The morning call., 1895-01-20
ATHLETIC.
How SchiHerstsin Is Now Regarded by East
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ern AthleteS-Ihe Boxers,
The Acme Athletic Club is making extensive
preparations for its entertainment which
will occur on the 29th inst. An interesting
programme of boxing and wrestling is being
arranged and the board of directors have de-
cided to grant each member besides his own
private ticket one complimentary check with
which he can bring in friend This is good
move of the AGNES TO advance the membership
of the club, which is now quite large.
The Young Mems Christian Association OF
Oakland is having quite boom and in conse-
quence their athletic work is rapidly progress
ing. The association has now Ais members
and 80 Juniors. The gymnasium is open every
afternoon and every evening, except on Tues
days and Fridays. The wheelmen of the asso-
citation will do considerable riding for pleasure
this season.
Members of the Crescent Athletic Club of
Berkeley are making great endeavors to ar
range grand programme of events for their
opening night which will be on the eve of
Washington's birthday. Besides boxing, wrest-
| ling and gymnastics there will also be a tug
of-war between the Crescents and Acme Club
members.
Members of the Olympic Club are becoming
very interested in the coming boxing tourna-
ment, an article on which appeared in last
Fridays CALL. The boxing committee has
used good judgment in having each OF the
boxers who will appear on the evening of
February examined by physician as to his
physical qualification. The club cannot afford
able accident accruing from knockout. Fore
warned is forearmed, and too much precaution
cannot be taken by the committee to guard
against accidents.
There seems to be well defined and poSitiye
sentiment in England in favor of one or more
international athletic meetings during the
coming SINNER, Most of the larger American
colleges seem TO be in favor of the scheme and
it is very probable that such meeting will be
arranged. The best plan as yet has been pro-
posed by Harvard, which is that representa-
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sylvania hold an intercollegiate field day and
that the winners in this meet be sent to Europe
to compete with the best team of England,
chosen in the same way from Oxford and Cam
bridge.
The Olympic Club will not permit any more
football playing on its grounds which will
now be placed in condition for the clubs field
day, announced for the 22d of February.
Among the contestants will be some of STAN
ford's best sprinters and long distance runners.
Eastern athletes have now commenced to
regard Victor Southeastern, formerly of the
Olympic Club, as being one of the fastest
sprinters in America.
Statistics show that one-third of the univer-
sity students in Europe die prematurely from
the lack of exercise.
one of the best all-round athletes that Yale
has ever had was G. NJ. Gill, famed as foot
ball player, oarsman and runner five years ago;
To-day Gill, who has become clergyman and
is now at Westmore, VT, is a candidate to go as
a missionary to China or Africa.
The most enthusiastic meeting in the history
of track athletics at Harvard was held January
2 in response to the call of Captain Bingham
for candidates. The total number of men who
presented themselves was PSF, as against 1885,
the largest previous number, two years ago
Many graduates interested in track athletics
were present, and rousing speeches were made
by old time point-winners and record-holders.
An Eastern paper makes the following COM
parison of the English and American athletic
teams: The English team is considered to have
good chances OF victory in the 100 yards, 440
yards and five mile runs and broad jump, while
II New representatives expected
win the 22O yard and $50 yard runs, the IT,
pound shot, the 16-pound hammer and the
hurdle race. Ii these calculations are not up
set the deciding event will be the high jump.