Meanwhile, the ball players of the U.S. Marine Corps are trying to round into shape as many practices have been held.
At present it looks as if the forthcoming League will be made up of four entries, with the Fourth Regiment fielding three squads and the Amateurs one. There is yet the possibility of a team from the US. Navy.
The First Battalion, defending champions, with at least a dozen returning veterans, seems better fixed than any of the other Regimental nines. Recent additions to the squad put Pasko and China in as catchers, Costa in the infield, Lefty Houston in the mound crew and Burnetti in the garden; the First nine seems well on the way to a second consecutive pennant. Team Captain Olsen certainly "has the easiest job of any of the service pilots at this stage of the season, with Ashley, Caldwell, Grow, Goush, King and Radd as returning first-stringers.
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