Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-02
Awaiting the Departmental Base Ball
League Season.
five CLUBS IN THE ORGANIZATION
New Men That viii Be Seen With
the Teams.
THE DIS TRICT QUINTET

| Der OF citizens who delight in a good con-
test. The opening game will be between
the Washington Light Infantry and the
Fort Myer teams. and an exciting contest is
looked for. The game will take place at
National Park. and one of the features will
be the attendance of the bard from Fort
Myer, which will render selections at ap-
propria:e intervals throughout the contest.
Inc I've clubs in the league this year seem
to insure series of well-cUntested games
the clubs being the strongest in the league
last year and the excellent team from Fort
Myer. Just the Infantry was looked
upon as dark horse last year, so the Fort
Myer team comes in for that distinction
thls season, and many predictions are made
| regarding Its standing at the close of thu
championship season. The teams which
VIII enleavor to show Wdshingto nians that
| good amateur ball be pat up in the
capital city by a permanent league of or
| ganized bah clubs the Washington
| Light Infantry, Fort Mycr, District COM
| missioners' Office, Treasury Department
and Bureau of Engraving and Printing, TIE
| year.
Al! arrangements "a National Park viii
be the same as for games of he Natio' al
| League, and patrons Of the Departmental
League will be afforded every possible con-
Venience. All Of the games Will take place
| at this park, and competent umpires viii he
provided. The clubs will be fully uniformed,
a-ld the League and games viii be managed
in business-iike manner
The bureau Team.
The bureau team will endeavor to keep
Up their good work this year, and have
strengthened with several new players.
| Each team this year is allowed to go out
side of its department to secure three men,
but the players must be employed in some
| department. The bureau team will be
| represented by w. McCauley, J. Madigln,
| 3 Beach, "a. Leach, ]. Sprigman, NJ. Fla
| herty, Joe Bernard G. Winkleman, b.
| Cropley, T. Farrell, V, Bi,laskf u l. Sulli-
van, j. +. Ralph and r.. f. Doyle. jr OF
| these, Winklemaa, Sprigman, Bielaski, Sui
| livan, Ralph and Eldherty are new men.
and their services are looked 10 TO
| strengthen the team very much. The man.
| ager will be Mr.. r. F. Roche, who is I'm for
| everything that can possibly tend to make
the printers possess the strongest team in
| the league. New uniforms have been or
| dered and the men will make an excep-
| uonally neat and pleasing appearance.
| The bureau has always been noted for its
| team work, and with the addition of the
| new players, especially Spri yman and Bic
| iaskl' the team will be a hard one to put
down IN the race for cham pionship houors.
The Treasury Team.
| The treasury team this year have a long
| list of players embracing many good men,
| and they may be expected to render A good
| account of themselves. The team will lie
as follows: Farrell and Herndon, catahars:
| -NlcnOlS ana Marshall. pitchers. SarrOES.
! Stockslager, Bolway, Maize and one of the
| catchers in the infield and Adams Kellar
buchanan, Field and Grant in the outfield
The team will be looked out for Inv Ar
Owen Kellar, who has IN the pasf and
VIII this year, put his whole heart into the
welfare of his team. In Bolwav and Sto,k-
slager the treasury team has a pair cf in
nelders hard TO beat any where, and they
may be expected to steady The remainder
of the team and land il well up IN rbe rara
at the end OF the season.
The ID. c. Team.
| The District Commissioners office team
the winners Of the championship in lSaL
have not been idle, and under the guidance
and management Of Mr.. Thomas j. Fisher
mas developed an aggregation that should
be very much in the swim The members
OF the team are all well known individual
bail players, and teSm work is being sought
Tor every day in hard practice. Or Ned
ford will catch, the former catcher "Tubly't
DickeAson, going to first. Eddie Fuller viii
pitch, together with Bob Barr, Who's, arm
is said to be better this year than eyer be-
fore. Fitzgerald Is another pitcher who
is ready to take his place in the box at any
time, and in this respect the District nine
Is better supplied than any Of the other
clubs, with the exception Of the Infantry
Harris will play short, and barring a slight
nervousness at times, will keep pace with
the other shortstops in the league Full
Ter viii look after second base when not in
the box. In the outfeld will be found
"Nympo' Jones. Boyd and Hussey Jones
has been elected captain Of the team, and
the choice is regarded as a wise one as hs
has the fine points of the game at his finger
ends. With team work and development at
the bat the Commissioners team ought to
be able to make an excellent showing.
The Infantry Team.
1t was generally regretted that the Infan-
try team could not keep up its excellent
play at the end of the season last wear.
| The team was a strong one and but for a
weakness in the box would have given the
| champions a little stronger tussle than
| they did. This year the attempt has been
| made to SECURE pitching talent and the
| soldier boys think that they have sue
| Ceeded in getting together a team that Will
come out at the top of the heap. Nicholson,
| Gleeson, buckingham, Hough and Burns
| have been secured to do the work I'm the
| box, while Chamberlain and Handiboe VIII
| be the receiving end of the batteries. The
| nine will, of course, greatly feel the loss Of
Giroy, but Handiboe is an excellent man,
| and, with buckingham, will make one of
| the star batteries of the league. In addi-
| ton TO these, Happy Chamberlain will
| play first base; Hager, second; Lewis third
base, and Smith, shortstop. In the outfieid
| will be found Kleinschmidt, probably the
| best amateur left fielder in the District;
| Nugent and Brown.
| The Infantry team also claims the ser
vices of Belask, and the officials of the
| league will settle where he is to play. The
soldier boys are also after Tom Kinslow,
! and VIII endeaVor to get his name to "A con-
| tract. AS substitutes the team carries Ogle
Dawson, Shreve, Bishop and Lee In addi-
| ton to these there are Winkleman, the sec
| ond baseman of last year; Stewart
and a number of others who may
be called upon at any time. The In
| fantry will also be without the services of
| Phil Wisner who played third last year.
| who has gone TO Pennsylvania to practice
| dentistry. With team work the Infantry
nine will be formidable competitor on the
| field. With this end in view, the men have
been practicing hard as possible and
| will be In excellent condition when the
season opens. The genial s. Porter House
Will look after the management of the team
| and In the estimation of the soldier boys no
better man could be found for the place.
| Contracts have been made up this wear
| Tor each player to sign, and each man is
| bound by them to observe the rules of the
| club he signs with, and to play with it un-
| III released by the manager of such club
Lurid Lights fin Their WhislScrs,
From the Chicago Times-Heruld.
A remarkable adventure befel a party OF
Wisconsin men. According to che Of them,
II. o. Tofson, who lives at KiIburn. in COM