Evening star., 1918-08-03
BIG SERIES SURE
FOR LOCAL MINES
Best Teams in Section to
Contest for Amateur
Base Ball Title.
BY Il. c. BYRD.

One of the most pretentious series
for an amateur base ball champion
ship ever staged in the District will
September. While the games will de-
termine the championship of the Dis
trfct, they will go even further than
that and decide what will almost
amount to a sectional title. Inasmuch
as Clarendon, Alexandra and Quanti-
CO are represented by the Clarendon
A c., Cardinals and Marines. the series
can hardly be held to championship Of
the District.
A disposition was evidenced on the
part Of all present at the meeting at the
Ebbitt to decide questions relative to
the games to allow any teams that
want to take part in the series
to do SO. 1t was determined that q
player who took part in games as
a member Of one club could not par
ticipate in others as a member OF
another organization. Last night
there were present representatives
Of the Marines. Operations, Rex Ath-
Navy Yard. Agriculture. Engineers.
gineers, Army Medical School. Ord
nance and National Capital Publish
ing Company.
Last night the whole situation was
talked over and argued pro and CON
Many points were brought up for ad-
justment though it is questionable II
many persons present know definitely
all the conclusions reached. SO dis
jointed were the arguments.
A board of governors was appoint
ed to consist Of representatives OF the
four newspapers. This board of gov
ernors is to formulate set of rules to
govern the series and these rules will
be presented for discussion at meet
ing called for next Friday night. At
this meeting final arrangements for
the series will be made.
It was determined to allow tho
asmuuch as 1t Is closed league.
Other points brought up were what
teams should be played in different
sections to facilitate the series, when
the series Is to begin. what ought to
be done with the money. and when
eligible lists OF players would have
to be filed.
Bob Doyle was elected president Of
the organization, E c. Bennett Of
Clarendon secretary. and C. E. Nc
Clure treasurer. The aforementioned
is former president of the Mohawk
Athletic Club. Bob Doyle was an Off
cial of the old amateur base ball asso-
citation and has had a part in the man
agement of every series for the city
championship in the last few years.
Frye, former Federal League pitch
er, distinguished himself in the Navy
Yard League yesterday by pitching
two shut-out games. In the first game
he blanked Ordnance by 10 to o. and
then turned around in the second and
whitewashed the same bunch by to
o. Frye was on the mound for the
was hit hard in the opening contest.
but Buck held the Gunners to four
hits in the second Lafferty Of the
Gunners starred at bat in the opening
game with four hits out Of as many
trips to the plate.
Finance landed . game from Supply
and Control in tho Departmental
League yesterday, the score being 5
to l. Dodson pitched good ball for
the winners. keeping the seven hits
made by his opponents well scat
tered
Operations jumped on the Marines
yesterday and eked out victory in
the Navy, Yard League by to 6. Tho
Quantico aggregation tried hard in
the last two inningB to come through
with enough runs to tie things up.
but could not quite reach. Singleton,
former Texas League hurler. started
on the mound for Marines, but did
not fare as well as he usually does.
He was touched up pretty lively in
the early innings and was replaced
by Mike Cantwell.
Watt played mighty good ball for
Operations. and Bus Hager did some
fine catching. Both landed on the
ball with their bats, too, the former
connecting for three hits and the lat
ter for two. Lem Owen did the hurl-
ing for Operations and got away with
his game pretty well.
Operations victory put the Marines
and Operations in tie for the cham
pionship of the second series. They
will meet in a contest next Wednes-
day which will about decide the title.