The morning times., 1896-02-09

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adding new members 10 its large roll.
| The athletic committee viii recommend
] at 8n early meeting of the corps that an
| athlettc roster be adopted. This is to al
| low the election of members TO the athletic
department. without requiring them to do
| military duty.
Manager House is Lustling for new mate
rial for his las ebai team, and the following
have been elected full corps memebers:
| Nie!aski, Chamberlain and Brown of last
| year's Riverside team. The team will be
one of the strongest in the coming season s
league.
The annu al reception on Wednesday even
| ing last was grand success, notwithstund-
| ing the inclenlcnt weather.
! When the basketball team has completed
its schedule of games it will give a big
smoker to the rootcrs of the corps and
its friends generally. 1t will be strictly
a ''card affair."
| Hough, in addition to taking plenty of
] practice in the high jump, is coaching sew
| eral aspiraDts for honors in that line.
| The next game scheduled for the team is
| with the military cyclists on the 26th in-
| slant.
WASHINGTON ATHLETIC CLUB.
Two new pool tables have been added TO
| the already numerous attractions of the
| Washington Athletic Club. AS the club has
number of excellent pla yers, team will
| be formed to arrange series of champion
| ship games with some of the other local
| teams.
! The basketball team feels the absence Of
| Suit who always put up a strong game.
| Sandersou, who has been quite i'll, is
| out again aud practicing in the gym
The bowling team is holding its position
| at the top OF the league by small margin,
| but hopes TO Increase its lead before the
month is out.
| SchlessiDger has proven himself one OF
| the most scientific bowlers in the District.
| The club is iD prosperous condition,
and is adding new members TO its roll al
most weekly. It's junior gymnasium classes
| are an especially strong feature.
| WASHINGTON OUTING CLUB.
| At regular meeting OF the board OF di-
| rectors OF the Washington Outing Club held
| during the past week the treasurer's
| statement showed the club to be in excel
| lent financial condition. The clubs iEdebt-
etlness is being decreased in systematic and
! pleasing manner, and when the floating
| UpUl IluS Detu NlpCU Oul, lilNu nOlh W III DC
| begun upon the bowling alleys and bicycle
track at its attractive grounds near Eek
| ingtou.
| Treasurer A. j. Heilbrun, who is about
to leave the city, has resigned his position,
aud Max Goodman was elected TO ill the
| vacancy.
a. ShuSter and w. A. Farlee were elected
| 10 fill vaca ncies on the board.
| The gymnasiu classes have grown so
| large that Lieut.. Ludwig has had TO call in
! anassisiant, and NJ. Damnan was electedt to
the office. The latter has shown marked
| Improvement in all-round work. He will
undoubtedly lead the club at its athletic
meeting 70 be held in May.
| Capt. Harry King has 50 much good mate
rial at hand that he finds difficulty in Sc
| lecting baseball team.
| From present indications the team will
| consist of Farlee, catcher; Ben Boo,
| pitcher; H. King, first base; s. Well, second
| base; ScrigeDer, shortstop; j. Kaufman,
| bird base: A. Goodman, right field; Fred
| Hahn, left field; G. X. Reizenstein. center
field. Substitutes, n. oppenheimer, A.
sigmund, d. Nordlinger, S. Nattans, and
! C. W. Moore.
The house committee consists OF c. H.
| Reizenstein, Harry King, and S. Well.
| These are all energetic members, and they
promise smoker at an early date that
will eclipse all previous efforts in that line.
A junior baseball team viii be organized
| shortly, and it viii arrange games with its
class for the entire season.
EASTERN ATHLETIC CLUB.
| The officers of the Eastern Athletic Club
are more ibau pleased with the success of
| their efforts to build up an athletic club in
| She eastern section of the city, and from
present indications the new club has come
| to stay.
| The membership now numbers over 100
| good, active workers, and at meeting held
! during the present week there were sixty
| members in attendance.
Manager of Athletics WeiSbader has ap-
pointed Manager McKeIden manager of the
basketball team, VIII Ellis as captain and
AL. Rouse as coach. The team has labored
under many disadvantages in the lack of
proper place for practicing purposes. In
| its present temporary quarters it has tosome
extent overcome this obstacle to it's adj
vancement, and by hard practice, il has
| improved in its team play.
| The team hopes TO better its posi-
| tlOu III tHe league TdcC.
| A committee has been appointed to make
! arrangements for a musical entertainment
| and hop to be given on February 81. 1t is
| hoped to make the affair an enjoyable one
| The chairman of the committee is W. G.
| Belts, who will work hard for its success.
| Nick clCien, who has been appointed mana
ger of the baseball team, is getting his ma
terial together, and will join the District
+ League. lie has already secured the prom
| ise to play OF E. Raab, Ellis G.. Gates, Graf
and S. Gates.
| GEORGETOWN COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
| The members OF the Georgetown College
| Athletic Association are enthusiastic over
| the success of their eIassnate, B. j Wefers,
who equalled the worlds record in the fifty
yard dash last week in New York, and gave
him a most royal reception on his return to
college. They presented him with a mag
nificent toilet set of brushesd set in silver
and torquoise.
''Midge" Gallagher, who came in third in
the quarter-miIe event upon the same occa-
sion, also came in for a hearty welcome.
During the past week Manager Douglass
received an invitation to an intercollegiate
relay pace meeting to be held in Philadel-
phia on April % under the auspices OF the
University Of Pennsylvania, open to all
| colleges OF the United States and Canada.
One race will be held to determine the col
lege championship Of America, and it will
be open To all. Harvard and Pennsy have
sisnified their intention to enter the race.
There will be d number OF other races be-
| tween colleges, and every effort will be
made to arrange colleges in groups that are