Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-04-17
SUBMITTED A SCHEDULE.


An Interesting Meeting of the DEPART
mental League.
The meeting Of the Departmental League
last evening at the city post Office was
full Of interest. and. owing to the amount
Of business transacted. 1t was nearly mid
night when the session adjourned. The re-
port of the entertainment committee
showed that the program for the benefit on
the night Of the Both Is nearly complete.
and the list includes some Of the best tall
ent in the city, among others Instructor
Grossly of the c. A. c. and some Of his
men.
A large portion Of the evening was taken
up by the consideration Of the report of the
rules committee, through Chairman Young,
and the changes as suggested by the COM
mittee were adopted nearly in their en-
tirety.
One section makes the chief of umpires
while another fixes the minimum of mem
bership at eight clubs and the maximum at
ten.
When the constitution had been disposed
of the question of season tickets was taken
up. Last year there was a good deal Of
laxity in this matter but this season things
will be different, and those who desire can
purchase their bits Of. pasteboard for 50
apiece, or at the rate Of about or cents
a game. Single admission will be 25 cents
to the grand stand and left field seats and
Is cents to the right field bleachers. Com
plimentary. passes for ladies have been
printed and will be issued at once.
Secretary Dickens submitted playing
schedule, without the dates, for the sea-
son, and according to this last years
champions, the District Commissioners
team, will open the eason with the bureau
of engraving and printing. Fixing the
dates has been left to the Messrs. Wagner
and Strasburger.
Encouraging reports were received from
representatives of six of the teams, and the
two new clubs, the Government Printing
office and Washington Light Infantry,
promise to be strong factorss1n the race.
Won by the c. A. C.
The W. L. I. C. nine was defeated at Co.
lumbia field yesterday. Is to Q, by the Co.
lumbia Athletic Club nine. The soldiers put
I'D poor game, but this Is partly ac-
counted for by the absence of three of their
best men. including the pitcher. The bat
Infantry-Heydler and Gilroy; umpire, Mr..
Beggs.
COrnelPs Opening Game.
The Cornell University base ball season
opened at Ithaca N. Y, yesterday with a
game between Cornell and the Syracuse
league team. The day was raw and cold,
but the playing was sharp on the part of
Cornell, who had the best of tho game from
the start. Several new men We're tried on
the Cornell team, and most of them played
remarkably well. especially Bassford, '9S;
Beacham. '97, and Hamlin, '95. Hamlin' 8
home run in the sixth inning was the fea-
ture of the game.
After the fifth inning both teams changed
pitchers Priest going in for Cornell and
Day for Syracuse AS nearly as can be
determined from a single game, Cornell
will have an average. but not a brilliant
team this season, with possibility Of
weakness at catcher and third base.
Score-Cornell, 9; Syracuse, 4.
Base hits-Cornell 8; Syracuse s. Errors
Cornell, 2; Syracuse, 5. Batteries-Cor-
nell, Priest Smith and Hamlin; Syracuse.
Lathrop, Day and Rafter
Amateur Base Ball.
The Arsenals ard the Portlands played
an exciting game of ball on the former
ground Monday, which resulted in a vic
| tory for the Portlands by Is to 10.
The third team of the Canterburys have
| defeated the third team of the B. and O..
Stars by % to IA. The battery for the win
| ners were Vogt and Crowley.
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