Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-26
GENERAL ATHLETICS
What is Being Done by the Different
LocalClubs.
EXHIBITIONS YET TO TAKE PLACE
Preparations for Outdoor Sports
Being Made.
GREAT ACTIVITY DISPLAYED

ably vanish into thin air when the last ex-
hibition of the winters work is given by
the athletic clubs and people Of the city
Until that time, however, the clubs yet to
give their shows will remain at work, so
that they may turn out something as
nearly perfect as possible. The exhibition
planned by the men of muscle Of the Wash
ington Light Infantry is yet in an embryo
state. 1t was first thought to have it to-
ward the beginning of March, but there
is something en at the armory all the time
until after the middle of the month and
there will be no chance to get in any final
practice. Those who are working up for it
have been put off and put off until they are
beginning to feel weary, and if, after all,
they succeed in bringing forth a show, they
VIII deserve just that much more credit
Tor their efforts. with compound interest
ON the time they have been kept waiting.
The Carroll Institute.
The big exhibition of the Carroll Instf-
tute. which the athletic instructor, Profess
SCR Maurice A. Joyce, has been working up
with enthusiasm and downright harl work
will come off on Friday evening March D
and will be the result of a good winters
work and some increasing practice by the
participants for the past few weeks The
program, although not vet entirely manned
out will include plenty that is new and taxi
ing, together with other things which have
grown to be old friends, but will be put on
in new dress. and will be quite as pleas
ing as IL they were feats and acts inst in
vented. There will be the regular classified
exercises OF the Junior class including a
dumb bell drill, wand drill German horse
vaultins bar, pole drill, and other exercises
by Hickey. Locrafr, Tillman Komaine
Wood, Donohough, j. and NJ. Kane Horne
McCarty, May, Devereaux, Cox the Kett-
Ter brothers, spot;swood, ScEelley. Barrel
and j. Leo Cassin, a member of the Junior
class. who came in for many good words
a; the show of the Columbia Athletic Club
There will be wrestling by Lee aud
Schafhirtc club swinging by Horne and MUIR
phy, a contortion act by Prof Joyce, as
sisted by George Spurrier; pyramids by
Banly, johnson. Mulhall. Locraft, RYAN
Rely, DAILY. Pierson, Moran. Motley, Geo.
ii. O'Conner, Sellers and others A scien-
tiilc sparrinS bout between Adams and
Grim will cut quite a showing, and there
VIII be catch-as-catch-can wrestling be-
tween Pierson and j. Saul and between
DAILY and Reilly. A potato race by the jun
lor class Will furnish laughter and fun
Joyce and Banly will figure in the broth
ers act. and there will be batteau board
exercises by the mems junior and senior
classes. Parallel bar exercises by joyce.
Banly, Griffith, Downing, Ryan, Muihail
Mulhey, Combs and kettler will also he a
feature, while tumbling by Prof. Joyce,
Leo Cassin, Spurrier and the Kettler
brothers Will lay Claim to a good share Of
evening, and something novel i'm its way,
will be the presentation of living statues
Under the calcium light. Banly, joyce
Merritt and F. Saul will pose in various
atutudes as the fighting and dying gladia-
tor. Ajax. and in the positions of the start
and finish in running, putting the shot,
wrestling and the like. This will undolbt-
edly take.
The Columbia Athletic Club.
Matters relating to summer are being
discussed now at the Columbia Athlete
Club. There are several schemes on foot
but they are still very indefinite. Charles
E. Coon, the president of the club. has
been authorized By the board of governors
TO appoint special committee of five TO
look into the matter of securing conven-
lent and new ground for the field sports
and summer occupations OF the club. and
a fne athletic park. it is hoped. will be
the outcome. The second assignment of
games in the cooked hat tournament was
played of last night by Henry b. Bennett
Turley Coburn. Jacobus S Jones Robert
NJ. Larrsr, w. II. Manogue. George T.
Kicker. d. b. Treadway and j. s. Zeisler
On next Tuesday the third and last as
signment will be played by Joseph H. Hun
ter: John II. Lauray. William f. Myers
Sydney Y. Smith and John Walker
A; the recent meeting of the board Of
governors of the Columbia Club the fol-
lowing committees Were appointed:
House cornmittee-G. NJ. Fague. chair
man; Charles Howard. John II. Walker.
Thomas Francis. jr., and T. b. Nolan
Finance committee-Alexander Grant
chairman; A. H. Floeckher and Robert
Beall.
Admission committee-w. ID. Rudy.
chairman: Jacobus s. Jones and John L.
Bivins.
Committee on rules-A. A. Birncy. chair
man: Harrison Dingman and DIR. w. X.
King.
Committees on bowling billiards, whist
and afnusemen;s will shortly be announced
50 nm. dow
most delightful affair, and drew a large
number of members and their friends to
the gymnasium. In one of the events the
club record was broken all TO pieces. The
frst feat class of seven were called on to
take part in was a jump over a low bar for
distance In this jump Royce Hough made
a jump which broke the club record by FIVE
inches. His third effort landed him a dis
lance Of eleven feet and five inches.
There were a number of other interesting
events, gymnastics, sparring and wrestling
The Canterbury Club.
The Canterbury Athletic Club has been
forAng ahead during the past months with
long but sure strides. This is an organiza-
ton which is not nearly so widely known
as its membership and its success would
warrant, as II is club which has already
passed the critical stage of its existance
and bids fair to line up along with the best
and older athletic clubs of the city in time
There are two things which will bring the
CanterDuryS TO the notice of their friends
within the next few days in a particularly
good lght-their first regular exhibition, and
the change of the club TO larger quarters
The exhibition will take place at the pres
ent club rooms. at All eth street northwest,
on next Wednesday night and will include
feast OF boxing, wrestling and one or two
other features. There will be four six-round
boxing contests by members of the Canter-
bury club against outsiders, principally
from the American Athletic Club Mike
Flaherty, 133 pounds, will spar with Irving;
Charles Bray, lab pounds. will meet Ed
Hughes OF the American Athletic Club;
John Dougherty, H. pounds, will enter the
ring against John Raeglan. and Pat Ken
ny, l6o pounds, will fight Clarence Langley.
Wrestling bouts have been arranged be-
tween John Ray. lis pounds. and Raeglan;
and Heally, 133 pounds and Reese tug
of-war team. consisting OF Bray, Peterson,
Reh, Reese and Schafer, will try the pull
with five men from the American Athletic
Club, and there Will be other features of
interest well.
The Canterbury Athletic Club is still a
young club possessing the vigor and life
OF a new organization, but at the safe time
1t has lived long enough so that il has safe
ly crossed the danger period, when many
clubs of its sort fall through. 1t is nearly
year old, having been organized the 18th
OF last May, and its present membership
foots up to nearly seventy-five interes ted
yoIA5 men. The rolls were recently swell
ed by the Joining Of the Hampton Athletic
Club in a body. a couple of weeks ago. There
were about twenty-five men in the Hampton
crowd, whose foot ball team was defeated
In oil Th.