Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-08
RoCKvILLE's BASE BALL SEASON.
Opened Saturday With the Defeat of
the ZephSrs.

The base ball season opened in Rockville
Saturday with game between the Zeph-
yrs of Washington and the recently organ
lied Rockville aggregation the home team
gaining easy victory by 70 to 5. The
game was played in the rain, making the
handling of the ball very difficult. The bat
teries We're Nicholson and Harris for Rock
vile and Hammacher and McQuade for the
visitors
After the lapse of year Rockville, Md,
1s again to be represented in the base ball
world. The club was recently organized
by the election of board of directors and
manager. and during the past week the
large number of candidates for positions
on the team have been practicing daily
Nearly all of the members of the crack
teams of 80 and 81 viii be found in their
OLD positions and with the addition of sew
eral promising youngsters the nine will
undoubtedly be as strong ever. The
club loses the services of William Eagle and
Albert Rabbit. these two star men having
joined the professional ranks The make
up OF the team will probably be as follows:
Harms, catcher; Nicholson and Taylor
pitchefs, heichner, first base: Beard sec
ond base; Bogley, third base; Shaw, short
stop: Jones left field; Allnutt, center field,
ana Bean or Hail. right field. Manager w
r. Rabbit Is busily engaged arranging his
scheouie and Is anxious to hear from all
amateur teams in the District or vicinity.
Saturdays College Base Rail C,mas
AT Chestertown. Md.-Washington Col
lege, D; Gallaudet College. g.
AT Annapolis Md.-Maryland Agricultural
college, 81; st. Johns College, s.
At Providence, R, I-Pripcetou &. Rrown
AT Ann Arbor-Univers of Michigan. 7:
Ohio State University, 2
AT Easton. Pa--Lafayette. s; Lehigh, Q
AT Philadelphia, Pa.-University of Penn
syivania, 8; Cornell University. T.
AT New Haven, Conn.-Yale, 13; Dart
herst. .. - '
At charlottesville, va.-Univeis ity of yir-
ginia, u; Trinity, 0.
AT Cambridge, Mass-Harvard 13; CO.
Point, D. Wv
At Orange Oval. N J-Orange A. c., 0;
Manhattan College, 2.
At Middletown Mass.-WesIeyan. 4. Will
Hams g. -
At Westminster. Md.-Johns Hopkins Uni
'ersitS' o; Western Maryland College. 2.
Junior Base Ball.
The LIE Droit Park bows defeated the bovs
styled the T. It's of Alexandria. by 10 to 8
Inc Young Nationals have organized, and
are ready to receive Challenges from teans
dSelaSlne thirteen years of age. Address
n; n. Cooke. 14l2 9Th street northwest.
me Names defeated the Parochial School
Base Ball Club SATURDAY. at Capitol PARK
oy IL TO 1. The Matne's pitcher was cred
i.eu win thirteen ssrkeouts. an achieve
Inent which was Thea feature of the game.
Enatlenses from fourteen-year-oldc clubs are
invited. Address Wee. yNiedfeldt, 726 list
street street northeast or d. u Eagan, TOY LIST
me Young Potonraes ,bave a string of
zen victories this season and have not been
o oenH They woisld be glad to receive
challenges from all eemegs averaging four
Teen or under. The nemlIers are: G. Beck
er, M. Herbert. ]. Ristan, c. Eckert, D.
= oiney, +. Crisman I'm. Smith, P. Riston,
" Ferry, T. Tomeyss Address J. Riston,
captain, 416 K street. southwest.