The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1891-10-04

clnb to get out one OF the best football teams
ever seen in this section. The football inter
est OF the North is greater this year than ever
before, and 1t would be pity II the G. A. c.
allowed their team to go to pieces.
Prank Butterworth, the clever half back of
the Columbia Athletics, will enter Yale
College this season. He will be missed from
the football team of the c. A. c.
The Y. NJ. G. A. football contingent will be
captained by Lewis, who last season played
on the c. A. c., and such men as Harding
and Townsend will be the half backs. They
have fine material for great rush line.
The regatta of the Analostan Boat Club took
place on Thursday evening in front of their
pretty club house. The events were
carried out in fine style. There was
large crowd on the water. Dancing followed
at the club house
The Potomac Athletics did not forget their
faithful old janitor, Captain Ball Brumely, for
at the finish or the regatta on Wednesday,
Captain Zappone presented him In behalf of
the members, with pocketbook containing a
nice roll of bills.
The Potomac Athletics will devote their
time for the fall and winter season to sparring,
wrestling, and fencing. Now that DR.. Won
Lindgren has returned from Norway, q lively
interest will be taken In the affairs. A large
open competition entertainment will be given
during the winter.
The members of the Neptune Club that
came over from Baltimore to attend the c. A.
G. games were royalty feasted In manner
fitting the ''bue line" by the Neptune annex
of this city. They passed Sunday here and
one of the incidents OF the day was a trip up
the canal to the Falls.
The CornellCollege faculty sent pressing in
vitation to the Columbia Athletic Club to parti-
cipate in their regatta the 10th of this month.
The Cornell boys were so eager to have them
come that they offered to pay their fare and
furnish them with boat. The c. A. G. were
regretfully compelled to decline.
The Young Mems Christian Association are
to be congratulated for the success of their
fall games on Thursday last. The handicap
was complained of considerably Dodge's
running and Dashield's vaulting were star
performances, while Chichester, Rainier,
Huyck, Rose, Hough, Prentice, and Quacken-
bush did good work
Captain Paul Boyton and his famous rowing
''roadster" are In town. His machine attracts
attention. He says this is the greatest place for
bicycling he has ever struck, and regrets that
he will have to leave the city. He and com
panion will visit Analostau island to-day at
O'Clock and give an exhibition before members
of the Columbia Athletic Club.
At the games of the Y. M. C. A. on Thurs.
day the event of day was the sprinting race
of 440 yards. Dodge was scratch
man, and the leading man had .thirty-fve
yards start Dodge held his own until coming
into the home stretch, when, by one Of the
greatest bursts of speed ever seen on track
he came through the field and won hard race
by only two feet. Hough was second. Dodge
has only been running four months, but in
that time he has won eleven priZes
Interest in football is looking UP and there
is promise of very lively season. A District
football league will be formed with the
G. A. c., Georgetown University, Kendall Col
lege, P. A. c., and the Y. M. G. A. as mem
bers. A regular schedule of games will be ar
ranged and steps will be taken to bring Primo
ton, Lehigh, Lafayette, Swarthmore, and the
University of Virginia elevens here. Mr..
Charles Wilson will manage, and Mr.. Bob
Church will coach the c. a. C. team, among
whom will be Rainer, Welsh, Wade. Wells,
Harlan, Crist, Veasey, Burrows, Emery, King,
and Others. Georgetown has about thirty
men in view; the p. A. C's. have Mccoy,
Blair, Smithson, Brace, Young, Finckel; the
Kendalls, Taylor, Devine, Odom, Hall, and the
7. M. G. A., Lewis, Catlen, Clark, Townsend,
Parry, and others.