Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-03

basket ball. and will try to live W to its
reputation in this game. The hall in
| which the Alexandria team will play all
| of its games this season is Schulers Han,
which is the best in town and which has
| been rented for the entire season.
The Shamrocks.
! Manager Mccormick of the Shamrocks
! has collected an aggregation of players
that he expects to develop into a fast
| quint. He is himself a good basket bail
| player and will fill in at any time that he
| runs short. OF his last years squad he
still has Sullivan. Harris, Repetti Fuse,
! Robey and Carroll. His new men are
| Blacksmith, Manning, Barry and Stein
| Sullivan is one of the best players OF the
| smaller teams around Washington, and he
| is expected to do the brunt of the goal
| tossing this season. His merit is so we'll
recognized that the management of the
| George Washington basket bail team has
| repeatedly endaavored to get him to enter
| the university and play basket ball there.
| Blacksmith and Barry are two youngsters
| of last years St. Johns quint, and are
| both good men. Blacksmith is not only a
! good center but he can be depended upon
| to throw goals whenever he gets an OPP
| portunity. Harris. one of last year, vets,
| is a reliable man. He can play in any
| position on the team and fills in admi-
| raby wherever he is put. Fuse has been
elected captain Tor the ensuing SEASON, anu
under his leadership the friends of the
| team expect to see it finish well up in the
race, If not first
The Corcoran Cadets.
Capt. Edwards of the Corcoran Cadets
will have a team in the field this season
which shows promise of displaying cham
pionship caliber. Although the loss of
Fred Rice will be severely felt Capt. Ed
wards has a man who Will fill his place
to perfection. This is Ed Clarke OF New
York S. Cassassa, the best guard of last
years team. will not be able to play
the early part of the season, as he has
. been iii, and has not yet recovered
strength enough to permit him to play
for some time. Capt. Edwards has Sc
cured as forwards two men who show
| promise of being the best forwards in
the city. These men are r. Coieman
| and H Leech. Both of the men are Of
the y. NJ. c. A. team OF 1900. Capt.
Edwards has also secured Max Brettner
of the House team. champions OF New
York city. 1907. The amateur standing
of Ed Clarke has been questioned Clarke
assisted last summer in one of the play
grounds in New York, but was never
paid for the work. He carries a card
from the Metropolitan Association of
the A. a. u. of New York. The squad
that he will register Monday night with
the secretary of the league will consist
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tain; J. A. Giavonnoni, guards; Ed
Clarke, center; r. Coleman, H. Leech,
forwards; E. Collingsworth, r. C. Smith,
forwards, and Max Brettner and S. Cas-
sassa, guards. The first five men will
most likely line up in the league games.
1t is an assured fact now that the Cor
corans viii take northern trip The early
| part Of the new year. The trip includes
most of the New England states and
| New York and New Jersey. The complete
outside scheoule follows: November .,
Central Y. NJ. c. A.. in Baltimore; West
| Branch Y. NJ. c. A, in Washington. No
vember -, Central Y. NJ c. A, in Wash
| ington. November 80. Belvideres in Bal
timore. December II, Belvideres, in
| Washington. December d. West Branch,
| in Baltimore pending). February II,
Y. M. c. A., in Orange, N. j. February
| IL. Compay F. in Norwa!k, Conn. Feb
| ruary 10. Central Y. NJ c. A, in Brook
lyn. n. Y. February 20, Company G.. in
| Groversvile, N. Y. February 81, Com
pany G, in Groversville. n. Y. Febru-
AIRY 81, Company E, in Schenectady,
| n. Y.
The Capron Cadets.
The Capron Cadets will this year enter
| the race with team which has been en-
| tirely changed from the aggregation that
represented them last year. H. n. Stull
has been elected manager, and through
| his energetic hustling the squad consists
| of eleven men who are the best unat-
| tached material in the city. Not only is
his activity shown by the remarkab BILE
manner in which he has rebuilt his team
but 1t is also evident in the ambitious
schedule which he Is contemplating. Ar
engagements are under way now whereby
the team will take southern trip this
year. and play the teams representing
the leading southern Y. NJ. c. As. The
dates are as yet unknown, but the trip
will take In Charlottesville. Newport
News, Richmond. and Hampton. OF
| last years veterans there still remain
captain; II. j. Schmidt, r. f. Meyer. f.
j. Morris E. Wilkinson and H. N. Stull
| The new men are Thomas Barry, A. A.
Specht, G. McGrath, w. Malone and NJ.
]. Fraile.
Peck Memorial Chapel.
Manager Meyers of the Peck Memorial
Chapel IS up against a hard proposition
in the matter Of a hall in which to play
his home games. The gymnasium of the
chapel is too small for a good game. and
for this reason there was some protest
raised. If the hall was as good as the
team Manager Myers could feel at ease
The aggregation Of players that he has
under his wing should develop into a
team that will be hard to beat by any
thing in the second division.
| Inc lOta1 squad Oh players CONSISTS Oh
]. Meyers, F. Meyers, H. Meyers, Gou-
cher, Saunders, McElwee, Heinrich.
Darby. McGrann, E. Chsm, Sullivan, Hal
Ter. Howard. Reichard, Fitzpatrick
Dixon. Allison. McHale, Berg, Buckley
The regular lineup will probably
be Goucher (captain) and ]. Meyers, for
wards Saunders, center; Heinrich and F.
Meyers, guards. An out-of-town schedule
is being arranged, but the dates of the
games have not been decided upon. The
games will include teams in Baltimore
and neighboring towns. This team will
be one that will keep the Shamrock team
hustlng for the championship of the sec
ond division, as the quint is fast and
strong, and with an even break in luck
should win a good majority of its games
The National Guard Team.
A new team in the field, and one that
will be welcomed by all followers Of the
sport, is that representing the National
| Guard Athletic Association. This team
will draw Its players from any regi-
ment except the I'd, which is repre-
scented by team. Prof. Horn, who Is the
physical director of the guard will have
charge of developing the team. There is
no reason why he should not turn out
| q winning combination, as he has some
promising men. His entire squad con-
| sists of the following: J. H. Lewis (cap-