The times., 1898-09-25
AMONG ME Athletics
Bowling League Season Will
Begin November 1.
WINGED ARROW" Il GAMES
Numerous Applications for Entry
Basketball Teams Organize Next
Week-Natitonnl Guard Players
May Line Up.

nAus Lihe Ops
The coming week will practically wit
ness the opening of the indoor season In
athletics. BY next Saturday the gymna-
Sums of the Columbia Athletic club and
Carroll Institute will be in full running
order and theneeforth they will be full oil
life and competition. The smaller clubs
will soon follow suit and then nothing re
mains to be done but TO begin the respec-
tive series of contests, the leading ones
of which will be, as last season, basket
ball and bowling
The recent war made serious inroads In
athletic ranks and the effects will be feit
all the coming season, for so many OF the
warriors have returned home so weak
and sore OF body that they will be unable
to resume their places in this or that
team in whatever was their special line
of athletics. AS a consequence nearly all
the teams will present a new lineup,
and the result will be that there will be
no sure thing" winners picked at the
very outset. All will be placed on the
same footing and practice and training
alone will make winners.
AS stated in last Sundays Times, the
Columbia Athletic Club will as usual
close the outdoor season with an open
handicap track and field meet. October s
is the date chosen and the holding of the
event was put off to what seems little
late so that all chance of running into
hot spell of weather may be averted- 1t
promises to be an unusually attractive
event and will be made truly good
ending of what was ''bad beginning" I"
for the local season, outdoors, was not
by any means brilliant success. 1t was
fiat in every respect. There was no go
or push in it. 1t simply dragged itself
| along through several weary months.
District Bowling League.
The thunder of the wooden spheres is
heard on all the local alleys, as during
| the past week the practice bowling for
| the championship series began and from
now until November1, the various alleys
| will present busy scenes. BY a system
of average bowling by all members who
desire to try for places on teams, the
| players will be finally selected. The five
or six finishingi.witai the highest indi-
vidual averages VIII make up the respec-
tive teams which during four or five
months will struggle, to land the cham
pionship honors for their organization.
The District bowling League, which
was organized several years ago is a
permanent organization and one which
reflects credit upontlall concerned, for
times been clean and wen managed. The
teams composing it are: Washington
/ Saengerbund, Columbia Athletic Club,
| Carroll Institute Washington Athletic
and South Washington Business Men S
| Clubs
At a meeting held at Carroll Institute
last week the following officers were
elected for the season: Harry c. c.
Stiles, Columbia Athletic Club president;
Capt. d. n. Burbank, Washington Saen-
| gerbund vice president: II. b. Merritt
| Carroll Institute. secretary, and II
! Storey, Business Mems Club, treasurer
The committees on alleys and rules were
| appointed, and at the league meeting tc
be held tomorrow night at the Business
Mems Club at Four -and-a-haIf and
Streets southwest, committees on prize:
and schedule will be appointed.
Before the meeting held last week ther,
was some doubt about the Washington
| Athletic Club renewing its membership
in the league, but through the efforts o
Capt. w. G. Kidd, the bowling contin
gent of the club resumed its place in tn
ranks. He promises to get together team
which viii make a good showing for tn
| pennant from the very start and 1t viii
be almost an entirely new team at that
This season the championship serie
win begin about November l, instead o
fortnight later as in past seasons, ant
set of games will be played twice
week, probably Mondays and Wednes
days, leaving the other nights open 70
practice and Saturday nights will be re
served for games with out-of-toUn team
(mostly from Baltimore), who have sig
nified an intention of making frequen
| visits here.
President Stiles is an energetic Office
and an enthusiastic bowler, and under hi
direction with the able assistance of
good staff of officers. the greatest success
in the leagues existence is promised fo
| this season. The reelection of Ere
Schlaich as official scorer is a well dc
served compliment to an efficient Officer
as the leagues scores last season were q
all times up-to-date and thoroughly col
rect.
The National Basketball League did nc
hold a meeting last week, on account {
the continued absence from the city {