San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-08-17
Parish League Winners
Meet Elks in Opener;
Eligibility Of Whole Elk
Team Questioned but
Players, Including Shell
don, Given Clean Bill Of
Health.

The first game of the series be-
tween the winning teams of the. City.
Saturday and Parish leagues for the
city championship in organized ANA
teur baseball will be played Saturday,
August %. between the Elks, cham
pions of the Saturday League. and the
team which wins the Parish League
playOff next 'Sunday-St. Gerards or
St. LeO's-on some field to be selected
by the Amateur Baseball Commission.
This was decided at a meeting Of the
ayers Of teams in the three leagues
concerned mt the Travellers Hotel
Thursday night.
Six games, maybe more, will be
played in the inter-league series. On
Sunday morning, August 2G. the Pub
lie Service nine,. City League cham
pions, will meet the Parish League
winners in the second game, and. in
the afternoon the Elks will take on
the Public Service club.
On Monday. Labor Day. a morn
ing game will be played at League
Park-which has been secured for %
per cent of the gate receipts be-,
tween the parish winners and the Elks
and an afternoon double header will
follow with the Public Service club
first meeting the Parish winners and
then the Saturday League title-hOlders.
Field Events In Morning.
Field events will precede the Mon
day morning game. starting ut $50.
Baseball throwing for distance. circl-
ing the bases and other features will
be provided. with prizes for. each. All
players in organized amateur baseball
here will be eligible TO participate. At
the suggestion of The Light last year.
n field day was held before the cham
pionship amateur game and. though
not worked out sufficiently before
hand. proved success. Details of
the events this year have been placed
in the hands of committee for care
ful preparation. -.
The Parish League. in n meeting
preceding the joint session Thursday
night. decided that the st. Gerard's
team. winners in the second half. will
meet st. Leo's. first half champions.
on the Sacred Heart diamond at j
o'clock Sunday for the league cham
pionshi2.
At the joint meeting it was decided
that the receipts of the city series will
be snlit as follows: first. % ner cent
of the gross receipts TO the San An
tonic Baseball Association as park
rental: then ten per cent of the NET
receipts. after all expenses have been
paid. to the amateur commission. after
which the remainder will be divided
among the three teams engaged.
Questioned Elks' Status.
AT commission meeting held before
the omen conference on the title series.
the eligibility. of tho Elks' team as
whole to engage in an amateur chain
pionship tournament was questioned
on the grounds that the club recently
PLAYED y threr-game series with =
semi professional team. the AztecS.
After discussion. il was discovered
that tho commission had no rule which
precisely covered tn" case. since II
was denied that the ElkS team receiv-
ed money for the Games.
e 1t was finally decided 10 give the
Saturday League champions a clean
bill of health. In order to be consist
emf. the recent SUSPENSION Of PLAYER
Arnold Sheldon of the Elks for play
ing with the semi-nrO Rungc team
r"ainst the Alamo-Pecll Indians was
lifted on the recommendation Of Prrsi-
dent Ralph Durkre of the SATURDAY.
LEAGUE and Sheldon was declared eligi-
bio for participation in the champion
ship seri"s.
Sheldon Wanted Back.
Sheldon had applied for. reinstate-
ment to Commissioner f.. s. Garrett
an the grounds that he did not know
it was against the rules 10 play semi