The times., 1898-11-13
Basketball League.

sent the picture to that club
basketball League.
The amalgamation of the two local
basketball leagues at meeting held last
week as stated in The Times at the time
was happy solution of a state of affairs
which meant more or less loss of int rest
in the game. especially in one of the
leagues. The combination was brought
about in a pleasant and harmonious man
ner. and now the interest in Il very PIP
ular sport will be doubled and success is
bound to come not only in an athls tic
but in financial way. The officers wh1
have the welfare and management OF the
organization in charge are 5. Porter
House. w. l.. l.. president: Z. Z. Ed
wards, C0rcoran Cadets. vice president;
Maurice A. joyce, Carroll Institute, treas
urer, and William A Hetmus, Mt P. A
c., secretary.
All the League games will be played in
the Light Infantry Armory and Wednes-
days and Saturdays are League highs.
The season will open in earnest on next
Wednesday evening with game between
the Corcoran Cadets and Carroll Insti-
| tute, standing. respectively, first and sec
ond in last seasons National League. 1t
| will be battle royal and such an attrac-
| tion will no doubt fill the big armory.
| Charles o. Brill, who is considerably
| interested in local sports. has informed
| President House that he will donate
| silver trophy cup and silk pennant to be
| awarded to the winner of the champion
ship. ut will be something fine, tbs
| cup says Mr.. House, land next to Win
| ming the championship will be worthy of
| the best efforts of all the players on all
| the teams. The donation is certainly ap-
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An efficient corps of umpires will see
that the players play the game strictly
according to national rules.
Columbia Athletic Club.
| The many friends of the Columbia Ath-
letic Club will be heartily glad to read of
| the very successful manner in which it
has surmounted the troubles which for
a time recently stood in the way of its
| further usefulness. With the adoption of a
| plan (as given in another column today
! which is liberal in every way, and fair alike
| to the bondholders and the club the club
| will again set out on its voyage, ana un-
| less some unexpected storms cross its
path. the Winged Arrow" will finally
reich a haven oil safety, and live To ac-
complish the purpose of its organization,
and that is the fostering of pure anna
teur athletic sports.o
| 1t should be helped in every way by our
! business and professional men, and put
on its feet solidly, SO that it may live
long and continue to be a credit to the
Capital City. which should have enough
pride in it to sect that it lives well. and
is freed from the strain and worriments
which have from timei to time affected it.
Let there be a prompt reply to call for
an increased membership, and once that
lively easy.
The mild weather which has prevailed
for the past weeA 6r Anore has had rath-
er bad effect on the attendance of the
gymnastic classes ,of the columbia Ath-
letic Club. 1t waSa too warm to exercise
indoors The classes are very large, anG
as soon as the weather settles there will
be what promises to be the busiest sea.
son Prof. .Crossley has had in severa
years. The services of several of the
big gymnastic teams have been enlisted
in big charity benefit performance, tt
be given shortly. and in it Prof. Cross
ley, Midge Ross and Waters will takt
leading parts. Their brother act will
be feature. This and other acrobatic:
by the above and a number of new meI
who are being developed will be the at
traction at an athletic smoker to be Civ
en- shortly.
number of new features are being in
troduced in the class drills by Prof
Crossley and they are being we'll receiv.
ed. THE genial professor is always or
the lookout for something novel. and his
knack of showing others how to do the
twists and turns makes classwork We J
easy to u.s. was the nosegay an enthu
siastic pupil threw at the accomplished
| instructor. 'He is certainly very popu