Morning journal and courier., 1891-01-23
a FonmEn YALEATHLEr

Man Seventy Years Old Challenges |
the World - Students Demand an
Injunction-Work. on the Gymna-
SUM Harvard,s New Bowling
Club-Candidates For the Nine
other College Notes.
The Yale oarsman of to-day is a man
of remarkable athletic development and
how could he be otherwise with such a
long line of brawny giants preceding him.
The first commodore of the Yale navy
was the Hon. w. J. Weeks, who gradu-
ated in the class of 1910. He is now over
seventy years of age but apparently more
vigorous now than many whose names
appear in the 189O-91 catalogue of the
university, The following novel and ex-
traordinary- challenge appeared in re-
cent issue of the Port jefferson Times,
Long Island, and will without doubt be
of interest to all those interested in Yale
athletics: -,es
The undersigned being about seventy years Of
age, hereby challenges any person of the same
age, or upwards, to compete with him in skating
rods w @
challenges any person in the world, irrespective
Of age, to compete with him in delineating on
in forming the name Of any person, place or
thing or any sentence in the English Language n
YAPHANK, January 81, 1891.
An amusing little episode occurred at the
police station few nights since in which
number of college men figured as inter
ested parties. A party of about six started
out for a pleasant evening, which grew
continually in mirthfulness until past mid
night. Two of them went up to a dance
in Turn hall, and the others making the
attempt little later were for some reason
or other not admitted. They formed the
opinion that this was done in order that
their companions inside might have nc
further protection, and they had serious
feelings Of alarm for their safety. So. to
do all they could, the party, or what was
left of it, on the outside of the hall re.
paired to the station to lay bare their
troubles to the sympathy of Lieutenant
Wrinn. This was done, accompanied with
a petition to put an injunction on the
dance and body guard of the police tc
assist in the search for the stragglers. The
lieutenant patiently heard their tale Of
woe and advised them to go home to bed
assuring them the students Gagged in the
hall would come to no grief.
Although the present winter has mo-
been as favorable for building operations
as for several years past, the work on thu
new Yale gymnasium has been pushed
| along until now the structure is up to the
second story. 1t is believed that the build
ing will be completed by the first of mex
| spring.
A new athletic club has just been start
ed at Harvard, the Ten-pins club. TIL
charter members are prominent Mot
Haven men. Matches will be played will
the leading bowling clubs around Boston
The candidates for the University min
will go into active training tomorrow
They number thirty in all. The men VIII
| played on the nine last year aud who viii
begin training on Saturday, are as follows
w. F. Poole, jr., 81, g. Calhoun 81 leap
tain), T. L. McClung '92, L. S. Owsley g
S., w. H. Murphy '93, H. w. Gushing 81, N
McClintock '91, H. O. Bowers '92, H. 7
Jackson '92 S. The following new me-
will also try for positions on the nine: Ken
zie 1913 S., Stewart '94, George '94, Thomp
son '93 S., Case '94, Richie '94, c. q
Ewing '93, Hackett 1913, w. McClintoc
'9I, Heffelfnger 81 S., F. Huntingto
81: Meyers L. 81 81 Lewis L; s., wylie ], I
S., Lowell '92, Beach '9S S., Newell 'ss
The men who will be tried for pitcher
position are Case, Wylie, Bowers, Stewar
J. Evans, Hatch, Ridgeway, Crawford
Warner and Finlay
The annual dinner of the New Yor
Yale Alumni association will be held {
Delmonicos this evening at $50 o'clock.
Among those who will respond
toasts are: ''Yale University" Preside1
Timothy Dwight; princeton University
James w. Alexander; Harvard Unive
sity," Edward King; Columbia College
President Seth Low. Professor ArthI
Hadley and Isaac Bromley will also r
spond to toasts yet to be selecte'
, Chauncey NJ. Depew will preside.