Evening star., 1896-10-24
ON LOCAL BLOT BALL FIELDS
Games That Haya Been Arranged With Out
side Teams,
Preparations for the ThanksRivinx
and columni> i>=A.h,et,e Club Men.

The local football players have been
doing but little OF ate. The Indian sum-
mer weather of the past week. while 1t has
been splendid to all Of the population OF
the city, does not make good foot ball
weather. The game Is productive of more
eXertion to all players than any other out
door game, and if the weather Is the least
bit warm the players feel it more and
become fatigued more easily. The weather
Of the past week was excellent from a
spectators point of view, but the ideal
foot ball is the crisp, cool weather. char
acteristic of the closing days of fall, when
the atmosphere is bracing enough to in
vigorate the players and keep them moving
lively all of the time
Very little has been done so far by :he
local clubs. outside of the matter of forna-
ton. The decision has been reached 10y a
good many organizations to have an eleven
in the field this season. Outside of this
very little work has been done in the mat
ter of lineup.
The GHllaudets.
To Gallaudet College belongs the credit
Of having the first local team in the field.
This eleven has had it's practice and played
three or four games, in which the collie
gians of the deaf and dumb institute have
come out victorious. This Is. indeed, a
very credtable showing, and speaks well
of the strength of the team this season.
The lineup is decided improvement over
last year, and this fact Is fully evidenced
by the success Of the eleven 80 far this
season. There Is good deal Of old mate
rial OH the team, and the new men who
qualified for positions this year have
strengt hened the team considerably. The
eleven this year Is, without doubt. the
strongest that was ever put out from
among the ranks of the students at Ken
dali Green. In weight the eleven will COM
pare favorably with any other foot ball
team In town. The average weight of the
men is about 100 pounds, and this will prob
ably equal the average weight of the CO.
lumDia Athletic Club team.
The Gallaudets have not yet shown their
full strength. The teams they have played
with have not been their equal in weight
and skill. In the game last Saturday, in
which the Gallaudets and the Maryland
Agricultural College elevens came together,
with neither side scoring at the end Of two
halves, cannot be taken as a fair example
of the strength Of the deaf and dumb
players. Their team was crippled by the
absence of several Of the best players and
but for this fact Gallaudet would have
won. they playing an aggressive game all
the way through, the ball lowering off the
Agricultural boys tifteen-yard line most
of the time. In the event of game be-
tween the Columbia Athletic Club and the
Gallaudets. the playing would be decidedly
interesting, though it is likely that the
of 1t.
Columbia Athletic Club,
Captain w. Fred. Sims CT the Columbia
Athletic Club eleven has been busily en-
glged In whipping the men under him In
line, and with this end In view the candi-
dates for the team have been putting in
some hard practice every afternoon this
week at Columbia field. While there is
an abundance of ma terial it does not look
as though the tetm will he as strong as
the teams of previous years. though strong
enough to compete with any local club
The lineup of the team has not been set
tied and though seine Of the candidates
viii be In position IN the game now in
progress at c. A, c. field it does rot fol-
low that this viii bs the regular lineup
for he>xeason. The lineup for the game
today was not decided until last evening
and is sort of a patchwork affair. If
probably exert big influence On the fu-
ture organization or the team. If. on the
other hand the Club loses this afternoon
there will be u sort of shaking lp
The candidates In training and the posi-.
tions they are after are as follows: Center,
Underwood and Gapen: guards, McCon-
vile, Chapman, Dickinson and Brown;
tacklers. MCGOWAN, Saunders and :Iickok:
ends. Maupn. Curtiss and Humphreys;
quarter back, Parsons and Magee; half
backs. Captain Sims. Lewis. Cooker and
Maupiu; full backs, Lewis, Walsh and
Hooker.
The team from the officers of Fort Mon
roe arrived in the city this morning by
boat Manager Charles A. Cabrera receiv-
ing telegram from ]. A. Ship.on, the
manager of the Fort Monroe eleven. He
met the team and their friends, who came
UP to root the men to victory, and took
charge of the entire contingent for the
day.
The POtomacs.
The Potomacs who started in the field to
have an eleven are not meeting with an
ticipated success in the matter Of form
ing an eleven. The members are some
what la king In the interest Of the Or
ganization, and that beirg the case 1t is
hardly likely that team will be organized
until change of sentiment is experienced
among the players. One of the first games
scheduled by Manager Schell was with
the Hampton Athletic Club Of Hampton,
Va, and on account Of the conditions men,
toned above the game was Cancelled Upon
the earnest request Of the Hampton peo-
pie the, matter recoEsidered and
team formed and sent down under Cap.
Lyman, who plays full back. The result
of the game is awaited with interest.
Thanksgiving Day Game.
Nothing has been done in the way of
the THANKSGIVING day game, though nego-
tiations are now in progress for several
games. Manager Cabrera was anxious to
have game with the University of Vir-
giria eleven this date. but the matter
seems to have resulted in naught. Nego-
tiations are now pending for a game on
that holiday with the Orange Athletic
Club of Orange, N. ].
The Central High School team plays
it's first game of the week this afternoon at
Alexandria, where it will meet the team
of the Episcopal High School at that place.
There is some rivalry between the two
schools, and as the Central boys have
strengthen ed the weak spots in their line
up a good game can be expected. The
High School boys will carry with them
q good crowd of rooterS.
THE BUDA PESTH TOURNEY.