The Washington times., 1894-12-23
Basketball Continues to Gain
VOtaries in The Clubs.
SOME POINTERS ON THE GAME
Silken Pennant for the Bowling League
Championship Received.
C. A. C. Members Have Given Up Glass
Work in the Gymnasium Until After the
Observation-Disclosures at the Carroll Insti-
tute Are Booming-Y. NJ. C. A. Boys Are
Preparing for Dramatic Exhibition.

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past week was no exception Many members
of the several organizations leave town for
their respective homes to spend the holidays,
and the gymnasiams are consequently quiet
to a noticeable degree. Those who remain
put in some good hard practice and profit by
it.
When all else is stopped and quiet, basket
ball continues the one feature which keeps
the gymnasium in motion, and to this game
must be attributed the fact that the men are
at work in The gymnasium who never before
came into it for exercise.
They see that the game not only gives them
the much-needed exercise but tends to in
crease their interest in the organizations to
which they belong. Nothing tends so much
TO interest "a member OF club as the fact
that it will be represented in con test OF this
or that nature, and if he is interested at all
he strives at once to do all he can to better
its chances for winning that contest. May
hap he will be one of the contestants, and he
will then be glad he took the interest he did
in the beginning.
AS was first intimated In The TIMES. the
Basketball League will get to work in earn
est after the holidays and play the League
cham pionship games, which will in the
meantime be properly arranged in schedule
form.
Ii has been published In this city thai tho
game of basketball IuterieFeS with the regu-
lar gymnasium work, which statement must
he contradicted. In q | gymnasIums the in
structor has certain evenings FOR his class and
individual work, and certain o h-r evenings
when the gymnasium IS open to al, and
upon these evenings dt least three gymna-
Sums are taken up with The now popular
game, aud 1t interferes with one. ON
these practice nights there IS always a large
number of interested lookers-on.
As rule those men who do some special
work, such "a high jumping or acrobatics,
DO not enter into the game for the reason hat
they do not care TO be temporarily sLiiIened
and thus break into their training and work.
SOME EULEs or THE GAME.
II is frequently asked by interested lockers
on as to what constitutes foul, and tor gen
eral informal on l give the principal acts
which make a foul.
Any persistent, Intentional delay of the
game will be counted Il foul.
Following acts constitute foul:
l. Striking the ball with the fist.
q Kicking the ball.
8. Running with the ball.
4. hoidlnS Tue Dali with anything except
the hands
5. Holding, striking, tripping, pushing, or
/ sheuljering an opponent.
Z e. Needless rough play.
Z. Touching the bail when 1t is put in play
before it has been touched by one OF the
centers
The penalty for all fouls is free throw for
goal. This is done under the newest rules
and the free throw for goal is one at a dis
lstance of twenty feet from the basket, and
directly ia front OF il. No player shall stand
nearer than six feet TO the thrower, nor must
the throWer he interfered with while attempt
| ing the goal from free throw.
II the goal is not made the ball is consid-
cred in play at once
THE BOWLING LEAGUE.
The silken championship pennant which
was offered by Thomas A. German, manager
of the Maryland Cigar Company, to the Bowl
ng League has been received, and it is
work of art.
1t is m ade of blue and pink corded silk,
with heavy gold fringe and tasse!s, and the
words Champ pions 1885, stand out heavily
from the cen'ec. On the back appear the
monogram composed OF the initials of DIS
trict Amateur Bowling League.
Its SIZE is a5out a by SO inches and is well
worth striving for. Who can name the team
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1t may be seen AT the McG.ll building.
COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUB.
Many of the members have given up regu-
lar class work, for a week or so, on account
of the holidays. and in consequence there is
comparatively little activity in the big gym
nasium of the Columbia Athletic Club. The
/ BASKETBALL players are the only ones " no
! stick 10 their work, and ;hey propose to make
/ theirs the winning team o. the league.
! New tricks are being developed and these
with the signals will he used by this team. As
suggested here several times. it would be
| good thing if other teams could work out
| signals Tor themselves. 1t would help team
work.
| Hough is at work practicing for his next
! effort to beat five feet ten inches in the high
| jump.
| Sewell and Ross are finishing of their new
! tricks upon the bars.
The cocked-hat tournament will begin soon
tafter the holidays, that it may be we'll
under way before the clubs tenpin games
begin.
1t has been decided by the powers that be
that there will not be another evening of box
| ing, this season at least.
The football team is now in prime shape to
| play Union College on Christmas Day. The
regular team wild be minus the good services
| of Harder, whose coiar-bone was broken;
IL,
lame, all sufferers in the Thanksgiving Day
game.
Frank Johnson will come home to help the
team, in his old place. The team viii, no
doubt, make good showing against the
| visitors who are the champions of the New
| York intercollegiate Association. and are a
good. strong, hearty lot o. players. About
fifty other students will accompany the team
and spend several days here They will be
guests of the c.. A. C.
CARROLL. INSTITUTE ATHLETICS.
The classes in the gymnasium of the Carroll
Institute are taking an unusual amount of in
terest in the preparation for the exhibition to
begin next month.
Prof. Joyce and Bauby are working up some
new tricks in the brother act.
The professor will also present a strong
and novel acrobatic act with some of his
juniors.
On the parallel bars there is some good
work being done by Downey, Bauby. Carl
Mess, Ryan, Becker Hickey. and Locraft.
The programme viii he made up of the
above together win feacing, wrestling, and
scientific boxing. drills with dumbbel S.
horse and flying rings. in which the follow
ing juniors will take part: FL. Hickey. G
Becker. G. McCluskey C. Locratt Spots
4 wood. Donohue, Skelly. Barrett. Cox, Home.
and Spurrier.
The basketball team is taking lots of prac-
tice The regular team practices every
Wednesday and Saturday evenings, and con-
sists of Capt. Howard, F. Saul, ]. DAILY J.
Pierson, W. 0. DoTney, ]. Bauby, and G.
Shea.
The juniors have a strong team, which