The times., 1899-08-13

| Practice games are played each day. Upon
! the return of Manager Harry Greene next
/, week games with some of the local teams
will be arranged.
| The association will hold its first fall
| tennis tourney beginning Monday, Septem-
| Der %. and closing on the Saturday fol-
| lowing. 1t will be open to association
| members only, and as these demonstrated
| their ability in the spring tourney week
| of good tennis is promised.
Il will not be decided whether the track
| and field games to be given September %
| will be open to all or closed for members
until the return of the physical instructors.
| 1t is quite probable that the association
! will have entries in the Y. NJ. G. A games,
| to be given next month at Annapolis II
| entry is made Stewart. McElhone, Curtis,
l.Hough, Cabrera, Speare LeMat, and
Greene viii probably compose the team
| For two weeks from August % the
Association Cadets" the military com
| pany of the association, viii be in camp
at Harpers Ferry. Colonel Beekman and
Captain Skinner viii be in charge, and the
outing will be military in every detail.
The military and physical training of the
members will have special attention, and
the outing promises TO be beneficial in
every way. Daily religious services will be
conducted by Rev. E. e. Fisher and others
and a drum and bugle corps will furnish
the drill and march music.
Columbia Athletic Club.
At the last minute several candidates
for places in the Columbia Athletic Club
| cight-oared crew found it Impossible to
go TO Colonial Beach, to which place it
was proposed to go last week for a short
season of training and practice, and as
! result the trip was abandoned. All prac-
tice will be had at home now, and instead
/ of preparing to send crew to the Mid
/ die States regatta ali hands will be brush
! ed up for the club regatta TO be given Sat
urday August 26 AS one of the features
! of the affair, Lieutenant Hecox hopes that
| his invitation to the Potomacs and Ana
] iostans for an eight race will be ac-
! cepted.
! Another feature to be introduced will be
/ a cared whale boat race between crew
made up of seamen and gunners stationed
at the navy yard and another from among
/ the crew of the Fern, the United States
/ ship used by the District Naval Reserve
/ This race will be a novelty in these waters
and will undoubtedly prove a very at
tractive number of the good programme
] of events now being arranged.
For the first time in local rowing history
a lady last week handled the rudder strings
over an eight -Oared crew and filled the pc
sition of coxswain very satisfactorily bring
ing the boat down over mile stretch
straight as a string. The name of the fair
coxswain could not be learned 1t is un-
derstood that she rows well, too, and in ad-
dition TO handling a pair of oars is very
apt with sweep"
The regular eight cared crew is doing
good work both in form and speed, and
except for some changing about in posi-
tions there will be no further change in
personnel The crew during last week
rowed: Hecox, stroke; Fowler, z; Wilson,
6; Gear, 8; Alexander, A. Wolf, g. Ellis, 2;
! McClelland, bow; Midge Ross, coxswain.
The clever coaching of Lieutenant Hecox
is showing its effect in the great all around
Improvement of the crews work.
AnaIostan Boat Club.
AS at the other lighthouses, on account
of the absence from the city of so many
members, rowing matters at the Analostan
Boat Club house are decidedly quiet The
stay-at-homes are irregular in their at
tendance, and as a result only occasion
ally crew puts shell overheard.
Former Captain Lou Fischer has re-
turned from Old Point, where he spent a
fortnight or so recuperating after his re-
cent serious illness.
Captain Howard will return from his va
cation trip during the coming week.
If enough rowing men return to the city
during the coming week an effort will be
made TO get together a crew to row in the
Columbia's club regatta, to be held in the
latter part of this month. From present
prospects it is hardly likely, however, that
a representative crew can be put out on
such short notice.
A -four" which went out for an exercise
spin Thursday was sent along at clipping
rate and had Ross Perry, stroke; John
Howard, g. Macauly 2; and Miller, bow.
The War Canoe" has been out but a
few times this season, and the first portage
party is yet to be held.
Stroke Fitzpatrick is determined to get
out winning gig crew, and TO that end is
trying new men and changing about the
regulars, and hopes shortly to strike a
winning combination. The latest makeup
of the crew had Fitzpatrick stroke, Sell
hausen 3, Williams 2, O'Connor l, with
Woodford coxswain.
Coreoran Cadet Athletes.
Capt. E. C. Edwards, of the Corcoran
Cadet Corps has accer ed, for his COM
mand, the invitation received from Gen.
Daniel Butterfield, chairman of the execu-
tive committee to participate in New
York's parade and reception to Admiral
Dewey. Manager Edwards is now in COM
munication with several teams in New
York, with view OF arranging basketball
games to be played during the stay of the
| corps.
The team will be In good enough shape
| by the time of the trip to make 1t in
| teresting for the crack soldier teams of
! Gotham.
Preparing for the basketball work the