Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-30


Road Club nominations will be made for
officers, to serve for the ensuing year, and
from present indications there is apt to be
a good deal Of competition. The election
will occur the middle of next month.
William Jose, the club member, who has
been on a business trip through the Shen-
andoah valley. returned home in time for
his Christmas dinner.
The pool tournament of the club has been
postponed until next month. So far eleven
members have announced their intention
of competing. They are w. T. Robertson,
w. j. Tubman, j. L. Bischoff. c. L. Wood,
Rudolph Jose. c. Cooke, F.. a. l.. Schade,
Burrows, Kelley, Ball and Prince.
The Queer Wheelmen and their friends
Will be entertained New Year eve by Miss
Nettie Brown of 4}2 NJ street northwest
The invitation was extended some time ago
and accepted at the last meeting. 1t will
doubtless be merry watch party.
Mr.. w. Hayden Henshaw, the club treas
urer, designed a very pretty and unique
card, which he sent to all his friends dur
ing the week, wishing them very merry
Christmas and a NEST prosperous New
Year. Securely tied in the left end of the
card was a highly polished and genuine
the wishes of the sender.
The members of the newly organized Co
lumbia Cycle Club are joyous over the sue
ces S of their Christmas day club race The
time made by tie winners was not at all
bad for the novice riders, only two of the
Ten ever having ridden in race before.
The club expects to have several of this
class of races next season.
4 meeting will be held during the week,
al which full set of officers will be elect
ed. The members who were officers in the
old Dupont Club will doubtless be re-elect-
ed
Military Cyclists.
The Military Cyclists have moved their
quarters in the armory building. and now
occupy the room formerly used by the
Fencibles. The change is great, the old
quarters on the first floor being damp and
unhealthy.
AT the last meeting the following were
selected as a committee to have full
charge of the dance which will be held
January 90 at National Rifles armory:
Frank Iibbey, chairman; r. II. Atkinson
George Frech, S. II. Virgins, f. c. Mat
tirSly and William +. Sorrells.
The silver cup, the trophy offered by DR..
Schaffert to the team winning the basket
ball championship, is on exhibition at CiiLe
Bros window. The club winning it for
two successive years is entitled to absolute
possession The Military Cyclists team is
working hard for this.
The Overman Wheel Company has do
mated wheel to the company for their
will be disposed Of IN the best financial way
for the company
Potomac WheeImen.
There is a good deal of talk going on
about a reorganization of the Potomac
Wheelmen, by which the club will be an
entirely bicycle organization with no other
athletics introduced. There is now a
basket ball team and foot ball team, and
these do not appear to gee very well with
cycling. Very few runs were taken by the
club this season, and unless some change
Is made matters will to all intents be worse
next year.
During the year the bicycle made one
great jump into popularity, and the number
of cyclists has doubled in the twelve
month, until now the estimated population
of riders is placed at $4,000. The most
notable increase, perhaps, was in the ranks
of the fair sex. This year the general