The Washington herald., 1921-12-25
THIRTEEN DIAMOND
LEAGUES OPERATED
BY AMATEURS IN n
Sandlot Baseball Began
To Come Into It's Own
During Past Year.


many OF the sandiot baseball team,
outside of those engaged In league,
into q Anal series for the Distrtct
championship In each OF three class
e. unlimited. Junior. and midret
the national rams" 90 far as the
-smatoors are concerned. received
the eisgest boost Of its history an
the District
Throughout the summer. tbirt..,
separate leagues were in operates,
each OF which entered its ~ipn.r
Into another post-season serief 70
determine the league champion. Tn.
number OF leagues and team, 4,
these organizations both set ~
marks for organized ball In Wash
ingtou-
Thousands turned out 20 witn.s
number OF the fnsl rsmss ara
teams recruited IN certain n.i.b-
oorhoods had individual foIlovrine,
running into the thousands Tn.
thing which hurt the final two s.
ries. the organized and the ind.
pendent was that they started "a
late In the season and. OF necessity
having to be played in the lst.
afternoon, many Arguments arose
as TO when a game should hav.
been called on account Of darknesx
However, this drawback was NOR.
than overshadowed with the man,
Foods that were accomplished BY
the series
In Separate Divisions
The thirteen teams In the Inter
league serieS were sent into acton
IN three oinerent divisions and, a.
luck would have IT, the three best
league teams found themselves M
separate divisions. Southern RAN
way, OF the Terminal Y NJ
Learus In class "A" the Elks Of IN.
fraterntl League in r" and Navy
Yard. OF the Government LeAsu. IN
&c. The only other team which
was considered TO have chance.
barring accident. was the War De-
psrtment nine Of tn. Depsr msnt
League Navy Yards two vietor .cs
over the war Representatives was
out Of the running
In the round robin between the
three victors. the Elks had little
trouble with the other tVo outfits
and COPIED the District Baseball
Association title. Tn. thirteen
leagues were all members Of the Dis
tr1ct Baseball Association. which for
several seasons past has been pro-
noting league ball
For the independents. forty eight
teams answered the call. twenty en-
tertng into unlimited class cornpeti-
ton. fifteen Junior. or up TO an Is
year age limit. and thirteen In tho
midget. or Up 10 a Is-yesr age limit
As with the leagues. these teams were
placed In separate divisions. the
senior playing Of In three sections
and the other two in two sections
each.
Hard fought and close battle, wer.
the order OF the day in the senior
division almost without exception. the
Of play in the three sec
tions finding the Gibrsltsrs. the Win
stons. and the Shsmrocks. the survi-
vors. Due TO upheld protests. several
OF the teams which were figured to
have a good chance were bsrred from
further play and did not have a real
chance 10 show their true worth
A good deal OF interest was added
due TO the sudden appearance OF
several dark horses. which according
70 the pre-series dope were not fg-
ereo. Prominent among thee. were
the Government Printing ono. nine
the Gsrnelds. OF the southeast. tbs
Southlsnos from the southwest and
the Emerslds. from out Georgetown
way.
The Gibrsltsrs. North Cspito,
streeters. triumphed over the Win
stons who represented the northeast
end OF the city. and the Shamrocks.
q southwest organization.
Efks Beat Gibraltar.
In a playof 10 determine ~. best
ssndlot team in the District. the EIks
had little diriculty beating out the
Gibrsltsrs. The Elks. bv tho wsv.
after losing to the Knickerbockers
in a practice game went through the
season without defeat e1cent for ono
At the hands Of the WASHINGTON
Americans. That Knickerbocker de-
feat was later wiped out by a eel
count
Among the juniors. northeast
and southwest teams again fought
II out for titular honors. the Roam
ere Of the former section beating
out the Aztecs in a series which
took four games TO decide. each
team winning one and another game,
ending in tie previous to the de-
Gliding battle. The Independents
another northeast nine. represent
ing the Independent Boys Club.
gave the Aztecs a real run IN the
round-robin in which these two
were entered. an early victory by
the Aztecs giving them a slight
lead Outside OF that game the In
dependents won all Of their series
games and a loss by the Aztecs
would have again tied the teams.
As in the two upper classes
northeast and southwest teams
fought IL out in the midget division
with the southwest nine coming out
on top. The Linworth MidgetsI
turned the trick. with the War
wtcks furnishing the opposition
The National A. c. Georgetown nj
aggregation, resigned for some un-
known reason after winning fourI
straight Gs-nes in one OF the midget
sections The Linworths and Ns
tionals were probably the best
teams in this division. their work
being OF a real high class Both
teams. and especially the Linworths
played snappy brand OF ball sell
dom seen In midget teams. and
won their games on their merits.
Harlem CIUh EJo~fe