Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-14
Requisition Forwarded for
Rifle Practice Insignia.
ATHLETES ARE AT WORK
FORMATION OF A NEW MILITARY
BASKET BALL LEAGUE.
Names of the Players-Report of Ad
1utant General Relative to
the Militia.

The reports Of all company commanders
of the National Guard Of the District OF
Columbia, with the exception of that OF the
captain of Company A, list Separate Bat
TALON had reached the inspector general
of rifle practice yesterday and requisition
was immedia te1y made for thirty-f1ve ex-
pert decorations, eleven sharpshooters
crosses, one sharpshooter's bar 19OV-19Ol-
19O3' four sharpshooters' bars, ''19O1-1S02-
1908" and eighty marksman pins. 1t is the
intention of Major Bell to arrange, II pos
sibe to have the ceremony for the distri-
button of these insignia. as we'll as OF the
prizes won at the recent meet at Ordway,
occur the evening of or the evening after
Thanksgiving day.
A practice shoot a 500 and 800 yards Will
probably take place at the Ordway range
the morning of Thanksgiving day.
Several officers of the general stan nave
Joined the Revolver Club that meets at the
rifle gallery every Saturday evening. An
effort Is being made to induce every o1ncer
of the brigade to join the club in ORDER that
Increased efficiency in the use or the re-
volver will be the rule throughout the COM
mand.
Interest in Athletics.
Never before has the interest OF local
guardsmen in athletics been SO apparent as
at the present time. The gymnasium IS
filed to the verge of crowdlng every even
ing, the average attendance being seventy
soldier lads, as against thirty-five a year
ago. The recent formation Of National
Guard Basket Ball League has already
proved beneficial by attracting NUMBER
of desirable recruits to the brigade. Inc
officers of the league are Lieut.. Col LLOYD
NJ Brett, adjutant general, District OF CO.
lumbia Militia, president: Maj. r.: u
Simms, 9TH Battalion, vice president; capt.
T.. G. Edwards, Company h, lst regiment
secretary, and First Lieut.. P. w. Smith,
ouartermaster, LIST Battalion, treasurer
The teams, managers and players of the
league are
First Battalion. Lieut.. shreve, manager
Players: Shedd. w. Wiesbacher J. Glenn
ents. w. Cox. F. Wallace, G. Kennedy, G.
Kirby, H. Webb. G. Frankel, ]. Council. +;
Phillips. NJ zirkle, w. De Vontier and
Harris
wards mana ger-Players: c. Pearson, w.
Handiboe F. Collins o. Walters. p. Boyle
w. Nash w. Collins, w. Fenton, p. Lewis,
C. Heffner. S. Butts, G. Tucker, G' Bovd'
w. O'Connell and G. Draeger.
Athletic Association, Prof. Koran. man
ager-Players: G. Clum. H Scroggins. A.
Prospect, C. Kicks, J. Pratt. r. Barrett, u.
Thomas Burke. G. Dalton and b. Gorooh.
Hearst Rifles. Capt j. H. Bean. manager
Players: w. Herbert. John Dinnis. Jas. Din
mis-, GG. Hath, G. Withers, w. Farden. j.
Peck. r. Burrows C. Thomas. R. Lemat
j. Conway. w. Harvey ana L. Johnson.
Ordway Rifles, Capt, w. S. Hodges, man
ager-Players: w. Robbins, j. Cauffman, A
Loveday, G.. Barker, c. Amann. {. Bur
lingame. NJ. Bonavries, A. Giovannoi. F..
Leane, w Landon and w. Mace.
National Rifles Cadets, Capt. G. L. Pait
manager-Players: Heidenreich, Heat, Won
Velzer Sherwood, Tyler, Hopkins, kebesky.
Sullivan. Boyd, Borde, Warfeld, Freeman
and Fink.
Uren Rifles Capt. E. H. Brian, manager
Players: l.. Bateman, A. Hunt, j. Hart
nett E. Robey, j. Loughran. A. Carver. J.
Graham, l.. Ernest, w Grimes, G. Post
E Kane. ]. Corrigan, c. Rainey and E.
ha