The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-21
SPORTING GOSSIP.
WHAT is GOING ON AMONG LOCAL
ATHLETES.
Talk of the Clubs-The Outlook for Base
ball Next Year--various Notes From
Sporting Fields.

The Potomacs inaugurated their entertain
ments last week, and for starter did admira-
bly,. There was preliminary slirmish around
the piano, in which Messrs Sheriff, Pumphres,
Huyck, Noah, and Others took part, and then
the regular athletic features followed. There
was some clever work done in sparring by
Messrs. French, Justice, Brown, Huyck, Doyle,
and Noah; wrestling by Messrs Sturtevant and
Boots; weight lifts by Messrs. Finckle, Baker,
and Roulette, and high kicking and fancy ga
voting by Professor Bryan. The affair was
creditable to all concerned, and the club is to
be congratulated on the success of its first
venture.
The affairs of the new organization are NOV
ing along smoothly, and the various sub
committees appointed at the last meeting to
devise means of securing grounds etc., all re-
port progress The stock is now nearly all
gone The purchasers of certificates expect to
make good thing off their outlay, and, iudg
ing from present prospects, they will do so.
The club is on a sound financial footing, simply
because there are sound business men running
1t in a way that should have been followed in
the past.
will have their second indoor athletic exhibit
tion, which is confined exclusively to the mem
bers The house committee expect to have a
fine programme. There will be jumping fiat
and high, wrestling, catch-as-catch collar
and elbow, and Greco Roman, finishing up with
sparring. There will also be some fine music
rendered by the celebrated octette of the club.
The Columbias are playing water polo, or foot
ball, at their clubhouse. The game is not only
exciting, but little bit dangerous There is
tackling and scrimmaging incessantly for the
possession of the ball. Several of the G. A. C.'s
have been knocked out by the game, but as it
is exciting and athletes care little for such trfes
as "knock- k-outs," the sport will continue DR..
Greenwell is at present the champion.
The following is perhaps the strongest foot
ball team in America, selected from the players
of Harvard, Yale, and Princeton: Hallowell,
Rhodes, Heff1efnger, Cranston, Riggs, Newell,
Warren, Dean, Corbett, McCung, and Homans
What game it would be to see an eleven COM
posed of Cumnock, Cowan, Janeway, George,
Donnelly, Gill, Stagg, Claiming, King, and
Ames opposed to them.
The Amateur Athletic Union is investigating
the suspicious actions of some of our leading
athletes-viz., Queckberner, Mitchell, and Cop
land. This is proper, and, If the evidence is
against them, it is to be hoped the union
will unhestatingly fire them out into profess
sionalism. That's where they rightfully belong,
any way, and should keep Malcolm Ford COM
pany
In speaking of the football players of Amer
lea, the last issue of Weeks Sports gives Phil
King, of this city, a splendid send-off. 1t
names the first eleven of America, and adds
that, in case of the retirement of either of the
half-baclls, King was the next best man for the
place.
Mclean, of New South Wales, is now the
champion sculler of the world. He is said to
be the most powerful man the Antipodes has
ever produced, which, if so, makes it doubtful
If America can find man to defeat him. He
will probably visit the States this summer.
Harry Mcmillan has been elected captain of
the A. G. S. N. over the excellent little gentle
man and athlete, Mr. W. ii. Recap. McMil-
lan's majority was something extraordinary,
considering that the opposition claimed they
were going to defeat him
1t is doubtful if the Columbias will ever
secure Dashiell to play regularly with them,
as he is put down as a surety for Johns Hop
kins Baseball Club next year. This is to be
regretted as he is one of the best amateur ball
players in America.
Great expectations are entertained by the c.
A. c. boys at the approaching meet of Messrs.
Bolway and Walsh. Bolway is regularly
coached by Professor Donnelly, while Walsh de,
pends on his old-time prowess to carry him
through.
Jimmy Green, of the c. A. c., is one of the
best all-around athletes in the club, and one of
the most companionable of men beside.
Birney Sims and Leroy Taylor of the C. A.
c., are going to double up in business, and ex-
pect to reap harvest in real estate.
The Potomacs will go to the game on Christ
mas in "taly-ho" They will whoop things
up for the Columbias
The Analostans are taking in lots of new
members.
No provisions yet for joint regatta.
Winter is speeding away