The times., 1899-11-12
AMONG THE Athletes
Prospects Of Forming a New Al
Iantic Association.

lanllC Association.
y. VI. c. 4. ross-Country Run VIII
HIVE Many Entries-Thc COrcorans
HIVE Il VoIIey-RaH squud-Eastern
Athletic Club Players. Under IA New
Manager, VIII Come out Winners.
On account of dissatisfaction with the
management of the Atlantic Association OF
the Amateur Athletic Union, which includes
| Philadelphia, Delaware, Maryland, District
Of Columbia, Virginia, and West Virginia
the athletic clubs of Baltimore, excepting
the Baltimore Athletic Club, have taken a
stand, and grievances covering a number Of
points were freely aired at a meeting held
in Orioletown last week. The failure to
keep the association up to its former active
standard is one of the reasons alleged for
the revolt and the delegates present ex-
pressed themselves in very plain terms.
| TIL grievances were set forth in petition
which will be presented at the annual meet
| ing Of the A. A. L. to be held at New York,
November 30. The clubs represented were:
Maryland Athletic Club Druid Outing Club,
St Leo's Gymnasium. Johns Hopkins Uni
yersity, and Druid Athletic Club This city
was not represented, but the clubs in the
athletic division located here are heartily
in favor OF any movement which will make
up the division of which it is a member
and restore the old time activity for which
this section was noted.
| If new association is formed it will in
/ clue Maryland. Delaware District Of CO.
| lumbia the two Virgnias, and York. Pa,
! leaving out Philadelphia. The formation
! of a new association is asked for in the
| petition to be presented, and the parent
! body viii no doubt see the necessity for
acting upon the petition and doing what it
! can TO retain in its membership some of
the most active athletic organizations out
side of the metropolitan division
Last weeks meeting was presided over
| by H. E. Wilkens, and he was unanimously
| elected to head the delegation to New
! York, read the petition and make the chief
argument. All the delegates were appoint
ed as a committee to 90 TO New York and
/ further the cause. All the delegates were
requested to get written authority from
/ their clubs to act officially for such clubs.
/ Those who signed the petition We're: Henry
/ E. Wilkens. as chairman, and Ellis l..
! Jackson, as secretary, Of the meeting
| NiVison Long and Harry Pattie, for the NJ.
/ a. c.; Henry S. Byrne and r. c. Miles,
/ for the D. o. C.. Henry J. Schley, c. z.
/ Wilcox. and Harry Hechheimer. for the d.
4 A. C; S. G. City, for st. Leo's and Wi /
lam NJ Maekdermott. for the Johns Hop
! kins.
/ Capt. H. L. Haughton, Of the B3ltimore
Athletic Club who was elected vice presi-
| dent of the Atlantic Association, was at
! the meeting last night and expressed him
( self as being entirely in accord with the
movement
y. VI. G. 4. Athletics.
The athletic department Of the Young
! Mems Christian Association has so many
branches that no member should have the
least difficulty in finding some line 10 suit
his taste and adaptibiIity. At present all
/ branches are busy and the bulletin board
is at all times filed with announcements
( of coming events.
| At present football, basketball and bowl
I ing have the largest following For each
of these sports more or less extensive
/ schedules have been prepared. VoIley- ball
( ard indoor baseball are lively side-issUes,
/ which have secured prominence through a
/ series Of inteT-ciJy games with the Balti-
I more y. VI. c. A.
! Next Saturday the baseball team Will go
10 Baltimore for the LAST Of these games,
the third one Of the series having been
/ played here last night. Then viii be played
/ q series of valley ball games.
/ The basketball team which made such a
/ splendid showing against the Corcorans,
winning two exhibitions. seemed to lack
I cohesiveuess in its game Wednesday night
with the Light Infantry, for teamwork was
/ lacking almost entirely. It was unfortunate.
I il is true that the team had TO line up for
the opening league game against the
champions and were clearly outplayed.
/ Any other team but the Infantry would
( have given the boys a better chance for a
showing.
! Il is said that Mic Quade and Mueller will
not be allowed to play with the team. The
! reasons, il is said are founded merely Lp-
On some technical points and will be
! looked into by the league. They are two
/ clever players and their absence from the
! team will materially weaken it.
/ Ravensburg. formerly one Of the FenCi-
/ bles' players. is one of the team. and his
work Wednesday showed some OF his cd
I time cleverness. He will soon be in his
/ old form. Hugh is rounding-to all right and
/ viii sOCn regain his Old Infantry form at
I centre Ii locked somewhat strange to see
him lined up against his C,d comrades.
/ The team does not play again until No
/ Yember %. when il viii meet the Eastern
A. c.
All the distance runners in the District
/ are interested in the cross country run
/ announced by the association for Thanks
/ giving Day. A fve-mile course VIII be
mapped out shortly and the hares and
hounds viii be selected with a view to
making the event as interesting as posi-
/ BILE and not have a walkover On the one
/ side nor a lost scent on the other. There
viii be about fifty entries
Practice for the association indoor cham
piCnshp, TO be held November y, goes
,arnestly on and the number of members
I who viii compete in the FIVE events ueces-
I sary for this ali-arouud championship is
surprisingly large and good contests are
. promised. Physical Instructors RideJut and
Holton are kept very busy looking after
( this wcrk as we'll as directing their al
I most hourly classes for drill and physi-
cal development.
W. G. Stuart, 1902, is holding his own
amcRg the runners at the University of
/ Pennsylvania. and he is en- the lists as a
candidate for the intercollegiate champion
: ship cross-couEtry run to be held at Nor
/ Tis Park. New York, next Saturday. He
! VIII have chance 10 show what he can
do with Alex Grant, among others, as a
/ competitor
The candidates for the league bowling
/ team used the Business Mems Club alley
. Wednesday night for the purpose of finally
! settling upon team by way of a competi-
! tive test upon neutral alleys and the follow
ing won places: Doyle, Rose Smith Bum
and Won Boekeman. The Colts" signalized
( their entry into league company by ham
/ dily winning two games from the Carroll