The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-07-21
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BALL TOSSERS
LOOK FOR SUITS
New League Nearly Ready
for Schedule of
Games.

Members of the several teams of the |
District Baseball League are on tiptoe |
OF expectancy looking forward TO the /
delivery of their uniforms, which have |
been ordered from one of the largest
sporting goods houses in the country. |
II IS probable that some Of the uni |
forms will be delivered early the COM |
ing week
Additional contributions have been re-
ceived the past week 70 the fund for !,
eouIpping the teams. and there will be |
no lack OF funds for this purpose. Each /
team will have everything IL may |
need.
One thing the management would Ike |
the public to fully understand and that !
IL that every player on each team IN !
the league is a bona fide employe or the |
District government and that there is
no outside talent employed or permitted
on any of the teams.
little later. as the schedules pro
eress the matter of securing troph!
for the league championship will be
taken I'D. A number OF business men
have volunteered 10 assist in this mat
ter. and TIE probabilities are that the
trophy will be handsome one
John T. Twohey. Superintendent OF
Street Cleaning. is on his annual leave
OF absence. He will spend his vacation
at his old home IN Vermont, During ms
absence he will make a tour into the
Adirondack mountains. and also Trip
10 the White mountains.
Newell Ball, assistant 10 SuperIntend-
emit OF Street Cleaning TBohey, is acting
superintendent in the absence OF his
chief.
Disbursing OFFICER Charles c. Rogers
vas out of the city several days dur
ing the past week on business for the
District government.
These employees OF the Engineering
Department are on leave; VII. Marsh.
OF the plumbing division. three weeks
]. ]. Kennedy, water department three
weeks.
Owing to the heavy work on street
improvements under way on Pennsyl-
vania avenue and other important thor
oushfares of the city, and by reason OF
the fact that this is always the busy
season in the Engineering Department.
there are very few leaves OF absence
being granted. In the office of Engineer
of Highways Capt. G. b. Hunt It was
stated that there would be only few
Of the employees in that department
granted leave at this time
Robert Barr, in the office OF the Chief
Clerk of the Engineering Department,
ia a member of a cricket club that en-
Joys a snappy game fun of ginger every
Sunday when the weather permits. Mr..
Barr is an athlete with a remarkable
amateur record.
Capt. w. F. Meyers, chief clerk Of the
executive office, was in receipt OF an
Invitation from General Harries, at
Camp Ordway. Bolivar Heights Har-
pers Ferry, W. Va, the past week, to
attend a special military drill to take
place at the camp next week Captain
Meyers had to decline the invitation by
reason Of the fact that DIR. TindalI. sec
rotary to the Board of Commissioners,
IS on the Pacific Coast and. in his alb
sence, Captain Meyers is acting secre-
tary in addition to his regular duties.
Captain Meyers always makes the trip
to the District of Columbia militia an
nual encampment. and regrets exceed
ingly that he cannot go this year.
c. NJ. Willoughby. of the press room.
Is at Camp Ordway. Bolivar Heights
Harpers Ferry. as a war correspond
eEt'' for one of the Washington papers.
He is wearing the title OF colonel, and
when he returns to the city he Will be
in the journalistic class.
Chief Clerk Lakenan. OF the Engineer
ing Department, continues ill., He
showed considerable Improvement last
week and had been removed from the
hospital TO his home. But during the
past week his condition was not so Iav-
oTable.
If an employee OF the Health Depart
ment should so far forget himself at
this time AS 10 ask for annual leave OF
absence, he would. in all probability,
become paralyzed with fear from the
awful look his chief would give him.
Employees Of the Health Department are
working overtime now to keep up the