The evening times., 1895-11-07
LOCAL ATHLETIC GOSSIP
Columbian College Forms an ALI
Round Athletic Association.
There VIII be Two Great Games of
Football Played I'm Washington
on Thanksgiving Day.

| W Udt VIII pTODuUly DE tnc tnost fiIfpOTtdut
movement in athletic affairs that has
been inaugurated in this city in number
of years was put on foot by the students
fColumbianUnivers On Tuesda evening.
| The fact has been noted in these columns
that the Columbian men have put In the field
a strong football team.
| When the football notion struck the stu
dents there was considerable speculation
| as TO how the university authorities would
take 1t. There was some doubt as to wheth-
er it would or would not meet with sane
| ton. The authorities not only told the
students to go ahead, but they have SUBJ
scribed literally toward the expense of get
ting the team in working shape, and now
the students have taken another athletic
shoot.
AT the meeting on Tuesday about forty
students who are athlctically inclined were
present. and a regular athletic department,
such as is ma intained by Yale, Harvard and
other great educational institutions was
organized. Mr.. Robert S. Barrett, an en-
ergetic and thoroughly capable young man,
was elected manager, and Mr.. g. l., John
sou, also an enthusiast over athletic mat
tiers, was chosen secretary and treasurer.
1t is the purpose Ia Apply for membership
in the Intercollegiate Athletic Assncia
ton and Ia have Columbian University rep
resented in the regular intercollegiate meet
next May, and Mr.. Barrett has laid out
plans To at once put the new organization
on lirm business basis. With this view
he has arranged three classes of member
ship.
The first will be known as susta lining men,
ship. The yearly fee for such will be $40,
and will take in persons either i'll or out
of the university who are willing TO aid
the association. The second will be known
as the alumni membership and will Ia ke in
members of the alumni and others who are
willing to help the association to the extent
OF So. so per year, and the third will be
the active membership, which vii. include
all students OF the university who will pay
yearly fee OF Sl.OO. From these sources
Manager Barrett figures that 81 900 a year
ought to he easily raised. The actual ex-
penses per year will be about $500.
A contract wal made vest cr1a v for the old
Capitol Park ba sebi II grounds, and they will
BE- fitted up at once. 1t is the purpose TO
put up gymnasium and TO build a track,
and otherwise fit the place up in good shape
for all sorts of athletic work.
The Tigers are new football n ggregation
that will meet the Junior Shamrocks at
Metropolis View on Sunday. The team In
made up principally OF the members of the
Tiger baseball club. The players average
about III pounds. The lineup will he
Kirk, right end: Fisher. left end Cooper,
right tackle; Parsons, left guard; Beckett,
center: Lougtran. right guard; j. Loughran,
left tackle; Arlei, right half-ba ck; Frogg.
left halfback: Murphy, quarterback, and
Davis, fullback.
The Columbia Athletic Club men do not
..
Gallaudet people that they are q lot of
sluggers. In fact, the Columbia folks are
a good deal mifrcd, a nd are not slow to say
that the Galiaudets are supply afraid TO |
play them, and are taking this means to |
avoid a defeat. |
The athletic club team are working hard |
TO get into good shape for the games they |
have on hand. They are putting in every |
spare hour at practice. only five MEN |
have as yet been definitely settled upon. |
They are Underwood, who Will lplay center; |
right tackle; Hooker, left tackle; |
Walsh, left end, and Clark, fuliback.
There are numerous candidates for the /
other positions. Dickinson and McConviIle |
are aspira MS for right guard; Saunders, Tai
madge and Busy for left guard: Seton and
Wisncr for right end, lewis and Parsons
for right half back: J oh nson. Kore and David
son for left half back, and Parsons and
JOhnson for quarter back.
on tue selections finally made will, of
course, depend the weight OF the team, but
il will not, from present indications, average
far short Of lTU pounds.
Mr.. Wells said yesterday that q PROPOSE
lion as to the amount of a guarantee had
been sent the Lehigh tea M and there's every |
prospect for 4 great game here on Thanks
giving Day. A game was also arranged
with the Orange Athletic AssOcia.
ion team which will take place here on |
he 18th. The game with the Baltimore
Athletic Club men on the 18th will no doubt
,e a fine one. On Thursday the Baltimore
cam beat the Warren Athletic Club eleven
landily. The latter is the champion foot
,ail organization of Delaware.
There is every prospect that there will be
wo Thanksgiving Day games here, both
.ood ones. The Columbian Varsity men
ave determined to bring an out-of-town
ollege team here on that day. 1t is likely
hat either the Johns Hopkins or University |
+ Virginia teams will come.
In the meantime the local varsity boys
vill try to get on a game with the Columbia
.thIetic Club men. They no doubt think
hey have good chancetO de feat the heavy
'eights. and, If they should, they would
e quite an attraction to the local talent
the holiday event.
1ne university now mas squad OF thirty
ealthy candidates in practice. They have |
bandoncd the little space at the college
nd are doing their work on the old Capt.
u baseball grounds. Reeves Lewis, who
as the mensin hand, thinks there is plenty
good material for a splendid team among {
lem.
The team has two games already sched-
ed. One is with Washington and Lee, and
ill take place at Lexington, Va, on the I
3D., The other is with The Virginia Mill | I
ry Institute, and will take place on the !
5th at the same place. Negotiations are | I