The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-07

probability be able to hold its own against any
team In America, as they have enrolled in their
ranks more graduates of colleges who have
been foot-ballists than any other organization
in the East They therefore will have little
trouble in getting team.
The club house of the Potomac Athletic Club.
the one erected on the athletic grounds, was
broken open early last week and all the sport
ing goods stolen. The thieves took every arti-
Gle used in base ball masks, bats, balls, bases,
score book, catchers gloves and chest pro-
tectors-but showed lack of good training by
leaving behind all the tennis material The
affair has been placed in the hands of de-
tectives, and it is very likely that the burglar
or burglars will be caught.
The Columbia Club has Just issued neat
handbook OF over hundred pages. The book
contains the names of the officers of the club,
members of the various committees, plan for
organization, constitution, certificate of incor-
poration, rules and complete roster of men,
bers.
The Columbia eight has gone out of training
until next spring: The juniors will be put
through course of training on the machines in
the gymnasium during the winter.
Secretary Perry, of the Columbia Athletic
Club, estimates that2 900 athletes will be present
at the coming meeting of the A. A u. here, and
bases his results on this reckoning: The New
York and the Manhattan Athletic clubs, about
three hundred members each. There will prob
ably be five hundred more from the minor ath-
letic clubs in the vicinity of New York, as the
New Jerseys and Staten Islands; Philadelphia
between three hundred and five hundred: Will
mington, so; Baltimore, $50; Boston, 80; Detroit,
25, and st. Louis, 10.
The fall sports of the Columbia Athletic
Club will be held on Analostan Island Thurs
day, September II, at p M. The games will
consist of twelve events-100-yard dash, 22O-
yard dash, 440-yard dash, haf-mile run, 22O-
yard hurdle race, standing broad jump, running
broad jump, running high jump, pole vault,
throwing 16-pound hammer, putting 16-pound
shot, and one-mile safety bicycle heat race; best
two in three. The sports promise to be unusu-
ally interesting, owing to the large number of
men in training and the excellent condition Of
the grounds. Entries will close Monday, Sep
tember 8. Appropriate medals will be given to
those securing first and second places.
Foot ball will probably be the absorbing in
terest at the Columbia Club this fall A hard
working and enthusiastic committee has been
appointed, consisting of Grant Burroughs, w.
ii. Welsh, Jr., and r. w. Lee, and they are
putting forth their best efforts to secure a team
which will reflect creditably upon the club. At
meeting of the committee held last Wednes-
Charles II. Boynton is temporarily to have
charge of the team upon the field. Regular
practice games will be begun as soon as the
weather moderates sufficiently. In the mean
time practice in passing, kicking, and other
rudiments of the game will take place. Man
ager Lee has secured big card for Thanksgiv-
ing Day in arranging a game with the we'll
known Lehigh University team, which made
such an excellent record last fall. The
University of Virginia will probably play in
Washington on the 14th of November