The Washington times., 1920-09-02
LEAGUE STRUGGLES
WILL FINISH HERE
Ties May Be Recorded If Fav-
orites Drop Battles Today
and Tomorrow.
By BRYAN MORSE.

Barring additional protests the
league contests for sandlot honors
wind up today and tomorrow. The
slated ending may mean nothing
more than that the teams will have to
stage additional games to determine
winners as II appears as though ties
will be recorded in both league races.
In order to win outright in the cir
cult Shops must trim the Navy outfit
tomorrow. Today Treasury. which has
an outside chance for a tie-up, plays
| the A. q. O. Main Building.
| II Shops lands the contest from the
| Navy tomorrow the pennant in the
| four-team league will go to the strong
! Terminal Railroad Y. NJ. c. A. team,
which has played consistently well
| throughout. Should Treasury win to-
I day and Shops lose tomorrow to
Navy a three-cornered tie will exist
| for honors.
Almost the same situation exists In
the second section. The Knights OF
Columbus have won two and lost one.
Naval Air Station has won one and
| lost two and Navy Yard has won two
| and lost two.
The knights and Naval Airmen play
| today. A win for the Knights, bar
\ ring protest on the recent Navy
Yard Potomac Council game. will give
them three wins and one loss. A loss
| for the "Caseys' makes a triple tie
for honors in this section.
There is quite a lot of doping to be
done in all this, but the fact remains
that after the better part of two weeks
OF battling six teams appear to De
evenly matched in two leagues with a
winner still in doubt
The protest of the Knights OF
| Columbus league on the game played
| with Navy Yard on August 27 was
put before the committee in charge
of the games last night and was de-
clared to be without grounds. The
protest of the Naval Air Station the
day before was also declared ground
less.
| The text Of the committees decision
10 given out as follows:
| I'm the matter of the protest OF the
Potomac Council team OF the Knights
| OF Columbus League, on the game
played on the date OF August % with
the Navy Yard Zone 81 team. the
committee in charge Of the series de-
cides that there is no ground for pro-
test.
"The Committee assigned umpires
Richard Woodward and Thomas
Crooke to umpire the game. They re-
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was assigned. That both teams ac-
cepted an additional umpire and that
both teams started and played the
game which went a legal number of
innings, constituted. in the opinion OF
the Committee, a legal game.
AS far as the testimony shows no
protest was made before the game
on the fact that an additional unpire
was present. although representatives
/ l.. f n
| the umpires on ground rules and
other matters before the game"
Shops had no cinch defeating the
Adjutant Generals Offlce by 10 3
yesterday. The Main Building team
got out front with two runs and
later tied UP In the game. Shops was
returned winner after the game went
full time.
Mike Moran featured In tho Aeld.
Clarke in center for A. @. o. made
several spectacular catches. Hilton
was unsteady but got through for \
win. Sam Brown will probably be
used Friday.
Over on the Congress Heights neid
tho Potomac Council team OF the
casey" League took pretty game
from Rooney Vernstein, OF the NavaI
Air station. Triples by Monk Frazier
and walter Beall could not win for
the Airmen.
The Knights made fortunate
change OF hurlers In mid-game which
STAYED of what appeared to be
winning attack, Vernstein was Wild
at times and did not receive the best
OF support in the neld.
George u. Dulaney, manager OF
Zone Q, Navy Yard, notified the com
nittee in charge OF the series that he
would nle a formal protest OF the
recent Navy Yard-potomao Council
game In which Navy Yard ~as
beaten. The average Of Protest
League IL now 900 ss Ave games have
| h>>u nIavsd and three protssted