The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-07


their pupils. The interest Of the club men was
very great, and long before the hour set for the
commencement of the exercises the large gym
nasium was packed by members and invited
guests. The gymnasium looked cleaner and
brighter than ever When Mr.. Howard Perry
walked out to announce the opening event he
was received with applause The exercises
opened with "wand drill'' by twenty
members The evolutions were captally
done, especially those of Professor Collegiate
and NJ McDermott The Indian club exercise
by Mr.. Eugene Byrne was exceptionally good
The fence vault was WOE by Mr.. Taylor with
clean vault of feet 10 inches. Elder, II. NJ.
Wilson, Brickenstein, Sewell, Taylor, Simms,
and Whitehead also contested Fencing by
Lieut.. F. F. Fletcher, U. s. N, and 7. 5.
O'Leary followed, and was much admired.
Professor Heintz of the United States Navy,
who is instructor at the Columbia Athletics,
then gave free exhibition of fencing.
Bobby Elder showed that he was the superior
jumper by winning the high jump, 4 feet
inches, running.hig 5 feet. Then he won the
high kick, S feet 6 inches, and finally capped
the climax by making clean kick with his feet
tied of feet inches. Bobby was the athlete
of the night
Pole-vaulting-Won by Brickenstein, S feet
10 inches. Wilson and Elder also contested.
Professor Crossley gave an exhibition and
Tug-of-war-This was the occasion of much
sport, and the team of j. Wade, Simmons, K.
X. Tyler, and j. S. Jones pulled Pickett,
Swearinger, Day, and Cochran inches in
short period.
The horizontal bar exercise of Messrs Hough
and Crossley was very interesting.
Sparring-E. A. Moseley referee, Nympo
Jones timer. Light Weights-Freebold and
Webb; won very cleverly by Webb. Elder and
Caurley, won by Elder. The Double Tumbling
act of Messrs Crosby and Elder followed and
was very good. Collar and elbow wrestling
Wilson against Jones, Won by the latter in
good style. atch-as-catch-can-Kerr and
Mitchell, the former winning.
Fencing followed by Professor Emmons and
Mr.. Mckay and was an admirable exhibition.
Broadside Combat-Professor Heintz and son
were capital, and worked the audience up con-
siderably. The sparring between Jimmy Green
and MIR. Carter was the exhibition of the night
and showed that both young men were clever
exponents of the science. The rounds were
hotly contested. The referee decided 1t draw,
though CBrter's friends thought he should have
had it.
The last event was the sparring match be-
tween John Irwin and Bob Wade, but the latter
wasn't in it, as Irwin over-matched him.
Young Sturdevant of the Potomac Athletics
is looked to win athletic honors next year.
Barnard has made his temperance as foot
ball player. He is one of the best in the Dis
trict.
The Passaic and Mystic boat clubs, of New
ark, have consolidated, under the name of the
former organization.
The Georgetown eleven was photographed
last week by Rice, and the picture will be re-
produced in Once Week
Dashfell, the great full-back of the Lehighs,
is now full-fedged G. a. c., and will here
after play under the colors of the champions.
On the goth the Columbus expect to play a
team picked from the best players Of Balt-
more, including the Bor brothers, Riggs, and
Others of the Princetons.
Downes, of Boston, has concluded that he
did not eclipse the fastest on record in the recent
40 yards run at Boston. Now let Cary, of the
Manhattans, do the same act.
Capt. Comnock, of the victorious Harvard
football team, has won gold as well as glory
by beating Yale's eleven, His father, A. G.
Comnock, was so proud of his son that he gave
him $1,000.
The Christmas Day game between the Naval
Academy and Columbia Athletics will be a
corker. Judging from the recent good work of
the G. a. c., there is good ground to hope for a
victory.
Among the college men on the C. A. c. foot
ball team are Wells, Lafayette; Hacker,
University of Pennsylvania: Tyler, Dartmouth:
Dashiell, Naval Academy; Harlan, Amherst;
Ramsburgh, st. Johns, Annapolis Cash,
Princeton: Emery and Welch, Johns Hopkins
and Boynton, Barnard, and Lee, Lehigh.
While much praise has been rightly bestowed
on the football committee of the c. A. c.
Messrs. Burroughs, Boynton, and Lee-for the
success of the team, great credit is also due to
Capt. Louis Wells, who, since the season opened,
has been indefatigable in his attention to the
men, giving them all the tricks and points of
the game.
On Saturday next the Columbia Athletics
and the kendalls will play game for the Dis
trict football championship, the Kendalls claim
ing, and justly too that they should have q
chance at the goal. The Coumbias have had
no training since the Thanksgiving-Day game,
but will at once commence practice for this and
Christmas Day.
The London Sporting Times sent over three of
its best representatives to report the Princeton
Yale game. Their criticism on the American
game as against the Rugby game will be
watched for anxiously by the enthusiasts on
this side Of the water. In order to show off the
different styles of football, the Staten Island
Athletic Club will give an exhibition of the two
prominent ones, English and American, at their
indoor meeting, in Madison Square Garden, on
the 18th of this month.
Brooklyn, n. Y, Dec. G.-The final game
for the championship of American Football
Union to-day at Washington Park resulted in a
great victory for the Crescents. This ties
Orange and the Crescents for the championship
When the four-hOrse stage containing the
Orange teams-twenty in number-entered the
grounds the horses SHE'D, throwing the stage
down a ntteen-foot embankment, demolishing
The vehicle. The team crawed out from the
wreck smiling and unhurt Score: Crescents,
IA; Orange, O.
The Columbias are making extensive prepara-
IONS ior t1elr Christmas Day game with the
Naval Academy team. They expect to put out
one OF the strongest teams that has ever repre-
sented local organization. They will have
the services OF Dashiell, the great full back of