The times., 1898-12-18
AMONG 7HE ATHLETES
New York's Indoor Carnival
Will Be a Star Event.
OPEN TO ALL AMATEURS
Professionalism In FootbnIi-CoIum
bias Bowlers Are bidding for Top
Honors-Institutc Teams Are Sue
cessfui-ERsterns and Washing
tons Playing in Hard Luck.

tween the LIST and 18th of january
by the Knickerbocker Athletic Club
which latter will about that time have
consolidated with the New Jersey Ath-
lctic Club, Of Bayonne.
II promises to be one OF the greatest
athletic events of recent years and will
probably bring together a greater array
of cracks in the various lines OF compe-
ution than have made entry In one single
event in the past four years at least. 1t
will be great event not only for the
athletes, but for the lovers of amateur
sport and as IL Will have entrants from
all over-the country 1t will do much to
revive an interest in indoor competitions.
The West will be represented by team
which will include nearly all the cracks
from Chicago who last summer came
East to try conclusions at Travers Island
with the New York Athletic Club. There
will be a team from New Orleans and
possibly one from the Pacific coast.
The affair will be somewhat in the ma
ture of a celebration over the amaigama-
ton of the two clubs named and the na-
ture of the event socially and otherwise
will be entirely in keeping with the i'm
portance of the affair. President Barlow
S. Weeks, of the Amateur Athletic Union,
is taking lively interest in the coming
event and will add his energy and inf!u-
ence of the strength of the working
committee to help make the affair one of
the biggest big New York has ever had.
This city will probably be represented
by three or four active competitors who
will go up filled not so much with the
hope of winning as with the desire to
show our Gotham friends and others that
we are still alive and more or less active
In the matter Of athletics.
A Football Echo.
Recalling the expulsion of Maybury.
the great Western sprinter. and Coch-
ems, the captain of the football team,
from the University of Wisconsin, last
September. for alleged taking part in
professional games, an item which has
been going the rounds Of sporting col
umns and which last appeared in Bos-
ton paper is quite tribute to the ANA
teur status of the Chicago University
football team from a member of the ath-
letic council of the University of Wiscon-
sin. II runs as follows: Stage had the
highest salaried team that ever played
football If the men whom Wisconsin
protested are not all disqualified 1t will
be an outrageous violation OF all amateur
ethics"
The trouble is there are now and have
in past two years been such a numerous
lot of fragrant violations of amateur
rules. especially and mostly, in college
athletics that IL would be hard to tell
where to begin the dlsquslifying process.
even II the proper college authorities
showed i disposition 10 do so. IL is un-
fortunate that the matter OF competition
should be so strong that the matter OF
right and wrong, even in athletics, should
be winked at as II the securing of this
or that man or men were the consum-
nation of the highest and best ambitions
In college and other athletics.
Columbia Athletic Club.
..The Columbia Athletic Cub bowling
terrors can't lost any more, said an en-
thusiastic member. ''they win as easi
| on foreign as on home alleys and they
are now working their way TO second
place or better" And it looks ve:y much
as il this may turn out to be the case for
| they are certainly forging ahead In good
style They now stand eight games W II
and seven lost with a standing percent
age of .53S.
| They boosted themselves up the ladder
| on Monday last with a triple victory
| over the Washington Athletic Cub on
| the alleys of the latter. Won Boeckr;an
| is keeping up his good work and as the
keystone of the bowling Is proving
| tower of strength.
| The Doctor is keeping up his steady
picking and leading the way for the
1 strong bowlers. Stitt Is steadily improy-
/; ing and holding down strong average.
| Gilbert is n new acquisition and with
| little seasoning will neip the team. Tie
| players will take rest until January 2
when they meet the Sasngers.
| The ladies' day on Thursday aftern- on
was a great success socially as well as
| artisticalIy, and while the attend nee
| was not as large as upon some former
| occasions, owing to the busy holiday
! times. 1t was large enough for comfort
| and everybody knew everybody else. The
| amusement committee deserves crd-t for
/ the excellent management OF the affair.
The annual indoor competitions for the
| club championships will be held next
month and will include athletics as well
! as gymnastic contests, and some very
| clever work in all lines may be expected.
| 1t has not yet been determined If the in
dividuai athletic workers. those who hold
| local records will be entered in coming
4 open events in New York or whether
they will hold off to see if the local or
ganizations will give a joint indoor meet
which is now more or less frequently
spoken of.
The billiard and pool experts of the
club are talking of arranging the annua
Journeys for the club championships il
the two lines. The club is very strong
in players and interesting contests may
be expected.
Carroll Institute Athletes.
Both the basketball and bowling team.
of Carroll Institute are in such goot
shape now that they may be counted oil
to win almost anywhere.
The bowlers will have a resting spell
in the schedule until January 4. whel
they begin the midwinter series with ii,
Business Mems Club as the oppo sics
team In the meantime they will keel
up as much as possible their practice fo
the League race is entirely too close fol
comfort, and being punched as the team
arg for the leading places, no team car
afford to take chances in the matter c
condition. The team as 1t stands now I
one of the steadiest and strongest the or
ganization has had in several years an,
kept together for another year will max
| one of the strongest the city has eve
had.
The return of Joe Daily to the basket
ball team has undoubtedly strengthene
!, it. and his good all-around work on a;
Wednesday in the game with the rsju
venated Washington athletics was en-
of the factors which saved the team (. or
a defeat. His two field goals were yer
clever.
Capt. Brick, too. was very much in evl
dence, as not only did he play cleve
. game at the enemys goal but his goc
eye scored the winning points after
, teams tied at the c,ose of the second in
ming. Berberick is playing a good. c'ea
. game at center. and with Atz and Guist
as the backs some very clever blocki :
and passing is shown. Lynch is bios kin
we'll and Murphy at left-forward is doin
i some good passing.
The team will play its next game o
/ Wednesday evening next, and the Ligt