The times., 1899-05-21

made such hit several weeks ago. There
is lets Of good material in the club and
tragedy. comedy, and farce seem to be
equally well handled by this clever COM
pany Of players.
COrcOron Cadet Athletes.
The Corcoran Cadets baseball team has
been taking hard practice all the past week
preparing for its game tomorrow with the
Hamiltons of the District League. For
next week the Cadets have n game arrang-
ed with the City Postoffice team and both
promise to be interesting contests.
The basketball team will play game
with Carroll Institute next Friday, for the
benefit of the uniform fund. 1t will be
played under the national rules with FIVE
men on each side. Manager Edwards has
not finally selected his team. but he prom
ises it-will be the strongest he has. ]. C.
Crupper and Adam Johnson have accepted
an invitation to act as umpires, and S.
Porter House will be referee. 1t will be
played in the Institute gymnasium and
promises to be hotly contested. Dancing
will follow the game.
Some time next month the team will
play a game with the CAROLS at River
View. on the occasion of the Metropolitan
Railway employees excursion. A hand
some silver loving cup will be the prize.
handled by Lieutenant Hecox. at the Co
lumbia Athletic Club boathouse is doing
well and the gallant cadets viii probably
succeed in putting out good junior
eight. Captain Edwards is very much
interested in the work of the men, and
after the National Guard encampment
hopes to give the new department more of
his personal attention. The Corcorans will
appear in the Jubilee parade.
Eastern Athletic Club.
The Eastern Athletic Club. after making
a splendid showing in the basketball
league in which it finished second, winnig
its last seven games, will now make a
strong bid for the amateur baseball league
championship. The team as it stands is
very strong one, and should win a ma
jority of the games scheduled for it.
The league season will open on June 3
at National Park, with a game between
the Easterns and the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing. These are considered 10 be
among the strongest teams in the new
league The club has signed the following
players, and the team will be selected from
among them: Henneger. Captain Dunn. j.
e. Bates, Mathews. Thorpe, Colliilower,
Bouden, Hussey, Atz, Hughes. Venable,
George Gates, Bolger, Baden. and Warren
II the players put up half the snappy, brisk
game they did in the basketball league,
the team will come near landing at the top
The E. A. C. will play the Congress
Heights club at the Heights this morning
at 1920 O'Clock. Last Sunday the Hamil
tons were defeated by score Of IS TO IA.
Manager E. V. Rice, jr.. would like to
arrange Sunday games with first-class To-
cal teams. preferring the Corcoran Cadets,
Radfords, Zephyrs, and Old Dominions.
The Easterns have secured National Park
for two games on Decoration Day with the
Market House team, which has the follow
ing clever players: Tillman. catcher. Cole
man, Brown, pitchers; Jefferson, first base;
Atchison, second base; Dickson, short stop;
Payne, third base; Betters, Smith, and
Bird, outfielders.
The club will hold its annual meeting
and election of officers June 1.
City PostoHice Players.
The City Postoffice team promises to be
quite a factor in the District baseball
league series. Manager C. B. Matthews
has gotten together a snappy lot of play
ers, all of whom know the game well and
are strong in the hitting and fielding de-
partments.
II. o. Chamberlain is the energetic cap
tain of the team and will no doubt lead
his men on to many victories. He is a
scrappy player, a clever fielder, and lard
hitter. The team he has signed includes
Bishop and Quick, catchers; Hand, Smith,
and Bud Burns, pitchers; Chamberlain,
first base; ogle, second base; Rebs;ocii
shortstop; Donovan or Mckinley. third
base: Brown, left field; Burbank. centre
field; Gates. right field; Farquhar. extra or
utility man. With such a team Manager
Matthews should finish third or better in
the league race.
Hand is a clever pitcher, has good con-
troll and quite an assortment OF shoots and
curves. He was for several years inc crack
twirler of the Eastern High School :ean.
The team takes practice every morning
near Lincoln Park, and is already saowing
good team work. Donovan, aftar being
out of the game several years IS showing
| is up with the best. John Quick is con-
ceded to be one of the best backstops in
the league, especially sure in his Swapping
| to bases.
The City Postoffice has arranged TO play
| the Rockville team next Saturday. Next
| week u game will be played with the Met
ropolitan Railroad employees. At meeting
| held last Saturday. the club decided that
it will not play Sunday games.
Georgetown Varsity Athletes.
The track .eam of Georgetown Univer-
sity has been faithfully at work during the
past week and Trainer Foley feels very
much pleased with the outlook and ex.
poets his pets to make quite a showing al
| Mott Haven next Friday and Saturday
| when the intercollegiate championship viii
be held.
Mulligan is going well in the dashes and
is especially clever in his starts. which
were Wefers great stronghold and turned
| him many trick. He works and moves
| like the record holder and is in motion
| from the instant the starters pistol gives
notice TO be OFF. He is triie fine, but no
~ all stale and ought to give Tewksbury
! Cregan, and other Northern flyers a goot
| nguL IOr the tape. Owens is another
sprinter who premises well and ought a
least to land his heat DeseZ and Sheridan
will try for honors in the middle distanc,
runs. They are running well and finish il
good shape.
These entrants will leave here Thursda
evening. and be ready TO work in the pre-
liminaries the next day. Several of III
students from the college with some frou
| the law school Will be on hand to root TO
the blue and gray" The representation
would be larger, but the examinations vii
prevent their going.
The bicycle entrants Dannemiller an
Pittman will leave here Wednesday so the
may familiarize themselves with the trac
at Berkeley Oval. These riders have train
ed faithfully at the Cycle Park. and are go
ing well. They have had the benefit G
good coaching from some of the "profs
training there. Daunemiller Will probabl
win his event.
The tennis players made quite a goo
showing against the big cracks at the Bach
elors' tourney during the past week. TIL
ball team left here yesterday morning an
played the Crescent Athletic Club at Brook