The times., 1898-01-16
CAPITAL CITY ATHLETES

; practice consistently; ;and the results spea
for themselves 1T is no good excuse for
other teams to say that they cannot win
against this combination of pia yers, because
1t plays ana practices so much" There is
no reason why other-tea ms should not avail
! themselves Of tile same privileges, for they
| all have alleys,
In the last set with the Washington Ath-
letic Club on Monday evening, the Saengers
won the last game with total 9SS. Think
of 1t, 9SS out or a possible 800.
Bruegger OF that team is bowling as
strong and steadily as ever. He 10 wIed uII-
usually well i'll the last set Spiess is nia k
ing his friends happy by his consistent
bowling, and S. Desio has demonstrated his
ability to keep up his end in ma jor lea que
company. He is leading the way for many
of the seasoned bowlers OF the league.
IL Jocks very much now as If the
Saengerbund, the champions Of last year,
Will again this season land the big honor
with the CAROLS and Washington Athletics
fighting for second place.
The games scheduled for tomorrow even
ing Will be bowled on the alleys of the
Washington Athletic Club with South Wash
ington Business Mems Bowling Club. This
set of games will have sJnle bearing on the
honor OF holding down third place. Alto
gether the race for leading places is most
| interesting to the followers OF this splendid
game.
Annual Sportsmen's Exhibition
An event which annually attra cts a large
amount OF interest is the annual exhibition
of sporting goods and paraphernalia at
| Madison SuI1Tp Garden Tho bio. i-
opened during the past week and will
remain open until next Saturday evening.
| The display of sporting goods, clothing for
/ all sorts or games and sports in the SPORTS
mems catalogue, and everything that goes
| to make sports, in and outdoor, possible.
comfortable and Convenient, is larger than
| ever before. 1t includes too. many makes
! OF bicycles. The usual large contingent
! of visitors to the exhibition from this CITY
| wiillea about Tuesday evening, ~ a $ 10
be present at the close of the various com
| petitions and contests, which will include
fiy-casting, novelty indoors; rifle shooting
| and bowling. Numerous handsome prizes
nave been provided for presentation TO
winners of the several events.
Columbia Athletic Club.
The large attenda nee OF members at
the annual meeting of the Columbia Ath-
letic Club on Wednesday evening demon
strated the great interest in the welfare
of the club. The very full reports OF the
executive officers a nd the standing commit
tees were enthhusia sticany received and
the splendid showing during the past
year In all lines and the present excellent
condition OF the club, fina ncial ana other
wise, was exceedingly gratifying to the
management and to the Individual mem
bers.
he Club hopes for even better results |
during the coming cyear, and if the |
methods and future .policy, as outlined |
by the officers. are carrie d into effect |
the club, the representative southern Of |
ganization in athletics VIII, ere another |
year, attain a strong position of infIu-
ence among the athletic organizations Of
the country.
The annual election OF officers will be
held during the coming month, and as the
present line Of. officers have so we'll
guarded The interests of the Club, there
can be little Doubt OF their IeAelection, If
they desire it,. '''
The big dumbbeil has arrived 1t weighs
SO pounds nd is the largest in the city.
1t was secured so that the strong men
like Mooney. Lieut. Nolan McGowan
y dam johnson and Others can have some
thing TO play with. 1t is arranged SO that
1t can be weighted to nearly half again
its own weight.
The classes increase in size each week,
and the gymnasium floor has never been
50 busy before
number of the members have become
quite expert in bag-punching. and this ex-
erciSe will be made one of the features
of the next athletic smoker, to be given
a bout the middle of February
IL is proposed TO raise the ends of the
gallery running track, 50 that the running
and sprinting viii be not only faster but
safer. 1t was an oversight that it was
not properly built when it was put in,
On Tuesday evening ladies' night"
viii be given at the clubhouse. The
entertainment will take the form of n
high -clas musicale, the feat ture of which
will be the famous Tuxedo Trio. of New
York. ladies' day Will be given in
February.
speare is taking steady, light practice.
prepa ratnry to the hard training for the
regular outdoor spring work. He promises
TO De more spec dy than ever this wear.
Cabrera is at Johns Hopkins a nd putting
III ms spare time practcing the short
ashes He is very fast a the forty and
fiftyyard distances.
There is great desire expressed by the
members TO see Won Lndgren and Nc
Gowan box again in the coming smoker
Their spirited bout In the last affair was
one OF its features. Elder and Ambrose
may be seen again with the mitts they ,
are well matched.
Many of the active members are taking
advantage of the privilege of sending u
their sons and other young male relatives |
to the Saturday morning boys gymnasium {
classes. The sight of the large number
Of youngst ers at work in the drills is
worth going miles to see. They usually
close the mornings work with a spirited
game OF basketball They can even now 6
give Pointers to some of the older teams |
n the city.
The bowling team is having run of ! t
lard luck, though they do not. by any c
means take refuge behind that common
place excuse. They. manfulIy acknowI- {
edge that they are being out -bowled. But S
hey do have hardluck all the same. In I
he game on Thursday evening with
he CAROLS they lost two games on
cores which would ordinarily have won :
he set, but the other fellows had better ;
uck. They hadn't so many bad splits. -
George Stitt is ba OK again in the game
nd he will help out considerably. Dr. "
ticker is keepingI UP his strong, steady .,
orm and doing bis share. Mason gets
n some of his high ones every now and