The times., 1899-12-24


in some OF the many competitions arranged
for the pleasure of the associations friends
during the great festal holiday.
On Tuesday there viii be contests, open
| TO members only, in the following events:
! Pole and fence vault, running and high
jump, standing broad and high jump, high
kick high dive, still dip 12-pound shot,
rope climb, potato race, 25-yard dash, hop,
step, and jump. A member can enter one
or all events. On other nights there will
| be games of baseball volley. and basket
ball. Dates and teams have not yet been
! selected.
Prof. Halton has some eight or ten good
! men in training for the cross country run
| for New Year Day, among the most prom
ising being De Wind, Brist, Ford, McEl-
! fresh, and Edwards. Five prizes will he
/ offered A silver cup, gold and silver and
! bronze medals and badge As stated, the
! entry list from out of town WEl be large.
l.. L. Nicholson. who so successfully man
aged the football team, has been made tenn
| porary manager of baseball. and is already
! at work arranging a schedule with out-of-
town teams. The park is undergoing
general plowing and seeding and rolling,
| and it promises to become one of the best
! baseball fields IN this section. 1t Will be
I spoiled in one respect, and that is in hay-
/ ing a skin diamond. An in and out field OF
J grass would be 100 per cent better for
/ players and spectators, and for wear Of
/ balls, and looks generally.
The indoor baseball team is keeping up
! its good work. and last Tuesday defeated
! the Western High School by the sco:e Ct
/ % to 4.
/ Shaw is showing considerable improve
ment in his play at left short, and is
! terror TO opposing teams when he gets on
! bases. Re made a double during the last
week unassisted Ralph Shepard, who 8
| temporarily playing in Tillman's place at
! third base, is putting up sharp game
/ What is needed to make the new indoor
/ game more popular Is 10 have the leagce
members nut in stronger teams all along
I the line, so that all would be more evenly
/ matched. The team is scheduled 10 play
1 the Bureau Athletic Club team during the
| coming week, and a well contested game
may be expected.
| Instructor Holton and Captain Tiilman
! keen the men at practice, and TO them IS
due much OF the credit for the teams go1d
showing.
/ lie Mat and Speare make a good battery
! What is needed is good change pitcher
! to help out lie Mat. Bache at second IS
putting up a good game. Herring is play
| ing his usual strong game at right sho l.
/ The team has received challenges from the
! following Baltimore teams. Fifth Regi-
/ C. l.. and several others. One or two
games may be arranged for the coming
week The association team and the Cor
coran Cadets are scheduled TO play game
of basketball next Tuesday evening.
Carroll Institute Athletes.
The basketball team of Carroll Institute
seems to have hard luck this season, for
/ Notwithstanding its fast, gingery game,
it fails to land safely for majority Of
goals. Its greatest weakness seems IN
goaling from field. Berberick IS keeping
/ up his good work at centre, while Lynch
and Bergour play good backs. Guista and
Pearson play fast forward game. some
! times too fast for passing game, often
/ causing fumbles and untimed goal throw
ing Brick, DAILY, and Atz play the goal
/ points.
The last game played with the Infantry
had enough rough playing in it to do for
! six games, and it was nearly all unnec-
/ essary Il is a very poor way 10 win and
lose a game.
The next proposition the Carrots have to
] line up against is the Eastern Athletic Club
for the 27th and it should be an interesting
! game The bowling team, which has been
! having its run of more or less hard luck
and is now in fifth place in league stand
ing will close this months bowling with a
set of games with the Business Mems
Bowling Club.
Light Infantry Athletics.
The basketball players of the Light In
! fantry are taking regular. hard practice
FOR their game with the big Yale team at
the Infantry Armory next Tuesday evening.
Manager Ed Neumeyer hopes to have the
same players line up against the visitors
that faced them upon their visit here two
.F.sb.l lsg.
Shreeye, right forward Burnett, left for
ward Kendall, centre; McQuade, right
back and Shafhirt left back. The IN
fantry is so accustomed to playing seven
men or more that it Will find some difficulty
( in covering the ground with five men. Yale
plays beautiful game and it is upon the
annual visit of this great team that local
admirers Of the sport are permitted to see
how the great game is really played
Manager Neumeyer is quoted as saying
| that hereafter McQuade and Schafhrt
viii be regular members of the team and
in the future the teams strongest lineup
viii include Schreeye, Burgess. LOTUS,
| Kendall, Taylor HoImead and Schafhirt' 80
| The next regular league game scheduled
for the Infantry is for January 10 with the
| Eastern Athletic Club.
Penusy's Trainer.
Up TO the present moment Trainer Mike
Murphy, OF "Pennsy' has not signed a
contract with any college. all positive re-
ports TO the contrary notwithstanding He
came originally from Yale. being known
everywhere as yale Murphy" His con
tract with Pennsylvania was for four years,
and expired in September He has made
such a strong impression among the Phil
adelphia faculty that he breads the pull
ing up stakes, and sufficient influence may
be brought to bear to keep him at Franklin
Field, where he has done so much to de-
veIop and increase the interest in track
and field events.
Columbian Wheelmen.
The run of the Columbian Wheelmen to
day viii be down the Marlboro Road TO
Forrestyille, leaving the Hotel Regent at
10 a. m, under the command of Capt.
Ed S Byrnes and Lieuts William +.
Maher. and Walter Close The new uni
form sweaters Of the club have arrived,