The times., 1898-07-31
.AM0Ne LOCAL ATHLETES
Eight Dared Race on August 13
Between the Three Clubs.
ROWING INTEREST REyIVING
Prospects of the Return of the An
nual Potomac River Regattn-Bas-
ISetbaII Championship Goes to
COrcorans-COium bias May HOI
an Open Athletic Meet in the Fall.

1t mas TOT some time Deen ueFu III tHiS
column that inter-club match races on
our river would, in lieu of the annua.
open regatta, revive the interest in row.
ing here. and the success of yesterdays
Analostan-C -Columbia-Potomac ma teh races
bears out the prediction SO often made
here
One result of these match affairs and
the rivalry growing out of them. friend
ly but strong. is the triangular race in
picked eights between crews from the
three local clubs, which will occur on Au-
gust 13.
There is no doubt that rowing has suf-
fered here in the past two seasons on
account of the failure to hold the annual
Potomac River Regatta and the large
crowds in attendance on yesterdays club
regatta and the interest taken therein
plainly shows the demand for competi-
tions in this sport.
National Basketball League
In order not to begin the next season
with the matter of last seasons cham
pionship unsettled. the National Basket
Ball League held meeting recently and
decided 10 award the championship to the
team having the best record of games
won and lost at the time when the break
ing out of the war and the disbandment
of certain teams, brought the unfinished
league series to an abrupt termination.
II was decided that the Corcoran Cadet
team was entitled TO the championship
of the league and the honors were award
ed that team on a record of thirteen
games won and four lost. The Carroll
Institute team finished very close sec
ond, with twelve games won and five lost.
One OF the games between these crack
teams ended in tie and the play loft
resulted in favor of the gallant soldier
boys
The prospects now are that this league
win be much smaller next season. but
what it will lack in numbers will be
made up in quality. as 1t is proposed to
admit only such teams as have gym
nasiums or playing fields and strict ad-
hereuce to the schedule will then be
enforced.
1t is also proposed that the coming sea-
son will be much shorter than the first
and last one which. even il it had been
completed would have run the game into
the early warm season.
Columbia Athletic Club.
II was originally intended by the float
officers of the Columbia Athletic Club
that there should be a friendly match
race In "eights" with the Potomacs on
August IS. but on Wednesday evening it
was decided by the three local clubs that
an event. of far greater Importance should
be run off on that date, and this event is
nothing less than a triangular eight
Dared shell race for picked crews. The
race will be for the championship of the
river and handsome gold medals. and will
be the most stirring event the local row.
ing men have had to talk about for some
time.
Lieut.. Hecox has not yet decided upon
the makeup of his crew. but he may be
relied upon 10 get out a good one. 1t will
include several of last and this year S
yery strong junior crews. He will begin
work with his crew early in the coming
week and il means hard work for the
next fortnight.
When it was learned that the Analos-
! tans could not get together a picked
| crew, on account of vacation, to row the
! Potomacs in their regatta yesterday,
| Lieut.. HecoX promptly came forward and
/ volunteered a crew so that the event
/ would not fall. and, to the surprise of
everybody, won the race. Hecox will
| probably row stroke in the crew which
will be entered in the triangular event of
| August 13.
| MCGOWAN and Mann, two of the big
! four of the c. A. c. have joined the Po-
| tomas. They are both still members of
! the c. A. c. MCGOWAN has gotten off a
! great deal of his superfiuous avoirdupois
/ and is about down to his old-time normal
weight and size and is doing good work
The juniors are again at work and
| pushing their shell through the water at
a clipping rate. "As it turned out the
! crew would have had but little trouble in
defeating the much-advertised Worcester
/ High School eight at the National" SAYS
an enthusiast who saw that race and
! who has seen the local boys at work on
time. It's pity they couldn't have gone
/ up 20 the regatta
1t is still hoped that the crew may be
/ sent to the Middle States on Labor Day.
Prof. Crossley has strong hopes of hold
/ ing a set of open Fall games at Columbia
! Field. He has been assured of material
! assistance from severar quarters. With
! the great dearth of games in the Atlantic
| Association, set of games held here
| could not fail to succeed. AS there is
no likelihood of games being held in Bal
| timore. the meet here would be assured
4 of large entry list from the nearby city
/ and from Philadelphia
| Adam Johnson and Prof. Crossley are
| endeavoring to overcome the difficulties
of throwing the hammer with the double
| turn. 1t is not the easiest thing to do il
field athletics
Speare is taking exercise in the spriats
McElhone is working up the high jumI
| and hopes to be able to beat his owr
record this season.
/ F. L. Thomas, who performed so wei
in the last C. A. C. games, is anxious fol
another try at our boys. He now has
a record of six feet in the high jump.
/ Burt Tally is improving in the sprints
4 and Is doing good work
/ Harry Claudy has returned from ths
Klondike. where he has been during tn,
| past six months. His report of the triI
is an interesting one of the hardship:
there seems to have been without end
He was accorded a hearty welcome.
Charlie Dudley, of Yale, was one o
i Prof. Crossley's visitors on Thursday. H,
owes his Introduction to practical ath
letics to the professor, who is very proud
of his former pupil Dudleys record las
! season was ten feet ten inches in the pol,
/ vault and promises to do better mex
season. He will more than likely play
half-back again this season on Yalej
Varsity football team.
/ The bicycle track at the field Is steadily
| improving, and is now considered very
| fast.
| Forty-five of the "kids'' were in the
pool at the club house on last Satur-
day under the direction of Prof. Cross
ley Fred Cushman Lincoln King and E
Ross are among the latest who have
learned to swim and many others arr
| Ia fi,l ~