The morning times., 1895-09-22

rowing men claim to have had enough
before the regatta and prefer the pleasure
sf rowing gunwale boat or an out
rigger with fair, pretty coxwain in the
stern seat handling the rudder strings.
No one blames them.
At the club house ON G street there is
nothing going on athletically, the condition
OF the weather having much 10 do with
this. Not even the bowlcrs. the earliest
enthusiasts of the indoor season. have ven
tured to knock over a pin.
meeting of the utmost importance TO
club members will be held in the gym
nasium on Thursday evening next At
this meeting, TO which all members are
urged to come. the future policy OF the
club and its general prospects will be
fully and seriously considered and several
plans for its welfare will be presented for
consideration and action.
AT the same meeting it will be decided
definitely whether or not the club viii
be represented in football this season, and
the matter of a physical instructor will
also be taken up. 1t is hoped that the big
gymnasium will be filled with members on
Thursday evening next
ANALOSTAN BOAT CLUB.
The rowing season of the Analostan
Boat Club is opened and closed each year
with portage trip to the island opposite
Sycamore Island. The close of the season
will be celebrated to-day. The big war
canoe will leave the boathouse with the
following choice spirits aboard: Capt
Moore, Fischer, Stearns, Benner, Taylor,
Hines, Ryan, Hensey, Mccoy, Lewis, Mar
shall, Mckenney, Torbert, Flowers. and
Commodore Whiting, who will have gen
eral charge of the voyagers and the neces-
sary substantials and ice.
The main portion of the trip will be by
canal. There will be one portage at Edes'
Mills, and another at the feeder lock, and
the rest is easy.
Stroke Mills. Louis Fischer and Capt
Moore have returned from their respective
trips, mu ch improved by the rest and outing
Boyd Taylor rode his bike 10 Boston ''ali
but tweuty-Seven miles," and the members
want to know what became of the twenty.
seven
The senior four took a spin during the
week, just to see how it felt-Fischer,
stroke; Howard, 8; Taylor, 2, and Stearns,
bow.
POTOMAC BOAT CLUB
The stag party given by few members
of the Potomac Boat Club to Potomac
Landing on Friday evening was most
enjoyable affair. Among those who took the
barge trip were President johnson, John
Nolan, Mullet bre:aers, Hanger, Ball. Oliver,
Maschmeyet, Shepard, Rohrer, Warden,
Gasch and others.
Secretary Merritt and a party of friends
left last evening for the fishing grounds
pf ba or, DAI CI,,l
they Will to- day play sad havoc with the
resident finny tribe. =.
Capt. Shepard has the pleasure of seeing
his handiwork, the Nancy sloop, in sailing
trim. She was put in commission during
the week and is one of the fastest and
smartest sailing craft of her class ON the
river. The captain is to be congratulated
upon the success of his venture.
Another of the regular series Of hops
will be given at the boat house ON Friday
evening next
CARROLL INSTITUTE ATHLETICS.
Members of the Carroll Institute have
taken up gymnasium work In earnest,
and small matter like the hot weather
of the past week did not stand In the way
of their regular practice, for the floor
on regular class evenings had on 1t goodIy
number.
Prof Joyce made measurements OF six
teen new members on Monday and Thurs
day evenings.
The classes viii at once take up drills
with the dumbbells, wands and clubs, for
the systematic training of the body, for
it is the professors purpose now, as 1t
has been in the past, to strengthen his
pupils by general proper work rather than
teach them speciality and trick work, un-
less as in Individual cases, members de-
sire It.
The basketball team Of the c. I. win
be very strong one this season. In ad-
dition to the strongest players from last
years team 1t will have P. j. Daily. VIII
Gallagher. Joe Berberich, and Carl Mess
It win he strong and fast combination.
Among the members who are regular