The morning times., 1897-03-07

count OF III health He will be heard from
| this season
Among other very prominent and proInis-
ing candidates for this seasons team are
| Tobin, who plays a good short, Fox, the
| speedy little sprinter from Ohio who is in
competition with Hazel for a place on the
initial bag. Ed Romadky, of Wisconsin,
who played on the Fordham team, is a
strong bidder for one of the oUt-fieids,
notably left field He is strong, sure
hitter, and a heady base runner. Keane
and G. a. Greene, both of this city, are
promising players; the former is a fielder,
and the latter was captain and second
base OF the Reserves for two years. Charles
Minnehan did excellent work as pitcher on
the Seaton Hallteam and slikely to make"
the pitching department james Kelly
is right fielder OF good points from Holy
Cross, and Lewis Prince promises well as
a fielder.
With so much excellent material to select
team from, it is no wonder that Joe
Kelly, the great fielder of the Baltimore
team, the champion of the National League,
who is coaching the players, finds his task
OF picking a nine, most difficult one.
The players under his training are showing
marked improvement in their work.
This seasons manager of baseball is
Joseph F. Collins, a member of the senior
ciass, who halls from Boston, and earned
reputation in athletics while at Boston
College, ana was captain of his class foot
ball team IN this seasons inter-class series
at Georgetown. He is thoroughly efficient
and a hustler besides, and his business-like
methods augur well for the business end
of this years baseball team. He has ar
ranged one of the best and most attractive
series of games for Georgetown Field it
has ever been the pleasure OF local lovers
of college bah to witness
j. T. McColgan, twenty years OF age. and
a native of New York city, is assistant
manager of the team, and a very good one.
He was very prominent in athletics at
De Ia Sale, whose ball team he successfully
managed for three years. He is an ex-
perienced player himself, and knows the
needs of players; is also weIl-known as a
runner and football player. He is an
energetic young fellow, and being well
provided with this worlds goods, he very
generously gives material aid to the adj
vancement OF the athletics OF the college
He is personally very popular with all the
boys, on and off the field.
The Journalist of the college, Thomas NJ
Pierce, is a good all-round young fellow,
not yet twenty years old, who has done
much for the advancement of the college
athletics. He first saw the light in Union
City, Tenn. He president OF his class, '9s,
and the athletic editor of the College
Journal. With all his many duties and
his studies that engross his time, he makes
opportunities cheerfuliy To inform all who
are interested enough to inquire into the
status of athletics at old Georgetown.
With such a staff of officers and with
such material to make up a team from. it
is easy to see that Georgetown Varsity
will cut a very prominent figure in college
athletics this coming season, for, in addition
to the team on the diamond il Will have
a crack team OF sprinters and runners.
headed by the mighty Wefers, from whom
it will be no easy task this year, at Mott
Haven or elsewhere, to win points.
Here's to the blue and gray" with
hearty ''hoga, hOga, SaXa."
o. +. SCHMIDT.