The Washington times., 1902-03-30
EVENTS OF INTEREST TO LOVERS OF THE TURF BASEBALL AND ATHLETICS

tory of the local game that so large a
number of games have found place in
| the won column of any club. IT is not
only record for this city but for the
A. A. L. Much of the credit for this
good showing is due to Captain Edwards
who managed the team, and to Moriarty
who was captain and played left back.
The work of the team has been clean
at all times. and its system of passing
has been the secret of its success, and. of
course. goaling has been the means of
rolling up its winning list. Every posi-
tion, whether at back" forward or
centre has learned the trick of goaling
Captain Moriarty alone is credited with
forty eight goals, forty-two from field and
six from offences.
Winning two games this season from the
West Branch Y. NJ. C. A. team of Balti-
more is noteworthy, as the Orioles had
not suffered defeat in year or more and
was considered among the strongest Y NJ
C. AS in the East. The passing by
both teams in last weeks game was a
decided feature.
Entries for Games.
The tug of-war team for the Guard
games will be selected from among Mo-
riarty, Mastin, Cady, Boyle, Bowling and
Sorrells.
The relay team will be selected from
among Nash, Zell, Pearson. Mastin, Car
ters, Boyle and Lohr. Entries for other
events will probably be- Bouvet and lyle
hart. in broad jump; Boyle and White, in
running high jump; Zell and Nash, in
pole vault; Mastin. Moriarty, Zell, Cady,
Bowling, Bouvet ana Boyle, in putting
shot: Nash. Zell, Pearson and Mastin, in
nity-yard dash. All the runners will be
entered in potato and reveille races
The baseball game between the Corco-
rams and CAROLS was postponed on ac-
count of Good Friday. The team will
play postponed game with the y NJ c.
A nire on April ) in the gymnasium of the
latter.
National Guard Athletes.
The gymnasium of the National Guard
Armory is one of the busiest places in
the city now. 1t is nightly filed with
candidates for athletic honors practicing
for the Guards annual indoor meet to be
held April Is, and the affair promises to
be the largest ever held by the Guard
Captain Edwards, manager, and Lieut.
p. w. Smith, of the board of control, of
the Athletic Association of District of
Columbia National Guard, have issued a
circular to the various companies, con-
tanning instructions about the meet
One of the conditions of entry is that
contestants must be members in good
standing in their companies.
Entries close April II, and must be ac-
companied by fee, otherwise they will not
be considered
One of the novelties OF the meet will
be the 'reveille" race. and for this the
Guardsmen are making special prepara-
ton. II will afford much amusement to
spectators, and is conducted in the fol-
lowing manner:
The Reveille Race.
In the reveille race, competitors will
be required to be at starting line in gym
nasium costume. On the marks for the
equipments: cap, blouse, trousers, leg
gins tone on each mark, rife, belt, bay
onet, and scabbard, canteen and over
coat. At the last note of reveille com
petitors will leave the starting line, run
to either of these objects, pick it up re-
turn to the starting point, properly ad-
just it, and then run to the second object
The first one properly equipped will be
the winner.
No two contestants articles will be ar
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competitors to the order in which they
take the articles, but each article must
be adjusted before starting for another.
The overcoat must be rolled Prussian and
adjusted over the shoulder.
The Obstacle Race.
In the tenth event (obstacle race in
heavy marching order), competitors will
be required to start and finish equipped
as follows: cap, blouse, trousers, leg
gins, belt. bayonet, scabbard, rife, over
coat Prussian rolD, haversack, and can
teen. The rife may be carried any way,
other articles in regulation manner.
Morton Cadet Entries.
The Morton Cadets promise to be as
great a factor in the coming Guards |
games as they were last year and among |
the entries they will make are: Hughes |
and Smell, in the short event; Yoder, in |
pole vault; Baum and White, in high |
jump; White and Mcqueen, in fifty-yard
dash, and the relay team will have White, |
Baum, Mcqueen, and Yoder.