The times., 1898-10-09
East Defeats West in Open
Track and Field Games.
NEW SWIMMING RECORDS
Football Teams VIII Keep the Grid
dct May He Fnctors In the Local
Rnce-BasketbaII Leagues Getting
In Line.

iiOAh 5elihtS bctMttIl lfle new 1Ork ana
Chicago athletic clubs ostensibly, but
open to other clubs on Invitation, have
grown to be among the most attractive
fixtures of the athletic year. During the
three years the Eastern and Western
athletes have held these return games
the East, represented by the New York
clubmen mainly, has carried of a great
majority of the points scored, and thus
shows the way" in athletics to the
great and coming West.
In the games held last week at Tray-
er's Island, one of the most beautiful as
well as best-appointed athletic grounds
and training quarters in this country,
land as well as water sports made up
the program. Three American records
were broken.
In the 220-yard, with one turn, SWIM
ming race. Reeder of the Knickerbocker
A. c. covered the distance in 8 minutes
and 3-5 seconds. The record was held
by A. Meffert, with 3 minutes 80 and 2-5
seconds as the time.
The $50 yards was won by f. A.Wenck,
n. Y. A. c., in II minutes and s seconds,
breaking b. A Harts American record
of II minutes IS and 3-5 seconds. The
same stocky swimmer won the one-mile
swim in 29 minutes 81 and 3-5 seconds,
smashing another of Hart's American
records of 80 minutes q and 3-5 seconds.
In the jumping the sons of the Land of
the Setting Sun led the Fasteners. and
Ewry of Chicago carried off the honors
In both standing high and standing broad,
winning the A A. e. championship. He
took the first with jump of five feet fiat
and the other with 10 feet II inches.
I
with his little 16-pound hammer, which
he hurled 15S feet 1 inch. and r. G.
Clapp handily won the pole vault with
fiat IL feet.
The games brought together all the
cracks, the very cream of the countrys
athletes, and their work was great OBJ
ject lesson to many aspiring specialists.
Football TENNIS Galore.
After all, this city will have a plentiful
supply of football teams, and very good
ones, too Georgetown, Columbian, Gal
laudet. and Gonzaga will have the strong
! est teams they have had in years, and
| games between them will create consid-
! erable interest for the old-time rivalry of
! the baseball season will be continued on
the gridiron, and the games will be tor
| keeps"
The probable makeup of Georgetown's
| eleven" has already been given in The
! Times. and the indications are that II
will be the strongest team the old col
/ lege has had since "a
| Columbian College Eleven.
Columbian College viii have to depend
| almost entirely this season upon new
material, and 1t will take some very hard
I work and almost constant practice to
/ whip them into winning-team shape. In
/ dividuaIly the eleven has fast, strong
| PLAYERS, and Manager Beatty and Coach
! Charles Huggett. an old player from
/ Michigan University, VIII undoubtedly
round the team into shape long before
/ IL is time to go out to Capitol Park to
! line up against Georgetown. The players
/ have the advantage this season OF having
| practice grounds of their own and the
| leasing of OLD Capitol Park. at North
Capitol and G Streets, is one of the best
moves ever made by the athletic associ-
alton The grounds have been put in
| shape new fences are up, and the club
| house has been furnished with lockers
| and a shower" and the grounds have
| been rolled and well laid of, and alto
| gether, it is model of a field, and be-
! ing accessible to car lines, 1t fills the
| bill completely.
ICY" Cummings. the stalwart pitcher
of the ball team, and regular stone
| wall on the line in the football eleven.
sprained his ankle several weeks ago.
He is rapidly recovering. and will be en-
tirely fit when it comes time, October
10. to play Richmond College here.
The schedule is a very attractive one,
and among others it includes games with
the University OF Virginia here and at
| Charlottesville; Naval Cadets on Novem-
ber 5; Swarthmore November H. and
Georgetown on Thanksgiving Day. The
season will be opened on next Saturday
with Richmond College, at Richmond. as
the opposing team
GalIauIiets Team.
Gallaudet College has always had the
reputation. and deservedly. of having
strong. well balanced and generally well
trained teams on the diamond. as well
as on the gridiron. The football team
| this season is the strongest it has ever
put out, and Capt. Rosson and Manager
Carroll are to be congratulated upon their
good fortune in getting together so much
good material. and upon their good judg-
ment in Pacing it to such advantage
Although the team will include most OF
last years players. it will be stronger as
a team than it was in 81, for the reason
that the players have had last years
experience to go on. and they will make
| it interesting for all corners
| Owhby, the left tackle. stands six fee
six inches and weighs 1S3 pounds Jones
left guard and Brooks, right guard eacl
| stand six feet two inches They will b.
very much in evidence. Capt Rosson viii
play at left halfback and is even now il
shape to play the game Andree. center
too. is in form and ready to play tn,
game of his life. L. Rosson and Klebers
are the ends. the former is a seasoned
| Dlaver and the latter iS q ~,
very promising. The team will meet Vir
ginia at Charlottesville on next Saturda,
and Georgetown on October 49, A mum
Der of other attractive games have beel
arranged.
The athletic clubs, too, will put out goot
fast teams. but as they were late il
starting. their schedules will not be a
attractive as in former years
BasketbniI Leagues.
The managers and players of team
composing the two local basketball
leagues are very slow getting together t
prepare for the seasons campaign Their
is some doubt about the old Distric
League recognizing this season. as
number of the players have signihed
preference for the five-men team, whicl
! is the leading feature of the new or Ma
tional League and because of this pref T
ence it is very likely that there will b
; lily one league of athletic clubs thi
5eason. A second league is spoken of an
it is proposed to organize this from
; among the National Guard of the Dis
trict of Columbia. The Fencib,es wer
members of the National League las
year. but this season will probably onl
have membership in the National Guar
League. In this they will be joined b.
the Corcorans, and probably the En-