The times., 1899-05-14
AMATEUR BASEBALL
LEAGUE READY
Schedule Will Be Adopted To-
morrow Night.
Bicycling viii Be Made Feature
in the y. N. c. A.
Promising Track and Field Men.
GeorGetown's Team at Mott

What promises to be a very worthy sue
cessor Of the Departmental Baseball
League OF several years ago is the Dis
trict Amateur League organized a fort
night ago, which includes in its ranks
some of the best amateur mines in this vi
cinity and is a strong mixture OF athletic
club and Departmental teams.
All the games of the new league Will be
played at National Park when the
Washington team is away on its trips.
The uge of the grounds will be granted by
Mr.. Earl Wagner because of his interest
in the game as well as in the development
OF new players. The first game viii be
played about May 20. The league is made
up of the following teams: Eastern Ath-
letic Club. City Postoftice. Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, Americans Hamil-
tons. Congress Heights. and Congress.on-
ais 1t was hoped that the Light Infantry
| and Corcorans would join the league, but
these teams found 1t impractieable this
season 10 arrange to appear in regular
| schedule of games and will devote their
| playing energies to such times as bsst
| suits the convenience and time OF their
! players.
| One of the strongest teams in the new
| league, if their duties permit them to p ay
regularly, is the City Postoffice team,
which contains in its ranks some of the
best OF our local amateurs who several
| years ago were considered the cracks OF
| this locality.
The nine includes Ogle. Winkleman.
! Hamacher, Rebstock, Frederickss Vier-
buchen, Ambrose. Gordon, and B.umer.
| The pitching and fielding abilities of Rsb-
stock Winkleman, and Hamacher are well
remembered. and If Manager Gordon can
| get these veterans and his new material
| into playing form the Letter Carriers
ought to be a factor in the coming league
series. By the way. the Regulars and
| Substitutes of the c. p o. are preparing
for big game TO be played May 80. 1t
| will be a good opportunity TO get a line
| on the work OF the, C. 7. o. league team,
which will include nearly all the above
Regulars. moa)
The offlcers of the new league elected
last Thursday. are: Adam johnson, presi-
dent; Charles B. Matthews. vice presi-
dent; Edward V. Price. .sr., treasurer, and
William Grimes. official scorer and Gus
todian. The league delegates will meet
again tomorrow night at las Street
ule Will be presented for adoption.
Y. NJ. C. A. Athletes.
One of the features OF the bicycle parade
during the coming Jubilee festivities will
be the Y. NJ. c. A., bicycle section. Mr..
C. A. Holton, the Assistant Physical Di-
rector. is the chairman OF the bicycle COM
mittee having the matter in charge at the
! associations i.ome. and he promises that
the Cherry Diamond" will make an ap-
pearance that will be at once novel and
| distinctive.
1t is expected that the association will
| turn out at least $50 riders, and they win
| be neatly costumed.
By the way. the association hopes to
make bicycling one of the most prominent
| features of its already long list of ath-
| letic departments. and as about 10 per
cent of the members are riders. it will be
seen that its bicycle club will be one of
| the largest and most active in the city.
| To show its interest in the wheelmen the
| management is building a bicycle barn
adjoining the big clubhouse on the east for
| the storing of the wheels of members. and
| it will be completed next week. An expert
| will be engaged who will be constantly on
| hand TO make needed repairs to the silent
steeds of the members. This is decidedly
| an innovation. one which has never been
| introduced before in a local organization,
| and is one which will be appreciated by the
members.
Mr.. Holtor is considering routes of =
number of long and short runs, which
members will be invited to take. An
| extended outing trip during the summer
will also be mapped out and will probably
take the form of a fortnight's trip by way
of the canal to Cumberland. stopping off
| at interesting points for short wheeling
! trips and exercise. and il the plans of the
| hustling Holton are carried out the mem
| bers will be assured OF an outing that will
| be as beneficial and enjoyable as it will
undoubtedly be novel.
| The swimming pool in the basement OF
the building is daily growing more attrac-
| tive to members and experts, and novices
| are found there at all hours.
The novices will have the especial at
| tention of Mr.. Hoton, one of the b=st
| swimmers and instructors in the useful
| art in this vicinity. He Will take charge
| OF the juniors and put them through the
| elementary stages. and to make his work
| practical with large classes SOFT of gang
way or platform after his own design will
be built around the pool so that he can
look after his charges in all parts of the
tank.
A new class. recently added to the al
ready large number. is that for newspaper
workers. which meets at II O'Clock every
morning except Saturday, which latter. of
course. is given over to the juniors. The
new class is the result of one of the many
happy thoughts of General Secretary Sle-
man. and ought to prove boon to work
ers on local papers and the army of cor
respondents for out-of-t town journals. 1t
| is probably the only class of its kind in
the large circle of gynisasiums and prom
| ises to be well attended,
Speaking of the juniors. what merry
lot they are. The gymnasium is theirs on