The evening times., 1895-10-23
AMONG LOCAL ATHLETES
Basket Ball League Organization
viii Be Completed Tonight
Report OF the Com mittee on the Re-
cent Road Race May Show That
Many Riders Accepted Pace.

Many Riders Accepted Pace.
the Washington Light Infantry tonight is
looked forward TO with much interest by
the basket ball players. It is hoped, and
there is a prospect that the hope will be
realized, that nearly every basket ball Or
ganization in the city will be represented.
The last meeting of the players, which was
held on Saturday, was quite encouraging
but some of the clubs failed 10 have dele
gates on hand. In that meeting Messrs.
Rabb and Green were on hand from the
Potomac whcelmen; Libby and Alexander,
for the Military cyclists: McCabe and scha-
firt, for the Washington Light Infantry;
Ginasti, McCilue and Dodge, for the Cor
coran Cadets; Prof. Joyce, for Carroll
Institute. and Marshall ana Jade, for the
Young Mems Christian Association.
Atthcmeeting to night theclt Swho failed
to take part in the meeting O,SSaturtlay,
namely, the Washington Athletic Club, the
Outing Club, the Orient Athletic Club and
the Columbia Athletic Club, are all cx-
pected to be represented 1t is the purpose
to arrange the seasons schedule for games
tonight, and his makes il imperative that
allciuDs desiring To goiuto the league should
he represented. for there will be no chance
for them to come in later.
4 generous act of George Ball in the Dur
pont Clnbs~ con Monday was pleas
antly COP I'll upon yesterday by all
Nof the bicycle men who knew anything
about it. Ball was close to Sims and rid
ing very strong, when the latter's wheel,
which is said to have been a seventeen
FOUNDER, gave down, Ball, without think
ing of his own chances for winning, which
many say were better at that particular
stage of the race than anybody's jumped
down and turned his machine over to Sims
to finish the race on.
Ball has always been q dcscrvedly pop.
ular fellow with all OF the riders who
have come in contact with him, and this
bit of unselfishness has made him a stronger
favorite with them than ever. Ball after
turning his machine over to Sims took the
crippled wheel and walked home with
Harry Greer and &. E. Wood, who had
punctured tires and were compelled To with
draw from the race.
There will be an effort made IT the meet
ing OF tue Basketball League Tonight To
put an effectual stop TO rough playing in
any OF the league contests. This move
ment has been brought about by the in
jury of one OF Prof. Joyce's best pla yers in
the Carroll Institute team. The misiap oc-
currei last season and il is said the player
was SO badly hurt that he has scarcely
been able to work since. Prof. Joyce will
be one OF the strongest advocates OF the
antirough playing movement, and he will
be supported by Lieut.. Libby and other
prominent members of the league. Just
what the penalty will be for breaking the
rule is not known, but IL Will doubtless Ike
a pretty severe one.
There was no end of talk yesterday over
the protest entered by Mudd, OF the Arling-
ton Wheelmen, against the awarding of the
time prize In the Dupont road race TO Fred
Sims. on the ground that Sims had been
paced. The Times stated yesterday that
it was hardly fair to single Sims ont and
punish him for accepting the assistance OF
pace-niakers, when several Others who had
taken part in the race were guilty OF the
same offense.
1t now appears that about every man in
the race who could get the benefit Of pac-
ing took 1t quite willingly. At least this
is what men who Were paced and who were
not say. 1t is asserted by these men that
even Mudd had at least a little assistance
in the pacing line. when Sims Is alleged to
have been picked up by the tandem there
were five or six men in the bunch in which
he was riding, among them Ganse and
Leatherbury. whom the prOtcsters say
should have the time prize. One of the
riders OF ore of the criminal tandems told
Il Times reporter yesterday that every one
Of these men got little lift in the way of
pacing.
In fact II one can believe what be hears,
the race was a sort of go-as- you- please
affair after the hill on the out run was
reached, aud Sims was no more guilty of
three dozen other riders. and this fact
will probably be made clear when the gen
tlemen who are now investigating the mat
ter have finished their task.
The new bowling league is now under
way, but il is not as big an institution as
was hoped for. President Van Reuth. how
ever. is satisfied that il will yield Il great
deal of pleasure To the members OF the
limited number of clubs that are in it.
There are various reasons why there are |
SO few clubs represented in the league this |
year. The Baena Vistas. who were in the |
league last year and were willing to 20 |
into that of this year, were ruled out because |
Of the infcriority OF their alleys. The Cairo |
Club. which desired to go into the new or |
was ruled out on the ground |
hat its alleys are not Of the regulation !
width or length
The reason why the Columbia Athletic |
Club team is not in the league this year |
ras given quite plainly to a Times reporter
In the first place, the league |
schedule requires the attention OF the mem |
Ders of the clubs that are in IL about three
nights in the week during the entire bowl
ng season. The staid married men Of tue
Columbia Clnb did not feel that they We're
Justified in spending this much time away
rom home, while the younger and unmarried
members of the team have other social
that three nights in the week
pent at bowling seriously interfered with.
Again, it is said that much time spent
way made things duh at the club In
BOWLING way. and this was not sa isfactory |
o many of the members.
As il is, the league for 1851 S96 is con-
'tituted of three organizations. They
re Carroll Institute. the Young Mems
'atholic Club, and Washington Athletic
'lub. Carroll Institute has just finished
lew alleys. that are said to be equal to if
ot better than any others in the city.
The failure OF some of the more prom. |
nent local bicycle riders 10 appear in the
Dad race on Saturday having prompted
he charge that they were afraid, has /
irra nm af .,f |