The times., 1899-04-09

and showing the way to several OF the OIL
er players
Boulay played fair game at centre. a
ne" position for him. but il is generally
ieit that Moriarity or Clarke should hayo
played the position and the defeat might
not have been so great. Zer. al right forN
ward. plays his clever game right along
Inc team line up was certainly out OF
gear There was something radically
wrong somewhere.
whatever glory the basketball PLAYERS
lost was more than made I'D BY the Chr
| coran entrants in the Guards athletic
meet Tor they won majority OF the events
on the well-arranged card.
Boulay is a very promising high i,,mn-
er. as his winning at five feet four inches
SHOWS ZelFs performance in the stand
ing broad jump was very ereditable. and
nine feet one and one-quarter inches ;s
very clever for indoor work. He can do
the fiat ten feet out of doors.
Heffner came in for one Of the prizes
with mis- victory in the potato race. which
"hiie II is quite amusing for the specta-
tors is not the easiest sort Of exercise for
the entrant. Altogether the Corczrans have
reason to be proud of their work. their
hrst In athletic competition. and to the
members OF that organization and to
president Edwards are due considerable
credit Tor the success Of the affair
Eastern Athletic Ciub.
The baseball team of the Eastern Ath-
letic Club is making splendid showing at
the opening of the season It's opening
game was with the Maryland Agricultural
College and was won by the score of Is
to l. Its next game was with the Episeo-
pal High School near Alexandria and WIS
landed by the score of 10 to 6.
On next Wednesday the team will Jour
ney to Fredericksburg where it will tackle
the strong team of that place
Joseph Hennager has been elected can
tain and hopes to keep up the teams good
record earned last season. Harry CALI
Hover will continue his good work as
coach. The team has the following pIayerz.
L. Gates and Dunn. eatchers: Thorpe and
Mathews, pitchers; Vermillion first base;
Hennager. second base: VenabIa. short
stop Atz or Bolser, third base; Hughes.
left held; George Gates centre field aud
Ellis. right field Ed Rice. jr.. is manager
and has expressed himself for his team as
beins heartily in 'favcr of joining a local
amateur league and to that end suggests
meeting on April IL, at their clubhouse
at Third and E Streets southeast.
The basketball team is taking good care
vi tseh ana won the last five games IL
played, and for this good work every mem
per deserves praise, for all have worked
hard for the teams success. The games
won were with Queers, II to 4 and IL to
respectively; Centrals. 10 to 4; CAROLS 10
10 >, and Washington Athletic Club IN
= Ihe team has lost but one game sched-
uled and that with the Central High School
on April % Special reference should be
made 10 the playing of Hughes and Boyd.
VINO. as novices, have been doing excellent
all-around work
Central High School Team.
Much to the surprise of the Queers. and.
perhaps. to their own astonishment the
Central High School basketball team last
week defeated the snappy Queer Wheel
men who. in the past month or so. have
shown such improvement of form that
nearly every team that lined up against
them dropped a game to them The score
was 10 to .. and, of course, the students
were delighted
Sasrario, Devlin, Burbank, and Schreiner
have shown marked improvement in their
work, and TO them is due in a large meas
ure the good stand the team has made
during the season. Although it lost more
frequently than it won. the team has al
ways come up in sportsmanlike manner and
played its games in clever style 1t will
be quite factor in next seasons league.
and with this seasons experience to go
on and the same snappy players to line
up. it ought TO win its share of games
Hutchinson, Sehufield, and Rupert have
played consistently. and their work has
always been ereditable They have about
earned themselves permanent positions on
the team.
On Saturday. April %, the team will line
up with the Easterus. and viii close the
season on April 60 with the Carroll IN
stitute team.
o. p. SCHMIDT.