Evening star., 1919-04-05
FOURTEEN TEAMS
DESIRE FRANCHISES
Departmental League May
Split Into Two Sections to
Accommodate Applicants.
BY n. C. BYRD.

Fourteen teams want membership
in the Departmental Amateur Base
Ball League. At a meeting of the
organization last night managers of
that many mines. representing va
rious branches of the government.
were present to ask for franchises
Definite action over the teams that
finally will comprise the circuit has
not been taken.
A proposal has been made to have
two sections OF the league and allow
the winners of the section to play
e, h othe: at the cd of the reg
ular season for the championship. A
better solution than that, though,
would seem to be to frame one league
out Of the mines that represent the
the old Departmental League. and
combine the other clubs to reform the
Government League.
Bureau of Printing and Engraving.
Finance and Accounts. War Risk
Company c. Library of Congress De-
partment of Justice, Naval Hospital.
Allotments, Ordnance-Engineers War
Department. Auditors. Bureau Of
Standards, Transportation and Tele-
graph and Agriculture were repre-
sented and requested admission to the
league.
last year, last night was reelected.
G. c. Edler was elected secretary.
After speaking briefly of the inter-
ruption of athletics by the war. the
Yale Alumni Weekly expresses this
sports:
ut is fitting that the start of regu-
lation base ball season. with the usual
quota of games. except for the south
ern trip. which could not be this year
should mark the complete resump-
competition. They will be gala days
at Yale Field eliminating in a COM
nencement game marked. we foresee.
by the largest graduate return on
record. The dual track meets are to
be resumed; June 20 will see a revival
on the Thames, and a schedule of foot
ball games closely resembling those
of former years will next fell restore
to the bowl it's lost color. These are
the outward and visible events that
stir the blood of the fan and bring
from him by a sinister world event.
1.-THE deeper significance is to be
found in the recent recOmm endat.ons
from the student body looking t" a
healthier existence for major inter-
collegiate athletics and in the ap-
accomplished athlete. coach OF
proven ability. and a sportsman Of
high ideals. to be the director of
Yale's athletics.
I'VE shall be forgiven the metaphor.
Yale comes up to bat again. Her past
record has been in many respects all
that could be asked. In some respects
it has not been. and the friends of
Yale sports have for that reason re-
corded desire for change. 1t will
be nightly disappointing to them if
in the joy of returning to the momen-
tarfly interrupted participation in
intercollegiate major sports the al
ready recognized opportunity for re-
form is ignored. Several steps have
been taken in the right direction.
But not yet is the game won for
simon-pure amateur sport. In base ball
parlance, Yale is safe at first. The
opening of base ball season of real
promise reminds US that the circuit of
the bases has yet to be completed"
Georgetown and Catholic Univer-
sity are scheduled for base ball games
today. the former with the Marines
Of Quantico and the latter with Gal
laudet. 1t is not probable. however.
that either of the contests will be
played, the fields being very wet.
Technical High School yesterday de-
feated Emerson Institute in base ball
by IL to 0. The score tells just how
easy the contest was for the Manual
Trainers.
Central High also smashed a sea-
sons record for run getting by roll
ing up a count of 27 to against
Briarly Hall Military School. The
Blue and White had no trouble get
ting runs-which is an unnecessary