The morning times., 1897-01-17
AMONG LOCAL ATHLETES
Doings of Amateurs in Gym
nasiInn and Afield.
AN INDOOR MEET IN FAVOR
The Suggestion Is Deemed a Prac-
tical Once. A, C. New wrestling
Class-Carroll's Busy Week-In-
fantry's Company c Has Many
AthIetes-W. A. e. Teams.

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| fantry's Company C Has Many
| Ath1etes-W. A. c. Teams.
| The suggestion thrown out in this column
about the holding of a joint club indoor
athletic meeting has been accepted as prac-
teal by number of the local athletes
and it is probable that call will be issued
by one of the athletic organizations for
preliminary meeting during the coming
week.
At this meeting the feasibility of the
plan will be discussed, and if adopted, the
date will at once be fixed and further de-
tails mapped out.
There can be no doubt about the success
of such an event and there is no reason
why it should not be as complete finan-
cial success as 1T must certainly prove
an athletic triumph. Enough money can
| be had from admission and entrance fees
| to pay all necessary expenses, and the
rest would be all profit, and glory must
| necessarily follow such an undertaking.
Columbia Athletic Club
| Matters athletic at the Columbia Athletic
| Club are again in shape and with re-
| newed vigor the workers in the various
branches of athletics are again making the
| big clubhouse a scene Of activity.
| The gymnasium classes are, il any
| thing, larger than before the holidays, and
| Prof. Crossley is delighted with the
| general all-round showing OF his pupils.
a new dumb-bell drill viii be produced
shortly which viii be novelty hereabouts.
Many of the former members of the club
| are renewing their membership and II.
| M. Earle is among the latest and his
| general work will again speak for itself.
Bobby Elder begins To feel like himself
| again and win shortly take up regular
| practice in the gym.
Or. King and Tom Francis are among
| many who find much benefit from regular
exercise in the gym.
A class in collar and elbow wrestling
has been started and some OF the men are
| already quite proficient. Among these are
HecoX, Humphreys, McGowan, Under rwood
and others are also preparing for tug
of-war match TO be given at the next
exhibition.
In the fence vault competition at the
last athletic smoker, H. lien set up Dis
trict record with vault of six feet, five
inches
F. Franz is working steadily at the pole
vault and will undoubtedly eclipse all
former efforts at the next exhibition.
Midge, Ross, Waters, and Prof Crossey
are giving the best acrobtic turn they
have ever had.
Charlie and Hardy Cabrera are learning
new brother act with the professor and
give a good exhibition already.
Alma Speare is keeping up regular prac-
tice, getting in shape for next seasons out
door work on the track, when he viii
without doubt be a prominent bidder for
first place in ali sprinting events
Tubby Dickinson is practicing for the
hammer and discus events and says that
next season he is going after Adam John
ston'' The latter, however, says that
Tubby is back number y AS both are
good weight and hammer men it remains
to be seen next spring which of the two is
a back number.
Prof George Carter has large classes in
boxing and many OF his pupils are very
clever with the nitts, and as a rapid boxer
Bert Moore is making good progress i'll
very healthful exercise.
The tenpin tourpe Y for the club cham pion-
ship is now well under way, the first series
having been completed on Tuesday last
with the former crack bowler, Jake JONES'
in the lead by a small margin, much to the
surprise of his clubmates and at whose
hands he received much good natured
J chatting. Jake has been out of practice
since the spring of 1895, but his great
right arm has not lost much Of its cunning
Harry Stiles still leads with 220 as the
highest single game. Howard Perry is
putting up a strong all-round game, and is
in the first five
Theamusement committee deserves credit
for the excellence of the musical entertain
ment, provided for the members of the
club, and its many admirers, on Friday
evening. The big gym. never held a more
charming audience of the fair friends of
the club, who undoubtedly enjoyed the
pleasure provided for them.
The excellent showing of the condition
of the club, presented by Secretary Alex
Shaw at the annual meeting of the club, on
Wednesday evening, was deseryedly well
received, and it is a source of much
qualification to the members of the club
and its legion of friends, not yet men,
bers, that the club is enjoying so great a
degree of prosperity. This pleasing con-
dition Of affairs is in no small degree due
to the splendid business-like- supervision
| OF lIS affairs dU UDe HdnuS OF 1tS present
officers and board of governors, and Presi-
dent Grant is especially to be congratulated
upon this prosperous state of affairs.
Carroll Institute Athletics.
The rapid strides made during the past
week by the major bowling league team
of Carroll Institute is the talk of bowling
circles. From what seemed to be hope
less place at the bottom of the list, the
team by good, strong, steady bowling
| overcame the w. A G. team, and tenn.
porarily wrested from it second place, and
is now a tie with that team. The players
say they are now out for the champion-
} ship, and notwithstanding the lead the
Saengerbund has for first place, the c.
1. will hope to earn the place foL i.aelf
The second, or reserve team, is also
making good showing, and will undoubt-
, edly be heard from ere the second series
} is well under way.
The championship game of basketball
between the C. / and Eastern Athletic
Club teams. scheduled to be played at
} W. L. I. ArInory, on Wednesday evening
last, was postponed on account of the i'll
ness of several members OF the E. A G.
! team. No date has yet been fixed, but
the game will undoubtedly be played
shortly at the Infantry Armory.
Tomorrow evening the big bowling team
will have as its guest the Saengerbund
team, for O. set of league games. On
Wednesday evening, January 20, the sec
| ond team will do like honorS for the