The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1890-09-09
THE GREAT ATHLETIc MELT.


mess for the Event.
Analostan Island, where the Columbia
Athletic Club will entertain contestants
for honors at the annual meeting next
month of the Amateur Athletic Union, is
being put in order for this event. All
the work is being done under the super
vision of the Championship COMMITTEES,
which is composed Of Howard Perry, sec
rotary of the Columbia Athletic Club,
who is also chairman of the committee;
H. Mcmillan, president of the Am ateur
Athletic Union; j. E. Sullivan, of the
Sporting Times and New Jersey Athletic
Club; W. B. Curtis, of Wilkes' Spirit and
the New York Athletic Club; G. ". Carr,
of the Manhattan Athletic Club; +. w.
Jansen, of the Staten Island Athletic
Club; and William B. Hibps, Samuel w.
Stinemetz and Alexander Grant, of the
Columbia Athletic Club.
There are ninety acres in the tract OF
and which is the property of the Column
bias. and Trackmaster Thomas O'Neiu
has been untiring in his efforts to make
the turf perfect for the athletes. How
well he has succeeded is evinced by the
fact that members of the Executive Com
mittee of the union who nave visited
1.-THE Island" pronounce the track second
to M in this country.
Besides being easy of access and not
more than half an hours ride from the
centre OF the National Capital, the CO.
lumbia's headquarters command a view
which is unsurpassed for picturesque
and natural beauties. LAYING the banks
of the island are the waters of the his
toric Potomac River, and on the north
can be seen Georgetown and the cele-
brated Catholic university which bears
its NAME, while westward IS the graceful
structure spanning the river n known
as the Aqueduct Bridge. This brid ge
joins the States of Maryland and Vir-
ginia, and stretching away southwardly
from the island is Arlington Cemetery.
the former residence of General Robert
e. Lee, but now consecrated as the last
re~sting-place of thousands of Union SOL
dierS. 10 the east the magnificent dome
of the Capitol greets the eye of the be-
holder, and the eastern branch of the
Potomac appears lika a silver thread in
the distance.
1t is amid such surroundings that the
amateur athletes of the United States will
meet to contest for the supremacy in
October. and within a week it will be set
tied who will represent the Columbia
Athletic Club. Warner Crossley is busily
engaged with a corps of ambitious aspir-
ants for athletic honors, and he will be
the sole judge who is fit to compete.
There vas surprise in store for the ath-
letes in this vicinity when Sam King and
Dickinson, the recognized champion
sprinters of this section, were compelled
to yield the palm to w. B.. Chichester at
the Rockville fair. He was first to breast
the tape at 100 yards in 1871 seconds, and
proved himself in every sense a capable
n thorough athlete. Chichester is a
young gentleman farmer, and resides at
Sandy Spring, a short distance from
Washington, and has hitherto confined
his operations to county fairs. Now,
however, he is to come out among the
amateurs at the ensuing meeting on An
alostan Island. his application for men,
bership in the Columbia Athletic Club
having been filed several weeks age.
Secretary Terry has adopted a unique
and at the same time convenient plan for
keeping the members of the various
athletic organizations together by erect
ing tents and stalking off an abundance of
territory on the island. For instance,
from the peak of the tent allotted to tn e
Manhattan Athletic Club will be display
ed the colOrS OF that organization, and its
members can be rallied very easily. All
the clubs will be similarly provided for,
these accommodations being in addition
to the regular club house and tent for
rubbing purposes, where the amateurs
| will be put in condition.
Owing to the number of hackers in the
boat house of the Columbia Athletic Club.
and which is located opposite the Island,
there will be no scarcity of conveniences
for storing away clothing and other arti-
cles, and the Columbus will be given an
opportunity to show anew the hospitality
for which they are famous throughout
the United States. Arrangements have
also been perfected with the railroad
companies and hotels by which reduced
rates have been secured for visitors to the
meeting. and in fact every detail has
been looked after that can possibly con-
duce TO the comfort of the hosts ex-
pected be be present. Washington ID.
CO. Post.
A Chance for Cal.
A dispatch from Pittsburg, p, says
A party of twenty-five young men will
put up a purse of 81, 900 for either Cal Nc