The Washington times., 1895-04-08
SP0RTMeHoTEs
Miller Defeats All Corners in the
Continuous Pool Game.
MlTCHELL's NEW PRoTEGE
Bob Marshall Has Backing and Wants a, Go
with Peter Maher-Ths Inter-city Water
Polo Game Excites Much Interest-The
Game Is Very Rough One, Being Even
Worse Than Foothail-BicYcle Notes.

A continuous pool game for the cham
pionship for the District of Columbia has
been running for the past week at 1890
Pennsylvania avenue.
On Monday, April L, Mr. Miller defeated
Harry A. Little, very clever player, by
score of 10G to 73. On Tuesday he de-
feated II. NJ. Goodwin, 100 to 68. Wednes-
day he defeated B. Haeding, who has
claimed the championship for two years,
with score of 100 to 73. He defeated
b. +, Hunt. apopular member'oftbe George
town Cycle Club. by a score of1O0 to 73.
Friday night Mr.. Derby, of the Navy Yard,
tried his hand at playing Miller, and only
made 62 points to the Iatter's 100.
Little, Haeding, aud Hunt are now tied at
73 points and will play it off in 5O-point
game tonight at 8 O'Clock.
Miller and Haeding Will also play six
hundred point game for'$5O side and the
championship of the District.
A protege of Charley Mitchell. an Eng
lishman named Bob Marshall, has recently
arrived in this country and is out with
challenge to meet any heavy weight on this
side or the water. He has backing to the
amount OF 81 800 and says he is auxiousto
Observation-Disclosures match canbe arranged.
Heisatpresentmatched fighta FTenchman
named Dupont ntatHayre, France, ,inthelatter-
part OF May.
As Mitchell was not quite ready tocome to
this country, Marshall came over under
the management OF Charley Norton, of
Newark
Much interest is, being taken in the
inter-city water polo match which viii
be held this week between the New York
and the Chicago Athletic Clubs.
The game OF water polo is an interesting
one. 1t is played with six men ON each
side, and in mo dified way is a full
cousin to football, after which ii was
patterned. There is no kicking or punt
ing, but the game abounds in tackles and
in the co ming championship contests
is the regulation association football
painted white. AT each end of the tank
will DE placed a board four feet long and
twelve inches wide, on which the word
Goal" VIII be painted. AS in football,
the game VIII co INSIST of two halves,
with breathing spell between. Each
half VIII consist OF eight minutes of actual
play. the time consumed in deciding fouls
or other questions to be deducted. The
interval will Ire five minutes.
The officials. viii consist OF a referee,
a timer and umpires. stationed at each
goal. The goal boards viii rest eighteen
inches above the water line. To score
a goal the board must be touched by
the ball in the. hands OF the opposing
player, the team securing the greatest
number o goals to be declared the
winner. When a goal has been made
the umpires. viii notify. the referee, who
viii blow his whistle and announce the
result
The referee, at the beginning of play.
tossess the bali into the center of the tank
The players, who are in position. are not
allowed to start for the ball until the
referee has footed his whistle.
There is some talk in the League of
American Wheelmen OF admitting pro-
ressionals into the ranks. The growth
OF professionalism in cycling circles in
England and France has resulted in induc-
ing some of. the leading amateur racing
men in this country to go abroad and race
for cash and the similarity of the class b
racing men to professionals has been in
StraneHtal in urniQg the league to consider