Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-10-15

viii fnd IL a little more dificuit than heretofore
10 gain points In the open events. The gym
nssium Is the great attraction now and each az
ternoon and evening sees a good number In The
classes going through the drill under ln-tructor
Crosslev.
Scwcl. ore % the best aIl-around athlete.
and cymnasts in the city. l. doing some good
work in the gym" and adding 60 his already
large array Of difficult icais and trick.
The fact that Gary ?. Spencer o, this club
made snch an excellent showing at the A AU
championship this month has turned tho evcs
Q; our northern and western friends in The A
a. L. toward this CITY. and nov they wonder
what We arc going to do next. Well. IL H. plain
TO see that having run Luther Cary Glenn "a
his feet in the 220-yard run, and coming so
close on Jewctt the winner. tina, hoop would
nave covered them. and taking the cxccllcnt
care OF himself that he docs Mr.. Spence of the
{: \ G viii neat year hold the championship
Of the 4. 4. L
This club has other men coming M that may
vet surprise some Of Us. Keep your eve N
Robert Dodge be has not vet done his best 100
YARDS The opcn fall games Of the club were a
success and while outside talent did no, ma
terialize IN such large nunbc.. as the Column
bias had a right Co expect vet /, was a auccr-.
nevertheless. IL showed larse array ~ local
talent. all good material 10 work ON. and more
than anything else showed that our Young men
are showing an increase II interest that cannot
be ANYTHING else than gratifying 20 those who
mountaineering 20 promote athletics here.
One OF the great attractions OF the Colum-
bias fall games Condor :he great hammer
thrower Of the Warren Athletic Clab. lie
held the champ iouship IN throwing the three
weights. eight twelve and siNtccn-pound harm
mers, and on Analostan Island broke his own
record IL each event by an average 81 -four
feet lie l. a splendidy builg man and not
very heavy. The pecuharitv nbout his throw
ing IL that he does IL all with the right arm. ne
using the left arm 10 balance himself with m.
thus avoids what, he contends. is an unnatural
use of the left arm. encirciing the hammer
around his head.
The Detroit Athletic Club hall team. which
played a series OF games here with the Y. NJ g
A. team, made many friends not only Nv thair
style Of playing. but by their general Michigan
way Of carrying themselves. What with send
ing some of the fastest four-oarcd crews To the
east and then sending the fastest aprIntcr aud
the champion ball team and the champion pole
vaulter. IL would seem that Michigan had Q
mortgage on everything fast Certainly in
sending all Of the above the Detroit Athletic
Club has done herself proud.
CARROLL INSTITUTE.
The new club house Of the Carroll Institute IL
nearing completion, and the member M, euK-
iously looking forward 20 the time when they
may take Possession of their new quarters. none
the least attractive Of which will be the C,mnn-
SUM. the arrangement aud appointment %
which viii be second 90 none here, and hay wing
IN ITS ranks many enthusiastic members who
sec the pleasure and benefit in athletics the as-
sociatlon will no doubt make itself felt in the
athletic arena in another year. That there is
room for another such organization there IL no
doubt, and under the capable management that
IL has the Carroll Institutes cannot do other
Wise Than succeed. OSCAR L. SCHMIDT.