Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-10-11
BRAWNY AND SPEEDY.
Athletes Who Contest on Analostan
Island Today.
THE ATHLETIC UNION MEET.
Record Breakers FrOm New York-Bos-
ton Eiyers - WoIverfne Represents.
siyes-Ths Hoae Csnttngsas-A Gala
Day on the Island.

AS lar a. can be reliably
aseertained-to the eye Of
an athlete. 1t holds the bss,
talent of America, IL con-
tains one of the most en-
tbusiastic crowds that ever
gathered In Washington to witness the feats of
human skill The Columbia Club is doing
Itself proud In the manner of receiving the
visiting athletes and in the way in which the
island has been arranged to accommodate the
games. At no time in its history has this local
organisation been 50 prominent in athletic cir
sies. and although its men are not hopeful of
capturing many, if any, prizes, the showing
they are making is very creditable indeed.
Washington is to be congratulated upon the
opportunity of seeing such sport as is going on
across the river, and it is to be hoped that the
example thus set of the heights to which man
can develop himself will prove healthy stim-
illus to the ambition of the local aspirants for
honors on the track and field, SO that the next
time that the championship games Of the Al
Z. are held on Analostan Island, which it is not
at all improbable will not be very far off, the
Washington athletes will demand and receive
recognition as being in the first class of medal
winners
FROM EVERYWHERE.
There are competitors for honors here from
almost everywhere, but the majority Of the
people who take part in the games are from
New York, which is doubtless the most enthu-
siassic city on the continent, having no less
than sixteen regularly organized clubs in the
metropolis alone Most of these clubs are well
established. having been in organization for
some years. while a few are recent entries on
the field. An example of this is to be found in
the Potomac Club Of this city, which, though it
has been in the field of general athletics for
about couple of years, has only been q men,
Der Of the A. U. for a few months.
CLUBS AND THEIR DEVICES.
The clubs have exercised wide diversity Of
taste in the selection Of emblematic devices to
signify their character and location, and, as
these emblems are often the only means Of
identifying their wearers with their clubs, a
few Of the most important have been repro
duced and are used as the initial letters of
some of the following short articles descriptive
OF the men who are taking part IN the games
The one at the head of this introduction is that
OF the Acorn Club of Brooklyn. The large '.R''
to be found elsewhere on this page belongs to
the Ridgefeld Club of Albany, while the
unique M" further down the columns is the
device of the Yonkers Club.
BELOW Will be found a few sketches intended
to give the readers of The STAR an idea of
what manner of men the athletes composing
the union happen to be. The examples chosen
are thoroughly representative, and show the
men, except in a few cases, in their athletic
costumes. For invaluable aid rendered in the
collection and preparation of the information
and portraits that appear here and have APP
peared elsewhere in these articles the thanks
OF The STAR are due to Messrs J. E. sullivan,
MAG: F. W. Jansen. STAG F. A. Ware
MAC; H. E. Cornish, B.AA.; F. W. Eddy d.
A-C.; George W Carr, MAC; W. B. Curtis
N.YAC.; Walter G.. Schuyler, N.Y.AC;
Bailey, Banks Biddle. Philadelphia; Harry
u. MILAN, A.C.S.N., and Howard Perry and s.
II. Stinemetz. GAG