The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-12-28
OUTDOOR SPORTS
ROWING AND ATHLETICS.
nappy New Year to all the clubs.

A happy New Year to all the clubs.
Fred Bracket entertained large number OF
Tufts College men on Tuesday evening at the
c. A. clubhouse.
Cash, the great Princeton football player,
who regards Washington as his home, was visit
ing in the city last week.
The c. A. C.s will give their third fortnightly
reunion, in which athletic sports predominate,
on next Saturday evening.
Richard Wallach, the famous strong oar of
the Columbia Boat Club, was visiting his rela-
tives in this city last week.
Ordway and King gave the few visitors who
were at Capitol Park In the snow storm on
Christmas Day good example OF what first
class half-backs are like.
Mr.. James Durant of the Analostans, is now
devoting much of his time to working up a new
style of steel roofing but next summer will stir
up a revival in the old club.
The reason why Jimmy Green, of the c. A.
c., did not put in an appearance at the last ath-
letic meeting has been satisfactorily explained
to his friends and clubmates.
George Carter of the C. A. c., is regarded as
one of the quickest and cleanest sparrers in
amateur circles, and his friends are very anxi-
GUS to have him entered in one of the Union
meetings.
Mr.. j. s. Mccoy, of the Potomacs, was pre-
sented witha valuable pair of opera glasses by
the students of Georgetown College last week
for his good work on their football team. Nc
Coy is in the medical branch Of the institution.
Charley Mindeleff, one of the best men the
Potomac Athletic Club ever possessed, who has
been abroad for several seasons studying at
Heidelburg, Germany, has returned to the city.
He looks well, and was royalty received by his
old associates.
The Potomac Athletic Club are making their
house pleasant quarters these winter evenings,
and naturally the members are congregating
the best outlay the organization ever under
took, as it is building the club up in members
and placing it on good financial footing.
The Potomacs at their next meeting will con-
slider the subject of the National Amateur re-
gatta, and in all probability the club will adopt
measures asking for concurrence from the other
clubs. If they start the ball it is very probable
that the other clubs will join in. This is the
proper way to do, and we hope the clubs will all
come together.
A late acquisition to the Columbia Athletic
Club is Mr.. w. G. Porter a noted football
player, whose services have been eagerly sought
by Yale and Princeton for the past year. He
played with Lehigh, however, and made a great
record, upholding the one made at the Chester
Military Academy. He comes to Washington
to enter the journalistic ranks.
The High School team defeated the Athletics,
of Capitol HILL on Christmas Day at Capitol
Park by score of 10 to 4. The game was stub
bornly contested, and only by the display of
more skill in tackling and interfering did the
High School boys manage to squeeze in their
victory Good work on the part Of Smart Nc
Roberts, johnson, and Swan accomplished the
points for the H. s., while Brock made the score
by brilliant play for the Athletics. Mr.. Ralph
Lee was umpire and Mr.. Welsh was referee.
One of the most important subjects that will
engage the attention of the G. A. 9. at the com
ing annual meeting will be the propositions that
the board of governors have submitted. One is
to increase the membership to 800 which num-
Der they believe would increase the revenues to
figure to meet the necessary Indebtedness, and
the other is TO increase the monthly dues from
$50 to So. This last proposition does not
meet with much favor The governors, in sub
mlttng the propositions, state that they have
fully examined into the matters, and have come
to the conclusion that it is necessary for the
club to take favorable action.
The annual election of directors OF the Colum-
bia Athletic Club takes place on the evening of
January II, and the members are indulging in
considerable speculation in regard to the affair
The terms of office of President Hood, Vice
President Zeverly, Secretary Perry, Treasurer
Thompson, Capt. StinemetZ, Lieuts Ryan and
Smith, and the following governors, Messrs
Dorsey Brown, w. B. Hibbs, Alexander Grant,
John H. Haswell, j. A. Goldsborough, and
Iheo. j. Pickett, will expire, so it will be seen
there are lots of places to fill. Largely through
the efforts of these gentlemen the e. A. c. has
been made one of the leading organizations in
America, and the members who have the best
interests of the club at heart are fearful that a
number of them will decline a denomination
President Hood will not run again, as his busi-
ness will not allow him to give so much time to
the club as he would like. Who his successor
VIII be is hard to conjecture Many names are
mentioned for the position. Commissioner
Roosevelt, of the Civil Service Commission, is
named while Others are Messrs Alex Grant,
W. A. Gordon, and Vice President Zeyerly, all
OF whom would make good officers.