The morning times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-02

to try for the hurdle events with some
chance Of winning.
The N. Y. A. c. will lose another strong
representative at the coming meet, as
Il. j. Wefers, the worlds champion sprint
er. cannot be entered from that club. as
under rule 10 of the A. A. L. constitution.
he must choose between his home-which Ia
Lawrence, Mass.-and GeorgetOw Col
1ege, to which he belongs. He will no doubt
represent one of these, as he is not only TO
defend his present laurels, bat he will try
for new records. He was allowed TO rep
reseutthe N. Y. A. c. last year in the inter-
national meet by special legislation Of the
A. A. U.
COLUMBIA ATHLETIC CLUB.
Prof. John Crossley OF the Columbia Ath-
letic Club very wisely decided during the
past week to give the aspirants for athletic
honors at Columbia Field a rest, in order
to keep them fresh. Next week the work
will be taken up again, and the large field
or promising athletes, as well as the sea-
soned ones, will take up earnest practice
for the several events OF the big open
track and field meet to be held at
Columbia Field some time IN October.
Tie ne W material at hand is doing well,
and the Prof" is pleased with the out
look.
Monday and Thursday afternoons from
to O'Clock finds quite number OF
new men on hand in the gymna sum waiting
to be measured by Crossey, when an out
line OF preliminary work is prescribed.
Fenwick, the accomplished gymnast,
whose excellent work in the Y. III. G. A.
gymnasium will be remembered, has become
a wearer OF the Winged Arrow" emblem,
and Prof. Crossley will add to his already
hrge store of gymnastic accomplish
ments.
Cabrera, while away on his vacation,
will participate in several Northern open
track events.
Franz is keeping up his good work, and
in the jumps and pole vault he will make
some or the older ones hustle this fall
The tennis tournament, open to club
members only, was a great success, and
developed the fasti that the club has sew
eral crack players who would make
splendid sho wing in any open event. :.
President Alexander Grant has returned
from his vacation. which was spent mostly
Oh a sick bed. His eliminates are pleased
at his early recovery from what Threatened
to be serious illness.
All his eliminates are pleased to know
that Bobby Elder is SO rapidly recovering
from his serious illness, and hope soon to
see him ont again.
Lieut. Charles Baker is very well salts
fed with the showing made by ms crew 5
taken up active work and training earlier
in the season and stuck to it, the success
OF the ere WIS would have been more marked.
Many of the oarsmen will now take up
field and track work at Columbia Field
preparing for the October meet. Others
will go off on vacations, and many viii take
up pleasure rowing and barge parties, and
small dances wiIllbe plentiful. 1t is pro-
posed to hold ahbig club regatta and hop
about the middle or this month.
49, ANALoSTAN BOAT CLUB.
About the 18th instant Capt. Moore of
the Analostan Boat Club will put out his
crews for a club regatta and hop, and he
proposes to make it a big event.
Several portage parties in the big
war canoe are being arranged, one OF them
for the especial pleasure OF the rowing
men, who have been SO constantly in train
ing.
George Steiger is building his third
canoe and before another season he also
proposes to launch one Of the prettiest cat
boats on the river.
Stearns keeps up his old time form and
his work is the envy of all new members.
As a manager of barge parties Harry
Benner is without peer. AS chairman OF
the reception committee to receive visiting
oarsmeD he scored another success on
Friday.
POTOMAC BOAT CLUB.
There Is some talk Of sending the
junior eight OF the Potomac Boat Club
To the Labor Day regatta at Staten Island
to again secure II possible the big cup
upon which the PotOmacs had the honor OF
heading the list of winners when the cup
WAS first put Up.
The training season being at an end
temporarily, number OF barge parties
to Potomac Landing are spoken OF.
Tie seml-monthly hops will continue
to the end OF the season. The one an
nounced for Friday night was postponed
to next Thursday evening.
The club was congratulated on all sides
yesterday on having SO large and CON-
Portable a balcony.
Joe Oliver declares yesterdays races
"were the very last for him." They all
say that until they become too old to row.
He has done good, faithful work.
1t is proposed to hold a club regatta at
an early day, to close with big hop.
The club is sadly in need of new
four-oared shell, and it proposes to have
one before the next season opens.
WASHINGTON OUTING CLUB.
The baseball team of the Washington
Outing Club continues to win games and
today stands unbeaten. Last Sunday the
second team defeated the RING nine
by score OF to 8. The features of the
game were the second base playing of
Sam Well, who made two phenomenal
the catching of Bradley. The w. .. c..
battery were Feister and Bradley; and
for Rink, Carter and Shock.
Harry and Meyer King are playing on
the Asbury Park team and doing good
work.