The times., 1898-12-11

two games and stand at the top of the
list with .S33 per cent with the SaenSer-
bund next with 66l per cent with eight
games won and four lost. 1t is a great
race and at the present rate promises
to make a tight finish.
The c. 1. team does not play again
until January g. when a set will be bowl
ed with the Business Mems Bowling Club
Harlowe is keeping up his strong aver
age Notwithstanding the predictions of
several "know-it-alls." Gorman's' string
is Just as strong as ever, and he is help
ing the team wonderfully.
"Sandow' Merritt has clinched his hold
on the first place on his teams bowling
order He continues to bowl an average
of 1s9
Tony Rice is plugging away, doing
good work and saying but very little.
while Armstrong drops in his strikes
when and where they are most needed.
Altogether the team has seldom before
been in such good shape.
Light Infantry Athletics.
Capt. McCabe. of the Light Infantry
Basketball team. is putting his players
through a series of signal plays, which
he hopes will materially strengthen the
| team and tighten the work of the men.
He hopes TO get his men playing like
their visitors from Yale last season, play
ing without noise or shouting and still
playing fast and in gingery manner.
Tuesday and Friday nights are given up
| TO practice.
| The team will make its next appear
| ance on December q when 1t will line up
! against Carroll Institute. By that tine
have the new playing uniforms ready for
his team. 1t is promised that the COS
tunes viii be very attractive.
Sam Shreve, Burnett. Kendall and
| Mackey are practicing the overhead
| throw with considerable success. Nc
| Quade is playing as we'll as ever al right
back and his blocking and long throws
| are always a feature. Chapman or
| Hughes at left-back take care of every
| thing that comes their way. Ernest
| Schafhirt, one of the best backs in the
League. will play in the game with the
| CAROLS. A fast. snappy game is put up
| al all times by Royce Hough at center
| Sam Shreve's gymnasium classes are
| large and contain some very good mate
rial 1t is proposed to hold an athletic
carnival early in February and the pro-
| gram In part will contain the following
features: Sparrins, Shreve, McQuade,
Hough ana Kendall
| Wrestling by Mackey, McQuade and
Shreve and E. Schafhrt; bag punching by
Chapman, Hughes and McCabe; high
jumping, Hough. Burnett and Kendall.
| Mccall and Jesse Schafhirt.
This is quite an array of talent all of
which has appeared in public before and
will no doubt give a good account of it,
| self.
COrcOran Cadet Athletes.
Capt. Edwards, manager of the Cor
coran Cadets basketball team, hopes to
| close arrangements with the Champions
of the East, the Twenty-third Street 7.
NJ c. A of New York, for a game to be
played here in February.
| The C. c. c. team was handicapped in
its game with the Easterns last week on
account of the absence of three players,
including Capt. Guista, all of whom are
engaged evenings during this month.
I'VE have nothing to say about the
| game we lost to the W. A. c. last week
| except that the winners had all the luck
| there was going that night" said one of
the enthusiastic soldier rooters, "and you
| know you can't win against luck, espe-
cially when two such players as Dodge
and Collins were sick and ought not to
have been in the game. We evened up,
however, by beating the Easterns with
two subs on our team and team Capt.
Guista not able to play. We will continue
to hold our own against all comers,' -
he said in conclusion.
The team certainly is clever in team
work and especially in passing under its
! best work will be seen when it has Ead
more practice.
Jim Hendley and Stewart Goss are in
good playing shape. considering the short
time they have been in the game Hend-
ley's work on Wednesday was note
worthy. Clarke and Dodge are again il
shape and Guista is working out some
new signals under Manager Edwards di-
| rection, and with them they hope to sur.
prise some of the vets. The next game
for the Corcorans is scheduled for De-
| cember 81 with the Mount Pleasant Ath-
letic Club.
The team will probably enter protest
in the Walters matter.
National Guard Athletics.
There is not much activity apparent al
present in the ranks of the Athletic AS
sociation of the National Guard of the
District. because so many of the men ar
busy these evenings with holiday mat
ters.
| After last Mondays meeting there vii
. probably be none until December 30. Tn
circular letter sent out by Capt. Edwards
president of the association, inviting at
. | tention to athletic matters in the Guar
has brought favorable results. which vii
be seen later in increased attendance a
athletic meetings.
The officers of the Fencibles, Morton
, and Emmets and the Corcorans have tax
en- n lively interest in the success of tn
: AFFAIR, and they all hope to make ath
, letics a striking feature of the Nationa
Guard organization right after January
, A large number of applications for mem
bership have already been received.
/, Prof Horan and his classes have stop
| ped work until after the holidays whe
5 | class and drill work will be taken up i
e earnest and then there will be competi
, tons to bring out the interest of the va
rious organizations.
! | The High School basketball team wa
A | the guest of the association last Monda
and while down played an interestin
E game of basketball with the Corcoran:
4 which was won by the latter.
t o. P. SCHMIDT.