The times., 1899-09-03

proving with each game and promises yet
TO make it interesting for the leaders.
The Bureaus have star in First Base
man Proctor. He is hitting and fielding
equally wen.
The Eastern Athletic Clubs infeld works
like piece OF well-oiled machinery and it
is pleasure TO see il working. Carelessness
on the part of some of the fielders has help
ed TO lose the team several games recently.
Nermillion. of the Eastern High School, is
improving in his work. Boucher is looked
upon the star fielding first bagman OF
the league. He is tower OF strength in
the Eastern Athletic Clubs right corner.
Y. VI. c. A. Athletes
The athletes of the local Young Men s
Christian Association will for the first
time appear in public competition tomor-
row, and this at the track and field games
to be held at Annapolis. There they will
meet some of the best athletes from
Maryland and Delaware, and it remains
to be seen what our boys will accomplish
upon this their first time out
Mr. Rideout has given all hands lots OF
practice and the entrants are reported to
be in good condition. They are good, hard
workers and very capable athletes, but
some OF them lack experience and viii re-
quire more time 10 make them good per-
formers in competition They Will be in
better winning form by September %, the
date of the local Y. N. c. A meet an Van
Ness Park.
OF the lot Royal Hough is the most
seasoned performer, and he will hold his
own IN almost any company. He will
compete in the high jump, 16-pound shot
and the hammer. The rest of the team is
made up of Ferries who is going in the
yard DASH Hough, Stewart. Morgan, and
substitute and TindaIl as chase in the so
yard swimming race. These excellent
swimmers have had number of hard
trials, and so well matched are they that
majority OF their test races have result
ed in dead heats They are strong. heady
swimmers. and viii show up with some
Of the record swimmers who are going to
Annapolis for the days contests
The team in charge of Mr. Rideout. ac-
eompanied by a large delegation of roota
will go to the scene OF action on the 9:3O
o'clock train on the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad tomorrow morning.
In the open part of the track and field
games TO be given by the association Sep
| tember % there WIN be six events, and
these are 20 be chosen shortly by the ath-
I letic committee from among the following
/ -hundred-yard dash. quarter, half, and
mile runs mile relay running high and
| broad jumps. pole vault, hammer and shot
/ Announcements of the games and invi-
tations to make entries have been sent tc
about seventy Y NJ c. A. associations
and about twenty-five athletic clubs. and
! from among this large number a bis
entry list may be expected. The running
J track will be remodeled and in shape tc
use by the end Of the coming week, and
| then viii begin campaign OF hard prac-
tiee without let-up until the day OF the
| games.
Ferris is one of the new men who prom
ises we'll. He was formerly on the High
! School team, is tall, young and strong
and a willing worker and in the jumps
will develop into star. With very little
| practice he is doing twenty feet in the
running broad jump.
Columbia Athletic Club.
The personnel of the junior eight -oared
crew of the Columbia Athletic Club has
about been finally settled upon, and barring
accidents there will be no further changes
The crew is steadily improving in form
and speed and during the past week has
confined its work to long stretches dowr
the river turning for the home trip at the
they have each day been coached by Lieut.
Hecox in his single in starts and quicl
getaway.
From it's present makeup and shape ant
with the telling stroke, taught by Hecox. i
is rowing there is every reason to believi
that the crew will hold It's own agaiHs
any crew il may meet this season and abou
the only other ones it is likely to meet ar
those representing the Analostans and Po
tomac, both OF whom have been invited Il
take part in the regatta.
The crew as IL is rowing has Hecol
stroke: Fowler, z; Wilson, 6; Wolf, 5; Al
eKander, 4; McClelkand, 3; Gear, 2; Ross,
Rowland has been out with the crev
several times and notwithstanding yer,
bad hand has acquitted himself in goo'
shape He has shown great improvement
in his work this season and if he does no
make seat in a crew for regatta day h'
viii make somebody else work hard TO keel
him out
Alexander is showing steady improvement
and has about mastered all the diffieultie
of the sport
II is possible that the regatta may b
postponed from September 10 the fol
lowing Saturday. L is probable that tn
position OF referee viii be filed by a well
known naval officer
The most important social event whie
occurred last week was the euchre part
given by MISS Croghan at the boathoust
Tables were placed on the balcony and re
freshments were served in the ballroom
Analostan boat Club.
With the return to the city during tn
past week of some of the members of tb
Annlostan Boat Club, rowing began lookin