Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-17

ing up Its grounds and is preparing for .
! good season. The outdoor trainer, Davy
Sheehan, will 20 to work with the boys
this week, aad keep the sprinters going, in
| the hope of winning better share Of prizes
| than in previous intercollegiate tourna-
ments He will have quite number of
young men on his hands, as the athletic
spirit in the University is wide awake.
The news from the other colleges in the
association is similar to that of the W. q.
P, and as q result the annual field day
promises to be decidedly lively. It is not
yet decided in which park it will be held,
nor has the programme been fully arranged.
The committee which has it in charge prom
ises 6rst-class series of events.
Athletic Meetin. In the West End.
A comparatively new addition to the field
of indoor amateur athletes is the West End
Gymnastic Club. A meeting will be held
in the clubhouse on West Carson street
next Saturday evening The club wants to
get up the interest in order that an in
structor may be secured. The lease on the
present quarters runs three years longer
and If that cannot be renewed other
property will then be secured and o new
clubhouse built
in the entertainment to be given by the
West End, club Saturday evening. The pro-
gramme will be:
Glass of East .Enders on horizontal bar;
club swinging by H. G. Fry, JE; contortion
and tumbling by Close Lang and Morris;
tug-of-war, West End Gyms, married men
against single men; wrestling, members of
the West End club; class on parallel bars,
East End Gyms; high kicking, members OF
both clubs; club swinging. West Enders;
tug-of-war, East vs. West Enders; wrestling
and boxing by West End Gyms.
The Keystone Bicyc'e Club.
The Keystone Bicycle Club Will hold a
meeting Monday evening, when the plans
for the new clubhouse will be submitted.
The plans will have to be somewhat changed
before the contract for the building can be
let.
The keystone club is one of the Oldest in
the country, being the thirteenth to Join the
L. A. w. 1t was organized about IL years
ago, when bicycling was in its infancy.
Nothing bnt the high wheel was used then,
and there has been perfect revolution in
wheeling since the club has been In
existence
At present high wheels are in bad odor,
more with the public than with the riders
however. As an illustration, q few davs
ago local rider sold his high wheel for S25,
which q year or so ago would have been
WORM $SV or t1UU Il don't dislike the
wheel, he said, "but when I ride along the
street the people laugh at me as sort of
freak. As a result must have safety, no
matter if am compelled to dispose Of the
high one for Q song"
A New Association In wiIkinsburs.
Williamsburg is the home of new and
quite lively athletic association. 1t has
purchased first-class park, and already
ptr 10 afa faI k1- Il T. IL
finest in Western Pennsylvania A base
ball team is one of the features. 1t is fully
equipped and ready for business with the
other amateur organizations.
The Williamsburg Athletic Association
(that is the clubs. name) will make quite
feature Of lawn tennis and football, as we'll
as baseball The park is in the best part of
the town and easy of access 1t occupies an
entire square of good level ground, which
can easily be transformed into a frst-class
athletic park. The association is in the
shape OF q stock company