The Washington times., 1923-04-01
ST. STEPHENS
TEAM STARRED
IN OTHER DAYS.
Team Of 1923 Taking Field
Today Recalls Stars Who
Played With Earlier Mines.
BY WALTER HAIGHT.
IT. STEPHENS! Base
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- ball! Memories!
~ The name st. Stephens viii
be associated with baseball this sea-
SON for the first time since 1910.
The last appearance OF a team
by that name was when the st.
Stephens nine beat out the George
town Olives for the title Of the
Olympic League, that held sway
in the well-known Georgetown hol-
low, immortal to the hearts Of the
sandlotters across the creek.
Most Of the players Of the 1910
st. Stephens team are members
OF the present club, and a number
Of them will try out for the nine
this year. Some OF the stars per-
forming for the Georgetown Olives
at that time were Tied" Sullivan,
Jack" O'Brien, Hazel" KidweIl,
yellow Meyers and "Unrz"
Let's travel back a little further
on the trail OF years.
Who remembers the old Capital
City League with its diamond at
North Capitol and L streets? Who
remembers when Shorty" Hughes
was digging them out of the dirt
around shortstop and slapping the
old pill on the nose, instead OF
heading the umpire's organization
and calling balls and strikes for the
sandlotters?
Perhaps some will recall the
arguments and games played after
shutdown in the back room of q
certain pre-Volstead parlor in the
vicinity of North Capitol and H
streets.
The st. Stephens team won the
championship Of the league in 1904,
1905, and 1906. The present team
step out in its first season If it
means to match the pace set by
the "oldtimers."
Take a peek at this lineup:
Shorty" Hughes, captain and
second base, ISL" Carol, first
base, Paddy" WEIGH, third base,
Dutch" Heinrich, shortstop;
Socks" Carr and tom" Fitz-
gerald, right field, bill" Rapp,
"Jiggy" Graves, and Jack" Nc
Quade, catchers; Joe" Moriarty.
center field; "Billie" Handiboe and
MAT" Donohue, left field, and "Al"
Kidwell and Jimmy Kerr,
PLAYED WITH UTICA.
Shorty" Hughes played after
ward with Utica in the New York
State League and Raleigh in the
North Carolina circuit.
"Bin" Rapp, well-known former
Washington backstop and minor
league player, has been coaching
the Knickerbocker nine for the past
two years with great success. It
is reported that he may be missing
from the Georgetown clubmen's out.
| lit this season as the Cleveland
team wants him to do their bush
combing.
After leaving the st. Stephens
| nine Jimmy Kerr entered George
town University. where he was the
pitching mainstay of the Blue and
Gray baseball team for three years
The other players of the Capital
City loop, leaders of 1904. 1905 and
| 1906, are still around town and in
be seen any afternoon from April
to October at a ball game. en-
couraging the youngsters.
HAVE CLUBHOUSE.
The present st. Stephens Club
has its headquarters at 2422 X
street, "foggy bottom" just q
couple of blocks from the 1906 club
house that was located in the 2100
block of Pennsylvania avenue, also
"foggy bottom" .......
| Up at the new clubhouse the boys
have two cups and a large banner.
These trophies tell OF the feats Of
| their predecessors. The 1922 St.
Stephens nine means to add to the
collection.
They will take their second work.
out on the Naval Hospital dia-
mond this morning. Shorty" Nc
Malloy, we'll known "oIdtimes" of
the District sandlots, who Is coach
ing the team, put the squad num-
bering over thirty through stiff
practice session last Sunday and re-
ported himself pleased with the
showing made.
Prominent among the candidates
are MAT" Noone, manager and
star backstop OF the Westover A.
9. last season; l.. Hover, former
Southern railway receiver; o. Cal
Iahans who played third for St.