The times., 1898-03-06

the Seconds Gallagher Gooding Raah
and Caulifiower.
The basketball team is taking hard
practice for its game with the Queers
on March il. As the Queers are in third
place and playing a fast game, the East
erns realize that they have a hard game
before them.
The game with the Light Infantry,
which has been twice postponed. will be
played upon the first available open
night and the team and its friends are
looking forward to what promises to be
the most interesting contest of the Dis
trict League series, and one for which the
team is even now prepared TO play.
Queer wheelmen.
Owing to the preparations for their re-
m6yal TO new club quarters, the Queer
Wheelmen have been rather inactive dur
ing the past fortnight. During the past
week the club took possession of its new
home. on l Street, near Fourteenth, in
the former Franklin Hotel, facing Frank
lin Square. The parlors and reading and
meeting rooms are all large and have
been furnished in attractive and tasty
manner. Ample provision has been made
for the storage of members wheels in
racks outdoors and in a large wheel
room downstairs.
The club will hold its regular meeting
tomorrow evening at s o'clock, and on
account of the Importance of the meet
ing large attendance is expected. Among
other matters Of Importance nominations
for officers to serve the ensuing year,
viii be made.
The basketball team continues its strong
work as the result of hard practice in
which Can't. Tierney is Il firm believer
and almost every evening finds some of
the players at the Infantry Armory.
LOTUS and Burgess We're undoubtedly
not in their usual good condition in the
last game with the Mt. Peasants, as
they failed 10 play in their usual happy
way.
Quite a number of the members have
secured new wheels and as soon as the
weather and the roads permit the we'll
known Queer colors viii be seen on
their popular runs.
Ed. Neumeyer, jr aspires to the cap
taincy of the club. He is an energetic
worker and would make good officer.
1t is generally understood that f. l..
Vogt would much prefer the vice-presi-
| dency to his present position as record
| ing secretary. Won Boecllman. recently
elected financial secretary, seems per-
factly satisfied with his present Office as
he has not expressed desire for Il
! change.
James Greenway Balm has been
indisposed during the past week, but his
clubmates hope 10 see him out shortly.
The "QueerS" would like to hear fur
+, ther from some of the clubs recently
! spoken TO regarding the competitive cake
| walk which the club proposes to hold
! shortly. Clokey and Parker are a strong
team and are losing no time i'm their pre-
paration for the affair. They expect to
win easily.
Georgetown varsity Athletics.
The past weeks chilly weather has
been anything but tempting or inviting
to the candidates for the Georgetown
Varsity baseball team to come out on
the field and show the captain and man
ager what they could do. Capt McCar-
thy very wisely refrained from too long
and too frequent practice and let the
men take whatever exercise they wanted
in the gymnasium.
The team this season will be largely
an experiment. as so few of last year ;
players are in the ranks to draw from.
The team will be well equipped in pitch
ers as with Walsh, Bache, Tracey. and
with Dowd or owen or Miles TO help out.
the twirling department will be quite
formidable. As to catchers. little Ma
honey win again fill the bill. This year
he will have quite an assistant in o Don
nell who has had some experience IN
that very difficult position.
Dawson Will be missed from the initial
bag Casey who played the bag on the
| Brown College team, is candidate for
the position and if he can put up his old
game he viii hcceptably fill a place
! where a good man is needed. Fleming
viii again be found at second. Stump
| Reardon is out Of college and new man,
| probably Moran or Downs, will make an
| effort to hold down the difficult position
/ Of shortstop. Hafford, formerly captain
| of the Somerville High School team, will
| play at third Capt Mccarthy will again
| play In left garden and the other fields
will be selected from among O'Brien
! O'COnnel Miles, Walsh, Smith and kel-
| ley
Tie team will begin field work in earn
! est this week and 1t has lots of work to
| do to get into shape for the game with
! Johns Hopkins on March 26, the first OF
! the long series of contests. This game
| viii give a sort of line on the strength
! OF the team.
Work on the new grand stand will he
begun during this week. II will be large
| enough. 10 comfortably seat 1,000 persons
and will be great addition to the
| splendid play ground Of Georgetown. II
viii have large flag staffs at the ends
and in the middle.
| The Downing tournament lof tHe var
| sity championship Is ended. The games
| were very interesting though no very
! high scores were made. The champion
| ship was won by John keane 1909, ant
| Joe Fitzpatrick. 1901. was second.
Arrangements with the University oi
| Pennsylvania for a dual track and field
meet are pending. 1t is hoped To hav,
| everything ready 10 hold the big affair
| on May II. 1t was expected that Cornell
| would come in and make it triangular
| meet, but the boys from Ithaca found i
| impossible to enter. 1t will undoubtedly
be the athletic event of the Spring sea
son in the southern division of the Inter
collegiate Athletic Association.
| O. p SCHMIDT