The times., 1898-01-09

The rule adopted at the last annual
meeting of the Amateur Athletic Union.
which requires registration of basket
ball players and the obtaining OF sane
tion Of the Union for the playing of
games and which was given in full in
The Times at the time of its adoption,
went into effect on January l.
However hard the rule may be il is
the intention of the union to enforce t
and this was evidenced by the action of
the registration committee, which dur
ing the past week disqualified the bas
ketbal teams of the Bay Ridge A C.:
Reds Of Worcester, paStimes. Fifteenth
Separate, TWenty-third Separate Com
pany of Hudson, and Fourth Separate
Company of Yonkers, for playing a
game without obtaining sanction and
for allowing unregistered athletes to
compete on the teams. This disqualifi-
cation carries with 1t disqualification
by the L. A. w, Intercollegiate Asso-
citation. Y NJ. c. A Interscholastic As
seciation, and all organizations allied
with the A. A. e.
In view of these facts it behooves the
local basketball players to meet the re-
quirements of the new registration rule
and place themselves in a position to
finish their respective schedules with
out trouble or annoyance from A, A L.
headquarters.
Skating Championships.
As there are a large number of skat-
erS here who are Interested in the
skating championships and some prob
able entrants as in former years, it
may be well TO remind them that the
national amateur special skating cham
pionships of America for 1898 will take
place on Silver Lake, Staten Island, on
u % and gH weather per-
mitting The championship distances
are quarter mile, one, five, and ten
miles besides a number Of novice and
handicap events. Entry blanks and
fun information may be obtained by
addressing William II. Robertson, No.
2s Park Row, New York city.
National Basketball League.
AT a meeting of the National Bas-
ketball League held on "Wednesday
evening il was decided to increase the
number of games from one week to
three. in order to give each Of the SIX
teams i'm the League a chance to play
O. game each week.
One of the main reasons for doing
this WAS to make it easier Tor the
PLAYERS of the teams to keep in con-
Cition. for they claim Ii is easier TO
keen in shape by playing often and
regularly than to play only at long In
tervals. The change, too. VIII mate
rally tend to increase the already
great interest in the game. The re-
vised schedule which was printed in
full in The Times, went into effect on
the eth inst.
The Colts of the League are the In
terror Department players. With the
very large number OF active young
men to draw from-in this large depart
ment there should be little 1ifficulty in
getting together one of the strongest
teams i'm the league. The new team
Will play its first game on tomorrow
night with the Fencibles at Globe Hall.
Columbia Athletic Club.
The various officers and standing
committees of the Columbia Athletic
Club are at work preparing their re-
spective reports to be presented at the
annual meeting of the club to be held
this month. The reports will show the
club to be in decidedly fiouriShing con-
dition in every department. The re-
port relating to athletics will be most
pleasing one, gratifying alike TO man.
agement and members. 1t will show
an eminently successful season for its
athletes, aWheel and afoot, at home
and abroad.
With the present track and field
team and the new material now de-
veloping added to ii, the club will be
prepared next season to make even a
better showing than this.
This club is among the very few ath-
letic clubs OF the country having a
waiting list, II is proposed at an early
day TO raise the limit of the member !
ship roll from 600 TO 500 members and 4
if the plans proposed are adopted |
there is but little doubt that even such |
a large membership viii have wait /
ing list.
The club, one of the best of its kind |