The times., 1899-08-13
Land AND WATER SPORTS
Amalgamation of Small Clubs the
Order of the Day.
r. Fnfckerboc&ers' Labor Day Meet
VIII Be "A Carnival of Sports-Co-
Race Between Seamen-Corco-
rams in New YorI's Dewey Parade.

Whenever scratch or handicap games
are given in the Metropolitan division Of
the Amateur Athletic Union, majority
of events are always carried off by the
big clubs, notably the New York and
Kniekerbocker Athletic clubs, which have
corraled about all the great performers
IN their vicinity and the smaller clubs
have little or no show to win roints.
4 Having tired of furnishing foils and pace
I makers for the stars, the little clubs have
+ awakened to the necessity of doing some
thing for themselves, and so that some of
their athletes may have an opportunity of
making good they have agreed TO form
an association and hold handicap tourna-
ments.
/ During the coming winter big indoor
meet will be held at Madison Garden. All
the clubs are in fourishing condition and
/ the largest and most prosperous, as we'll
as the strongest in point of quality of
4 performers-the Pastime Club-will, later
on. probably challenge the big Knicker-
1 booker club TO a set of dual games.
! The example set by the smaller New
/ York clubs will probably be followed by
similar organizations in New Jersey and
Philadelphia.
There are q number of small clubs in
Baltimore and in this city, which are not
strong enough TO hold games alone, which,
if they would band together, could give
! sets of games first in the 0riole city and
then here, or vice versa. The combined
clubs to bear the expense of buying medals
and so on, and all 10 share in the profits
or losses of the games.
Such an association would very mate
rally increase the interest in amateur
athletic sports in the two cities, where
al present, there is little activity in thai
line.
The fact that the Y. NJ. C. A. will bold
a set of games this fall should not in any
way interfere with series of games By
associated clubs On the contrary, the lat-
ter would prove very attractive supple
ment TO a good beginning.
Labor Day Games.
Next in Importance to the annual fall
Amateur Athletic Union championships Il
be held at Boston August 26 come the
track and field games to be given by tn,
Knickerbocker Athletic Club at Bergen
Point, n. j.. on Labor Day.
Speaking of the Amateur Athletic Union
games. it is announced that the entries
close August q with E. E. Babb, % Arch
Street Boston, to which address applica-
tons for entry blanks should be sent.
The X A. c. meeting will be a regular
carnival of sports. latter-day reminder
OF the great athletic feast the Staten ISL
and Athletic Club spread on the September
holiday in former years.
II will include not only full line OF
track and field sports, but games OF base
I ball. association football, Lacrosse, cycle
and swimming races. The track and field
events will bring together nearly all the
stars who will compete at Boston the weel
before. II is the intention of the commit.
tee having the affair in charge to eclipse
if possible, the great carnivals of spor
held by the club Oh Decoration Day ant
Fourth of July.
The event viii draw large number o
lovers of amateur sport from this city.
Y. VI. c. 4. Athletics.
At present the bowling floor is the activ,
department at the Young Mems Christian
Association clubhouse, and there the bowl.
ers, fortified by breezes from the severa
windows and the openings to the bicycl,
barn and aanked by a number OF electri
"buZzers," play havoc among the tenpin:
every night until closing time.
There is lots of good material on hand
and the indications now are that the asso
citation will put a good strong bowling
team into the coming seasons league.
Friendly match games are played eacl
week, and all are hotly contested In I;
recent set Burns led his team and tbs
evening with an average of 154 2-3; Smith
Of the same team, came next with 151
Wooster and Lemon tied with 149 1-3, and
Miller led the opposing team with 154 av.
erage, and also scored the highest single
game with 1856. The winning team bowlet
?, III pins, against 2,661 for the losers.
Upstairs Assistant Secretary Protzman i,
holding the fort almost unaided He /.
keeping the machinery of the big association
running in good order in the absence o.
Secretary Sleman, who is away enjoying his
vacation al the seashore. Physical Instruc-
toT Rideout is still enjoying himself in the
Blue Mountains, while his able assistant
Mr. Holton, is down at Raggedy Point look.
ing after the comfort and. pleasure of the
party which sailed from here last Satur.
day. All hands are reported well, and hav-
ing a delightful time. The party viii BE-
at home again during the coming week
During the past fortnight some twenty-sis
new members have been elected 10 member
ship in the association, and this number will
probably be increased TO an even hundred
by September 10.
At the Athletic Park nearly all the i'm
provements and changes have been com
pieted. The baseball field and the tennis
| courts are In almost daily use Two base