The times., 1899-01-08
!. N. c. A. Will Revive Inter-
est in Athletics.
BOWLING LEAGUE RACE
Socinl Feature VIII Prevail in the
NcU &. \. C.-CnrroII Institute
Keeps Up Its Winning Gnif-Nn-
tionni Guard Gymnasts-Infaniry
Wrestlers and Players.

ing anu DaSketDalI leagues contributing a
large share of activity.
With the dropping of the athletic feat
ures temporarily by the Columbia Athletic
Club there will be for the time being
short as the period promises to be quite
a slump in the aggregate of local gymnas-
tic work In a little while the Y. NJ. C. A.
will more than make up for this deficiency
on the tcp fsIor of its new home. After
a short time the c. A. C. will again have
a gymnasium and resume its usual activity
in athletics.
The Bowling League allowed its teams a
rest during the holiday week. but the Bas-
ket Ball League was all the more active
and played lot of extra games during the
past week. game being scheduled for every
night except Monday. This was made nee
essary by the requirements of the schedule
which gives to each of the eight teams its
full quota of games. With the exception OF
next Friday nights Infantry -Corcoran
postponed game there will be the usual
number Of games this week.
Rowling League Doings.
The teams composing the Bowling
League have played about one-third of the
games scheduled and the race for the lead
has been interesting. but by no means eS
citing From present indications, the Car
roll Institute team may be expected to
hold the lead it now has to the finish
The team. while not any stronger individ-
ually than the Saengerbund. its nearest
competitor and last years champion, has
been bowling consistently and the twelve
games 1t has won average up well in team
totals.
The Saengerbund team has been more
or less handicapped by the absence of one
or two Of its strongest seasoned players
and by many it is contended tnat the alb
sence Of Henry Laue, one OF the best of
spare bowlers. has weakened the team
Whatever IS the cause certainly the Saen-
gers are not bowling UP to their stand
ard. 1t is possible that they may have u
lot of reserve force which they Will spring
sooner or later in a strong whirlwind I'm
ish and beat out their old time rivals. Tn
less the champions do something Of this
kind. they will be hard pressed for second
place by the Columbias, whose eighteen
games played. divided equally into losses
and victories, makes them third with
standing of 500.
The race for the tail-end is proving
quite interesting as the scurry for the
lead. The Business Mems and Washing
ton Athletic clubs are striving to see which
OF the two will have the honor OF finishing
fourth in a five-team league.
Y. VI. c. A. Athletics.
The past fortnight has certainly been
an eventful one in local athletic cir
cles. for it marked temporarily the
passing from the athletic field of the
Columbia Athletic Club, one OF the
largest and best equipped clubs OF the
kind south of New York. and one CT
the most successful in an athletic way the
South has ever had. The stepping down
of the C. a. c. marked the stepping up
of hp NJ A int ha atb
and will begin where the other left of
with perhaps a marked increase in inter
est on account of the great difference in
numbers now and in the future.
When the Y NJ. c. \. OF former years
dropped out of athletics 1t marked the end
OF local competition, for really the c. y.
c. and Y. NJ. c. A furnished nearly all
the competition and kept the interest red
hot al all times. When the c. A. c. was
left alone TO furnish the athletic features
of the city it had to depend almost entire
ly upon outside entries for competition.
1t may be that the other athletic
organizations here unfortunately we
have toO few. will wake up snd show
their local pride and make hust
ling. bustling athletic centre of this
city. OF course, no sort Of plans have been
mapped out by the Y. NJ. c. i. manage
ment as to what will be done, but what
wide-awake and up to date.
AS the organization will OF necessity.
need physical instructor, it would seem
that 1t is as fortunate in this respect as
it in securing complete and COM
Portable a home. in that ii can secure the
services of Prof. John Crossley at once and
when the managers secure him they will
have one of the best instructors in the
country-one who is thoroughly compe-
tent and who knows the theory and prac
tice of athletics, in all its branches as
well as the best to be found anywhere,
and one who has pleasing manner OF i'm
parting knowledge; cne who is a hard
worker earnest and willing and lover
of his profession. II he remains In charge
of the gymnasium he will carry with him
at least q third OF the c. A. C. members
which means quite an accession in num-
bers at once.
The many holders of local records and
the score or more who have been developed
by Crossley and gone to the universities
and colleges and become stars. and the
hundreds who have been benefited by his
instructions during his ten years continu-
Gus service in the c. a. C. will willingly
attest as to his value and ability which is
so well known hereabouts that little need
be said as d further recommendation. As a
physical instructor in the gymnasium in
class work and specialties as well as
trainer and judge of track and field ath-
letes it is conceded that he has no supe-
rior.
Columbia Athletic Club.
In lsss than a fortnight the Columbia
Athletic Club will have vacated the hand
some structure it built for its home and
gone to less commodious but as comforta-
BILE and cozy II one located at 1909 II Street,
probably. where it will continue the or
ganization. having social features with
out athletics for the time being. with the
exception of, perhaps, bowling.
II has been decided that the club will
retain the boating feature The changes in
the club are the regret of hundreds of per
sons even of those who are not members.