Evening star., 1896-11-12
THANKSGIVING DAY SPORTS.

Various Events for the Enterto,.-
ment OF the Patrons of Athletics.
There is plenty Of sport on hand for
Thanksgiving day. and the local public will
nave no trouble to find amusement for the
coming national holiday. One of the prin-
cipal events will be the annual foot ball
game. which In the past mas been such a
drawing card. especially when the team of
Georgetown University and the Columbia
Athletic Club lined UP against each other
at National Park. This year the C.A.C.
boys had some difficulty in getting a suit
able eleven, chat would be a good drawing
card. to play them on this day, but ar
rahgements have nearly been completed to
play third game with the officers eleven
OF Fort Monroe. the team that played the
opening game OF the season this year with
the columbia boys in this city, resulting In
tie score. The local boys played a re-
turn game at Fort Monroe with the same
team and beat them, and now the officers
want satisfaction, feeling confident that
they can do the local boys. This game.
like the other games on THANKSGIVING day,
will probably be held in the afternoon at
the National Park. where there are plenty
of facilities for handling a large crowd
Another good attraction for the day will
be a ten-mile bicycle road race on the Con-
duit road. between the members of the
Arlington Wheelmen. 1t will be a handi-
cap affair, and will have about twenty-fi
entrants The decision to have the race
was reached at the regular monthly meet
Ing of the club. held Tuesday evening at
the Losekam. Out Of thirty members pres
ent there were twenty-eight who expressed
their willingness to participate. Mr. b. F.
Larcombe will do the handicapping for the
race. and the handicap limit will be five
minutes. The start will be made at the
spring near the entrance to Glen Echo, and
the course will be up the Conduit to the
Anglers Club house and return the finish
being "A Cabin Tphn hrfduo
In the afternoon there will be the closing
race meet OF the season. and will be held
at the International Athletic Park, under
the auspices of the National Bicycle Club.
colored organization. These races prom
ise to be very interesting. and will be view
ed by mostly white people. The list Of
events and the prizes have been published
in The Star. and the entries are coming in
fast, including not only the colored riders
of the District. but most of the surround
ing cities.
Another event that will come off. per-
haps In the afternoon, will be the District
tennis championship. Tom Driscoll, the
Pacific coast crack. who came out ahead
In the singles in the recent tennis tourna-
ment. will meet j. H. Davidson, the holder
of the present championship. and endeavor
to wrest the honor from him. The game
was to have been played some time ago.
but on account of an injury to Davidson's s
arm 1t has been postponed. and is now set
for Thanksgiving day. If the weather re-
mains open the game VIII be very interest
Ing. but II the day be cold the players will
feel the effect and probably not play as
good as they could under ordinary circum-
stances.
The team Of Kendall Green has complet-
ed arrangements to meet the eleven of Co
lLmbian University on Thanksgiving day.
which will take place on the home ground
Of the deaf and dumb boys. This should be
a good game. as both teams are very even
ly matched, and though the Columbian boys
have played fewer games than Gallaudet,
they have shown considerable strength. and
can be relied upon to put up good game.