Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-10
THE ATHLETES ARE READY.
An Army Of Them Arrived In the City
Today.

THE ATHLETES ARE READY.
An Army Of Them Arrived In the City
Today.
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BIA CLUB HOUSE.
There 10 . large gathering Of athletes from
everywhere else outside of Washington, with .
goodly sprinkling of those Of this city, st the
Columbia Athletic Club house, on @ street.
today in preparation for the great meet
ing Of the Amateur Athletic Union on Ana
tan Island tomorrow. Every train brings scores
OF notwithstanding men from the north and
west and the AAU. special train
that is to arrive at IL O'Clock tonight
will bring the bulk OF the people who
are coming to attend the meet The
greatest activity prevailed Al the commodious
club house all day the visitors filing in and out
continually under the care OF specially detailed
parties Of local men bearing the white button
THE ANNUAL NETTING
Of the union will be held at the Columbia
Athletic Club house tonight At this meeting
will be decided the fate Of the Mills scheme for
| recognizing the union on q new and more
comprehensive basis, and also that of MIR. Cur
tbs motion to discontinue the annual compe-
tition for the Bailey. Banks Biddle plaque.
This meeting will be held at O'Clock.
At O'Clock the members OF the board OF
managers Of the union went into executive
session for the purpose Of arranging the fnal
details for the great meeting at night, the
formulation of reports and resolutions and
other matters that had accumulated.
ORDER OF THE EVENTS.
Tho order in which the events will occur to-
morrow has been arranged as follows: L,
| track events, 100-yards run, four trial heats;
2, one-mile walk, one heat, final; s. l20-yards
hurdle, three trial heats; 4, 440-yards run, two
trial heats; 8, two-mile bicycle, two
| trial heats; 6, l00-yards run, final
heat; Cd one-mile run, one heat, final; 90 10
yards hurdle, final heat; 90 44O-yards run,
final heat; Q0) two-mile bicycle, final heat; (l1)
220-yards run, four trial heats; (I2) 220-yards
hurdle, four trial heats; 3) three-mile walk. one
heat final; Q4) 22O-yards run. second trials; (15)
22O-ysrds hurdle, second trials; Q6l sS0-yards
run, one heat. final; C7) fve-mile run, one
heat final; Qs) 22O-yards run, final heat; (l9)
22O-yards hurdle, final heat
Field events--20, team tug OF war, trial pulls;
III, running high jump; "a, team tug, final
pull; Is, putting siXteen-pound shot; "a. team
tug pulls for second and third place; IS, run
ming broad jump; 26, throwing sixteen-pound
hammer; "a, individual tug of war, trial pulls;
g. pole vault; 20, individual tug of war; second
trials; 80, ffty-siX-pound weight; 81, individual
tug of war, final pull.
The track events and the field events, though
numbered consecutiyely, will occur simultane-
ously. That is, tho track program will begin
at l o'clock, as well as the field progam,
and thus the entire space within the
Enclosure will be utilized to its fullest
extent. Beyond this there will be no two
events taking place at once. 1t is expected
that five hours will quite suffice for the COM
pietion Of the program.
THE COMPETITION FOR THE PLAQUES
The competition for the Bailey, Banks &
Biddle plaque is narrowed down to four posi-
biltes, of which but two are at all likely to win
The four leading clubs stand as follows: Man
haitian Athletic Club, H. points; New York Ath-
Ietic Club, los; Detroit Athletic Club 20; and
New Jersey Athletic Club, g. The other clubs
ia rne union, 70 use the expression OF secretary
Sullivan, Are not in 1t, ranging along at the
bottom of the list with few points each, and
hopelessly behind
| FINE WEATHER PROMISED.
The weather bureau is hopeful Of being pro-
pitious tomorrow. The prediction made this
morning on the map for this vicinity was as
follows: Warmer, southerly winds, fair
weather" At all events, il is proposed
to have the games proceed, ''rain or
shine" Mr.. Stems of Detroit remarked this
morning that with pleasant weather tomor-
y
He thought that Washington is the best city in
the country for a fall meet.
THE LACROSSE TEAMS
The lacrosse teams that will struggle on
Analostan Island tomorrow morning for the
championship of the union have been selected
| as follows from among the members OF the
clubs that are competing for the honor:
Staten Island.-Goal, II. A. Matthews; point,
d. Brown; cover point, Cyrus c. Miller; first
| aaf 6alI ohall. Is IL N
Post; third def. field, ". G. Meharg; center
| field. A. d. Ritchey: third att field J. F. Nc.
Claim; second att. field, W. C. Davis; first att.
field, r. q. Moses; outside attack. W. ID. King
inside attack, r. Matthews; substitutes, Ed
Carter and W. Curry.
A C. S. N.-GoaI W. Mcdonald; point. z.
II. Alden; cover point, f. Reagan; 8 defense
field, S. NJ. Pyfer; 2 defense field. II. Hirsh-
| field; defense field, C. S. Powell; center, c.
! Ogle; attack, d. Chesterman; attack, j. ".
Greer; attack, r: d. Adam; outside. H.. H.
| Larkin; Inside, j. II. Shell. Substitutes, Geo.
Hoskins, +. Rose, W. Ii. Milne.
ATHLETES ALREADY HERE.
The visitors register at the Columbia club
house contains number of names that have
become famous in American amateur athletes.
| Up to noon today it had the following sig
natures upon it: R. @. Virgins, Bos-
ton A c.; Thomas Raven. ir., Philadelphia:
| +. h. Stearns, Frank w. Eddy. A. r. Strachan.
H. McD. Campau and L. 5. Wermeken. Detroit
A.C.; {. S. Elliot, NY; Dan'L A. Draddy, NY.
| A. 6. Mills, NY; George L. CRtlin, jr., Staten
| Island A. c.; E. A. Xix, D. A. c., san Fran
| cisco; j. II. w. Cole, s. l. A. c.; F. G..
Jansen, S. /. A c.; W. B. Curtis,
n. Y. A. c.; Geo. W. Carr NJ. A. e.:
Henry Specht, John Steil, George Brosius'
NLYTV.; j. E. Sullivan, Thos. Manrack, VIM
Norr, STAG; Henry Growlage, Prospect
| Harriers; Geo. C. Pease, New York Times: J.
7. Tighe, Varuna B. c., Brooklyn; C. F. Mathew
son, Berkeley A.C., New York; b. Melidy, Daniel
McGonigle, A. c. Hatfield, BROOKLYN.
A.C.; j. Randolph Woodruff, Chas. T.. Weldon,
James W. Scales. West End A, Newark:
Allen S. Lozier, Mohican A c., Newark: ]. Grit,
| fiths, BAG; Walter ]. Snyder, A.C.S.N.: O.
b. Henry. NY; p. S. Prunty, SAC, Long
Island: Messrs. John Owen, jr.. F. d. Ouch
anur, VIM. Gregg, referee: Frank W. Eddy. F.
X. Stearns, G. +. Mathison Of the Free Pyesse.
Frank s, Nemeken, John Collins, NJ, C.
Murphy, r. Mac d. Campau and A. r. Strac-
han, members of the Detroit Athletic Club; ].
s. Roddy, fast runner of the Manhattan Ath-
letic Club; Arson ID. Hartwell. DR.. Amanda
| Ravold of the P.A.C. of st. Louis, Harry Low
| enstein of the Yonkers Athletic Association
A. ]. Murberg and ]. Fitzgerald of the
Pastime &C. Of New York, Geo. w. Carr and
Geo. L. Estes Of the Manhattan Athletic Club
| are CHARTERED at Willards.-The members Of
the Boston Athletic Club and the rest of the
members of the Manhattan Athletic Club
arrived in the city late this afternoon and are
quartered at Wizards.
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.