The times., 1899-02-12

| ing to the old-new club the full mete of
| success it deserves.
The members showed their full conf
| dence in the ability and efficiency OF Mr..
Redington by unanimously e-electng him
| president of the club. The gentleman has
worked early and late for the good of
| the club. and there is no doubt he will
| bring it to the point which he has long
since hoped it might attain.
| The reelection of Charles Fl. Bates as
secretary was also a well-deserved com
piiment. Few men in that position have
worked more ably or more conscientiously
than Mr.. Bates. and he will no doubt con-
tinue to give the club his best services.
The new captain, w. A. Smith. famil-
iarly known as ANDY" Smith, one of the
best-known as well as one of the best
oarsmen this river has ever produced. will
bring to his new duties just the knowledge
and ability needed to make the coming
| rowing season from the C.. a. C. boat
house thoroughly active and success
ful one.
The bowling team was accorded the priv
ileges of the old (now the Y. VI. c. Al
alleys last week in order that the three
remaining home games may be played By
the team. To say that Captain Sites is
pleased is putting it mildly. The courtesy
is appreciated by the whole club.
The bowling team, after muchneedzd
practice. found itself in good shape when it
met the Washington Athletic Club on We'd
nesday evening and handily wen two OF
the three games. Stitt is again in form
and his average of .167 led the team in this
set. Petkin has developed into a reliable
bowler and, with Desio to follow. the two
ends of the team are well balanced. His
triple-header was one of the features of
the evenings play.
The team now has lead for third ace
which the Business Mems Club will fni
hard TO overcome. Won Boeckmann has not
been in practice for a week or so and as
result his work fell off, but be can be
relied upon to come again to his strong
form and will have little difficulty in Ike sp-
ing up his end. He now stands Nc. IL in
Secretary Schiaichs summary. with an
average of 152, and best single game OF
| l9S. Desio comes next with an average
Of Isl.
Light Infantry Athletes.
The Light Infantry athletes are prepar-
| ing for big athletic smoker to be given
in the armory on February 22. The COM
mittee having the matter in charge is ar
ranging a very attractive programme, and
1t promises to be one of the most enjoy
able affairs given by the gallant soldiers.
Among the features will be sparring
| wrestling, high and broad jumping and
tumblng. Among those who will appear
are Royce Hough, Shreeve, Mackey. Nc
Cabe McQuadc, Schafhirt, Hughes. Bur-
nett. Kendall, and Chamberlin.
Rob Roy Mackey, who claims the wrestl-
ing championship OF the District and Jim
McQuade are matched to wrestle at the
second smoker of the Mount Pleasant Ath-
letic Club, to be given on February u.
The winner of the bout will meet Shreeve
at the Infantry smoker the next evening
ntFT1 1har s9 Inf. afr-N- .,sLS
| taking exercise in the gymnasium is in
| creasing each week.
Manager Ed Neumeyer ir.. has perfected
arrangements with the Keystone Y. II. c.
a. of Philadelphia for a match game of
basketball TO be played here on the even
ing of March Is with his team. The Key
stone team is one of the strongest in the
Philadelphia League and will make it very
/ interesting for our soldier boys. The
teams Will play seven men a side and will
use the full infantry playing field.
Royce Hough is playing his old position
at centre again and doing his usual clever
work not only in passing, but in goaiing.
Kendall is getting into shape again and
playing a great game at back" Ii looks
as il the infantry team will go through
the season without n single defeat. With
| the exception of the game lost to Yale the
| team has not been defeated in four years.
tOrcOrDn Cadets.
The Y. NJ C. A. of Baltimore will play
| their return game with the Corcoran Ca
det team next Friday evening in the Infan-
try armory.
The Y. VI. C. 4. is one of the crack teams
of the country and TO make even a good
showing against it is creditable, but the
Corcorans. if they desire to make such a
showing on the home field. must play bet
hal than did . with
the Queers last Tuesday.
The Baltimore team Will have on it such
well-known players as f. Harmon, the
great centre; Hopkins and Herring, known
in basketball centres as expert goal tlrow
ers. Westmeyer and Keatiag are the backs,
and they are so clever that but two teams
have scored against them this season.
Grill and Metcalf are two very clever sub
stitutes and play so well that no position
is too hard for them.
| Manager Captain Edwards is as yet in
doubt as to which players he will put in
against the Orioles. Those who Played on
| the Corcoran team last night at Baltimore
are: Clark. centre; Rowland and Zell, for
wards. with Heffner and Walters. backs.
/ The Quaker City Wheeimen play in Bal
| timore this week. being again in good
| shape. The team is anxious to play here,
| but for the present Captain Edwards is
| unable 10 give lneIn Il udIe. ne Will De
| able to have them here later oil.
As stated, the surprise of the whole Sc
ries was the defeat of the CorCorans by
the score of IL to 10 last Tuesday by the
| Queers. There was something radically
wrong or the team would not in the first
! inning have secured . lead of ten points
and then come into the second inning and
| suffered defeat OF l. to 10. 1t was most
ly carelessness which brought this defeat.
The fact that the team did not have its
regular field captain had much to do with
the loss of the game. One thing is cer-
tain. such careless work will not occur
again, and the captain in all future games
must be on hand or the management Will
know the reason.
1t is probable that the almost constant
drilling preparing for the last inspection
had much to do with the teams general
condition. As said before. the players are
all right now, and their work in the future
will be of the same clever, clean, and sci
entifc kind which has always made their
playing noteworthy.
National Guard Athletes.
The weather of the past week did not in
terfere very much with the attendance at
the gymnasium of the District of Columbia
National Guard. With regularly fixed and
properly directed class days, and with a
thorough instructor to coach, the soldiers
gymnasium would be crowded three nights
a week easily.
1t is proposed to increase the interest
among the Guardsmen by holding several
entertainments during the coming month,
and in these athletics will he made a fea-
ture, and will include exhibitions and con-
tests in standing and running high jump,
pole vault, boxing, bag punching. and
basketball.
Eastern Athletic Club.