Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22
% as1'cu STRONGER
THIS SEASON
Personnel of the Teams of the
Departmental Base
Ball League.

Though the Departmental Base Ball
League does not open until May II the
preparations now gong on 20 get each par
tIcular team in shape for the season is
looked after with as much anxiety and care
rs II the directors expected the Keep COM
mission to come down and look them over
The White House eilipse, a., as better
known, to the fFeIueutcrs OF the place, thc
White Lot, is packed every pleasant after
noon by the minions of Uncle Samuel go
ing through the routine work OF training
and the captains and managers OF the teams
are busy separating the good from the bad
the disciples Of Dr. Osler from the kids
and the Rubes from the Reubens. the
practice Of the teams and the requesiA Of
the managers for all ambitious clerks desir-
Gus OF wearing uniform of the department
10 register and come out have had the effect
Of bringing out the largest number of ball
PLAYERS. good and bad, ever seen on THESE
historic grounds. IL VIII take a considerable
time to weed out the extra men, but 1t Is
said that the task VIII be finished by SatuI-
day of this week, when the clubs VIII get
on games with other separate ORGANIZATIONS
for the purpose of pertecting their playing
Rcrorts received by The Star from the
various chief clerks and others VINO AZ
managing the makeup of the organlzatIole
NANN'NNt
will lie at least ~ per cent stronger lDdl!
Il was last year which, even If only nan
true win make the contests or the league
Tar more attractive than those OF last sea
son il viii be easily recalled that last
yeIr the playing ability Of the teams was
discussed with much enthusiasm among tAe
departmental clerks, and the chances u
winning the championship were the an az
sorbing theme Huge crowds attended tnG
games on the White Lot. and not an unusual
sight at some Of the contests was the pres
euce Of distinguished cabinet ofhcers Wdtch-
ing with all the intensity OF regular ldile
the playing of the team from their bdiilwlck.
President Chance Is fully assured that tlle
teams are much stronger than last season.
and Is convinced that the coming season
will make the league firmer ana stronger III
the esteem of all employees OF the govern
ment Each chief clerk has given his prom,
Isa that the seasons schedule will be played
and that there will be no lack or accord
Agricultural.
The Agricultural team won the champion
s,in last wear. and. of course, it Will be
,ra ono great mountain that the other teams
will desire to overthrow. 1t will present All
of the plavers it uniformed last season. with
nrobablv the loss of one star-Cmttendeh-
and This means. of course. that it begins
with a fully trained and weii-pit'ahCeu as
greeation of players. 1t Is thouslt tIiS' IND.
Chittcuden. who is out on an mp, 80, 60
I'm time to play which means the loss w
one of the best ball players In the Ci'S,
We s. a graduate of Yale, and played thIeS
wears on that famous team. Although MS
loss will be severely felt. chlef Cleth
Eurcb IS confident of finding player VINO
will acceptably fiji the position as thert
is rlentv of new material available TINS
,.qr Sanders and Weber Will be the
main battery, and both are in line shape
fine former especially, who has gained IN
weight and will be much more able 10
shoot them over.
Navy.
The Navy team viii go right out at once
for the penuaut. and viii not allow the
mistakes Of last season TO creep into its
ranks. 1t has at the helm an indefatigahle
worker In Manager Gauss, and he intends
To make the club the model of the league.
II will also start with the same team as
last year with the addition of another first
class battery-Rapp and Dooley-aud this
alone will suffice to bring its playing abil-
fty lp tu a high degree Captain shorty
Hughes will again captain the sailors,
as they are called. which means, Of course,
that the team will play up-tO-date, scien-
tfdc base bail. In addition to the battery
named McCarron. Barry, Lander and
BRYAN will twirl, with Kraft at the re-
ce.ving end thus fully equipping them IN
this regard. There is plenty Of new ma
terial To- select the rest Of the team from.
Post Office.
The Post Office aggregation will present
many new faces Captain Bacon has at
least fifty candidates out on practice days
working for the positions that are within
reach II they prove worthy. The pitching
staff does not seem extra strong for out