Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-19
IN LOCAL ATHLETIC CIRCLES.
What Ii Going ON Among the Athletes
and Boating Men.

The announcement that the board OF
governors of the Columbia Athletic Club
has decided to give series of indoor ath-
letic contests has had already notice
able effect in the athletic world. The pros
pect of prizes has brought a number of
local athletes out of their shell, and in the
coming week candidates for the various
events in the athletic associations will lie
picked out and preliminary training
started.
There are in the city six organizations
that will probably have one or more en-
: tries-the Columbia Athletic Club, Carroll
Institute. Washington Athletic Club. w.
l.. /. 4. Athletic Association, Young Men >
Christian Association and Young Mems
Catholic Club. OF these the c. A. G. and
the Y. Nj. e. A. are the better known, and
the main struggle viii be between them.
The others have never entered a competi-
ton, and can be judged only by their
gymnasium performances and in the in
dividral contests that have taken place.
Active work arranging for trophies and
various necessary details viii begin IN
short time. and when the program Is fuliy
determined upon the contestants Will get
down to hard work.
In Boating Circles.
AS the time for the meeting of the re-
gatta committee draws close at hand spec
ulations increase regarding the chances
for the formation of Potomac river navy.
The committee is composed OF Messrs.
Fischer, Whitney and Benner OF the Ana
lostans: Grant. Stinemetz and Bivins Of
the ColumbiaS; Doyle, Roulette and Nolan
of the Potomacs. Reports of the regatta
last summer will be turned in and dis
cussed, and then when a new president IS
agreed upon the navy question Will come
up for discussion.
From present expectations some sort of
an agreement respecting the river navy
will be settled upon and reported back to
the individual clubs. plan much dlS-
cussed and favorably commented upon by
experienced oarsmen makes the Office OF
commodore elective for the first year. and
then after that he is to be appointed by
the organization whose crews win d
selected race, such as the senior, inter-
mediate or junior eight-oared This plan
was in operation over at baltimore In the
Patapsco river races, and in other cities,
and has been found to operate very salts
factoriiy.
II has the advantage of a great incentive
to rivalry the life of everything, and is
besides a very just means of who snail be
commodore. The question Of who should
be commodore for the first year would De
the stumbling block, but when that was
satisfactorily arranged O constitution and
committees could be chosen without
trouble. The oarsmen realize that Wash
ingtop has excellent water facilities, but
know full well that IL can never become
well known in rowing circles until all or
ganization having general oversight over
all the CLUBS Is IOTHeu or tHdt IedSOi IL
is likely something will be done one way
or the other very SoCn.
The Potomacs at a recent caucus nomi-
mated Fred. p. Blair for captain, vice j.
Hadley Doyle, and will elect him at the
annual meeting in May, when Mr.. Doyle
term expires and the annual meeting takes
place.
Georgetown College Athletics.
The defeats which the Georgetown foot
ball eleven suffered last fall have made
the students of the college determined tC
regain their laurels by means Of the base
ball nine. Some of the players are already
have been enabled to get in some sort OF
condition. The hard clay of the campus
Is being covered with soil, and when that
is completed. probably the first part OF
February, the candidates will get out on
IL for open air practice.
Negotiations are under way with two pro-
fesSiOnai coaches for the services of one
of them. but until he is selected Manager
Nelson is handling the men. The men tina
have appeared for practice are: Catchers
Sullivan, Mahoney and Rend; pitchers, Car
mody and McCreary: Mahoney, nrst base
f. Mahoney, second base; Murphy anC
Reardon third base, and Harley, Mccarthy
O'Laughlin and Scanlon in the field. OF
Notre Dame, Indiana, team, and ScanlaI
on the ST. Louis University.
The others. Reardon was the Holy
Gross nine. and OLaughlin Is we'll known
In the local base ball world. Dates are be
lrg arranged with all the leading college
teams and in few days the complete
schedule Will be published.