The morning times., 1895-12-16
AMONG LOCAL ATHLETES
Doing in Amateur Circles. in GYM
nasium and AfieId.
BASKETBALL A SUCCESS
Yale and Pennsv WIN Play Football
Next Year-SiIver Cup for League
Cha IN mpionship-Carni Season
Tickcts-W. A. C.. Leads In Bo wiling.
College Athletics.

| College Athletics.
| No other winter indoor game has given
near as much pleasure and dra WI as large
audiences as the game OF basketball as
| played by the District League. From an
attendance of a score or more, year ago,
| the audiences have grown until now the
| spectators number from two TO five hun
urcd at nearly every game.
The interest is on the Increase and as the
people acquire IL better knowledge OF the
points OF the game the interest therein
| grows, and II is extremely gratifying to the
mana cement to See that the efforts to pro-
vide popular game is appreciated by so
| many.
F! The seven teams composing the league
| are working in harmony and the strong
I teams are pla ying stronger ball each week
! and the weaker ones are improving daily.
I In Philadelphia the game has grown 10
: such an extent that it is almost a craze
: To meet the demand three leagues have
: been organized there and an admission fee
7 OF so and 70 cents is charged to see the
+ league games.
The first series in the championship con-
] test will close on the .sth. At an ad-
| journed meeting of the league, to be held
! Wednesday evening next ut the Light ln-
! =
games will be taken up for adoption.
As an incentive to still better work il is
| proposed by DIR. W. G. Schafhirt to present
( the league with solid silver cup, hand
sonicly and appropriately decorated with
basketball figures and standing about
fourteen inches high. 1t is proposed by
| the doctor TO have this cup presented to
the team which wins the championship
two years. His generous offer will un-
doubtediy be accepted at the coming league
| meeting.
The race for first place isa good one, with
the Light Infantry in the lead and Carroll
Institutes close up. For third place tho
contest VIII be nip and tuck throughout.
LOCAL FOOTBALL.
There is undoubtedly slump in local
football matters. Heretofore the teams have
had 4 hot scramble for the Christmas Day
game VIII iCh has always drawn well. There
appears to be a lack OF energy In this
direction now, and il seems too bad that
no efforts. as far as can be seen, Is being
made to keep up an annual custom
The local championship question is still
an open one, and the ending of the eason
Is very unsatisfactory TO more than one
very reputable and capable team.
An reports to the contrary notwithstand-
ing, there is authority for saying tnat
there VIII be n game of football next year
between Yale and University of Pennsyi-
vania, always providing, OF course. that
some new trouble or disagreement does
not spring up between the brainy managers
of the athletic departments of the two
great seats of learning.
Pennsy has undoubtedly earned the cham
pionship this season, aud she should have
IL, but her modesty fnrb.ds her claiming II.
Yale may and does claim 1t, and Pennsy
does not take away from her that right,
r.1r fr0ar
IL and having earned the right TO claim ii.
If O game had been played a fortnight
ago between these two giants of the foot
BAH world, 1t is pipes to smoke lf 1t
would not have resulted in tie score, so
strong are both elcvens and So evenly
matched. Necessarily they would first have
had to agree upon rules before coming to-
gether, as they represent the two sets or
rules, under either OF which nearly all
games throughout the country have been
played this season.
COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUB.
Great as has been the success of the Co
lunibia Athletic Club carnival the manage
ment hopes to make II still more OF sue
cess and to this end Will continue the carni-
val until wednesday night OF the week at
hand.
Novel features viii be introduced and TO
many persons who have been unable to at
tend the carnival and bazaar will be indeed
a revelation.
The sale of season tickets has already
been q large one, but as 1t becomes more
widely known what one may get as re-
suit of such an Investment, the sale is In
creasing and during the remaining days and
evenings should grow 10 very large pro-
portions.
1t should be borne In mind that holders of
season tickets have an opportunity or Sc
curing either knabc piano or a horse and
buggy, or q sealskin jacket. or diamond
ring, or q suit of clothes, or any OF dozen
more of valuable articles. With such an
easy opportunity to secure SO very much for
SO small an investment as the cost OF a sea-
son ticket 1t would seem that every person
in town would buy at least one at once.
The gymnasts and acrobats of the club
have acquitted themselves SO well dur
ing the carnival that there has grown
sort of envy among those .'who don't know
how" and these in large numbers will, after
the carnival, take up regular class work
in the gym, to be followed by speciality and
heavy work later on.
CARRoLLINsTITUTE ATHLETICS.
team, made a record on Thursday evening in
the game with the Y. NJ. C. A. by thro wing
eight goals. He is in every way good
player.
Gallagher plays strong game as home
goal keeper.
MangaD, in addition to his excellent
work in the gym. is one of the strongholds
of the team.
The benfit ball of the basketball team
will be given tomorrow night at the in
stitute, and Judging from the preparations
already made 1t will be an enjoyable az
fair and a crowded one, too, as 1t should
be.
Manager George Cox is giving his min
strel company lots of rehearsais for the
minstrel show, new in all features, which
will be given at the Institute Hall on Thurs
day evening next.
Ed. Roach is showing great improvement
In his work In shot and weight putting.
The mems class nights have been changed
from Monday and Thursday to Monday
and Wednesday at O'Clock, as Thursday
nights are taken up with lectures in the
hall.
Friday nights class of juniors numbered
forty in attendance.
Prof. Joyce has gotten together a strong