Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-13


trance fee Of seventy-Aye cents.
I The other events(6re AZ follows. tho pro-
Tor beth Sa being the sems No l.
=. twenty birds; No. 8, entrance $1.t0. flf-
teen birds; No. 4, entrance e twenty birds;
No. s entrance Is cents. for prize Of
trance $50. fifteen rirds; No. ., entrance
y. twenty birds; No. g. entrance e, twenty
birds; No. 8. entrance e. twenty birds; No.
~. entrance g cents. merchandise prise,
I Il Is probabie i lat several other events
may be arranged d the meantime, and 1t il ,
among the possibilities that a team match
Capital City Gun. dub. the Baltimore and
Laurel clubs and the Rockville Gun Club
will shoot for supremacy and substantial
purse. Five trapElahn be used.
Capitol HiH Clubs Run.
The Capitol Eilf Cycle Club held it's first
run yesterday. The start was at the club
rooms, corner 4th and East Capitol streets
capt. George Barnes led his men to Bright
wood Silver Spring, Colesviile, Forest Glen
and Sligo. Among those on the run were
J. johnson. D. P. McKeever. G. Cecil Pos
ter, j. P. Keleher, j. Mcknight and 9TH
ers.
Eastern Athletic Club.
The board of directors Of the Eastern
Athletic Club have been busy furnishing
the rev quarters OF the club sumptuously,
and when completed the rooms will equal
those of any club in the city.
The organization of the base ball team Is
going on at a good rate. and the candidates
for the team are given plenty of outdoor
practice. Thomas Ellis will act as man
ager, and his colts are a likely lot of ball
tOSserS.
The gymnasium classes are pulling up
wonderfully, and public exhibition can
shortly be looked for. Under the instruc-
ton of Prof Weisbader, the athletes are
coming to the front in good shape. L. L.
Herrell Is rapidly developing into a fine
athlete, the best in the club, and his work
on the parallel bars is particularly good.
Results In the Golf Tournament.
The finals in the handicap hole match of
the Washington Golf Club spring tourna-
ment were played Saturday at the links.
The games were closely contested. Mitchell
beating Wylie and winning the silver low
ing cup, which was given by Senator Nc
MILAN.
The medal play, stroke match took place
today, the trophy being the Parsons sill
test for a box Of golf balls and putting
contest for putter. Saturday handicap
hole match for silver cup will be played
by the ladies.
The Clenrwater-De Orc Pool Match.
The pool championship Of the world will
be decided in Pittsburg in q series of games
on April %, "a and %, between the present
champion. w. H. Clearwater Of Pittsburg,
and Alfred De Orc Of Cuba. De Orc lost
the championship to Clearwater in the Sy-
racuse tournament.
Maher ind Slavin Matched.
Maher and Slavin were matched at Pitts
burg yesterday to fight before the Eureka
Club of Long Island on May % for a purse
of $1,000, Of which $1,000 is to go to the
loser. The match is to be for twenty
rounds.
Bowling Mt the c. A. C.
The first assignment of the first series in
the Columbia Athletic Club cooked hat
bowling tournament rolled a set of four
games Saturday Evening high scores being
the rule of the evening. Myers led with
score of III, Smith second, 1O7, and Dene-
kas third. 1o5. Dc
Cyclists In the c. A. c.
A recent count at the Columbia Athletic
Club showed that nearly one hundred of its
members were wheelmen. The number is
considered sufficiently large to enable the
| club to organize healthy, active wheeling
DIVISION and with that end in view a meet
Ing of all memberA owning bicycles has
been called for Wednesday evening at
U
terest to all wheelmen will be presented
and mammoth club run arranged
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Preparing for the Whist Congress.
The whist players nof the Capital Bicycle
Club have begun preparing for the con-
gre So to be held at Brooklyn next June.
The club will be. represented by at least
two teams at the congress. The contest
Saturday evening resembled those held Sat
urday evenings in the compass whist fea-
ture. The entries. however. were by fours
Two of each four played all the north and
| south hands; their partners played the
east and west hands. The short suit four
came out ahead. but this is probably as
much due to the fact that the team was
the strongest one participating as to the
system of play adopted. Comparisons were
also made by pairs. by ascertaining how
many tricks each pair made plus or minus
Of the average for the hands played by
them. Low and Barrick was first of the
pairs, Fogg and Cole second, and Wooten
and Quackenbush third. The following
shows the score by pairs and fours: