The times., 1899-03-12

under careful direction. The number of
| specialists is also very large. Many of
| these will be available for the athletic fea-
| lures of the Country Circus" which will
be held during Easter week.
The senior class meets on Tuesday and
| Friday evenings from to 10 o'clock and
/ the Junior classes are held on Monday and
| Thursday evenings from to O'Clock.
while the ladies' classes have all the gym
nasum to themselves on Tuesday and Fri
| day afternoons froIn34 10 o'clock.
! The game lost 10 the Columbias last
Wednesday reduced the bowling teams
| lead over the Saengerbund n few points.
| The latter has 500 per cent as against
! .7G6 for the CAROLS, and the promise of "A
| tight finish for first place between these
| teams grows brighter each week. The
| contest for third and fourth places prom
I ises to be almost as interesting as the
| Business Mems Club. and the Columbias
are separated by only few points.
German. in last weeks games led his
| team with l7g - average and had 202 as
| high game. He Is truly clever BOWLER.
The veteran Tony has kept up his excel
| lent work right through the season and
has helped materially to keep the team
! where il now stands. In the last set he
| came second with an average of 16i for
! his side. Harlow is not running up any
| high scores but he is doing steady con-
! sistent bowling which helps to keep up
! team averages.
| Tomorrow night the CAROLS will NEE.
: for the last time this season their old ri
/ walls. the Saengerbund for set of three
games to be played on the Carroll alleys
! which will give the home team somewhat
of an advantage and ought to net them two
/ games at least.
The basketball team will. play its last
/ game this season with the Light Infantry
next Wednesday and expects TO make bet
| ter showing than in the earlier games with
the champions. Bateman and Began will
| play in the game and they will materially
! strengthen the team.
Among the hardest workers in the gym
! and among those showing the most im-
provement are Wilson. Potter and Weld.
National Guard Athletics.
The entertainment committee of the Ath-
letic Association of the d. C. National
Guard held a meeting at the armory on
Wednesday last, Captain Edwards presid
! ing. 1t was decided to allow each men,
| Der one invitation for friend 10 witness
| the athletic competitions to be held on
! April for the Guard championships.
| Action on the question of prizes for the
several events was deferred until next
/ Wednesdays meeting. An unusual amount
/ of interest is being taken by the guards
men in the coming meet and several sur
! prises in the way Of clever performances
are expected
| The following events open to members
only were decided upon: Running high
/ jump; standing broad jump; pole vault;
potato race; tug of war and basketball.
! All entries must be in the hands of the
/ executive committee not later than March
| 20.
The following special features will be
presented: Del Ray brothers and Joseph
! Horan. acrobatics; McQuade and Mackey,
First Battalion. wrestling; Orlando Ross,
/ First Battalion. trapeze; Morsell and
( Shreeves, First Battalion, horizontal bar;
! Graham and Shackelford. Company 4,
/ Fourth Battalion, and Prof. NJ. Joyce and
/ Ted Clinton, Carroll Institute.
| The National Guard Band has kindly
volunteered to furnish music, as this S a
! Guard affair
Invitations Will be extended General
Harries and staff and the colonels and ma
/ jors of each battalion and their ladies. 1t
| promises to be very enjoyable affair in
! every way.
! The entertainment committee is COM
/ posed of Capt F. c. Edwards, chairman;
| Capts H. Walsh, d. Chisholm. and c. V.
/ Sayers; Lieuts. c. ~ Meyer. c. D. Denni-
/ son, ". d. Fales, L. Prosise, and DeGroot;
/ Sergeants W. e. Thompson and Joseph
/ Guista, secretary; Corporal George Nc
/ Glue. treasurer; Priyates John Rowland
! and C. Heifner.
Curcornn Cadet Athletes.
! The Corcoran Cadet basketball team has
under Captain McGlue taken hard practice
/ Mondays, Wednesdays. and Fridays fer the
past fortnight, and is now in prime shape.
! The recent changes in the teams makeup
( have. in the opinion of many. strengthened
/ it considerably. There are few better
centres" than DAVIS, and Moriarty has
proved TO be most valuable forward
The team scored a great victory over the
Baltimore Y. NJ. c. \. on Fri
day night, and deserve all the
/ compliments showered upon them for
the compliments showered upon them for
their splendid work against one of the
strongest seams in the East After the
game the Cadets played hosts and royalty
| entertained their Oriole visitors at Fritz
! Reuters. 1t was a very enjoyable affair
| and was attended by about twenty-five en-
thusiastic followers OF the game including
| the two teams.
The following basketball teams will line
up at the Guards Athletic meet on April 4: