Evening star., 1896-10-31
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Georgetown Unfversity.
The foot ball of the class games ts novv
lne ali-absorbing topic among the students
Inc result Of the 90 and '99 game was a
compete surprise. the former being mu,h
'he heaVier and more experienced team.
oeer-conf1dence causing their fall DOWN
hhe other classes are profiting by this ex-
ample.
Mr. Cnarles Raley. s. j., the manager OF
tne athletics of the Junior department has
done a great deal of hustling and hard
nrana 49,, ~, .me annual held-day games of the
pleparatory department, which will be held
eoiiorroW morning, commencing -at IN
ociock. full account of which was nuh
nsheo In The Star yesterday. The winners
OF the contests in the morning will ba 40
cIared the al-around champions of tho nro-
pdlatory department, and this is a much
coveted honor. Under the direction and
sTnta u,Gact Oh ar. Raley the athletics on the
Junior SIDE nave reached a state never he
e iore known. and his influence is far-extand-
ins, being felt on the senior side of the
university. Va 'ie
Inc tennis match between Driscou and
oavidson for the championship OF The NE
triGt mas been Indefinitely POSTPONED hnt
VIII DE played as soon as Davidson's arm
time ago eu soHle
me medical students have organized n
t toot pan team to contest with the class
sehnn, OF the university proper. A law
mnveren, e,eten =, Is also being organized. and a
III 'Snleht is on foot to select a team from
ule law and medical elevens to NAV thn
day. VI" Thanksgiving
Howard University,
Inc game with the University OF Penn.
syNania reserves. which was to have been
e-".eu 'oddy' was Cancelled owing to ths
'na. tne Reserves also had a game
.neuuieu with Gallaudet. and as the latter
team financial Inducements wars ,a,,o
the Howard game was necessarily dron,'ss
He team Is working every day and COT.
uhs IN good condition. A game is eynae,a,
! ,ari.1 nn THANKSGIVING day that will prove in
New Rapid Firing Recon-.
VELAND. Ohio. October 3,.-RoIIo
Heikes OF Dayton. Ohio. broke the worId..
record Tor rapid firing at clay pigeons ves-
'eroay. lie broke 100 birds out of lu,
thrown In three minutes and seven seconds
niin iE proke sixty-three straight targets and
tne worlds record for 100 birds. o'A
CAROLS Won Easily.
me Junior basket ball teams of the Car.
| roll Institute and Washington Atbletic r,Iuh
played a match game last evening at thu
| gymnasium of the former club, the Carro,l.
winning easily by the score of o tn a
Three fifteen-minute innings were plaved
John Thompson of the w. A. c. distin-
guished himself by making all four of The
goals for his side, while Rereman Donohn.
ana Pearson made the goals for Carroll
Institute. 1t was pretty game and
! Witnessed by number of spectators. Capt.
Il. Z. Edwards of the Corcoran Cadets
| ofhciated as umpire, and Mr. Crutcbet az
| referee. no
District Bowling League.
The District Bowling League held a
meeting last evening at Carroll Institute,
at winch set of rules were adopted and
the scheduie committee reported that they
would have the list of games ready for
the next meeting. The committee on prizes
reported that Mr.. S. Desio had agreed to
give medal for the player making the
best average in at least thirty out Of the
whole number of games to be played this
season. MIR. A. F. Jorss donates a medal
10 the player making the second best aver
age under the same conditions There is
an effort being made to have a champion
snip trophy donated to the team winning
rne championship this year. The clubs
represented at the meeting were the Car
roll Institute, Washington Athletic club
and the Saengerbund.
The OIympias.
The Olympia foot ball team has organized
for the season of 1896 with a stronger
team than 1t has had in previous years.
They expect to have games with promi-
nent colleges, such as Mt. ST. Joseph's of
Baltimore, Gonzaga and Georgetown They
would like to hear from all whose average
weight is 125 pounds. The lineup is as
follows: j. Fealey, r. E.; j. Mccarthy
X 7: f. Tompkins. r. G.: G. Brown, c.:
F. Denny, L. G.: II. Wilson. L. T.: c.
Thompson. L. E. (captain): B. Nelson, Q.
B.; o. Harper, r. II. B.; c. Rainey, l..
H. h; c. Fealy. F. B. Send challenge TO
c. Thompson. 724 9th street northeast.
A Game Declared Forfeited.
An exciting game Of foot ball was play
ed yesterday near Lincoln Park between
the teams of Woods Commercial College
ard the Friends Select School. The game
was played in two twenty-mnute halves.
During the first half the ball stayed close
to the middle of the field. In the second
half the Friends rushed the ball down 10
the Woods five-yard line, where they lost It
on downs. Then the Woods boys by five
and ten-yard rushes by Mackey. Richmond
and Norcum succeeded in carrying the ball
to the Friends five-yard line, when the
Friends disputed the time and left the field.
Thereupon the umpire awarded the game
to the Woods boys to o.
TOday's Big Foot Ball Ganes.
A list of the most prominent college foot
ball games that will take place today fol-
lows:
Princeton University-Cornell University,
at Princeton, N. j.
Rutgers CoIlege-United States Naval Ca
diets. at Annapolis. Md.
Trinity College-Amherst University, at
Amherst, Massachusetts.
Tufts College-Wesleyan University. at
Middletown. Conn.
Yale University-United States Military
Cadets, at West Point, n. Y.
Boston Athletic observation-disclosures
College, at Wiliamstown, Mass.
Haverford Colege-Johns Hopkins Uni
versity. at Haverford, Pa.
Harvard University = Carlisle Indian
School. at Cambridge, Mass.
Lehigh Uniyersity.University of Michi-
gan, at Detroit, Mich.