The times., 1899-10-22

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The Association of Indo5r Baseball Clubs,
the parent body of the organization is To-
Gated at Chicago. 1t has associate mem
bers in various locations, and each Of these
has its leagues and each OF these leagues
has its club membership. The association
officers are R. L. Welch, president-secTe-
tary; w. F. Corey, treasurer; W. H. Nc
Comb. P. J. Roy, and A. A. Lennon, vice
presidents.
\. VI. c. 4. Athletics.
The opening game of the intercity indoor
baseball series to be played by the Y. NJ.
c. A. of this city and the West Branch
Y NJ c. A. of Baltimore, will be played
here next Saturday evening, and it will un-
/ doubtediy prove an attractive novelty. The
local players viii make their debut in the
game upon this occasion, and 50 that they
may be able to make a good showing
against their more seasoned competitors
they have taken hard practice. The local
team viii probably line up as follows:
Speare, catcher; Shepard, first base; Till
man. third base: LeMat or Nicholson,
pitcher; Greene left shortstop; Petersen,
second base; Shaw, right shortstop; Au-
fentine, left, and NeaIe right field.
This is a strong array Of clever players.
selves at the outdoor game.
Nicholson pitched against the Maryland
Athletic Club team in the only game IL lost
last year.
The association VIII be represented in
the local basketball league If the teams
composing it decide to register in the a.
A. L. The league Will hold meeting to-
morrow night at the Infantry ArmoTy and
Royce Hough and J. d. Preston will at
tend as assOciatiun delegates
The basketball Dlayers will meet in the
gymnasium Tuesday evening for practice.
/ Royce Hough win probably be made cap
tain. With his experience and eEpeTtness
gained while playing with the Infantry
/ champions. Hough viii materially
/ strengthen the team.
The bowIers are keeping right at it and
the pin boys were never so busy before.
The association schedule is being run off
! in regular order and the interest grows
nightly Tomorrow night the Colts" and
Invaders" come together for the first
/ time
Light Infantry Athletes.
The basketball players Of the Light In
fantry are taking regular practice and
I Manager Ed Neumeyer feels encouraged to
/ hope that his team may again land the
/ pennant
/ A very strong addition to the team is
/ William Holmead formerly Of the Mount
/ Pleasant Athletic Club, and considered one
/ Of the fastest and steadiest backs in the
( league, and with E Schafhirt and Jim Nc
4 Quade viii probably make the strongest
! trio Of backs the Infantry has had re-
| Gently
Burgess, formerly of the Queers is an
other clever player recently added TO the
ranks. By players generally he is looked
/ upon as one Of the headiest home goalers
( in the league He viii play right forward
! On the team. and with old reliable Sam
Shreve and Burnett, it looks as if
the Infantry has the crack goal thrOwers
1 of the league. Percy Kendall, a clever all
around athlete, rounds out the team and
plays centre.
Secretary Fred Burnett is negotiating
with crack teams Of Philadelphia, Trenton
I and Baltimore for series of return games
The first game to be played Will be with
the First Regiment National Guard OF
/ Pennsylvania, at Philadelphia, next month
the date for which has not yet been fixed.
A recent valuable addition 10 the Infan-
| try ranks is Lou Conley, clever all
/ around athlete from the Chicago Athletic
| Club He is splendidly proportoned
/ standing six feet in his stockings, and
weighing 1873 pounds. He is d good Wres-
tier. hammer thrower, and is said to be
quite expert with the "mitts." He viii
/ probably open a boxing class in the Infan-
/ try ATmOry. Lee and Leach have already
taken up the specially. and are proving
/ very apt scholars. They Will meet to de
eide their superiority at the Infantry
smoker" next month, upon which occa-
sion Conley will take on Shreve and Me
Quade each for six rounds. Both the lat
ter are working hard to get in shape for
the affair.
south Washington Business Men.
The South Washington Business Mems
Club opened its bowling season last Sat
urday with a big oyster rcast, and around
the big oven erected in the rear of the
bowling alleys a large number of the
| members and their friends ate and drank
and made merry
The club viii this season be strong
factor in the Bowling League race. as it
has the material on hand from which to
pick one of the strongest teams in the
| league.
Some fifteen members are now bowling
for averages, and the five highest viii
| compose the team. Among the candidates
for places are w G. Kidd, the veteran
captain and bowler of the old Washington
| Athletic Club. He is bowling in fine form
and in fifteen games has bowled an av-
eTage OF $50, and looks good for a Place
Smithson is another of the candidates who
| is doing well. He is credited with an ay-
| erage of l6l, for fifteen games.
Crist, Miller, Burch, Land Gerst and
| DOrch are all clever boWleTs, who have
| earned good averages.