Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-06

MILITIA VS.. REGULARS.
Light Infantry Nine to Play the Fort
Myer Team.


The Departmental Base Ball League sea-
Son opens tomorrow with the initial game
between the Washington Light Infantry
and the Fort Myer teams Both these
teams are formidable r,ea ntlida tes -fos ithe
championship, and the outcome of the
game will be looked for with a great deal
of interest The w. L. l. is made I'D of
nearly all new men, and the work Of the
team will be watched closely by the other
members of the league. The w. L. club
last year was one of the best supported
teams in the league, and there is every in
dicauon that 1t will be backed up this year
just as strongly as 1t was last season.
From all accounts the new men are vaiu-
able finds, and great things are looked for
when the team gets together for the first
game.
The team as it will come to the bat will
be as follows: Wisner, third base: Cham
berlain, first base; Kleinschmidt, left field:
Smith eabsSm sho stop Hage second
ter field; Brown, right field, and Nicholson,
pitcher Gleason and Ogle will be the sub
stitutes. Chamberlain on first is one of
the best infelders In the District and while
Smith and Hager are new men, Wisner, on
third, is an old favorite, and is regarded
by many IS probably the best in the
league in that position. Kleinsc hmidt, in
left garden, is one of the star players of
the District in that position, and will "eat
EN- up with his old-time skill and energy,
both Mt tha.'bat and in the field! "5Nengenti
and Brown are new men, but the report
is that The new material are valuable
finds" and will greatly strengthen the,
team in the positions that they occupy.
Just as the Washington Light Infantry
team occupied the distinctive place of being
the dark horse of the league last season. so
the Fort Myer occupies, that place at the
present time. A great many rumors have
come over to this side Of the river from.
the military post about the expert cavalry
men, who =. are handling ball and bat in
great shape, and great deal of uneas!ness
is being felt by all the clubs in the league
and will continue to be felt until the riders
are sized up upon the field. The team as
it will play tomorrow will come to the bat
IN the following order: Mahoney, left field;
Carr, catcher; Norton, short stop; Gentry,
pitcher; Brege. second base; Baehr, right
base, and Barrett, third base. Besides
these the team carries Gilmartin, ellison,
Boylen, Hewitt and Malloy as catchers,
pitchers and felders, and altogether has
which to contest for championship honors
The game will be called at 4:45, so as to
give the department people a chance to get
out, and as suspicious an occasion as pos
sible will be made out of the opening event
1t will take place, of course, at National
Park and Mr. John Heydler will call play
on the two teams All the arrangements
will be the same as for National League
games, and there Is every prospect that the
game will be exciting and close. Ladies'
tickets have been issued in numbers. and
the attendance Of the fair sex will be one
of the features of this seasons games, 1ust
as 1T was last year. The umpires this year
will enforce all the rules strictly, and play
ers will not be allowed to wander over the
field and be everywhere but on the bench,
as they did sometimes last season. No one
will be allowed on the grounds but the
players in uniforms and the managers, to-
gether with the umpire, and this rule will
be enforced more rigidly than any of the
others. The soldier boys from across the
river intend to send a large delegation to
tomorrow's game, while the Washington
Light Infantry rooters, as usual will be
out in force, so that enthusiasm will not be
one of the features which will be lacking