Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-03-11

terms OF the verv cOrdlai welcome and Inc I'D
eral entertainment received at the hands Of the
G. A. c. members.
Ladies' day passed off very pleasantly and the
large number Of the clubs friends thoroughly
enjoyed the innovation Of having informal
dance instead Of the usual fixed program The
failure 20 secure all the talent necessary for a
successful musicale the cause Of the drop
ping that feature.
Tonight the gym. will no doubt be crowded
to witness the athletic and spsrriug exhibition.
In the high jump! iIOugh, NcElhoue, Gregg and
Guy Davis will take part HOughs record for
standing high jump is feet inches. On the
horizontal and on the parallel bar Sewall. Ross,
Balm, Crossley. Hough and Howard Lee will do
SOM good work, and Instructor Cro-sley will
do some novel turns on the flying trapeze.
There will be -psrring between Bobby Elder
and Nebeker. son OF the United States treas
urer. Also between Oscar Carter and o 1earv
McNahon and Gowan. Three wrestling bouts
are on the card and some very clever foil work
Il promised by Profs. Hentz and Harmon.
Cards are at the club for members.
On next Saturday night the special spar
rIng contests BIZ outside talent will take place.
and it promises TO be a card full of first-class
sparring by cracks in their classes from
Philadelphia. Wilmington and Baltimore. Ii
was found impossible to hold the events on any
other evening than Saturday. for the reason
that the contestants insisted upon that dav.
In addition to those already publis he'd in The
STAR. Gehring Of the Neptunes OF Baltimore
and very clever one he 10. too. will meet
Meany. unattached. OF this city. and II will be
a very lively go Wanne=etsh has found it
impossible come. Altogether it will be one
OF the very best evenings of sparring ever held
here.
The ninepin tournament il drawing ont a
large number Of IOokers-on and the interest 10
steadily growing.
Frank sherman, a pool expert. is away at
tending the pool tournament at syracuse.
The entrirs in the billiard and whist tourna-
ments are coming in and the several contests
Wi! be full Of interest TO the devotees of the
spective games.
March 80. as well as the club house, has been
given M BY the C. A. C. to the Princeton
In the gym. beginning at o'clock. Exercises
will be given on the horizontal and parallel
bars. fying trapeze, the rings. German horse,
tumbling and pyramid buiiding.
The exhibition is to be held under the
patronage Of a number of prominent society
leaders here and il is quite possible that Mrs.
Cleveland will lend her name ami presence upon
this occasion. The cards of admission will be
9 and the receipts will be for the benefit of the
Princeton athletic fund The decorations viii
be unique and The black and orange" will pre-
dominate.
Sewen Sebeksr IA considered one Of Prof.
North's most promising pupils, and his style
OF boxing - very easy and graceful. vet effect
i've. Re will be a good one in the 125-pound
class next season. He will appear tonight in
bout with Bobby Elder
TIE DISTRICT EASE BALL LEAGUE
meeting Of the District Amateur Base Ball
League has been called for next Tuesday by
Chairman Howard Perry.
r. N. C. A. ATHLrrIcs
There were many visitors to the T. NJ C A.
during the inaugural week and he was the ex-
eep;iou who did not express surprise at the
crowded condition OF affairs and at the same
time the visitors joined with the local men in
bernoaning The great LACK of local pride and en-
terprise.
The average number Of new members who
are enrolled every month is forty, and il can
readily be seen that there is not enough room
for both old and new. The number who leave
each month by no means Offsets the number
that comes in, and. to q large extent, much OF
the new material finds its way into the gym.
The exhibition to be given on the 22d instan.
By the adult classes promises 10 be Of the
be:' ever held here, certainly the men are prac-
ticiug hard eaough for it.
Mr.. Joe Koran. one of the cIeverest Cvm-
nasts here. will have charge OF one OF the
special features Of the exhibit. besides doing
his own work a. lumber. James Nelson and
an unknown will gise an exhibition of fencing
Fred DOYLE and ". p. Ferguson will do the
club swinging. and in addition TO their splendid
general work thew will present some novelties
In addition 10 these there will also be the usual
WORK on the bars. rings and German
horse, &c, besides some good wrest-
lag. The mems exhibition was postponed
70 the 22d, because the bows class has
i's exh biion on the 18th instead OF sth. which
latter date was somehow sidetracked. Jone.
srd OHagan are doing we'll in the gym and
a. they are apt and practice hard there is every
reason to believe that they will at an early day
become firsi-class leaders.
n u Irott and l. s. Akers are showing
m1rssd Improvement in general bar work
The association Is fortunate in having some
OF the best Wrestling material in the citv. and
IN open competition wrestling catch az each
can there Is No doab. that il could make the
beat OF them hustle. In this line of exercise
there are DIR. Johnson. DIR. Cockerili, Johnson.
AethesEcv. Harder and PurIaan.
Ureen hay ana! Hirst;on are doing some nes;
worA on the bar and they viii no doub; SIR
Prise some Of the spectators with certain daring
tricks they are learning. Speiden and Herbert
are also doing well Aturan,aa and AeIac do a
neat turn with the foils.
CHAMPION MP BANNER.
The banner for winning the base ball cham
pionship of The Atlantic division of the A. A.
T. has arrived AID will b, formally p-eseateil
TO the ASSOCIATION on the evening OF the mems
exhibition II IA a beautiful piece OF WORK and
the men are proud OF 1t; and il i. vhI.uers,I
about thai the ball team Nil be satisfied with
nothiag less than another championship banner
this year $50 mote 1t be-"
CARROLL INSTITUTE ArFLErICs
IL would be hard to tell which one O. the
features he'd out as pa-; Of the makeup
Of the Carroll Institute has contributed mos
largely IN its success. Its various adi.uc:s O,
night school. library, athletics and so on
are all lii prosperous condition, and vhilt
The mrs; object may be 20 aid younS men
In al eduea tIJa.,l and religion, wav Vet IN,
fact rsnlaIEs that the athletic department las
draE IA 10 lie lis ute man. o. The men TINT
are now IN u. do no. iEcIat:e Tie taea WHO
nave contributed - uiaay years and wnO never
come near II. bu. refer e. pec.aIiy - The Young
nsa, ~hO It. thi- age o. athletics feel the Gssirr
70 be assoriated with some athletic orcauiZa-
S0n and Join TIER preference and so from a
h-Ge number i h-;e a ked about the matte,
nearly every one tells me ths: be Joined Tor Tie
sfhietcs hrst. and tact that he, I.eyv bpIr
would have a mOCOrn gymnasium and bovine
eliofs, anu so on, has 10 s large extent increased
the membership.
lhat the institute has in its rnembershi-
many members unsteady i..c lined can he seen
heato an night IN the concert hall of the
insu.ute "hen the Choral society with abort
!Vo voices. mae and female :, having n re-
hsarsai OF siahst Mater and PART of . :ia y
vnich Will be presented at Istze rott's Rail a.,
81 Patrieks nlghi Tor the benefit OF one of ths
orphan asyiums here. Prof Mama l. the al
rector OF the Choral Society and the cho-T,s IA |,
strong and we'll balanced one
Asurice joyce, late of the W l. I A,bio,;..