The morning times., 1895-11-10
AHoHG LOCAL ATHLETES
DOings in Amateur Circles in
Gymnasium and AfieId.
AMATEUR BOWLING LEAGUE
Arranging 10 Play Football for the
Chan mpionship-Unproven Charges
of Rough Playing - Basketball
League II SuccesS-Institute Bowl
ers-Arion Club-W. 4. c. Notes.

The limit as TO time for challenging the
Columbia Athletic Club foo than team
for game for the championship of the
District has very happily been taken off by
the champions. Now the contest for the
honur OF challenging the present holders
has settled down tn series of games be-
tween the hopefuls as suggested in last
Sundays Times.
The survival Of the fittcst'' Will have an
important bearing as to what team will go
up against the Columbias. For the sake of
the game and the honor Of playing for
the championship il is hoped that it viii be
team strong enough To make a good
showing and one worthy OF the honor.
From mpresentindicatiunst the game between
C. A. C. and Lehigh University, Tor which
the locals were making preparations for
Thanksgiving Day cannot be arranged.
This leaves that splendid date open for the
local championship and this attraction
will undoubted draw larger audience
than a game with an outside team.
FOOTBALL ON PAPER.
Several games of football have been
played by local teams in the newspapers
during the past week, and happily for
some of them, NO one was much hurt. It's
a poor way tO play a game. It's unmanly
to make charges against a team which is
undoubtedly the superior of any of the
other local teams, and against which these
charge roughness, when in at least two
cases these teams have not played with the
one in question. Whatever might 'have
BEEN must not be harbored up to the
now Without a practical demonstra-
ton of present existence. Playing foot
ball is not playing marbles, and in play
ing it there is no time for pUliteness.
AMATEUR BOWLING LEAGUE.
The first game in the championship series
of ten pins, TO be played under the aus
pices of the Amateur Bowling League, will
be bowled on the alleys of the Young Mems
Catholic Club, on the 9th inst. The league
is smaller than at any time since its organ
ization, as this season only three teams will
play schedule of games as against five
OF six formerly. The many restrictions
placed about the make-up of teams alleys
and so on has preventeds ONE of the strongest
teams here from entering.
The three teams forming the league in
clude the two-time champions, the CAROLS
and the Y NJ. C. C., and Washington Ath-
letic Club, forming an aggregation of
bowlers competent to win from like num-
Der anywhere In any town. The series will
be hotly contested. All three teams now
are laying plans for the championship.
DISTRICT BASKETBALL LEAGUE.
$50 far, SO G ood."
Taking into consideration the style of
playing of the several teams who have
played in basketball league games since
the beginning of the series, it is safe to say
that there Will be no ood grounds for any
dissatisfaction with the game during this
season.
With little more practice on the part of
some of the teams, particularly in team
passing, the games will be more evenly con-
tested and the results not quite so one
sided as they were during the past week.
One of the reasons why better class of
ball is promised is that the three umpires
who have been elected to officiate in the
schedule to be played, arecomparatively dis
interested parties, with reputation for
firmness and impartiality. The rules must
and shall be rigidly enforced. and unneces
sary rough playing will not be tolerated.
The next game to be played is between
the Potomac Wheelmen Ind Y. NJ. c. A, on
Wednesday evening next, but the playing
field has not yet been decided upon.
COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUB.
The football team of the Columbia Ath-
letic Club has been unfortunate in its
arrangements with out-of-town teams for
games on Columbia Field. First one and
then another has disappointed, the latest
being the Athletic Club of the Schuylkill
Navy, arranged for Friday afternoon.
Rain In Philadelphia caused that city's
team to cancel its game here, much 10 tho
disappointment of the local team, which
was ready and willing TO play, notwith-
standing the slightly disa greeable weather
here, chiefly because ii did not want 20
disappoint the local admirers OF the game.
Many OF the>college teams have Cancelled
games scheduled with Athletic Club teams,
and in this wise the Schuylkill team was
deprived OF game with the University Of
Virginia. Notwithsta nding this. the team
was coming down 70 play the G. a. G.:
and would undoubtedly have been big
drawing card, and many regret that the
weather prevented the gamei which, how
ever, may be played later on.
A game with the Orients will be played
on Wednesday next. For Saturday next
the strong team Of the Baltimore Ath-
letic Club will play here on Columbia Field
and it will be an exciting contest. The
Oriole team is a heavy one, having nearly
all Of the big eight-oared crew which so