Evening star., 1897-01-11
AdvantaEes of Bowling.
The Cincinnati Times Star.


The game of tenpns is, beyond a doubt.
the greatest indoor pastime today. Its fu-
ture is brighter than ever, and there is one
thing In its favor-physicians cannot say
that 1t is an injurious recreation The old
folks are as fond of it as the young; moth
ers see the benefits to be derived therefrom
and advise their daughters TO join clubs
1t keeps the young men from bad haunts /:
1t puts new life into broken-down system: /:
and. taken all In all, it is impossible to dis
cover a single bad feature resulting from
bowling. 1t is promoter of a universal
brotEerhcod-you meet new friends at ev-
cry game. Rich and poor high and low.
the banker bowls alongside the laborer;
doctors teachers, merchants storekeepers
mechanics, all discuss familiarly the sub
ject of strikes, spares, high scores side
al center balls and thousand and one
other things too numerous to mention.
Philadelphia Chosen for the Regatta.
The regatta of the National Associa ton
OF Amateur Oarsmen will be held at Phila-
delpnia August 13 and IA, and the program
will be the same as that of the regatta of
1896. This was decided by unanimous vote
Saturday night at the annual meeting of
the association in New York.
An effort to change the rules which now
provide for turning races in favor of a
straightaway course was made by the New
York Athletic Club and the Nonpareil Boat
Club. 1t was decided that the question was
eNhaustively considered at Saratoga last
year, when the convention was almost
unanimously in favor of races with a turn.
PhilIies' New Pitcher
The Philadelphia Base Ball Club has paid
500 purchase money for Thomas G. John
son, Scranton Eastern League pitcher.
The Spa Athletic Club.
The Spa Athletic and Cycle Club has
been organized and it's headquarters will
be located On the Stegmaier farm, on the
Bladensburg road. A club house is nearly
finished for the use of the association, and
nearby and amphitheater has been built
for sparring and other exhibitions one
mile race course Is also talked Of in the
inside of which a half-mile bicycle track
will be located. The new quarters will he
exhibition. in which Jack Daley and Leslie
Pierce will be the main attraction in a
twenty-rOund bout.
Columbia Athletic Club.
Capt. Harry Stiles has in view the call
ing Of a midwinter run some time within
the near future, the occasion to be made one
of particular merriment and jollity. The
destination of the run has not been settled
upon but most likely 1t will be a short
one. to some nearby resort, where special
preparations for the entertainment of the
cyclists will be made.
The annual meeting of the club will be
held Lext Wednesday evening. to which
none but club members will he admitted,
the assemblage being In the large gymnas!-
um. The annual election of officers will not
be held until some time in February.
though the result will hardly affect the
officials of the cycling contingent. Officially
the captain of tine cyclists OF the organiza-
ticn Is known as the chairman of the cycle
&C mmittee. and as such he is entitled to
representation on the board. He is NOT
elected by the members. but appointed by
the board Of governors. Captain Stiles be-
ing appointed to his position upon the res
ignation OF Mr. Harmon. He has the pow
er to appoint two assistants. and these off,
cials constitute the cycle committee of the
club.