The times., 1897-07-25

II has been decided to hold the annual
championships meet in track ana fleio
events OF the Metropolitan Association oL
the A A L. at Columbia Oval, New iork'
at Williams Bridge, Oh Saturu6y' august
Z. Extensive preparations have Dt'fh lilsa"e
10 make TINS the largest and best hifee
held III recent years by this ASSOCIATION
TIE a large extent the winners u events
IN This meet viii constitute the bulk oI
entries from that district IN tie natlohal
cianluicuships of the A. a. l. TO lie Ee.d
In the month Un the field oil the Ne"
Jersey Ath!eIc Club.
Ata recent meeting of the A. A L. boafo
fl was positively denied that tie East
ern clubs IN the 4. A. L. were reaaE 10
9,olt the organization. Some OF TIE clubs
named as among the Eolters have not been
In existence for years and Others haiieu
are among The strongest ana most ioyaA
5n The rerrnt association afles l. SUN
van. president Of the Metropolitan Asso-
ciation. win be referee OF the meet OF
AUGUST :. The games committee includes
,,erre ser. tives from all the large ath
letie clubs OF Gotham, including the mighty
New York Athletic Club. Entries close
July 81
The Northwestern Rowing Association
viii hold It's annual regatta this year at
Detroit. Mich, over the famous Eeile Isle
course. three-quarters Of mile and re-
turn. on August 2 and 3. Like all It's
t,,-ertv-ei..bt predecessors, it will be the
star event IN Western rowing circles ana
among the lest managed of the rowing
season anywhere
a~rIrs a fhlefaG CT HD
has made it possible for the students of
the local High schools TO take Up ro"ibs
has opened a new avenue for the develop
ment of athletics IN these sceools Where
there are so many strong, Weil-omlt young
men whose greater Development To Dig,
strong men must necessarily result from
the exercise II is among the great pos
sihHities that we may see inter-schoiastlc
races on our river for the championship OF
this or that High School and the further
possibility Of opening the way Tor an lnter-
CITY scholastic annual event why not
In Philadelphia there are already at teast
two strong school organizations III rowing
How easy il would be TO have the winner
among nur schools go elsewhere or nave
winners from a distance come here TO row
for an intercity championship. The op-
norsunitv offered to the schools by the l.
A c. might with profit be followed with
similar tender by the other boat clubs. 1t
would certainly bring material to the MEM
bersiIip rolls, which in the near future must
necessarily develop strong rowing material
for club and championship open events
Columbia Athletic ClHb-
As usual the tennis tournament open to
n,e1n,ers of the Columbia Athletic Cub had
rain TO prevent the opening OF the series OF
sets on the day scheduled and IN conse-
oueIice the tourney did not open until Tues
day aud then Oh the wet courts the contests
for dub championships began andhaVe kept
up ever since II looks now as iflastyear &
champion, Mike o'Leary, will again land
the honors
Po,ue.oy has developed into very strong
PLAYER, and his splendid showing IN The
sets against Davis, beating him 6-1, o-3
at the opening, makes his friends feel that
he will have a strong "look III" for the
finals. Campbell, too, has shown up un-
usually well HIS back-line work is es-
pectally strong, and his service good.
The fact that the Analostan four" will
not be able to go to Philadelphia 10 the
Y. A. a @. on account of an injury to
one Of the crew, has made IL possible To
have a friendly race with the G a G
senior four much earlier than was
counted upon when the holding OF an inter
club race was first fayorably considered.
The race between these crews wlil come
off some time withinthe nextweek. Having
this in view, the senior four Of the
Winged Arrow is practicing hard and tram
ing consistently, and rowing faster and in
better forn than at any time in the past
two years Tie race will give the crew and
fits admirers here an opportunity OF seeing
the Kind of Work il puts up, and will give
a fair lire on its prospects against the big
crews at the national regatta On August
13 and 4. 10 which tn board of governors,
on Thursday evening, decided to send it.
MCGOWAN, at stroke, is getting down TO
weiEhtisstrongerth than ever before. and n as
the full confidence of the crew.
The offer of the Analostans TO row the
race with the senior four is the proper
spirit 10 show between clubs, and in this
case it is done TO give the C. A. c. -four
hard practice in competition.
II has not been definitely settled when
the club will hold its annual fail games at
Columbia Field. and a date VIII in all
ithtllHO1l uOA Bt 1iAtu dDDu uttba IL ildS
been decided by the powers that be wheth-
er or not the club will be accorded the
hoI4or OF holding the Atlantic division Of
the A. A. L. meet this year on its grounds.
From present indications the club VIII
have the honor OF carr wing Off the event.
Ry the time the games are held all the
club athletes viii be in shape to bring
further honors TO the club. Under Prof.
CIossley's capable coaching Franz, Spear,
StusTt, Adam johnson, Dodge and the re-
mainder of the athletic team VIII begin
work about August o. Atpresent baseball
and tennis have the call at the field
Manager L. L. Korn has for some time
been actively at work arranging sched-
ule with big out-of-town 'varsities for q
series OF football games here this fall.
Franz is keeping in shape. and during the
week cleared the bar In the pole vault
IL feet 3 inches-a remarkable perform
ence.
Analostan Boat Club.
1t is now definitely settled that the Ana