The Washington herald., 1922-08-29
LETTERS URGE COMMITTEE
TO HANDLE SANDLOT SERIES.

!
TO HANDLE sANDLOT SERIES.
OUR recently put-up mail box has
~ been loaded with mail since we
printed Thomas F. Campbell sand
lot series letter in The Sunday
Herald. Here are two of them:
Keen Gauger:
Regarding Thomas F. Campbelrs
communication, printed in The Sun
day Herald. criticising the way the
sandlot title series has been handled
this year. I wish you would print
the following:
Campbell appears to be preju-
diced against r. d. Thomas. who is
handling the series. That is evil
dent from the tone of his letter.
However. he was right in one thing
the job is too big for one man.
committee of four men, one from
each section of the city, with
Thomas as chairman, should be ap-
pointed to handle next years series.
Personally, l think Thomas has
done very we'll this year. Such
series as this one must be ruled
with an iron hand. There must be
one person, or a committee who has
absolute charge of the series and
who must decide all quarrels and
arguments. Probably Thomas has
been wrong in places. but no one
has ever yet been right all the time.
| And chances are that Thomas has
handled the series a whole lot bet
ter than those who have been hunt
ing for his scalp. One thing is GER
tain-Thomas decides things as he
sees them and doesn't allow preju-
dice to sway him. l don't think any
rtus a,at
Thanks.
August %, 1922.
Keen Gauger:
"will you please grant me space
! in your column sufficient heartily
| to indorsei the opinion of Mr..
Thomas Campbell. in this mornings
paper?
THE chairman of the city sandlot
series. without any hard feelings to-
ward him personally, has proved in
capable of handling such a RESPONSE
BILE position wherein the interests of
the sandlot baseball public are so
keenly involved. In his column of
| Friday, he admonished the public
'to watch this column closely for
correct information res ar n
| scheduled games" In this very
same column of Friday. he featured
the Sherwood Lyceum m e,
scheduled for that day in Maryland.
which game had been agreed upon
at a conference of the managers of
! the Sherwood, Lyceum and the
Shamrock teams.
although the Lyceum had about
12 uniformed men there. and placed
| a full team on the field. and went
| through the usual procedure OF
forfeit game. Umpire Jack Carr re-
| fused to forfeit the game because
| he had that afternoon received
letter from the series chairman in
structing him under no circum-
stances forfeit the game to Domini-
can Lyceum.'
sherwood did not have full
team on the field. and although the
Lyceum went all the way out there
from Southwest, their only COM
pensation was a keen disappoint-
| ment.
Here's hoping that the Lyceum
wins out in Section A; such fine,
/ hard-playing bunch of real ball
players can not and should not be
kept from winning championship
PETE MDERMOTT."
GEORGE WASHINGTON
SQUAD MEETS SEPT. IL.
DILL QUIGLEY. former Penn star
u and at present guiding the des-
TIMES of George Washington Uni
| versity on the gridiron, has issued
call for candidates for the Hat
chetite eleven to report Septem-
ber IL.
Capt. -elect Hughes, one of the
best rowing centers in the South
Atlantic colleges last year, is not
expected to wear the Buff and Blue
this fall and it is likely that a sue
cessor will have to be elected to fill
Hughes shoes.
The Hatchetites open their season
at Charlottesville, September 30.
with the University of Virginia, and
hope to better last years creditable
performance of holding the heavier
and more experienced Orange and
Blue eleven to four touchdowns.
Games with St. Johns of Anna
polls, John Hopkins. Catholic Uni
versity. Gallaudet, Quantico Ma
rines. v. NJ. 1. and Georgetown make
up well-balanced schedule and
one that will require speed stamina
and plenty of reserve strength to
wade through with any great
amount of success.
The Buff and Blue enjoyed a uni
formly successful season last fall.
working under handicaps. such as
lack OF an enclosed field in which