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ing considerable improvement and will no
doubt make good showing against the
heavy hitting Marylanders.
The infield and battery will be strength
ened this week by Devlin and Cranston,
of the Georgetown varsity team, who, ii
is reported. signed last week to play first
and catcher. respectively. Devlin played
in Fridays game.
What the team needs is a good third
basemap to play when Hamacker goes in
TO pitch.
The outfield seems to be doing good work
and altogether. the outlook for q good
team showing is bright Manager Edwards
is working early and late for the success
of the team. and it would be gratifying
all around If he could get his men into
a winning gait.
The next game scheduled for the soldiers
is with the Alexandria team, at the lat
ter's grounds next Saturday.
For the present the nine has no special
games in view, but will take as much
practice as possible. On July it will play
the Government Printing Office team.
Eastern Athletic Club.
The Eastern Athletic Club nine leads
won and no defeats, and plays like a
winner right along. Its next game is
with the Alexandrians next Friday at Ma
tional Park, and it ought to land this one,
too.
The team has hard days work before
it on July 4, when it plays the Govern
ment Printing Office morning and after
noon. These two games promise to draw
out record breaking crowds. AS the
teams are both strong, It will be royal
holiday treat. An even break would not
surprise followers of the league games.
1t was unfortunate that the team could
not get q game with Georgetown before
its season closed. The Easterns would
have given the collegians q harder tussle
than some of the college teams gave the
blue and grey champions. AS the strong
est local team they were entitled to con-
sideraton. Instead Of this the Y NJ. C.
A. was given two games, neither of which
gave Georgetown even hard practice.
Manager Housed has signed that clever
player. Victor Bielaskf. He made his first
appearance last week against the Y. NJ.
C. A. and, as he had no chances 1t could
not be said whether he is as good as for
merry or not. He failed, however, to make
a hit He plays third base. Proctor is
keeping up his good work, and as a first
baseman has no equal in the league.
Eleven chances without an error was his
record against the Y. NJ. C. A. last week.
Raab filled in Venabie's place at short
very nicely and handled himself like a
veteran in the position. Dunn is doing
good work as catcher and is hitting the
ball when hits are needed.
There is Joy in the Easterns' camp, for
venabie. Collfnower. and Stanley have re-
turned to the city and their contracts are
in Manager Housel's inside pocket. They
will be in next Fridays game. With them
in line, the team is well nigh unbeatable.
Dude" Gates has signed with the team
and will be back during the week and will
at once don the Eastern uniform.
Joe Boucher has been released to Alex
andria, where he will be captain, manager,
and first basemsn. He will considerably
strengthen the Tire.nians.
The Eastern team IS playing brilliant
ball, and is quite drawing card. Neither
this nine nor any of the others draw the
attendance the good quality of ball they
are playing deserves. In !nany respects
they are putting up better BAL than some
OF the professional State teams.
Woodside Athletic Club.
The team which the Woodside Athletic
Club entered in yesterdays games at the
Middle Atlantic Association games at Dali
timore was q small one, but It made
good showing and in future events will
prove quite a factor. In addition to the
team entered, the club had number OF
other good men in practice who would
have been sent over had there been handi-
caps. but as the games were for champion
ships, lad all scratch events. they will
lave &c wait until another time.
A number of members, including Pree-
dent Robert Farnham, jr., and Wright Cur
tbs, jr., went over TO witness the work of
their eliminates.
All hands will now get down to steady
work IL preparation for the July 4 meet
for the club championships. The hand
some medal donated by Mr.. Franzoni is
the magnet which will draw out the lest
efforts of all the competitors in all-round
work.
Leroy Farnham and Arthur McElhone
are showing improved form. The former
and Speare will make q great fight 70, the
sprint events.
George Curtis, who carried off several
prizes in the running high jump at Prince
ton during the past year, is back and Is in
splendid condition. Many of the members
predict that he will handily land the
FranZoni medal. o. p. SCHMIDT.