Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-02-16
AMONG ATHLETES
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Busy Scenes in the Local Gymna-
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PREPARING FOR THE1NDOOR CONTESTS
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For the next. month the various local
gymnasiums will present the aspect of
bee hive, though the bees will more resem-
BILE spiders, especially in their operations
on the bars and rings. The cause of all
this activity is the official program Of
events In the inter-gymnasfnm contest
given by the Columbia Athletic Club. which
is now being made public for the first
time. The work of getting up the affair
has devolved on Messrs. Eugene Harmon
and Sam Stinemetz, the two members Of
the committee, Capt. J. T. Bivins having
resigned. Here is the program: First,
horizontal bars second, pole vault; third,
putting the sixteen-pound shot; fourth,
running high jump; fifth, flying rings;
sixth, hitch and kick for height; seventh,
horizontal bar work; eighth batteau board
jumping for height, and ninth and last,
standing broad jump. The~ order may be
changed.
There has been good deal of doubt
among the athletic club instructors and
members as to the probable makeup Of
the list of entries, caused by the fact that
settled. Some had counted on hurdling
and fencing, and nearly everybody thought
that tumbling and wrestling were booked
for certain.
Mr.. Harmon, the chairman of the COM
mittee, explained to The Star reporter
their absence by saying that the difficulty
of judging who were amateurs and who
were not operated against wrestling and
tumbling. and that, as the c. A. C.'s have
manifestly a walk-over in fencing, 1T
would be unfair to put that down. Hur-
ding and several other things were left out
owing to the length Of time required to
settle the other contests, all of which are
more important.
AS it stands, the contest is regarded as
fair one, and, with the exception of shot
more or less proficient in the different
sports
Between the two larger organizations.
the Columbia Club and the Y. M. c. A,
things have been made as equal posi-
BILE, the loss of tumbling, which Koran,
Y. NJ. c. A, had been figured out as sure
of winning, being counterbalanced by the
eraSure of fencing, point regarded as
certain for Columbia.
The date of the games Is as yet uncer-
tain. but will be settled inside of week.
which will be when the referee, George
Goldie, is heard from. 1t will. however,
come off somewhere between the 18th and
31st of next month; probably nearer the
former date.
Scoring the Points.
The question of scoring is also, as yet,
open, the management debating whether
to give a special prize to the individual
scoring tho most points, or to the team
eraging the best. IN each contest there
will be two or more prizes, each one being
donated by some member of the Columbia
Club. Athletes will, however, be glad to
learn that the prizes, will not be medals,
hut tn he articles.
cases pieces of plate.
In a few days circulars will be sent out
to the local organizations detailing the re-
ouirements of the gafnesi and asking for
entries. These latter will drop in one by
one soon after, and ny the first part of
March something definitei will be learned
as to the number and names of the entries.
busy Scenes In the Gymnasium.
At the C. A. C. Club house it is no I'M
usual sight to see fifty men or so eXercis-
ing and practicing i'll the gymnasium, and
amongst them such a well-known athlete
as Basil Duke and others, all of whom have
been attracted from their shells by the
prospect of picking few prizes and wear
ing the laurel again. Fifty new members,
men of standing in the community, have
been added to the club rolls since the LIST
of January. OF the men who have been
regular attendants at the club within the
past year or so, Instructor Crossley is re-
living on the following to distinguish them
selves: High jumping, Royce Hough and
Arthur McElhone; pole yaultins, Charley
Dudley, Frank Emmons and McElhone;
flying rings Sewen and Nudge Ross; broad
jumping Craig, Allen, McElhone and
Hough; high kicking, j. r. Elder, Allen,
Hough and McElhone; battea-board and
horizontal bar by some of the names al
ready mentioned, and for the shot putting,
the older men, some of whom have not,
however, signified their willingness to enter
Y. NJ. c. A. Athletes.
It is an animated scene that the gym
nasium of the association presents every
night and the number on the floor is so
great that every piece of apparatus has
men waiting to use 1T as soon as the others
get through Nothing is talked of but the
c. A. c. contest, and most everybody Is
looking forward eagerly to Monday even
ing when the first exhibition of 20 comes
off From the showing made then lnstruc-
tor Sims will select his team and get them
dc wn to hard, steady work. The announce
ment that tumbling is stricken out WILL no
doubt cause a feeling of regret among
those who were looking forward to seeing
Joe Koran do some of his prettiest work
He will however, have try at the flying
rings and horizontal bar, and in both he
is nearly, if not quite, as proficient as In
tumblng.
Mr. Sims is counting on the following
men to wear the red triangle: Harry
Greene, Exley and Moore, pole vaulting
Earl QuackeEbuSh and Ed. Playter, hlSh
kicking; Hanna, w. c. Prentiss, McCul-
lcch, Monk and Harr, high jumping; Ar
thur Rose and Quackenbush, broad jump
ing and Koran, Morsell, Trott and Lemon.
horizontal bar and flying rings Shot put
ting has not been considered as possible
event, and so nobody has been practicing
on it, but as the Y. NJ. c. A. has such
large number of strong and powerful men,
beers, it is quite likely that worthy rep
resentative can be found.
The attendance has been increasing at
such a rate that the business mems class
numbers forty-five or fifty, and unless new
lockers are put in there will have to be
some doubling up. 1t has been suggested
that branch associations be formed, one
in East Washington and one in West
Washington. This is done in all the large
cities, and has been found to work ad-
mrably. 1t combines the quality of con-
venience and less expense, and would have
the effect Of reaching more people than
row attend.
OF course it would take sum of money
to fit up each of the branches, but each
section mentioned is quite capable of fur
nishng all that might be required. No
official notice has been taken Of the scheme,
however, and nothing will probably be
done for some time.
The Orient A. O.