Evening star., 1897-06-05

were elected on the active role and the
boycott placed on the botel at Cabin John
Bridge for alleged unfair treatment.
Last Sunday the club carried large dele
cation to the Spa Athletic Club. near Bla-
densburg. where match game OF ball was
played with the team Of the Queer Wheel
men. The winged AS won by a score Of IA
to 0. with Murphy in the box. and Moreland
as backstop. By winning this game the
Ariingtons easily showed that they were
entitled to the bicycle club base ball cham
ptonship Of the District for the present
year.
The club took a run Wednesday evening
and attended lawn party given by tho
twenty members who went out under Capt.
Potts.
The club will make century trip to
Frederick tomorrow and good attend
ance of members is expected The start
will be made at 9 o'clock in the morning
from 14th and streets
Levant Cycle Club.
The Levants took pleasant trip last
week. They started Sunday morning at 9
O'Clock from the club house at Gal Penn
sylvania avenue southeast, and rode to
Baltimore over the cinder path. The day
was spent in the CITY, and at o'clock in
the afternoon the return trip was started,
going by way Of Ellicott City. Owing to
an accident to one Of the members the en-
tire club stayed over night at Ashton.
morning, and reaching Washington by
9:3O am =
The club attended the races in a body,
and occupied two private boxes. There is
no run scheduled for tomorrow.
Chain and Spr0cket Club.
The Chain and Sprocket Club inaugural
ed Its mid-wcek ladies' run Tuesday even
ing with a trip to suitland Park There
were sixty-four riders in the party. and a
pleasant time was spent at the park dane
ing and other amusements being INDUCED
In.
Last Sunday the club went to Marlboro
on an all-day run, and carried out a good
attendance.
A short run has been called for tomor-
ters at 1115 9th street northwest at 2:3O
O'Clock In the afternoon, and take a spin
up the Conduit to Cabin John bridge.
Queer Wheelmen.
The Queers went out to the Spa Athletic
Club grounds near Bladensburg Sunday
morning. to win game of ball from the
team of the Arlington Whceiiren. Their
opponents were too strong for them, how
ever. and they could not get man around
the bases during the whole game. Smith
and Houser were the battery for me Queer
Wheeimen. In the afternoon the club took
a run to Cabin John bridge.
Carroll Institute Bicycle Club.
AT the last meeting of the Carroll Insti-
tute Club eight new members were en-
rolled. and a larger increase Is expected
than this at the next business session.
The next meeting will be held Tuesday
evening in the trophy room, when the
schedule committee will have runs for the
season completed, and the sport therefrom
will be very fine.
The club runs to Cabin John bridge and
Cycle cottage were we'll attended, and the
future prospects of the club are very
bright indeed. bidding fair to soon rank
among the leading clubs of the city in
point OF membership and everything else
JOS. Berberich, who played center on the
basket ball team last year. has donned the
institute colors and started on the cycle
path. He was in the race meet last Mon
day. and rode well.
The club will make a run tomorrow to
River View. leaving the club house at 2
CLOCK IN the afternoon and riding straight
10 the river resort. The return trip will
be made by boat, and a good crowd is ex-
pected to go out.
Club Gossip.
The annual excursion Of the Eastern Ath-
ietlc C!ab will be given Tuesday evening to
River View. If the weather Is fair the
ciuD expects to carry large crowd down.
Inc Naugautuck Cycle Club went on a
nshlng trip Decoration day to Sycamore
Island Lines were thrown out. but NOT a
nsh was caught during the whole day To
the great disappointment of the members
especially the girls, who expected to carrv
back with them a big bunch Desn,ta .hs
larse number of herring in the river NOT
oie oi tnese were snagged. The day was
spent enjoyably. however, and the cjnb
' ileilDeIs stood the jests of their friends
without much wincing
A Pleasant Trim.
w. q. Wilmarth, Howard Fisk. I,oris
heiler and William Kruig returned last
"iohuas ~ from three-days trip through
.ne ohehandoah valley and Harper's Ferry.
ihe party mad most enjoyable time. and
each member Is still full of the trip. They
1e.e = .o;s washington last Saturday morning at
: o CLOCK Tor Leesburg, with the Intention
OF stopping there all night, but. having
reached there sooner than was exnecteT
they stopped there for dinner and proceed
dusk. Just outside of LewinsviIIe the bous
ran INTO some thorn bushes. which had
been thrown in the road, and Wilmarth,s
front tire was punctured in sixteen dif
here le"t for piaces; aces quite delay was made
were Obliged to pump up their tires every
rev miles, When Leesburg was reached
the repair man was hunted up and an in
asa der tuoe put In After partaking of a good
dinner the boys proceeded to Round Hill
via Hamilton and Purcellville Round HiIi
was reached about dusk. and, as the riders
had no overcoats to keep themselves warm
on account of the cool mountain air. thew
seated themselves on the piston rod of the
tram which had stopped over for the night
at this end Of the road. and warmed up.
After an early breakfast Sunday morning
they proceeded to Berryville and Charles.
town. crossing Smokers Gap and Castle
mans Ferry Harper's Ferry was reached
at noon Sunday. and stop made for din
ner Here they encountered a rain storm.
but proceeded to Point of Rocks. where a
stop for the night was made By Monday
morning the roads were in good condition
SO they pushed down to Rockville, stop
ping for dinner. Here they met the Colum-
bian University team and witnessed a
game OF ball with the Rockville Base Ball
Club. reaching home Monday evening about
z o'clock. The boys kept to the schedule
and every point was reached at the time
appointed. covering in all about 100 miles
They expect to take a similar trip in the
near future to the Natural Bridge, Va,
covering part of the same ground.
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS
NJ. T. Faulkner. the well known trainar