The Washington times., 1931-05-13

A sturdy BOY OF IL was SGeal
ing second as man who II
known as a cop" in the vernacu
lar Of the youngsters, came steal
ing around to the baseball dia
mond to investigate the window
smashing.
The boy who had been steal
ing second kept on stealing,
but this time around the cor
ner of the house and slid safely
into home, locking the door be-
hind him.
Officer Stops Game
The officer of the law rushed
to the center Of the improvised
diamond, ordered the pitcher
from the box and commanded
the players to line up for inves
tigation.
He pointed to the broken
windows and waited for an ex-
PLANTATION. None was fOrthcOm-
ing, It was just awful funny
how the windows got broken"
Dismissed With Warning
The officer was nonplussed for
the moment. The 26 players
stood silently by. Looking at
them sternly, he drew a pad and
pencil and took each name. The
boys ranged in age from 10 to IS.
The officer then dismissed them
with warning not to break any
more windows.
All of these youngsters are
members of team participating
in the Times Junior Baseball
Association. This is one of the
problems they presented to the
director Of the association late
yesterday afternoon. Take heed,
all you sandlotters, and "lay off
the smashing of windows" they
will cause you considerable
trouble.
When the Park Lane outfit
encountered the Sunset Midgets
at the latter's home field, the
home team registered a victory over
the visitors. The game was marked
by the alright pitching of Basi-
liko, who tosses them over for
the Sunset team He allowed only
four hits, and kept them we'll
scattered at all times.
The Wonder Bread Boys class
A team came forward and won
their initial game with the Co
lumbia Midgets. It was an easy
game for the winner. Outhitting
the Columbia club, IS to 2, they
took a overwhelming decision.
The final score was IL to 8.
The Heinie Manush- Oaks game
saw the Oaks take an easy one.
Ingram, of the Oaks, polled out
four hits in as many attempts,
one of which was a homer. The
victory was not entirely due %
the good playing of the Oaks.
The Manush outfit error to the
amount of six costly mistakes.
These errors resulted in four of
the nine runs that the Oaks
scored against Manush.
Among the slugging battles was
the contest that the Montrose and
Swans played at the Monument
lot. The game resulted in TO-
to-8 score, in favor of the Swans
team. Although the Swans were
outhit 10 to 8, they managed to
come through and win in the
eighth inning. The game was
stamped throughout by the bat
ting OF Horner, Of the winners.
He connected for three hits in
three trips to the plate.
Only seven hits were made in
the game between the National
Senators and the Northeast Pee,
wees, in spite of the fact that II
runs were scored. Errors &C.
counted for the extra amount of
runs. The Mats took the short
end of a 6-to-5 score. Both pitch
ers we're very tight with their hits
but their respective teams re1uSeo
to back them up.
Laying down a barrage of
hits, the Eagles registered a q.
to-7 verdict over the HargraveS
in a very loosely played en-
counter. Kearn, of the winning
team, came through with five
bingles out of six tries. Three
of these were extra-ba hits,
q double, triple and home run
along with a couple of singles.
Kearn also handled IA chances
on first without a mishap.
The officials had their regular
weekly session last night at the
office of the Times Junior Base.
ball Association. It was decided
that all managers would be in.
formed of their games at least
two days before the date of play
This will enable every manager
to get the playing field for his
team in ample time.
The managers Of the "a" and
&C" classes will hold their meet
ing this evening at the office oi
The Times Junior Baseball Asso
citation director. The meeting
will be of a very important ma
ture. It is imperatively demanded
that every manager be present al
this convening. The session will
ha held nromptly at 7:3O D. m