Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-05-14

sociation has the park
at 18th and U streets in
fair condition. The
track has been entirely rcmodeled and has been
made very nearly oval, the turns having a
radius of 100 feet and well banked the average
width is "a feet, and on the hundred straight
way to finish Is feet inches. It is a little
short of quarter milo around, and top
dressed with fine quality of clay. number
of the leading wheelmen of the District have
| tried it, expressing themselves agreeably sur
| prised at the results obtained and several at
| once took out memberships in the association in
| order to have free access to the track.
| The base bali diamond has been scraped and
| rolled and is kept i'll excellent shape. 1t is
| seldom allowed to remain idle long for want of
| players. Two new dumps" have been laid out
for broad and high jumping and pole yaulting
Rings have been set and a place prepared for
hammer throwing. putting the shot and the
heavy weights. Fifty feet more ground have
| been secured on the west end, which is being
graded and fenced for tennis courts. Quot
grounds have also been laid out between the
track and the north fence.
Pulley weights have been put ND in one of
! the rooms under the grand stand and pair of
parallel bars will also be transferred for the
| summer from the gymnasium. Five hundred
new chairs have been added to the grand stand.
A new dressing room has been built. having
forty-six additional lockers. The shower baths.
stationary wash bowls and closets have all been
put in good order, and the park is now under
| the supervision of Dave Toler. who was for
two years on the island with Tommy O'Neil,
which speaks for his ability to keep things in
good shape.
An interesting and busy season has been
planned and has already opened auspiciously by
the base ball nine winning games from the
knowledged leaders of the District, furnishing
quite surprise for each of the clubs. The
public may rest assured that the men under
Manager Lewis and Capt. Fuller will put up
good game and make it interesting for the clubs
who come in contact with them this season.
The second nine has also won several games and
from indications in general practice there ap-
pears to be material for one or two more Just as
good.
THE Y.M.c.A. ATHLETES.
The track and field men have so recently
begun work that little has been said of them.
and some are under the impression that the as
ISOLATION is lacking in material for medal win
ners In this line. 1t is true. they will miss
Harry Harding. but an eye should be kept on
his brother Clare, who is likely to give the i'm
preston that the gap is in fair way to be
| filled. Then there is Quackenbush who wears
the championship medal of the District. and is
| good almost anywhere he is placed. whether it
| is the 100-yards dash, pole vault. running broad
jump or elsewhere. Rose, lately of the High
| school, is hard worker on general work and
seldom fails to get medal. Middle5rook is
| always in it to the end. and is one of the best
| all-round men,. Friederichs and Parry are the
| productions of last year und will make q good
| showing. Rex NJ. Smith. who has been gen.
| eral favorite although he does no. enter into
/ many contests will have some Of the gold medals
| in more conspicuous place than his eye.
| Townsend has a lame foot and may not be able
/ TO work for awhile. He will be missed Lewis
the m ma of the hall 10 a
| runner and is able to push the leaders. Hanna
and Prentiss are getting in form, while Harry
| Green and Gould are working for the pole vault
Quite number of dark horses are keeping
Prof. Sims busy. Day and Clarke, with others,
will represent the hammer and weight contin-
| gent Harry Ward. W. I. Robertson. Huck and
Fred Sims are working away with the pedals,
while Others are coming in.
THE CLUB EMBLEM AND BUTTON.
Two things have had a tendency to establish
| club pride among the members-the new en-
| blem, the ''red Triangle" and the club button
The emblem is not a haphaZard choice. but rep
| resents the scope of association work-spiritual
mental, physical-tbe first being the base or
| foundation upon which the other two rest and
| for which they exist; the three thus Joined to-
| gether work toward a perfect manhood, this
being the object and aim of the association
All OF the fellows have an enthusiastic desire to
| keep the ''red triangle to the front and will
| work to accomplish it.
THE PENrATHLoN SYSTEM.
Beginning with June monthly contests are to
be held at the park for members and records
kept under the ''pentathlon" system, this being
a method especially adapted to develop all
round work, and at the close of the season medals
| will be given to those having the best records
and the contests bid fair to be full of excite
ment and keep up the interest throughout the
| season.
1t may be interesting to read description of
| the new system with the unique title '.Pentath-
Ion" There are five events included in it-1OO-
| yard run, throwing 12-pound hammer, running
high jump, pole vault and one-mile run. The
| method of scoring is on the basis of 100 points
| In the 10O-yards run the first score is 10 at
| IL % seconds and each Is lower down to 10 2-5
| seconds increases the score to 100 points
Throwing the l2-pound hammer begins to score
| at 90 feet inches, with one point, and point
| is added with every six-inch increase up to 100
| In the running high jump the first point il
| given at feet ~ inches and each quarter inch
| scores another point until at feet inches the
100 is reached. The pole vault is counted l
at feet 1919 inches, and point is secured by
adding - inch to the record until at 10 feet the
| score is another century.
The long-distance runner scores his first point
] for one mile when he covers the distance In six
| minutes and SO seconds. Reducing the time one
| second adds point until 100 is reached at five
/ minutes. Rules and scoring tables are kept on
| hand SO that each one may acquaint himself
| thoroughly with the method, and as is likely
| among the Y. NJ. c. A. members the hundred
points will be frequently passed, the same pro-
| portion is maintained above as below. The
excellence of the plan isthe development Of all
round men, and making it worth while for those
who may not be SO proficient 20 secure q place.
Foot ball is frequently topic of conversation
among the members, and there is some pror,is-
ing material among the new members. The in
tention is to have the field sodded in the early
fall and the association will have q strong team
| to represent them the coming season.
OPEN HANDICAP GAMES.
The principal topic Of interest at present is
open handicap games for the Atlantic division
Of the A. A. u, which embraces the territory
south of New York city and as far west as Pitts
burg. The Y. NJ. G. A. is the first in the field
(for this vicinity this season, the date being
Saturday, the 21st instant. It is almos. too
early to state with certainty the names Of the
athletes who viii compete, but invitations and
entry blanks have been sent to all of the clubs
in the Atlantic division, besides colleges and
others not in the A. A. o., many of whom were
in their games last fall, and al the medals are
| the finest that have yet been given there will
undoubtedly be big crowd of competitors and
close, exciting time. The grounds are easy
OF access and the admission has been placed at
popular prices.
Gold and silver medals will be given to first
| f. u ~RS a