The Washington times., 1902-02-02
MATTERS OF SPECIAL INTEREST TO FOLLOWERS OF ALL LINES OF SPORT

| 1t Is now tied with Y NJ c. A. for sec
ond place
| Last week it stiffened its position con-
/ siderably by taking two games from the
| Y. NJ. c. A. team. The story of how the
games were won was told at the time
1t remains to be seen what these jolly
bowlers will do when they toe the mark
| tomorrow night with the CAROLS five"
| The team in it's present makeup is we'll
balanced and strong. and likely to make
any of the other big teams of the league
| boWl Its best in every set. Hamilton.
who leads off, is comparatively new
man, but he has demonstrated his worth.
| He is always good for 165 average, and
| his standing in the leage averages for the
| nrst half of the series the full list of
which was published in The Times. credits
him with 16O.1S for twenty-five games.
Crist Is one of the most reliable bowlers
on the team. He is generally very steady
and in the games Wednesday with the
y. NJ. c. A. he bowled 16l average and one
OF his games was 116. great drop from
the 172 and 195 in the same set.
Roderick is a stonewall and as the key
stone of the five he fills a responsible
position. He heads the list of league av
erages just published with 172.1S for
eighteen games.
in the game and SO well known are their
performances upon local alleys that fur
ther commendatiOn is unnecessary, eX-
cept to say that they round out we'll
balanced team. The former has fallen
down in average as compared with former
years now ranging 15S11. Bruegger, too.
while bowling steadily is not up to his
standard, standing at 1924 Both should
be 16S ere the season closes.
COrcOran Cadet Corps.
The match game of basketball played
here last Wednesday by the Corcoran
Cadets and West Branch Y. NJ. c. A., of
Baltimore, was one of the most scientific
exhibitions of the game ever played here.
Score % to I. Both teams played so well
that it it hard 10 tell which excelled in
passing" and team work. The result
showed, however, that the Corcorans had
the better of the visitors in the art of
goaling. The return game will be played
in Baltimore, February Is. 1t is possible
a third game will be played in this city.
Shoemaker played in place of Walters,
who was sick, and put up an excellent all
around game. Moriarty. Zell, Mastin, and
Boyle all played splendid game.
The Corcorans' second team. Nash.
Shoemaker, Barnholt, Bowling, Sheehy
and Handiboe, are taking practice for
next Wednesdays game with the Carroll
Institute Reserves
The league game of indoor baseball
scheduled fof last Wednesday with the
Urell Rifles will be played next Wednes-
day in the Guards Armory.
The Corcorans Y. NJ. c. \. basket
ball game scheduled for next Saturday
night will be postponed on account CT
the Baltimore Athletic Club meet in which
the Y. NJ. G. A. has a large number of en-
tries.
If the matter of guarantee can be sat
isfactorily arranged Yale will play the
Corcorans here about April /.
The management of the Georgetown
University games has invited Captain Ed
wards to enter relay team against the
Seyentyfrst Regiment. n G.. y. Y. The
matter will be brought before the COM
pany tomorrow night and it is hoped a
team may be entered. Even If the team is
defeated it will give 1t experience which
is valuable as it has never before COM
peted against an outside team.
The arrangements for the Philadelphia
trip are almost complete and Jack Row
land reports that he has closed for games
with the Coyington Athletic Club and
Third Regiment n. G. team
A Military Indoor Meet.
Inc annual indoor track aud field games
of the Athletic Association of the District
National Guard will be held on or about
April is in the big drill hall of the Guard
1t will be strictly an association affair.
and no one but members of the Guard
may be entered aud these must be regu-
larly enlisted thirty days before entries
close. This time all entries must be in
one week before entries close. otherwise
they will not be allowed to compete This
is done to give the management time to
properly classify and arrange heats.
These games should be the largest ever
held by the local Guard as there are now
over 450 members of the Athletic Asso-
citation.
1t is probable that the following list
of events will be contested: Fifty-yard
DASH half-mile run, half-mile relay. run
ming high and standing broad jumps pole
vault. potato race, tugof- war, rope climb
and equipment race.