The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-10-05

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meet on Friday next, at 2 o'clock, in the Colum-
bia Athletic clubhouse,
Sam Stinemetz may not be an athlete himself
but he knows a trick or two about skifT-shovng
in marshes for reed birds
Brown and Pumphrey of the Potomac Ath-
letics, seem to keep up an interest, despite the
dead feeling prevailing around the house.
Bill Brumley, of the Potomacs is the only
regular attendant at the clubhouse these days,
and he nearly dies listening to his own breath
ing.
1t may be that Walter Dohm, of the N. Y. A.
c., will not compete here in the championship,
as he recently strained his back badly while
practicing the broad jump.
The final game for the lacrosse championship
ofAmerca will take place on Saturday morning
next on Analostan Island. This will give the
lacrosse men chance to see good game.
John Owen, Jr., the champion sprinter OF the
Detroit Athletic Club, ran 100 yards in 10 sec
onds recently at the games of the Cleveland
Athletic Club lie says he can do 1t at any time
called meeting of the Potomac Athletic
Club will take place on Wednesday evening
next to elect three new governors to fill vacan-
cies on the board. Live business men should be
selected for the places.
Our citizens should turn out and give the
Columbia Athletic boys a rousing reception the
coming week The best reception that we
know of is for large paying crowd to visit the
island on Saturday next.
F. r. Fortmayer, secretary of the Middle
States Regatta Association has resigned his
membership in the Triton Boat Club, of New
ark, and says he will hereafter devote all his
energies to building up the Mystic Boat Club,
Of which he is now member.
A sculling match one and half miles
straightaway over the national course on the
Schuylkill River for the championship of the
Nesper Boat Club and new cedar she'll was
NyaI ,InrO Iot,,yo Io1,,
George w. Van Nliet, and was won easily by
the latter by six lengths in nine minutes forty
five seconds.
G. H. Sheriff., champion sprinter of Yale
University, competed in the 100-yard handicap
at Remington Oval, London, September 90
but was palpably out of form and was easily
beaten, though not until after good race. The
American had not fully recovered from the eff
fects of the sea voyage, and he failed in every
way to sustain his records made in America
The victor of the 100 yards won in 10 2-5 Sec
onds. Sheriff. did not run in the 44O yards
race.
The Columbia Athletic Club football team
practices Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
They will play the first regular game of the
season on Saturday, the 18th, on Analostan Isl
and, having as their opponents the strong Johns
Hopkins eleven, of Baltimore. They may play
two or three practice games with the Kendalls
and Georgetowns before they play the Hopkins
boys.
The following team will represent the Athletic
Club of the Schuylkill Navy here next Saturday:
yards, Schlichter in the 440-yards, Reilly in the
mile Ramsdell, broad jump: Lewis, broad
jump, 22O and 120-yards hurdle, and Roden-
baugh in the pole vault.
The Acorn A. A. has decided to send the fol-
lowing team to compete in the A. A. U. ma
tional championships at Washington on the 18th
instant: f. Nj. Reilly in the sprints, Frank
Murray in the three-mile walk, j. NJ. Bailey in
the distance runs, and tug-of-war team.
At the Canadian championship games j. S.
Mitchell, of the New York Athletic Club was
protested as being a professional by S. j. Con-
What does this mean? Does it imply that the
old war is brewing between the Mauhattans and
Athletics?
Sam King was on the track Friday, running
in great shape. 1t looks as if he was again in
form. Tufy Dickinson and Miller Kenyon
were there, too, and were doing good work
The bicyclists, Crist, Barber, Brown, and
Brackett, were speeding fast, while Elliott was
doing his pace work beautifully. Lewis, in the
broad jump, may prove dark horse. Keep
your eye on him.
Mr.. j. S. Dyer, the powerful stroke of the
Potomac Club has resigned his membership in
that organization and has made application for
membership in the Columbia Athletics. Dyer
was one of the most popular members of the
Potomac Club, and he will make a decided ac-
The handsome face of ''Prince" Doughertv, of
the Potomac Athletics adorns outing this month
Lieut.. Kennedy, of the Analostans, is still
anxious to see his club jump to Athletics.
The prominent candidates for the positions
of governors in the Potomac A. G. are Messrs.
Walter Doxson, George Fague, and Carlisle
Whiting.
1t is understood that quite a number of Poto-
macs will join the Columbias, notably j. S.
Dyer and Messrs. II. w. Elmore, w. Il. Rev.
nolds, John Rhinehardt and Harry Selden.
letic Club yesterday: ''Yes, there is some dis
satisfaction existing in the organization, owing
to general lack of interest in affairs, but for
all that the good old club will thrive and will
come out next season stronger than ever. There
is plenty of life in the club yet, despite those
deserting us.n
The athletes have already commenced to ar
rive, the first to make their appearance being
=. j. Berlo, the speedy bcyclist of Boston,
Mass, and member of the Manhattan Athletic
Club of New York. He is accompanied by his
trainer, Mr. w. D. Corcoran. The other arrival
was Esler, the quarter-me runner of the Man
hattans. From now on nearly every train will
bring in the athletes.
The New York papers are deyoting columns
to the discussion of the recent protest entered
by the Manhattan Athletic Club at the Canadian
games against D.. s. Mitchell, the hammer
thrower of the New York Athletic Club. The
latter club now say they will retaate at the
by entering vigorous protest against Queck-
berner, of the Manhattans, as professional. 1t
will be remembered that THE HERALD recently
took occasion to call attention to the queer