The morning times., 1897-01-24

i, veloped nto line gymnast. He does good
| work anywhere on the floor.
Crutchett and O'Donoghue are showing
| some new tricks in tumbling.
On Monday night last Tony Rice reached
! the height of his ambition, when, by his
| bowling, he secured the topmost place in
| the league. displacing Berny Locraft.
The bowling team is scheduled to play a
| league game on the w. A. c. alleys to-
morrow night.
The annual election of officers at the
Washington Athletic Club having been heid,
matters athletic are again going on in a
| flourishing manner, AMI an unusual amount
| OF interest is being shown in the various
competitions in which the club is tn
tered.
| The reelection of Mr. NJ. j. Brown as
| president meets wah universal appro sal
and is just tribute to an energetic Of
| flcer and an earnest mesnbe-, having IN
| view the success OF the club al all times.
| Under his management the w. A. =. mas
made ra3id strides forward in athletic and
| social lines.
/ Hc IE-G-Itt~fiH Oi settittdtY ti4.hibs1H -
| Harrison was also weli-teserved rrcog-
| milton OF faithful and efficient services.
| The other officers are: George 4 Martin,
| vice president; George G. Eaton, treasurer,
! John nietz, financial secretary
| The board OF directors consists of Mf.ssrs
| W. A Richards " J. Brown, George q.
| Eaton, j c. Reeves, James Martin, ir.;
| c. r Harrison. w Fl. Wight, George \.
Martin and James Horan.
1t is matter OF general regret that Mr.
| Henry Story declined to stand for election
| TO any office
| The rifle team, under Capt uiNon. viii
| shortly take up its practice, with n view
| OF shortly arranging with other teams for
| series Of matches on the range.
The reserve team of tenpin bowlers is
| holding It's own very well and now stands
| second in the league
The major league team VIII have as its
+ visitors tomorrow evening tie Institute
| players for set of tcnpin games.
| The amusement committee has about
| completed details for calico ball TO
| be given at tttc clubhouse at an early date
| Manager OF athletics. julius Walsh, pre-
| diets that the season now at hand VIII be
| tie most prosperous and successful George
| town University has ever had.
| More good promising men have signifed
| an inteation of taking up training for
various lines than ever before
| Trainer William Foley, too, is more q an
| pleased with the outlook and is already
| hard at work with his classes doing pre-
! lminary indoor work.
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| Wefers. the king of sprinters; the cham
| pion OF the world; ]. Wefers, his brother:
| Fox, McAnerny, Fleming, Dcvereaux. Ly-
| ons. Smith, julius Walsh, McGirr, Dixon,
| Pierce. EoggS, Tobin, McAleeT. and Prince
From among the men at work and those
| who take up practice this week Trainer
| Foley viii select a team TO represent the
| varsity in nearby indoor meets.
| First ut hand is the indoor meet Of Pos
| ton Athletic Club, which will be held Fehru-
| AIRY g. At this meet there will he relay
| race between Georgetown and Holy Cross,
and Wefers and Walsh have been entered
| for two sprint events.
On the folio wing Saturday the New ,Ier-
| sey Athletic Club Will hold its animal hi e
| meet at Madison Square Garden, New York
| City Wefers, Lyons Walsh and McGirr
! and probably McAnerny will be seen in
| all the sprint events and n the distance low
hurdles.
The Blue and Gray will also he rep
resented at the annual indoor meet uf the
| University of Pennsylvania at PhiIadel-
phia, the date for which has not yet been
definitely fixed.
| When these events have been gotten
| through with the men will take up outdoor
! practice, beginning about March /. Then
| work will begin in earnest for the spring
trial events, from the winners OF which
will be chosen the team that will represent
the varsity at the Mott Haven intercol-
| legiate championships.
With the varsity so strong in material
| in all track events, strengthened by the
| presence Of Fred Schade, champion of in
| tercollegiate hicyctists, the Blue and Gray
, should have little trouble in landing at or
| near the top in number of points scored,
! easily overcoming in the track events what
I the other 'varsities and colleges may lead
! in, in field events.
Trainer Foley's most difficult task this
season will be the choosing OF the mem
| bers of the teams, as be has so much more
| than ever before good material to select
| from.
Georget owns baseball team will be
stronger this season than it has been il
several years.
over two score candidates have handed
in their names. Among the more promising
| of the new men are: Keane, Green, Smith
Dillon, Fox, Mclaughlin, Prince, and NJ
j walsh, and Bach.
Dan Mccarthy, the brilliant center
fielder of two years good service, will
| again play, and lead the team as captain
NJ. J. Walsh will be one of the new
pitchers of whom much will be expected
He pitched last year for a Pennsylvania
academical team, and is said to have
terrific speed with good change of curves
and is also a good all-round batsmau
and runner. he is expected to fill Zig
Mike Mahoney's place.
Ed. Romadky, who played left field TO
Fordham last year, will play the same
position for the varsity. He is a great
hitter, a sure fielder, and run getter.
J. Bach is young westerner with
good record. He will probably play frs
base, and alternate with Walsh and Trac,
| in the pitchers box.
OF the old and brilliant players wht
| will again wear the ''blue and gray art
stump Reardon, shortstop; Lamb, il
| right field; Pat Fleming, at second base
| and Maloney, the brilliant catcher of las
year, the youngest of all college catchers
Joseph Collins, '97 is the manager O
baseball and a great hustler. He ha