The evening times., 1895-10-29
AMONG AMATEUR ATHLETES
Great Interest Felt in Coming Field
and Track Events.
Gossip About Promising Young Men
who Are Anxious 10 Attain Fame
by Brawn as Wei as Brain.

| The Georgetown management has sent out
| its Invitations for the intercollegiate field
| and track meet to be held on November 8.
| While 1t is not anticipated that there will
| be vast array of athletic talent appear
on this occasionfrom ut-of-town colleges, a
| goodiy representation from the University
| OF Virginia 0nd one or two other near-at-
hand institutions, and these, with the ath-
| letes of the other home institutions, arc cx-
| pected to furnish an aIl-round athletic show
| such as has been rarely seen of late years
| in this section of the country.
Columbian College has received an invita-
ton to take part in the Georgetown field
| and track meet to be held on Saturday, No
yenber o, and viii no doubt make an effort
to have good team of athletes on hand
TO uphold the schools fair fame.
1t was said yesterday that two men had
been already settled upon as members of Co
lumbians tcam-Green and Schade. Green
is pole vaulter and jumper, and is re-
puted to be good one. Schade, who has
recently entered the college, will be Column
bias representative in the bicycle events,
and on present form it is safe TO predict
that he viii carry the hOnors of the oc-
casion.
"A
the city is said to be l.. II. Wuifckuhler,
who has entered Columbian University He
is a good all-rOund man, but his fort is
at sprintiDg. He Is said 10 be able to cover
ground very fast, anu will. perhaps, be
chosen to represent Columbian on the cinder
path in the track and field games of George
town University at the coming intercollegi-
ate event.
Speaking of local athletes yesterday, "A
gentleman who appeared to be well in
formed IN professional and amateur records
asserted that Mclaughlin, a mile walker,
now attending Georgetown College, bad
shown the distance in o minutes and 30
seconds. If this is true Georgetown need
have little fear of any pedestrian In this
neck of woods, either in or ont OF college.
The amateur record for the distance Is a
fraction under minutes and 80 seconds.
The announcement that Bernard Wefers
will be GeOrgetuwn's representative in the
1OO-yard and 220-yard dashes in the com
ing intercollegiate field and track events
to be held by that institution will not be
encouraging news for sprinters who may
have contemplated Coming here on that oc-
casion. wefers is supposed to SO far ont
class all other amateur runners at these
distances that no college man who does
not stand right up in the first rank in the
running game will feel like entering against
him. and it is more than probable that
unless some other college suddenly devel-
ops n sprinting phenomenon wefers will
be about the only man in the race.
The game of the Orients and Potomacs to-
morrow should furnish good contest.
Both teams are good ones, capable of putting
up strong football. The lineup VIII be as
follows
oricnts. Positions potomacs
Richmond. Center. :. -. kline
Geoghegan :. :. Full back Capt Lyman
Tindail Right half back -Wynne
Avis :. :. :. Left half back . . Duffy
Wilson (Capt) Quarter back :. :. ..Saers
Wood Right guard. Saunders. Cam'l
Kimmell :. :. :. Left guard :. :. -. Davis
Brown Right tackle :. =. :. Louke
Fugitt or Oertly Left tackle :. . . Bright
Carr, Sanderson Left end :. :. :. Miller
Gooding, Buck'ham Right end :. -. Burns