchers on the roster of the Rose
dale team. The Holy Name team has
protested the playing of these players
and Manager Junghans was to be given
= decision on their eligibility by today.
II either Nernstein or Albaugh are de-
,IaTed eligible the pitching selection will
10 doubt fall to the first named, while,
should the commission rule against them
Finney Kelly will be sent back against
the Potomac LeaSuers.
This is the first game in Section A that
has been scheduled to be played on the
Rosedale Fairgrounds and from the fans
all the way down to the bat boy 1t is
hoped that conditions for a champion
ship game Of this kind are better out
the ''TOI-gate' way than has been the
case over the river and out at Florida
avenue.
When the Rosedale nine met the
Bureau team on the Potomac League
grounds Umpire Jack Carr was able to
get but seven innings in as the fans kept
crowding in on the field, and he was COM
PEELED time and again to call time in
order to send them back. The same con-
ditions existed on Saturday when UNI
pire Hughes was in charge across the
river, but with the help Of Officer Mike
Ready they managed to handle the large
crowd in better shape.
Jimmy Hughes had his trouble on Fri
day afternoon at the Catholic Church
League grounds. The Florida avenue
mond in the District, with the exception
Of the big league park, but there is no
way Of keeping the crowd OF the side
lines. The officials Of the Catholic
Church League did everything IN thehr
power to keep the crowd back, but when
the Northeast clubmen tied up the count
ii was impossible. In the final inning
the fans were crowded down the first and
third base lines. II Umpire Hughes had
possible to finish, as darkness was com
ing on rapidly.
Many suggestions have been heard on
all sides in reference to the conditions
under which the teams are playing now,
and II would not be at all surprising to
see the board OF governors of the asso-
citation order the remaining games in
Section A to be played at the Terminal
Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. Athletic field east
Of Union Station. This is the ideal place
for these games. as 1t is centrally located
and affords all the fans and players plen-
ty of space. The intersectional series
and the intercity series will no doubt be
played on these grounds.