The evening world., 1894-01-23
SPORTING NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Athletics in Columbia College
Seem to Be Taking q Brace.
Ideas of the Metropolitan Associa-
tons New President.

There are signs IT. the air that Column
bia College Is to take "a brace in ath-
letics this year ami accomplish some
thing In the line OF outdoor sports.
Since the gymnasium OF the defunct
Manhattan Athletic Club has been Sc
cured for It's use, a goodiy numbcr OF
Columbia students have been developing
their physiques in 1t daily. A regular
system OF physical development has
been adopted. Besides a team of track
athletes, there will be a college base
ball nire and 2 Freshman crew. Capt.
Lawson will not call the candidates
for the athletic team together until after
examinations, consequently that branch
is more or less an unknown quantity.
There we're ha ( a dozen good men on
the team last year who are still in col
lege.
The prospects for a good nine are fair,
and for a good Freshman crew bright.
The principal interest Is centred In the
latter at pre- sent. The material is very
promising. There will be a three-cor-
nered race with Yale and Harvard, 81,
IT. New London, and a race with the
Go,reli Freshmen If The latter put
known as the Mines and Art squads.
Every afternoon they 20 through a
course Of gymnastics In the gymnasium
The names and weights OF the candi-
dates are as follows: Mines-Andrews
Naptain); lS7 IL pounds: Peck. $50 l-2;
H. Hi5ssf Mon tsi srs' SO ssr IL; G lsS 1,s; 49, Bo0 MnI:
denburg,. $50. Art-Prentice (Captainj,
lSi IA; Anderson, 1853 10; Loew, i52 IA;
pierrepont, l5l -; Ogden III y; Press
l47 3-4; Putnam, 1873 IA: Denton l52. Hell.
man. 1852 l-2; Hess. ia 10; Stern, 1854;
Spiegelberg, 1876. Taken as a whole, these
The general run Of Freshman crews
When Spring comes, the two squads viii,
be taken to the Harlem River, and the
best men picked out for the crew.
The new President OF the Metropolitan
ready got his brain to work devising
n ethods by which he hopes &c
create more interest in athletics
A K sisRisIa' in and par tie M%e's MF. sSi7
llvsn believes, for one thing, tina
the Association should meet more ire
quently than 1t has done, and nearly
terest In the sport will be kept stirred up
thereby. A meeting will be called boz
some time in February. one object OF
come INTO the fold. When a club desires
to give a boxing show or an athletic
meet, the advantage of belonging to, or
rather the disadvantage of not belonging
to. a recognized association becomes ap,
parent, for in athletics especially 1t is
difficult to secure entries otherwise.
+. The Columbfas land the West Sides
have appreciated this fact and nave beer
reinstated. Mr.. Sullivan will write to
different clubs not members OF the Asso-
citation with a view of getting them to
Scottlsh.American A. c., the principaI
Jersey City club, back into the Associa.
ton.
Thlrty-nine amendments Will be pro
posed at the National Assembly, l.. A
w, meeting. at Louisville, next month
This presages a long session. q. A
Perkins, Of Massachusetts will offer on,
to abridge the powers of the Executive
Committee, So that 1t may enter on III
new business without the authority OF
the, National Assembly. All bills hav,
to be approved by the Committee before
being paid by TIE Treasurer, and theS
are obliged to publish quarterly state
merits in the official organ, and thest
statements must be auu..ed by a com
mittee of three elected at the annua
meeting Of the Assembly.
Another amendment will be to give
the preference to League clubs when two
clubs apply for contemporaneous sane
tons and one Is not a League organiZa
ton.
Mr.. Ghaster. of Ohio, wants sanction.