The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-05-31

Jimmy Green, of the Columbas, keeps up
his good steady work.
Wells, of the c. A. G., will play centre-field
when not in as catcher.
Myers, of the Y. M. G. A., is the best chaser
after short-hit flies in this vicinity.
The Potomacs have three postponed games
to play off on the District League.
White, of the Light Infantry, is great
short-stop. a clean hitter, and a sprnter to
bases.
Warner Gordon, of the p. A. c., plays
clever game at third, while his batting Is
splendid.
Tommy Evers, of the w. L. 1. Corps, does
not say much, but he plays winning ball all
the time, just the same.
Fitzmorris, Leach, ,Homiller. Sprgman,
Fuller, Burke, and Walsh, of the c. a. c., are
making records as as,pitchers.
The Y. M. c. A. boys suffered considerably
by the heavy rains OF last week. as 1t mired up
their new grounds in bad shape
Leach, of the w. L. l. who guards the
third-base so WE'LL is a brother of Eddy
Leach, the pitcher of thesCs A.sG.3
Townsend, of the Y. NJ. G. A., is working
hard to advance his organization. He is the
only player who uses eyeglasses.
Bolway has been changed from short-stop to
Ul6 N6lU. a very unWlb0 move, as he Is TOO
clever an infielder to be thus shifted.
Boucher, of the Georgetowns, will play with
the Y. M. @. A. during the rest of the season.
He will strengthen the team considerably.
Hiram Wright, lately of the Syracuse Stars,
according to the Post, will not play with the
Potomacs, but is regular fixture on the
Columbia Athletics.
Jesse Ramsburg is alternating with Johnson
as catcher for the Y. M. c. A. He is better
foot-haller, and with Lewis will make up
strong team this fall.
Shiboleth, of the Infantry, is regarded by
his friends as the best first-baseman in the
District. He is hard worker and plays
ball to win all the time.
Shoemaker, the best all-around general
player of the Georgetowns, has joined the
Potomacs and will alternate in the pitchers
box He is good one.
Chapman, of the Potomacs, led the Ohio
University in batting. He hasn't the prettiest
motion In the world, but he gets his wagon
tongue onto the ball very often.
The fight for the A. A. u championship of
this section between the Columbia Athletics
and Washington Light Infantry promises to
eclipse the professional race
Rebstock, of the Potomacs, is a player of
every position on the team, as he can pitch
well and catch 1irst-class game, while his
fielding and batting are excellent.
When the District League championship
series ends O'Hagan and Thornburgh, the bat
terry of the Duponts, will play with the w. L.
|. Corps in the A. A. U. series of games.
During the game yesterday Kelly and
Hauptman was presented with magnificent
floral offerings from their West End friends
Both acknowledged the gifts by striking out
The Potomacs and Columbias tried twice
last week to play, but rain interfered in both
instances, much to the regret of both sides,
who were eager to annihilate each other.
Connors, the splendid second-baseman of
the Potomacs, who was injured in the Y. M
c. A. game, fell from his bicycle recently and
injured his wounded leg again. 1t will be
several weeks before he can play
There is much rivalry in the several clubs
over the securing of good players, and now
that tuition days are drawing to close there
is rush for the players who have been with
the team representing Georgetown University
Not to be outdone by the other amateur
clubs in the matter of good material, the Po-
tomac Athletics have secured Winkleman to
play the remainder of the season with them
and alternate with Rebstock, Kelly, and
Shoemaker in the pitchers box.
The Spalding League ball used by the
Amateur League is not filling the bill, as the
balls rip and tear after few hard raps. The
clubs cannot afford to pay $15 a dozen and
have so many Of them go to ruin on them.
Mr. Spalding should look after this