PLANT SOFTBALL LEAGUE ORGANIZED
In the first game played in the newly-formed
plant softball league the "C” Shift Cellophane
team edged the Main Office team by 16 to 15.
The game was played on the Camp Straus field
Thursday, May 21, at 5:00 P. M.
At present the softball league is composed of
six men’s teams and two women’s teams. How
ever, Hugh Bradburn, the league president, ex
pects at least eight additional teams to enter in
competition for the 1953 season championship.
The league was organized several weeks ago
when the Employee Activities Committee voted
to discontinue interdepartmental baseball due to
a lack of interest and, in its stead, try softball on a
very amateurish basis. A league president, Hugh
Bradburn, was elected and he in turn appointed
four directors to help coordinate the league’s ac
tivities. The four directors are: W. F. Huffman,
Wilson Gregory, Mitchell Taylor and David
Sams.
Elsewhere on the page are the rules for the
softball league. It may be easily seen that there
is no formality whatsoever about the league and
it is set up so that any and all employees may
participate on a strictly volunteer basis.
Playing in the softball league can be a lot of
fun and will not interfere with employee’s work
schedule. It is hoped that at least 15 men’s teams
and six women’s teams will be organized and
participating in league play by June 15-
RULES FOR DEPARTMENTAL LEAGUE SOFTBALL
Rule No. 1. Any employee is eligible to play.
Rule No. 2 There will be no limit to the
number of games a team may play.
Rule No. 3 There will be no limit to the num
bers of runs a team may make.
Rule No. 4 There will be no official closing
date as long as teams are challenging each other.
The board of directors may declare the season
closed when they feel it necessary.
Rule No. 5 Games may be played at any time
the managers can get their teams together.
Rule No. 6 The challenge received first by the
president of the league or the athletic manager
will have first priority to the ball field and equip
ment, etc.
Rule No. 7 The first team organized will be
the top team and so on. This will be determined
by the date they are listed with the president of
the league.
Rule No. 8 There will be no official schedule.
Rule No. 9 The ladder system will be used.
This ladder is to be placed at the two cafeterias
and two gates houses and standings kept up to
date. The keeping up to date will be the re
sponsibility of the athletic office.
Rule No. 10 If a team challenges another
team and wins the game, that team will move
from his present position to the position occu
pied by the team he beats. The team he beats will
move down one rung and all the teams above the
winner will move down also.
Rule No. 11 Any team may challenge any
other team, at any time they choose to. If a team
is challenged and say they cannot play at the time
challenged, the two managers should try to agree
on a suitable date. If then they cannot get a date
set, the two managers will submit a date to the
board of directors. If these dates are not the
same and neither can be decided on, the board
will then set another date and notify the man
agers of each team as to which date was set. If
for some reason one of the teams fails to show
up, the game will be given to the team present
by the score of 9 to 0 and that team will move
into the position of the absent team, provided the
position is higher than the one they are in before
game time. If neither team shows up, the chal
lenge will be cancelled and there will be no
change in standing.
Rule No, 12 Teams do not have to be from
any specific department or shift. Anyone who
wishes to enter a team may do so. It will not be
a violation to have a complete team from a shift
or department.
Rule No. 14 If a team folds up during the
season, a complete list of all available players on
that team will be given to the board of directors.
Rule No. 15 If for some reason a player wants
to change from one team to another, he must first
get the approval of both managers concerned. If
he is unable to do this he will not be permitted
to change. If he does get the managers’ approval,
he will then present his case to the board of di
rectors. If they approve he may change. If they
do not, he may not change.
Rule No. 16 A player will be permited to play
with one team only.
Rule No. 17 No one will be allowed to pitch
softball who has ever pitched softball in a game
before opening day of the season. This will have
to be decided upon the word of the pitcher con
cerned, and anyone who might have evidence that
he had pitched softball before. Should a pitcher
pitch a game and it later be found that this per
son had formerly pitched softball, the win will be
awarded to the other team regardless of the out
come of the game.
Rule No. 18 Selection of umpires will be left
up to the discretion of the two team managers.
Normally, there would be two umpires—one se
lected from eadi team.
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