Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-01
ST. JOSEPH'S NINE
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LEXANDRIA. Va August al

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" Many faces familiar to Alex
"A anoria fans will cavort about
4 4 Baggett's Park i'll the livery of
the st. Joseph's A. G. of Wash
ington when the Capital City clubmen
come here tomorrow to encounter
Charley Corbetts st. Mary's Celtics.
Play will begin at 3 o'clock.
jeff Smith or Dick Hughes will do the
mound work for the invaders. The in
field will start with Sammy Haas at
first base. Orrel Mitchell. second base;
Cinotti, shortstop. and "Bozey" Berger,
third base. The outfield will be picked
from Tom Sweeney, "Pepco" Barry,
"Huckster" Hilleary and Joe Tucci.
Smith, Sweeney. Haas and Tucci for
merlv played with the Dreadnaught
A. A. Of this city, while Dick Hughes
has pitched against the big D" on
numerous occasions. Mitchell is well
remembered here As former star of
the Old Dominion Boat Club basket
game for the st. Mary's Celtics last
season.
Lefty" Hamilton. southpaw bend
ball artist, is slated to pitch for the
Celtics.
Columbia Engine Company, out in
front in the race for the amateur un-
limited championship of Alexandra
and vicinity, is anxious to book con-
test for tomorrow at 8 O'Clock on Hay
don Field. Telephone Manager Billy
Padgett or Coach Harvey Lunceford at
Alexandria 1774.
The Columbus hold one victory over
the Virginia A. c. In their series for
the title in this section. The second
contest will take place September 8.
Clover A. c. will endeavor to score
its second triumph over the Palace
A. C. of Washington when the teams
meet tomorrow at o'clock on Shipyard
Field.
Old Dominion Boat Club today held
its last work out for the Middle States
Regatta Association shell races at Balti-
more Monday, going through a light
drive over the Potomac under the close
scrutiny of Coach Walter Thrall.
Thrall has entered three crews in
the Monumental City event, as follows:
Junior four-oared gig-Lionel E.
Beeton, Robert G. Whitton, Julian
Whitestone, Jim Trout and Coxswain c.
jackson Bob Duncan, substitute.
intermediate double sculls-Llonel Z.
Beeton, Parke Bell.
intermediate quadruple sculls-Ben-
iamin Minor, Parke Bell. Lewis Bell,
Taylor Rudd. Lionel E. Beeton, sub
Stitutc.
Del Ray A. c. gridmen will stage
their first drill tomorrow on Edward
Duncan Field in Potomac, reporting TO
their two neWly-appointed coaches, Bill
Wilson and Guy Camden. The club
expects to turn out strong eleven.
Tror,,oie = will torartire m the
Hayden Field gridiron tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock under Coach Goodies
owens.
Virginia Midgets will drill tomorrow
on Shipyard Field at 10 o'clock. Coach
Wilson Sinclair will have charge.
Several hundred Alexandrians, at
tracted by the interesting program pre-
pared for the celebration Of Groveton
Community Club in Fairfax County
Monday, are planning to attend.
One of the events on the program
will be the old-fashioned tournament
in which the contestants will ride
bicycles instead of the customary horses.
The rings will be suspended over cir
cular board track.
A horseshoe pitching tournament, a
base ball game between the Yankee and
COlOnldlS OF lIllS Guy, ana manly lIdCh
and field events are listed also.
Belle Haven Country Club members
will find numerous methods of diversion
Monday in the program arranged by
their house committee. Driving and
putting contests are to be held for the
golfers, while swimming races and track
events are also to be run off. A din
ner dance will follow the outdoor pro-
gram.
"Rube" Hayman, coach of the st,
Mary's CelticS foot ball team, will meet
with his candidates Tuesday night at
LOT North Fairfax street. and is anX-
ious to have all gridmen in this sec
ton desiring to play with his club re-
port at o'clock.
Virginia A. c. base ball performers
will be inactive tomorrow out OF re-
spect for their late teammate, Leon
Cornell, who died at the Alexandria
Hospital Wednesday from injuries sus-
tanned in an automobile wreck. Flu
neral services were held today.
The third fracas of the five-game
series between the st. Mary's Celtics
and Naval Hospital is to be played here
in Baggetts Park September 8.
Del Ray will play its first game off
the home diamond at Edward Duncan
Field tomorrow when it goes to Fox
all, Md, to play the FoXall A. c.