Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-16
BY Il. G. BYRD.

Plans for the amateur base ball SEA
son will DO discussed at meetns OF
the board Of governors Of tho Amateur
Base Ball Association wednesday night
President Young Of that BODY mas
called the Ave members Of the board
to get together IN his Office at thas
time to outline methods of procedure
Besides the members of the BOARD.
Charley King and Harry shurten'
treasurer and secretary Of the associa-
ton, have been asked to be present
The board Of governors Of the asso-
citation is composed Of tho president
two vice presidents and two members
at large. Robert n. Young, president;
s. Edward Beach and Clark Grimth
vice presidents; Bob Doyle and c
Eugene Edwards, members at large
compose the board Of governors. Grit
nth probably win not be able to attend
Following the meeting OF the gov
erning board, a general call for gath
ering OF the association is to be issued
for Saturday night. The board OF gov
errors will make known It's plans ia
representatives Of the various leagues
be taken. The presidents OF the leagues
and the managers Of the teams are ex-
pected to attend.
So far three leagues have completed
plans for the opening Of their seasons.
The Rosedale. Government and Rail-
road Y. M c. A organizations are
ready to begin play. their games being
scheduled to start early in May.
Amateur ball clubs in general are
getting ready for the season. Several
Of the Independent mines played games
yesterday. Tho Cleveland Athletic
Club journeyed to Fort Washington
and defeated the nine representing
one Of the strongest Independent ath-
letic organizations, took a one-sided
contest from the General Baking Com
pany by 16 to 0. Down at Fort Hunt
| the Rex Athletic Club succumbed &c
the soldiers club by l to 6. and over
at Clarendon the nine representing
| the Alexandria County Athletic Associa-
tion trounced the Westover Athletic Clut
/ by to 0.
Quayle, pitcher on the Fort Hunt
| nine proved too muchs of a puzzle fol
| the Rex batters to solve. Nine Of ths
| Washingtonians went down on strikes
and only five times were they able te
| drive the ball into places where there
was not a man to field it. Newt,
twirled cleverly at times for the los.
ing team, but was not in good condi.
| ton. Tho Rex players in genera
showed b LICK OF pTactlCo ana Q1Q MOI
display near the good form which
| characterized their work Of last sea
son.
Maryland State, Johns Hopkins. vfr.
ginia Military Institute and st. John'i
| probably will be the only collegiat,
representatives from this section in tn,
Pennsylvania relay games scheduled {
week from next Saturday. Catholic
University. Georgetown and Georg'
| Washington are numbered in the en-
| tries, but will not have teams in com
petition. Z
The drawings for the pole. a much
looked forward-to event by the differ
ent schools. shows that Hopkins is tn,
only one to get No. l position. 1t will
compete in class 1. In class Maryland
| State drew third position, the same i
held last season. and will have agains
It in the first and second places on tn
| track Delaware College and the Trenton
| School Of Indutrial Arts.
Central and Tech high schools are {,
compete in different classes. Bill Fole,
has shown what he thinks Of the Blu,