Evening star., 1897-03-27

he was up near the head of the batting
list, and is very clever fielder and heady
base runner. He captained the varsity
nine last year He is student In the
school of engineering and will probably
remain at the university another year.
John J. O'Brien. who will guard left field
h.e season, is from Wheeling, w. Va.
and is twentyone years of age He
weighs 1G0 pounds and Is five feet five
and one-half inches tall. On the Mt. st.
Mary's team he played left field for two
seasons and made an enviable record as
fielder, as he did also on the University
of West Virginia team the year following.
Batsmen will find few holes in O'Brens
garden. He is good. clean hitter and
sprinter on bases. He will take the de-
gree of bachelor of laws in the law de-
partment this year.
George j. Twohy, who played third base
on the Rock Hill College team for three
halls from Norfolk, Va and is twenty
| one years old. His height is five feet and
nine inches and he weighs 153 pounds
While on the Rock Hill team he earned
for himself the reputation of being one Of
the heaviest, surest batters ever connected
with that Institution. He fields his posi-
ton like veteran and knows how to get
| around the bases. He is taking a course In
the law department and will get the de-
gree Of bachelor of laws this year.
Thomas j. O'Brien, first baseman, is
another Virginian, coming 1roms Lynch
burg. He is twenty-one years of age,
weighs pOuHuS ana STANDS ave Ioet
eleven and three-quarters inches in his
stockings. Three years on first chase for
| the Rock Hill team has given. him a val
liable experience in that positiono and lie
| Is expected to add to the good record he
| made there. His batting record at Rock
| Hill was good and his fielding excellent,
while his base running is fair. This Is his
| first year at the university having entered
| the law department last fall for the bache-
lors degree, which he will gef1next year. .
Frank A. Bolton. who Will chase the ball
| IN the right garden, Is from Newark, Ohio.
| ana Is twenty-five years old He weighs
| 10O pounds and Is five feet ten inches IN
| height. For two seasons he was manager
! Athletic Association, and played right field
on that nile, gaining reputation as a re-
| liable and hard batsman and q sure steady
| fielder. He Is quick on his feet and has
| quite a name as short distance sprinter.
| He is a student in the law department and
| will attain his degree of bachelor next year
James J. Kennedy, one Of the short
stops, of which the team will have two, is
| from Los Angeles, Cal, where he played
that position on the Los Angeles Athletic
| Club and the Santa Clara College mines
The record he made there as a short stor
Is splendid one. He Is a telerably strong
batter and remarkably successful base
runner. His age Is twenty-three years
height, five feet eleven inches, and weight
| 1872 pounds He Is law department stu
| dent and will take his degree next yeay. 4
Il James Regar of Sackett's Harbor, NY.
| Ii one of the men who will aiternate will
McTighe In the pitchers box.sHe Is also
like McTfghe, young, being. only twenty
| three years Of age, ,abut is six feetstall am
! weighs $50 pounds. While not 10 speed!