Evening star., 1896-02-15
SAUNDERS GOOD RACE.

committee consists of c. L. Petze, F. W.
Ruckler and K. Revelle.
SAUNDERS GOOD RACE.
Won the Skating Championship of
the District.
A large number of persons gathered at
the Convention Hall Ice Rink to witness
the championship races for the ice palace
| medal last night Great interest was felt
in the rivalry between IlgenfritZ ard Saun-
dcrs. The former was beaten by the Wash
ington boy Thursday evening by twelve
feet, and hot race was expected. but the
Baltimore boys skate pulled loose before
he had gone five strokes and he was obliged
to quit. There were seven Starters-Aic-
Fee, llgenfritZ, Stiles, Saunders, Cheney,
Bailey and Dillon. Saunders did not spurt
until the fourteenth lap, and then he flew.
In winning this medal Saunders really
becomes the champion of the District,
| the race v as a scratch one for mile and
half, and open to all comers. Great sat
| isfaction was expressed over MS victory,
| he is exceedingly popular. He has won dis
| tinction in athletics before, having been
| one of the mainstays of the champion Cen
! tral High School fo ct ball team Of '33 and
| '9t. Manager Towers held the watch and
| figured that the mile and half made
| in 523. The record, 4.46, is held by Donag-
| hue. December -, 1890 The second prize
vas n pair of shoes, donated by Il. Rich &
| Sons, won by Sites.
! Two prizes VIII be awarded the two mel
| who make the best showing against Joe
! Donoghue this evening. The feature of the
| evening session, however, will be the at
| tempt on ponoghue'S part 10 break the
| worlds record for five miles. 1t will take
| place at o'clock. and MS friends are cor
! fident that he will slice a chip from the
| listing time. The record is % made by
j. Nilsson at MINNEAPOLIS, on a four-and-a-
| half-lap tr: ok, February 10, 1894.
Hockey.
Next week there will be two interesting
hockey gam IS played, in which some good
work may be looked for on the .pcrt of the
local men, The Washington Hockey Club
| which recently beat the Berkeley team by
the close score of to O. will play a match
game with the team of the Baltimore Ath-
! letic Club Wednesday evening, the play
starting at O'clock SHARP. The compost
ton of the local team will be substantially
| the same as that which played in the game
| with the Berkeley club.
The hockey team of the Columbia Ath-
| letic Club will make their maiden effort in
a contest Saturday evening, their oppo-
neats being the team Of the Maryland Col
lese of Baltimore. AS the c. a. c. team
has never appeared in public, considerable
in tereSt is manifested in the outcome of
their playing.
Hgenfritz, the Baltimorean who won sew
eral handicap laces from Joe Donoshue.
has been employed to coach the c. y. c.
of the team. Manager korn has now un-
der way negotiations for game with the
famous st. Nicholas team of New York
city.
1t is not improbable that the celebrated
team of Yale College will play in this city
next week, though nothing has been defn-
itely settled as yet The Yale team plays
in Baltimore this evening, and il may be
possibly arranged to have the aSsrega ton
play in Washington the fore part of next
: week.
Rockville Base Ball Club.
The Rockville Base ball Club held meet
ing recently, at which officers We're elected
and other business attended to. The meet
ing decided to abandon the custom of elect
ing board of directors, but placed the du-
: ties of the former board in the hand of the
president. treasurer and manager. The
election resulted follows: President, K
, | II. Stokes; treasurer, Charles Al. Jones, and
manager w. Frank Rabbit.
The club viii have an abundance of good
material to select from, and so far fifteen
players have been secured. They r. J
| Davis J. f. Kelchner, Henry Beard. 3. S
z Kelchner A. S. Rabbit, Albert Hail. II. A
2 Dawson, c. NJ. Jones' Casey Kingdom. Wi
: liam Eagle, S. Beam, r. G. Hilton, Roger
t Shaw. Leonard L. Nicholson and Edward
HarriSS.
5 From indications the season promises t.
$ be prosperous for the club. Manager Rab
, bitt has booked several games, and is he
gotiating for a number of other games
Efforts will be made to have the schedul
4 better this year than ever before. Tn,
team has not begun practice q nine, ana
2 work will not commence until outdoor
: practice can be secured.
f Covles' Visit to Coach Yale.
e Aid has come to Captain Treadway of tn,
Yale University crew, in his efforts to de
velop winning crew. A. w. Cowles of Chi
0 | cago, one of Yale's greatest oarsmen anc
| coaches arrived Yesterday Now axn,
and will criticise the work of the candida tes
| Mr. Cowles is the only coach to put in al
| appearance since Bob Cooks visit some day
: | ago.
. Washington Outing Club.
The work of forming the base ball team
| of the Washington Outing Club is now il
: | progress, and it is evident that there is al
y | abundance of good material Harry king
: who will captain the aggregation, place
t the proba BILE makeup as follows: Catcher
u w. A. Farlee; pitcher, Ben Boo first base
Harry King; second base Sam Well; thir
: | base, Jake Kaufman; shortstop, H Serb
> | ner; right field; AL. Goodman; center field
! | C. H. Reizenstein; left field, Fred Hahn
II | These men will undoubtedly play on tn
j, team. though for the purpose of trengthen
X ing the nine the positions may be changed
u | For substitutes there viii be on the benc
q AL Sigmund, c. W. Moore, Sam. Nattans
u NJ. Nordlinger. NJ. Oppenheimer and Others
| olHeT IdHS VI Tie CtuD Will organize
) | second team.
J. The n. G. A. A.
n n The National Guard Athletic Association
has been making a wonderful change il
# the loft of the armory in fitting it up t
a se.ve as a frst-cass gymnasium. The ar
II pliances which have been introduced hav
> been extensively used so far by the athieti
o inclined members of the Corcoran Cadet
= and the military cyclists. No reguia
1t course will be pursued, though the officer
II | of the association are seriously conside,
o ing the advisa b:lity of employing a compe
,r | tent instructor This will hardly be don
70 until fall, however, as during the summe
n | the members of the association, it
i thought. will not conine themselves to IL
It | door gymnastics.