Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-04-07

The better part of the base ball players of
| the association are now away on their
| southern trip, playing with teams in various
| cities of Virginia. They have already played
at Staunton, and won. They play at Roanoke
| today and Monday; at Petersburg next
| Tuesday and Wednesday, the 10th and 18th.
| and at Richmond Thursday, the 18th, re-
| turning here on next Friday the 18TH, Tor
| the first of two games to be played at Nation-
| al Park with Manager Schmelz's men Inc
| boys of the Y. NJ. c. A. that Manager Catlin
| took with him on his tour southwark are
| Colliflower, Fry and Thornton, pitchers;
| E. Hodge catcher; Johnson, third base;
Bolway, shortstop; Green, first base; Fuller.
! center field; c. Hodge, left field; McCreesy,
second base, and Hauptman. right field. 1t
| is strong crowd and the boys are expected
| to make a good showing.
| The series of games between the George
| town University and the y. NJ. c. A. teams
could not be arranged as was hoped. A
| series may be arranged somewhat later
| but with the middle of the month the as
ISOLATION team will lose three of Its star
players in all probability, and perhaps four,
| SO that there will not be another chance to
meet the university with the nine which
| they had at the beginning of the season.
The basket ball team, under Ed Grove,
| was defeated by the Baltimore Y. NJ. c. A.
last Monday night, by the score Of 81 to IL.
Columbia Athletic Club.
While the Y. NJ. c. A. is looking for other
quarters for outdoor work the Columbia
Athletic Club is giving its attention to the
rigging up of its new athletic field, or
| the old Van Ness place. On first glance the
place looks still to be in pretty rough shape.
but a matter of fact the hardest work
| has been done already. About six men,
| under the superintendent of Instructor
Crossley, the athletic instructor of the
Columbias, are working on 1t daily, and
| progressing very satisfactorily. Just now
| all the necessary trees have been cut down
have pulled
| out, but the grounds are scattered more or
| less with sticks, logs and brushwood, which
look formidable, although, as matter or
| fact, they can soon be cleared away. The
ground for the ball field will have to be
| ploughed and leveled before-it can be used.
| The diamond will be in the southwest cor
ner of the lot, while bicycle track, one
| fifth Of a mile in length, will run around
back of the diamond on the west, and along
! the south fence, returning on the present
road leading up to the Van Ness house.
Every one Will be glad to learn that the
| famous old Davy Burns cottage will be
left as it is. standing not far from the
| center of the lot The trees have all been
cut down around it, which gives it very
| last rose of summary" appearance, and
| 1t will c-amp the ball field just tribe, too.
| perhaps, but that will be nothing just SO
| the old house may stand. The Van Ness
mansion ITSELF which is only a few feet
! distant, is far from crumbling away in
ruins, and will be utilized by the club men
| for various purposes. The north part of
| the lot will be left more as 1t was. with the
shade trees standing, and Isome additional
gardening. The half dozen tennis courts
or more will be here, ah more or less
| shaded. They are all ready now, except
the rolling. and will be ideal spots on which
to play. The Van Ness place is very con-
venient to the Columbia Athletic Club
| house. only few squares down on 18th
street. and across from the lower portion
OF the White Lot. 1t is thought that the
grounds as :. whole will be ready for &C.
| cupancy in about month.
Young Mems Catholic Club.
The Young Mems Catholic Club will not
be represented this year, as a club, by a
| base ball nine, as has been stated before
but some of the members, nevertheless,
| have decided to get up a nine among them
selves and play. Mr.. Ring, the chairman
/ OF the athletic committee will look after
| the team and get il together
AT a recent meeting of the club Mr. Ring
made plea for the wider extension of ath-
/ letics among the club members and the
/ sentiment OF the club sustained him in urg-
| ing that the members go into athletics of
an sorts and take part in contests of vari-
! Gus kinds in the city more generally than
mas been done in the past.
Carroll Institute A. c.
There Will be no base ball team at Carroll
Institute this year. This has now been def
initely decided, as the committee and board
OF directors, after full consideration, have
determined that 1t will not be best to put
one in the field. There have been MANY
persons a. the institute anxious to have a
team, and they will probably do some ball
playing this year at all events, although
not as repreSen tative team The direc-
tors have learned in the past that there is
no money to be made through a nine and
as SO few can take part they regard IL as a
rather costly form of amusement. The fact
| that the institute has athletic field or
| easy facilities for outdoor work probably
has much to do with the decision against
baS ball also.
Whether to have a foot ball eleven next
fall or not is also being considered by the
directors, but they have not yet arrived at
any conclusions.
An orchestra has been formed at Carroll
Institute, which bids fair to be one of the
most successful organizations there IT has
been gotten up by Mr.. Lepley. formerly of
the Young Mems Catholic Club Orches. ra,
and will have some very good musicians
among its number. There will be about
eighteen pieces in all, and it is the intention
to take up music of the more popular sort.
| The officers of the orchestra are William H.
Lepley, president; F. L. Joannini secretary:
William S. Mccarthy. treasurer, and D. NJ.
Gatti. librarian. These, together with B. ].
1seman, VIII comprise board of mana gers.
/ Rehearsals are to be held every Friday
evening, two having already taken place.
Among the other members of the orchestra
are ]. Iseman, T. J. Taylor, Dr. W. E. DEF
fenderfer, George Miller, A. ]. Gill, Isaac
scout, CndTleS II. f1enn6N, W lllldm L. DONle,
Edward De Grain and William Braidekamp.
| Georgetown and Columbian Universi-
ties.
During the past week several changes
| have been made on the Georgetown College
team, which are expected to strengthen the
nine considerably. Carbon, who has been
| playing third base, has resigned from the
team, finding that he could not spare the
time for practice on account of his univer-
! sity and law studies. Harley, who has play
| ed at short in several games, Will be trans
! ferred to left field. Third base will be COW
| cred either by Dowd or Carmody, according
| to which one fills the pitchers box in the
| game played.
There will be no base ball games played
! by the Columbian University boys next
week. The chief reason for this is that the
medical students will be busy. night and
day, examining for their exams" Their
school will close on the 18th OF the month,
but until that date no games will be played.
The three games set for next week will be
played later in the season. Mr.. Goodfellow
has been elected sub-captain of the base
ball nine. Capt. Green is now away during
the vacation, but on his return there will
: he nlnr, ia in flA