Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11
BRAWNY AND SPEEDY.
Athletes Who Contest on Analostan
Island Today.
TIE ATHLETIC UNION MEET.
Record Breakers From New Yerk-Bos.
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portant spot in the universe
las far as can be reliably
ascertained-to the eye Of
an athlete. It holds the best
talent Of America, it con-
y tains one of the most en-
tbusiastic crowds that ever
gathered in Washington to witness the feats Of
human xiii The Columbia Club is doing
ITSELF proud m the manner Of receiving the
vsitln8 athletes and in the way in which the
istaRd has been arranged to accommodate the
Sames. At no time in its history has this local
organization been so prominent in athletic cir
sles, and although its men are not hopeful of
capturing many, il any, prizes, the showing
tAsy are making 10 very creditabls indeed.
Washington is to be congratulated upon the
opportunity of seeing such sport as 10 going on
across the river, and it is to be hoped that the
example thus set Of the heights to which man
can develop himself will prove q healthy slim
ufus to the ambition Of the local aspirants for
honors on the track and field, 80 that the next
time thst the championship games of the A. A.
U. are held On Analostan Island, which it is not
Of all improbable will not be very far of, the
Washington athletes will demand and receive
recognition a. being In the first class of medal
winnera
YRoM RvKRYwHRRR.
There are competitors for honors here from
almost everywhere, but the majority Of the
psePle who take part in the games are from
New York, which is doubtless the most enthu-
stastic city on the continent, having no less
than sixteen regularly organized clubs in the
metropolis alone. Most Of these clubs are we'll
established, having been in organization for
some years. while q few are recent entries On
the field. An example Of this is to be found in
the Potomac Club Of this city, which, though it
has been in the field of general athletics for
about couple Of years, has only been . men,
Der OF the A. U. for few months
CLUBS AND THEIR DEVICES.
The clubs hays exercised wide diversity of
taste IN the selection of emblema tic devices to
signify their character and location, and as
these emblems are often the only means of
identifying their wearers with their clubs q
few OF the most important have been repro
duced and are used as the initial letters of
some Of the following short articles descriptive
OF the men who are taking part in the games.
The one at the head of this introduction is that
OF the Acorn Club of Brooklyn. The large "R"
to be found elsewhere on this page belongs to
the Ridgefeld Club Of Albany, while the
unique m" further down the columns is the
device Of the foakers Club.
Below will be found few sketches intended
to give the readers of The STAR an idea of
what manner Of men the athletes composing
the union happen to be. The examples chosen
are thoroughly representative, and show the
men, except in few cases, in their athletic
costumes. For invaluable aid rendered in the
collection and preparation Of the information
and portraits that appear here and have APP
peaIed elsewhere in these articles the thanks
Of THE STAR are due to Messrs. j. E. Sullivan,
N.J.AC.; +. W. Jansen. STA. c.; +. A. Ware,
MAG; II. e. Cornish, b. AA.; F. W. Eddy, d.
A.C.; George W. Carr, MAG; W. B. Curtis,
MAC; Walter G. Schuyler, N.YA.C.;
Bailey, Banks Il Biddle, Philadelphia; Harry
n. Milan, AC.S.N., and Howard Perry and S.
II. Stinemetz, Gao.