The evening times., 1895-11-05
LOCAL ATHLETIC GOSSIP.
Lehigh and Columbia Athletic Club
Play Thanksgiving Day.
Notes AbOut Past Events and Some In
teresting Ones That Are to Take
Place in the Near Future.

The question Of Thanksgiving football
game here has been settled, and as TO the
visiting team it has been settled in way
that will please every one. The Lehigh
men are coming and will line up against
tue Columbia Athletic Club.
The notion Of the new'varsity team to
play the Athletic Club men for the honor
of meeting Lehigh has been abandoned, and
a general effort will be made 10 insure an
and successful contest. The
Athletic Club men,, although they have
been doing good practice right along, have
buckied down more faithfully than ever
now that the Thanksgiving Day event has
been definitely arranged, and in the coming
struggle they will give a good account OF
The military cyclists, who expected TO
bring off their relay event between this
city and New York not later than the 18th
of this month, have again been forced by a
OF hindering circumstances to
postpone it, and Lieut.. Libby said last
evening that II would not be- run before the
25th.
Letters have been received froUi every
town and city on the route TO be gone over,
from cycle clubs offering their aid in max
ing the race n success. There was some
fear entertained by tue military riders that
I he fact that a bout one half of the road VIII
have to be covered at hight, might make
cyclists who assistance is needed ba ckward
about rendering it. but this seems to have
made the race all the more attractive and
the offers from night helpers have been
very numerous and OF the most pleasing and
eDcoura gipg kind.
The beginning made by the Shamrocks
yesterday was a good one. tho ugh the game
was not brilliant. On the whole, the local
team is considered n good me, though Inc
work of the tackles was slow and weak.
Norcum, the full back for the Shamrocks.
is a powerful young fellow, nd did good
service for his fellows, but he is not fast
ON his feet and seemed 10 be a little bit
lacking in fearlessness. But this being the
first lineup OF the team, failines here and
there were excusable.
IL is believed by those who saw yestcr-
days game that the Shamrocks with lit
tie more study and practice OF tactics will
make a formidable one for any of the lncal
teams To go up against. The Rockville b. VS.
looked somewhat lighter than the hO me
aggregation, but what they lacked in
pounds they made up in other directions.
They played strong and heady game.
The Potomacs and Shamrocks are bo Oked
to come together soon. THE date OF the
game has not yet been set, but it will
probably take place next week.
The Rockville boys, though evidently
over their defeat, took it
good naturedy, and last night before lcav-
ing for home set the east end OF To- wn in
hubbub by their merriment. They made
The air fairly tremble with their college
cries as they went through the streets on
their way out of the city.
Everywhere among football men yester-
day there seemed to De great satisfaction
over the result OF the Princeton-Harvard
game. Somehow there is a very warm
spot in the local football breast for ,the
Tigers, aud their every movements watched
with interest.
1t was said yesterday that the Univer-
sity OF Virginia had determined TO send a
fun delegation here on Saturday TO COM
pete in The Georgetown College field and
track meet on Saturday, and that among the
visitors would be i number OF the best ath-
letes in the South.
AT many stages of the game between the
Shamrock aud Rockville teams yesterday,
the crowd on the field numbering in the
neighborbood OF 400 men and boys, would
rush i'll on the players so closely that it
was almost impossible for The latter to
make move without being intcrfered with.
The squad of police on hand made feeble
efforts to keep the bowling, excited hood
lums in the audience out OF the road. but
they were OF no avail, and many of the play
Il
cripple or Kill some of them, were kept from
working with the enthusiasm and dash that
they would have shown underdiffcrent con-
ditionS. There We're number OF ladies in
the stand whose view of the game was
completely cut Off when the mob would thus
gather ill.,
Fred J. List. OF the Stearns cycle team, is
getting himself in shape to make trial
for the Washington and Baltimore road
record. He will make his effort about the
middle OF next week. List is considered
a strong and fast rider. better rider. some
say, than has ever tried for this honor,
ane he is expected to reduce the present
mark materially. List took the time prize
in the recent twenty-mile road race
News was received In this city yesterday
that a number OF the largest .ycling clubs
in Baltimore had determined IL give a
twenty mile road race at that city on Tha nks-
giving Day. and there was considerable re-
gret felt over it. Not only may III is race ta Ike
away i number of good local riders who
are somewhat disgruntled over the outcome
OF the recent event here, but it viii keep
away from the race tu be held here on
Thanksgiving some good out-of-tcwn riders,
who otherwise would have been likely TO
come. as the prizes that are to be offered
at Baltimore will be very attractive ones
Central High School will give the COlln
bia Athletic Club men n practice game on
Columbia field tomorrow. The athletic
men are trimming up for strong game
on Friday.
The second eleven of the Eastern High
School and the lie Droit Park team will
meet on the Monument lot this afternoon
The Kendall Green and Eastern High
School elevens are down for tussle on the
college grounds tomorrow afternoon.
The Columbian College team will go 10
Alexandria tomorrow and line up agains,
the Episcopal High School eleven or tina,
town. The boys down the Potomac are
held as pretty stiff lot Of players, and d
good game is looked for.
The Schuylkill Navy football team
scheduled to meet the Columbia Athleti,
Club men here on Friday, have been doing
great work with their Quaker brethrer
on the gridirun around Philadelphia. They
are a strong combination of players ant
will doubtless make the Columbia mcI
work hard to hold their own with them.
The game scheduled between the Balti
more City College eleven and the Orients
of this city, which was to have been played
Baltimore tomorrow, has been declared
off.