Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1932-03-20
DIAMOND ATHLETES
HEAR SPRING CALL
Many Teams Hope to Hold
Long Drills Today-TiIts
Being Scheduled.

w IITH Spring officially arriving
Nh/ in our midst this afternoon,
v sandlot base ballers through
out the city and metropol-
itan area are getting down to serious
practice. Should the weather be ia
vorable today many teams figure to get
In long drills and doubtless several In
formal games will be played.
Columbia Heights Business Mems
SQUAD plans to do considerable cavort-
ing and julius Rosenfeld wants all can
didates, new and old, to report at the
Arcade Market, Fourteenth and Park
road, at IL am.
Down in Vienna, Va, the fire de-
partment diamonders are already work
ing theoretically and plan TO open their
season April 10 against the French
A. G.. going to Fredericksburg, Va, the
following Sunday to meet the town
team there.
business Manager Jarman is book
ing for the Vienna team at Atlantic
2442 between and 7 pm.
MAJESTIC RADIO tossers, a poppy
vi bunch, figure to go places, lit
orally and f1guratiVely:,. n. b.
Wyche, who again is handlng tne
team has announced that of the 104
games to be played by his proteges, "a
will be out of the city and 40 In the
District. Their first game will be April
10, with the Everett Waddey team IN
Richmond, Va.
Maiestics will meet tonight at 7:45
o,rIock at 1859 Penn street northeast,
and plan to drill every evening this
week, starting tomorrow.
Wyche saws he Is counting heavily
upon Eddie Hutchinson, crack sandlot
pitcher last season. Hutchinson. Incl
dentally. Is a scion Of a family long
prominent In amateur base ball here. His
grandfather, T. C. Hutchinson, was
leading player, and his uncle, Norman
Hutchinson, for years has oeen malh-
STAY of the Union Printers nine.
other boys the pilot Is relying upon
include Carl Bean, southpaw; FRANK
Waple and Johnny Winters, pitchers;
George Lindsay, catcher; Stanley
ODonnell, first baseman, and William
shelton, Ed Duffy, Fred Noone, Archie
Via. Lamar Wyche, Howard Whitseu
and Florence. Several OF this group
have played pro ball.
CULF A. C. tossers will gather Wed
" nesday night at 1880 o'clock at
French Sports Store to elect
manager and captain and otherwise get
set for the campaign. All candidates
will be thoroughly tried, and al are
asked to attend the meeting. Pltcners
are especially needed.
A dance will be given by the team at
the New Amsterdam Hotel, 27Ol Four
teerth street, the evening Of April /.
PLAYERS for the Federal EMPLOYEES
Union nine are being sought by Earle
Moser at 10 B street southwest, VINO
NAV be called during the day at Met
ropolitan 0359. The team plans to enter
either the Industrial or Government
League.
A drill for the Congress Heights
squad is listed this morning at IL
o'clock on the Heights field. The team
plans to enter the Capital City League
under guidance Of Ralph Gilbert, and
wishes to list early practice games IN
Guiding Saturday contests. Out-of-town
ENGAGEMENTS are especially sought. Butt
Beagle is booking at Lincoln 141O-M
between and pm, or at 3zOS Film
street southeast.
These players are asked to report to-
day: L. Sweeney, T. Sweeney, r. Swee-
ney, Sugrue, Hukill, Ingram, Farmer,
Brown, Smith, Waller, Porter, Benner,
Tennyson, Reigelman, Gossett, Bonprest
and James.
New candidates, especially catchers
and infelders, are wanted.