The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-01
ATHLETICS AND ROWING.

The victory of the Yale College crew over the
celebrated Atalanta eight-oared crew was the
theme of general conversation last week among
local oarsmen. The victory of the collegians was
gratifying. Under ordinary circumstances the
majority of our oarsmen would have preferred
to see the club representatives win, but as the
Atalantas are rather questionable as regards
standing as amateurs, having rotated from about
four clubs in five years under suspicious circum-
stances, every honest oarsmen looked on their
defeat as a blow at semi professionalism. There
is too much of this style of business carried on
in so-calied amateur clubs, and the Amateur
Athletic Union has got to draw the lines tighter
in order to keep suspects out. The National
Association of Amateur Oarsmen are honest
and square and if they get shadow on a crew
they will debar them. The breaking of the
stroke oar of the Yale boat and the heroic work
OF Capt Allen recalls the race rowed three years
ago at Alexandria, Va. between the Potomacs
and Columbias in eight cared shells. Just after
the race started Elmore, of the Potomacs, row.
ing in seat, broke his oar at the button, and
was carried in the race nearly mile and quar-
ter as dead weight, sliding up and down with
the crew and keeping in form 1t was impossi-
bic for him to jump out, for if he had done so
it would have meant serious injury, as one of the
oars would have struck him. The Potomacs,
like the 1aleS, won the race.
On Saturday evening, June l, 1889, the large
boat-house of the Analostan Club was swept
away and destroyed by the disastrous flood that
ragged at that time in the Potomac River. To
day, June l. 1890, they occupy a new house
almost within the shadow of the old one, and
on Wednesday evening next, from until II
o'clock, they are to throw it open to those resi-
dents to whom invitations have been sent. The
! new house is pretty structure, and is one of
! the most complete regards its interior ar
rangements that has ever been built and dedi-
! Gated to such purposes. The invitations to the
| opening are neat pieces of handiwork and re-
| fleet great credit on the designer. There is a
picture of the new house, while off in the cor
ner, bobbing serenely on cork, is diminutive
Analostan in shell costume with the legend
Here We Are Again inscribed on a streamer
The affair will no doubt be brilliant success
Iale's best man is Sheriff., unquestionably
the greatest sprnter in America to-day, and
worthy to rank at the shorter distances with
Myers and Wendell Baker If he should make
| the 100 yards in even time on the 31st he will
! have performed the feat three times in success
sion in one year, unprecedented record
Should the track be in condition he will un
doubtedly try for it. The prestige gained fol
him by his records of 10 seconds for the 100
yards dash and IA 4-5 seconds, equaling the
worlds amateur record for the $50 at the Oya
on May II, will make his contests with Cary, OF
| Princeton, and Lee, of Harvard in the inter
collegiate 100 and 220-yard dashes the most in
tereSting Of the day. Sheriff. is a Washington
boy-Phiia Times,
The Columbia Athletics, outside of the tennis
players, have virtually gyenup AnalOstan Island
and are deyoting themselves TO rowing. OF
I course an exception is noted of the ball team
/ 1t Is said that the Columbias will enter the fol
| lowing gig and four-Oared she'll crew at Balti
/ more: Ryan stroke, Wade 3, Baker ., Mckin
| ney bow, and Gibson coXsWain. Ofcourse some
/ will argue that this crew can be improved on
/ from among the members, but TO improve it the
oarsman that takes the place of any of those
named will have to be an exceptionally strong
/ one
Washington took a tumble last week, bu1
now that the team has been strengthened hy
new pitchers it is expected that the organization
will commence 10 climb up the ladder again
The team has not lost the greater number OF
games because Of weakness in the pitchers de-
partment but rather through an inability TO bal
opposing pitchers. In this respect the club has
lately exhibited lamentable weakness, and un
less they pick up considerably they cannot cx
pect to win.
Mr.. }. f. Sullivan, secretary of the Amateur
Athletic Union, has forwarded to President II
Mcmillan his resignation as member of the board
of managers and also as secretary of the ANA.
teur Athletic Union as representing the Pastimt
Athletic Club These designations will be ac
cepted at a meeting Of the board Of managers, tC
be held June 10, on Staten Island, and at the
same meeting Mr. Sullivan will be reelected tC
both offices, representing one of the largest anna
teur athletic clubs in America.
The clubs Of the District were well repre-
sented on the river yesterday the Columbia
having out two four-oared shells, four-oareC
gig, and single; the AnalOstans gig and sey
eral double sculls the Potomacs a four and sey
eral singles. French, of the Potomacs, mad
his first appearance in single and the usua