The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-14

| nest. and from now on TO March the Dig
open and handicap meetings Of Northern
colleges and clubs will follow in rapid sue
cession This city will be represented in
several of the more prominent meets, and
/ the representative 10 uphold its reputation
will come almost wholly from Georgetown
University. The games at Boston will have
especial attraction for the blue and grey
athletes. They are always so well received
/ at the Hub and have such fair treatment
! that it is little wonder they like to COM
pete there.
The Y. NJ. c. A. athletes will content
themselves with competing at the Balti-
more Athletic Club games next month, and
with possible entry at Philadelphia.
! Among the more prominent meets for
! which dates have been fixed are those oil
Boston College, January "a; Boston Ath-
letic Association open games February ).
and the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, Feb
ruary 10. The latter will be one OF the
/ biggest events Of the season. and will be
! held at Madison Square Garden, and VIII
draw 10 IL not only all the athletic club
entries, but all the big fish from all the
colleges. The feature of the event will be
the intercollegiate mile relay race, IN
! which will appear entrants from Harvard,
! Yale. Princeton, Pennsylvania, Cornell,
| Brown, Columbia. and Georgetown
Georgetown Varsity Games.
! The next in order and next in import
ance TO above-named meets will be the
| Georgetown Varsity meet, to be held here
at Convention Hall. February Il. The
great success of last seasons first indoor
/ -. ,.1s q. -..r,b bau oncourapad the
| Georgetown Athletic Association to double
its efforts and it hopes to exceed in every
way-athletically socially, and financially
the brilliant record it scored at that time.
The big and little colleges are beginning
/ TO recognize Georgetown as an athletic
/ quantity in college circles. brought about
not only by the remarkable record OF its
I last seasons baseball team, but by the
| clever performances OF the sprinters and
! runners 1t sends away TO comrete under
the blue and grey"
As result all the colleges sill lend
! hand and will send down their best teams
10 help make the event a rousing big af-
fair. "Pennsy'' will send along her team
of cracks as Trainer Murphy realizes
that he will have TO meet not only George
towns fast ones, but the flyers from
Harvard, Princeton, Cornell, Brown, and
others
Here. as at all the meets elsewhere. a
new rule will be observed. 1t is TO the eff
| feet that after an entrant has performed
for his college he cannot then compete in
the same meet for his athletic club or
some other team, as was frequently done
before this season.
Y. VI. {. 4. Athletics.
The Indoor baseball nine Of the Y VI.
q 10 ha oh ha mi.
representing the association in local
leagues which is hciGing up Its end as,
so far, il has not suffered defeat in a
championship game On the other hand
the basketball team seems to have trouble
In getting together for real effective work
and loses game after game. and as re-
suit it is trailing along behind the others
lone of the reasons for the poor show
ing" said member last week lis the
| TOO frequent changing about Of players and
the lack of regular and constant prac-
tice"
Well. II this be so, there Ia little Won
der that the boys do not win games. There
are several good, earnest players on the
team, among them Ravensburg, Hendley,
ana Maize, and they deserve better sup
port The defeat at the hands of the Cen
trail High School. % TO 0, was most dis
couraging TO players and management, and
an effort will be made to make better
showing in the game next Wednesday,
when the players will line up against the
CAROLS for their first game mis- season.
There have been a number of surprises
this season, and mayhap there Will be
one for this game.
The bowling team could not stand pros
perity. From commanding lead. won by
good. earnest, steady bowling. it has drop
ped enough games in the past fortnight to
reduce that lead TO a margin so small that
if the saengerbund wins three games to-
morrow night from the association team.
the latter will have 10 give the lead to the
Saengers. who would then have .5e2 per
cent, or sixteen games won and eleven
lost The association today stands first
with fourteen won and ten lost with $3.50
per cent. as against the SaenEers thirteen
won and eleven lost. with 5i1 per cent.
The CAROLS and Golden Eagles are stand
ing up well and have a fighting chance for
leading honOrs. So you see il behooves
the clever little five" Messrs. Doyle,
Rose. Bum, Smith, and Won Boeckmann, TO
get together and keep together, and bowl
even a little better than when, last month.
they were moving down the veterans right
and left. The loss of two games to the
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full set OF three TO the Saengerbund the
week before was the beginning OF the
cutting down OF the percentage column.
1t has been decided 10 form league OF
indoor baseball teams within the associa-
ton.
The present team VIII continue TO rep
resent the association in all games sched-
uled in the local league and with out-of-
town teams.
Eastern Athletic Club.
The league game OF basketball played
last "Wednesday by the Eastern Athletic
Club and Light Infantry teams was not
only one Of the most holly contested, but
one of the best played games OF the season.
and Notwithstanding its snap and rush, it
was fun OF splendidly plannei plays and
moves, and both teams deserve credit for
the excellent exhibition. the Easterns de-
serving greater share of credit, for their |
plans brought them victory.
The victory was well earned, and the |
Easterns deserve all the more honor, for |
they played one Of the strongest teams the |
manager of the winners, was compiimented
on all sides upon the individual and team |
work of his men. The Infantry played a |
great game and the deefat is no disgrace.
Dunn played his usual all-around bril-
liant game, and his clever passing and goal |
ing completely outclassed the player oppos- |
ing him. Little Ockert was in every play,
and put up the game OF his basketball ca |
reer. |
Captain Thompson. had his men well in |