The Washington times., 1931-05-08
CLUBS EAGER
To ENGAGE
RIVALS

With the second Saturday for
Times junior baseball enthusiasts
drawing near, the business of com,
piling the associations schedule
has been completed. Tomorrow
will see every team in The Times
loops in action. The programs for
the remainder of the season are
in the mail and should be received
not later than today.
If there are any complications
In your schedule call The Times
office and the necessary adjust
ments will be made Immediately.
The umpires have a complete
list Of games mat they are to
Officiate at throughout the en-
tir- season. These officials will
get in touch with managers OF
the teams and inform them as
to the whereabouts Of their
games.
Officials will arrange the place
for your games as we'll as the
time, not to mention the box
scores they will keep for your
benefit. BY doing this the Off
cial scores get to The Times Jun
ior Baseball Association without
the managers coming into the
office. These records also en-
able the umpire to aid their
choice in picking the most val
liable player. All Of these scores
will be put on file at The Times
office in order that the teams
may look up the records Of any
player in the league.
Boys Anticipate Sat. Games
Now, that tomorrow brings the
crossing of bats by the entire
league about, the boys are look
ing forward to some very inter
esting ball games in the future.
From the looks of the games al
ready played the youngsters will
see plenty Of the so-called great
American pastime. If ball games,
and lots of them, are what the
boys are looking for, they will get
them and how.
It has been 50 planned that
al teams will meet every other
team In the league twice. Which
means that every outfit in the
loop will play IA games. The
schedule runs up until the Sth
Of August. -.-4 49,,
But August 8 will not end the
playing in The Times Junior
Baseball Association. After the
regular program has been COM
pleted, the round-robin series will
start. This will be sometime
around the latter part Of the
month.
This series will be for the teams
that finish in first place in their
respective divisions. All teams
from the "a" "B," &c" and ID"
classes winning in their league,
will play off the championship
series. In this manner the teams
winning in their leagues will
eliminate each other until there
Is only one team left in each
division.
About the time the round-robin
series is completed The Times will
announce the prizes to be award
ed the winners. What these
prizes are is still being kept in
the dark. But when they are re-
vealed they will aStound yod be-
yond realization. So you see, fel-
lows, there is some incentive to
look forward to in the associa-
tion.
Finals at Griffith Stadium
The finals for The Times Jun
Tor Baseball Association will be
played in the Griffith Stadium.
These games will be when the
Griffmen are on the road. Off
cials for these games will be Sc
lected from the cream of the en-.
tire group Of umpires. There will
be three 80 umpires at each of
the final games. This further
enhances the idea that The Times
loops will be governed in a man.
ner that is similar to the big
leagues.
All baseball problems concern
ing The Times League are vel.
coined at the office of the base
ball director, room 40S. The rec
ords on file will be at your dis
posal. Saturdays paper will ex-
plain the functions of the umpires'
association.
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