The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1931-04-29
UMP|RES' SAY.
FINAL IN
DISPUTES

no odOu1 NdJ, GAAC OPCLlAAS AoJ'
draws near, the work of arrang-
ing the schedule of the games
and also the assigning of the
officials for The Washington
Times Junior Baseball Association
is rapidly being completed. With
more than $50 teams, which. Of
course, includes more than 1000
boys, the job of getting order
out of such chaos is, indeed, a
gigantic taSF
Beca' Sc of the time that is
necessary to arrange all these
things, the director f The Times
Junior Baseb L.. Association most
earnestly requests that all entries
for the various leagues be IN
The Times office no later than
8 p. m. today.
If the entries are not in the
hands of the director by the
stated time, it will be impossible
to grant a franchise to the appli-
cants.
A point that must he
stressed and will most rig
orously upheld by The Times
Junior Baseball Association is
that the decisions of the UNI
pires and the various other Off
cials of the Association must
be adhered to.
The umpires will be selected
from the numerous high schools
and colleges in and near Wash
ington and these lads will be eau
toned that they must be abso-
lutely impartial and render deci-
sions to the best of their ability,
and the members of the teams
must abide by the rulings made
by them.
How, about the returning of
the results of the games to the
office of the association. The
umpires will be given the box
scores and they will hand them
in at the office of The Times
Junior Baseball Association. Boys,
please remember this rule. or
the result will be an almost help
less confusion about the office
and then it will be a tough job
to keep the scores and league
standings straight unless this
ruling is strictly followed.
Schedules Ready Soon
The schedules are now being
compiled and will be ready for dis
tribution within the next few
days. The schedules will be
mailed to the respective man.
ayers with the playing dates and
all particulars enclosed with
the details fully explained. The
games will be arranged in
manner which will enable all
teams to play half of their games
at home while the others will
be on the opponents field. In
this way all teams have equal
opportunities on their home fields.
Those teams that are not for
tunate enough to have access to
q baseball diamond will be handi-
capped in this respect. They will
be compelled to play their games
on the opponents diamond.
Although there close to two
hundred teams in the Times
Baseball Association the entire
outfit viii not swing into action
Saturday. Some of the boys
will have a delayed opening
and begin their festivities next
week. The reason for the tardy
start is because of the shortage
Of umpireS.
There are only 80 officials and
it Is impossible to have them at
two places at once. If it can be
arranged the officials will work
more than one game this Satur-
day when the ball starts rolling.
In the event that your team does
not begin to play Saturday don't
be surprised for it is absolutely
impossible for the entire loop to
function at the same time.
AS to the publicity on the re-
suits of the league games The
Times will carry complete box
score for every game and include
with it the standing Of the league.
The director of the association
viii be on hand for as many of
these games as possible and he
viii be kept posted on the results
Of the other games through the
officials. There will be stories Of
the various games appearing IN
The Times each day.
Pictures of Players
When the occasion demands
players pictures will also appear
So you see boys the Junior ASSo-
citation will handle the league in a
style that is typical Of the big
leagues"
A big thing for you Washington
youngsters to remember when en-
tering The Times Baseball Asso-
citation is, that this idea is to pro,
mote clean sports and at the same
time give the youthful baseball
players a chance to develop any
talent that they might have.
Another thing that you
youngsters might give a thought
20 Is that a great many of
the outstanding stars ~ the
major leagues today got their
start playing as boys In COM
petitiOn just as you lads are
being given the opportunity to
indulge in now.