Evening star., 1930-06-14
BY FRANCIS E. STAN.


w shoot q s:S s2S' league. composed .,
the strongest independent
mines in the District and environs, VIII
open play tomorrow, with the powerful
Northern A. C. meeting Brooke Gruoos
Silver Spring Giants on the SILVER
Spring Field at 3 o'clock.
At a. suggestion made two days ago;
advancing a solution to the annual
question as TO who is the Independent
sandlot champion, six managers VINO
evinced immediate interest In the pro-
posal, met last night at the sports oe-
partment of The Star ana decloea 10
organize such a league, opening play
tomorrow.
THE six teams entered in the nde-
pendent championship series are French
A. c., Northern A. c., st. Marys Celtlcs;
silver Spring Giants, Seat Pleasant Req
Sox and the Union Printers.
AS every close follower OF the sand
lots knows, arguments galore follow az
the end of each season on the question
of who won the championship; AS a
matter of fact. no team has had right
to such title. This year therell be
no such probem--that is, If the well
laid plans of Buck Grier, Bill Flester,
Ed Lowery, Charlie Corbert, Bill Jen-
kins and Brooke Grubb do not go
astray.
Five Of these teams mentioned are
not in any league, while the Union
Printers, though playing in the Gov
ernment League, present on sundays
lineup which Is decidedly superior TO
that which the Typos send on the field
week days. For their Sunday games
the Typos have Ray Homan, inflelder;
Tom Heaney, pitcher; Charlie Warren
and Lou Hollis. outfielders. And four
players can make a big difference in
ball club!
Rules governing the league play
were drawn up last night by these am
! bilious pilots by a unanimous vote,
! Charlie Corbert of the Celtics alone be-
! ing absent. But Charlie did his voting
by proxy, however.
Each team will play the others
! twice-in double e-headers-which are to
begin on Sunday, June %, when the
| NorthernS meet the st. Mary's CelticS
at Baggett's Park in Alexandria and
the French A. C. and the Seat Pleasant
| Red Sox clash on the Mount Rainier
| diamond.
Names of all players who are TO play
| in the league are to be submitted to
the writer not later than next Friday
1 AT uIQnlRIlI. llC SQudO 4A1lIAO - &oI
and no transfers will be allowed.
BECAUSE of the quick organization
- of the championship series, only
one game has been scheduled for
| the premiere tomorrow, but this contest
may draw a record attendance.
! Both the Red Birds and the Giants
| have impressive records. one of their
most notable achievements being dual
! victory by each over the Takoma Tigers.
And any team that can do that must
be good!
THOSE sandlot fans who attended
l. the Northern-French contest at
the Grif1th Stadium last Sunday
were treated to what was undoubtedly
the best played game this year on the
sandlotS.
Willie Watt who umpired the contest
said that he has never ofhciated in a
more interesting or cleaner battle.
And every game in this loop should,
and in all probability will, be repetl-
ton of such a game, but with one dlf-
ference-the undisputed possession OF
the sandlot unlimited crown will be at
stake.
A POWERFUL team, guided by a
n competent pilot. came down the
stretch in the Government League
yesterday to cross the finish line in
first place and put Naval Hospital on
the base ball map.
Naval Hospital brushed aside its last
obstacle in mad rush for the f1rst hall
pennant race when it came from be-
hind to defeat the Union Printers, IL
| to 8.
Much of the credit for the success
| en- loved by the sailors ts due to Johnny