The morning times., 1896-12-20
AMONG LOCAL ATHLETES
Doings of Amateurs in Gym
nasium and Afield.
BOWLING LEAGUE SURPRISE
Reserve Tea ms Out for Local Cham
Winged Arrow Activ-
fty-W. A. c. Handball Court.
Eastern's Election-saengers Are
Leaders.

The surprise OF the week in amateur
bo wiling circles was the manner III which
the Saengerbund bowling team ran away
from its field in tue ma jor league during
the past week and took the lead in the
championship race. This is the first
season the singers have appeared in com
petition and their excellent work against
the veteran teams, especially the cham
pion Carroll Institutes, is notew orthy
and the players are to be complimented
upon their splendid work.
The CAROLS Will have TO Took well to
their laurcIs and defendthe more strongly
else they will see them wrested
from them by the junior team OF the lea que.
The new league, composed Of second or
reserve teams OF the organizations, COM
prised in the ma jor league, is lively
youngster and promises 10 make its pres
ence felt in bowling circles 1t will be
out for the championship Of the District
and this il will make an effort to land,
at the end OF the season, when its leading
team will challenge the leader OF the
major league. The race from now on
both between Individual teams and lea Gues
will be unusually interesting.
COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUB.
On next Saturday evening the Columbia
Athletic Club will hold it's first athletic
smoker OF the season. Among the fea-
lures there will be three good sparrng
bouts by m embers OF Prof Carter's classes,
and also three wrestling events.
The ladies' day held on Thursday after
noon was so great a success that the
amusement committee feels encouraged TO
i,,,.a ,,AV
month.
The next event on the card will be
musicale to which friends Of the club,
ladies and gentlemen, will be invited. 1t
will be ii high class affair, and the nro-
gram VIII include the best known talent in
the city The evening OF January 8 has
been fixed for the function, which will be
made a dress affair.
The next event, under the direction Of
the bowling committee, will be either ten
pin or a five back tourney open 10 clubmen
berS only. The nine-pin tournament, Which
closed la II night, created or revived an in
terest III bowling in the club, ana that in
teTest will not be allowed to lag from his
time forward.
Tie members OF Prof Crossley's junior
class deserve special mention for the eN-
cellcnce of their work on ladies' day. The
drills were worked off like machinery.
The easc with which Fran cleared the
bar at ten feet flat in the pole vault
leads his friends to believe that he can
stand raising the bar at least two inches
more and clear it then. The record he
broke was DUdley's indoor record for the
club gyIa, and for the District for that
matter, and it stood two years at nine
feet, ten inches Franz really cleared
the stick 1T ten feet and oue-half inch
If he continues his present rate OF improve
ment Franz will put up records so high
that few locals can hope TO reach them.
Many OF une members have gone to their
respective homes to spend he holidays
CARROLL INSTITUTE ATHLETICS.
The basketball team is taking plenty Of
| practice for its game, the first one with
| the Washington Athletics, on next Wednes-
) day evening
Big Smith, the center OF the team, is
very fond of the game and shows de
Cided Improvement in each practice game.
Rogers is a newcomer in the gyni, who
! is learning rapidly and j S taking regular
! class work.
Jack O'Connor is tack and has again
taken up the regular work. and promises
| TO make good al! around man.
| McAfee is one Of the strongest youngsters
in the classes.
Crutchett and O'Donohoe are two lart
workers, who are doing some good tricks
in tumbling, and viii, no doubt, make q
! hit in the annual exhibition next month
Prof. joyce insists on regularity OF
| physical drill. and those members who
! take regular work show very plainly the
| good results.
The league bowling team seems 20 lack
that degree of team work which made il
so successful in former seasons, ana foI
this reason each set bowls one strong game
and in the next falls down. Is ii possibl,
that too many changes are made in the
| team. OF is it that the competing teams
are SO much stronger than last year?
The loss OF two games to the W. a C
on Friday evening was almost entirely
| unlocked for.
The announcement committee of the