The times., 1897-09-05

I What they sa W in the wa of extraordinary
athletic performances.
| The showing made by Franz more than
ever impressed mis- clubmates that he is one
| of the rIost promising young field ath-
/ letes in tie a. A. U. With added expe-
rience he wilInext year surprise many Of
| the stars of today. In the high jump he
| cleared The bar at 3 feet 9 2 inches, but
| With other cracks failed a t 5 feet o inches.
| In the pole vault he cleared o feet inches
with ease, when for some reason the bar
| raised from that point to IL feet 1 inch,
i he dropped over Cleverly on his second
I trial. and after he had landed, the stick
| blew 'ff the standards, ana although il
was shown that it had blown off, he was
dropped out. 1t was a most unfortunate
| decision. for it killed Franz's chances Tor
| a victory.
| a dan johnson, in the discus event, failed
| to scale the discus farther than eight y-Aisnt
feet ahd. Of course, he did not secure a
place 'Prac;icing on sandy soil viii not
| do, say his eliminates
| The club viii be well represented in the
| fall ga'nes of the Baltimore Athletic Club,
| dates for which has not yet Lsen fixed
| Speare will be in shape TO meet all
comers in tue 100 and 22O-yards, and viii
| win undoubtedly, rs lie has done less
than fiat 10 seconds for the 100 yards.
The bowling committee viii shortly take
up the arrangement OF bowling events for
| the season. It has not yet been def
nitely settled whether or not the club wiz
be represented in the Bowling League this
season. There is lot OF excellent ma
| terial from which to make up good,
strong team.
Shell rowing from the C. A. c. boat
| house is about over for the season. The
| Junior eight gracefully bowed to the de
cision Of the float officers, and Will not
go to tie Labor Day regatta at New York.
The crew will keep together, anu with the
| experience OF this season and what it VIII
gain next, fast crew must necess arIy
| result.
Pleasure boating and barge parties take
up all the time Of the rowing men, and
tri weekly informal hops at the boathouse
! are looked upon as fixtures.
HecoX and his gallant barge crew are
arranging TO give q big barge party this
| week, with q hop afterward.
Billy McGowan, the stroke OF the big
| Four" has taken up single scuIling, and
/ is making rapid progress in the handling Of
as he is strong and has the grit and snap
| Crow is keeping up his work in the single
| and improving in form and showing con-
siderable speed.
Another club regatta is spoken OF and
may be given before the close Of this
month.
Potomac Boat Club.
The excellent showing made by the
brand-new eight" of the Potomac Boat
Club last week against the c. A. C. junior
eight in the pace race, was most gratifying
to the crew ard to Capt. Warden, and to the
members CT the club, The crew In its
present makeup is good, strong, young,
We'll balanced crew, and if kept in shane
during tie winter will make itself heard
from next spring. From present indica-
tions the cIuD viii have little difficulty
in getting out several good fast crews
Tor next season rowing, and with the old
red and white in shape regatta for next
year may be counted on even now as an
assured fact.
NJ. Ball gave an exhibition of rowing
in the stroke seat In the brushing up'
race that surprised his friends AMI ma rks
river Ee has good judgment, is cool and
is strong. The Work of Gordon, Sims and
LOCKER. too. was noteworthy. Capt Warden
is to be congratulated upon the splendid
prospects of his colts.
In order to keep the preliminary season.
work up as late as possible, it has been
decided to give another club regatta OF,
September 1S, and this VIII be the regular
fall regatta of the club. One of the features
Will be four-oaTed race between the
married and single men, class race origi-
mated years ago by the P. B. c.
At meeting OF the club, held on wednes-
day evening last, J. II. Bradley ard R d
Sims were elected members of the board
| Of governors to serve unexpired terms, re
Spectivelv. Later In the evening these
gentlemen were elected to office the forur
being chosen vice president, and the lat
ter second lieutenant. tine election OF
these new members means much to the old
club, said an old member last night
They are energetic young men no viii
do much to restore the club to its former