The morning times., 1896-01-26

| most improvement in this work being Nc
| Cabe. Jesse Schafhirt and Shreeve.
| McQuade is doing some scientific bag
punching.
The Infantry promises to have a football
| team. in the field next season which will
! make il interesting for all comers.
Manager Porter House hopes to win next
| seasons local baseball championship with
! the same readiness that his team is now
| handling the basketball trophy. He will
retain of the old team such excellent play
ers as Weisncr, Kleinschmidt. Winkelman
and Gleason.
| Harry Leach of the Bureau team. would
like TO play with the Infantry. He would
| be welcome addition 10 the team.
Burnett is very clever with the gloves. He
| AMI Hough will give an exhibition bout
| during the week.
one of the most enthusiastic and cieanest
| OF local amateur athletes is John Heydler.
| He is greatly missed in the infantry team
| and the boys cannot account for his con-
tluued absence.
Shreeve and Waters are showing great
| Improvement in wrestling and will be heard
| from in that line later on.
A number OF our best local athletes have
| signiried their intention of joining the
| Infantry ranks shortly. They will llstrengthen
| the athletic ranks and then the Infantry will
be prepared to ma Ike an excellent showing
| in all lines of athletic competition.
Prof. Eoran, the newly c.ected instructor
| of the Infantry. had large class IN the
| gymnastic drills Tuesday last. He is
| rapidly increasing the interest III the WORK
EASTERN ATHLETIC CLUB.
The Eastern Athletic Club, with head
quarters at Esputa's Hall, on Eighth street
| southeast, completed its organization On
Tuesday las, by the election OF officers
| and adoption of n constitution. itnow has
about seventy-five members. Indications
| point TO a most successful existence of
| this new aspirant for athletic and social
| honors.
Fred wiesbader. who conceived the idea
| of organizing the club, deserves great
| credit for his work in the matter. He was
| co;npIimentcd by the members for his IN
terest in the undertaking by being elected
| general manager of athletic sports
The officers of the clIO are: X. X. Reveh.
| president: DR.. George b. Weiss vice pTesi
| dent; II. j. Bright, recording secretary; +.
| C. Raab. financial secretary; Ed Raab,
treasurer: w. C. Wilkinson, sorgeant-at-
arms; 7. Weisbader, superintendent OF attn
letic sports.
A committee for executive business has
been appointed as follows: F. q. Overly
Thomas Ellis, Thomas Johnson, Lee L
Hereli, and L. L. Herren.
Among the new members of the club are
| professional men in tie eastern section
OF the city; among them are. DR.. Adams,
Dr.. weiss, 7. L. Manning, Rankin Reveh,
Dave and Mark Blunl, Dr. Louis sChaun,
| Martin Schneider, ". 6 Bets, L. schucbei
ana II. G. Bright.
Ellis, Raah, Greene, 2caman and Nies-
badcr are playing good ball; EoderiCk,
Woodington. Hutchinson and Ncrnniiion
give promise of Lecoming strong players.
Charles Grace has teen appointed cap
tain OF tie cycle team and Horace Foyer
is first lieutenant.
The basketball team is showing con-
siderable Improvement IN its playing,
and now that it has a pace in which to
practice, it may be expected TO show up
better ali-round team working It's even
ing games.
lis game with Y. 81. C. A. postponed
FROM last night w!h lie played during the
coming week in tie Infantry Armory;
date not yet fixed
WASHINGTON ATHLETIC CLUB.
Cant. @. Earl sanderson of the Washing
ton Athletic Club basketball has recovered
from his recent serious illness and was d
Spectator 1t tie leGgGe games dGrinG the
past week. Ee VIII play with lie team in
its game with the washington Light IN
fantry on Wednesday evening next at
the Washington Athletic Club gymnasium.
Game Will lie called at $50 O'Clock sbarp.
Thc loss OF tic last game OF basketball
with the Carroll Institute, I;4ts the team
in third place.
Bobby Akers had charge OF the team in
its recent games, in the absence of Capt.
Sandersou, anu filled his duties well.
Among the newcomers in the gym. is
Lucas, who is Going good work. Ee de-
serves credit for his splendid playing in
the last game, his first appearance with
the team.
Kines is away on his trip: when last
heard from he was in Norfolk.
The bowling team will have as its Wis
itors for a league set of games on the
2Sth inst. the Carroll Institute team.
GEORGETOWN COLLEGE ATHLETICS.
within two weeks the Georgetown Col
lege track Ind field teams Will begin in
earnest their indoor training under the care
of efficient trainers aud managers, WHO
will do all in their power TO ma ke the
spason of sc a memorable one in college
athletics.
Work is being rapidly pushed forward
on the new gymnasium and as soon as
possible the athletes win begin We orS
therein.
After mature consideration the executive
committee has finally decided upon the
selection of william j. Foley as the
trainer of the field and track teams. Mr..
Foley comes to Georgetown highly recon-
raepded He trained the teams of Brown
University during the past two seasons
with signal success.
In wefers. Delaney. Devereaux, Gala
CHER. Holt. J. Wefers, Fox, Walsh. Dill
Ion, McAnerney and others he Will have
in his tards material for an unusually
strong track and fled team, which cannot
help but make It's presence felt in the inter-
collegiate games at Mott Haven in the
coming spring.
Every means requisite for thorough train
Ing will be at the disposal of the teams,
and the gymnasium will be thoroughly
fitted with new apparatus, which has been
ordered.
Capt Harley will begin practice with the
cand:dates for the baseball team on Feb
ruary l. The batteries will practice con-