Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-14

| the Pennsylvania team, which will be the
ones used by the blue and gray. The Uni
yerSity of Virginia coaches are fully aware
that these tactics will be used and have
| been devoting all their energy on meeting
| these attacks
A special from Charlottesville Va. says:
| The varsity was given thorough drill in
handling and returning punts yesterday. as
| it is understood Georgetown will depend
largely upon the kicking of Devlin to bring
the ball into Virginia territory. In fact, the
whole afternoon was taken UP with this
and in persecting the tackles in their sys-
| tenn for breaking up the guards back play
while their kicks were handled by Dabney
and Male. Both of the latter showed the
effects of Taylor's work of the past week
| the ground. Johnson, who did such good
| work against the Dummies" was gwen
another trial in the line up and created a
| favorable impression upon the spectators.
| He is fast and hard worker. His chances
| for getting into the game on Saturday seem
| good, but the men are now evenly
matched that there is no telling who the
coaches will select to start in the game
Coming Basket Bull Contest.
Admirers of the game of basket ball will
be given an opportunity next Friday night
at the Washington Light Infantry armory
of witnessing a contest between the cele-
brated Y. NJ. C. A. team of Baltimore and
the Corcoran Cadets representatives This
SdHle Will De lllS ITSt u d series between
these teams for the intercity championship.
and the indications are that it will be hotiy
contested. The Y. NJ c. A. team holds
the championship Of Baltimore and is con-
coded to be unusually strong. The Corco-
rams have been strengthened of late and
promise a pleasant surprise for their
friends when they go against the Mary
landerS Saturday night
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS.
Capt. James B. Ferguson. aged sixty-sx.
the noted race horse starter, died at hos
pital at Lexington. KY. Saturday night
after a long Illness. He became a race
starter in 1881, and served on nearly every
big track in the country. His death fol-
lowed an operation performed several days
ago to remove bullet near the SPINE which
was shot into his back twenty years ago,
A special from Paris says that Baron
Pierre de Courdertin. the reviser of the
Olymp an games, tells correspondent of
the Philadelphia Inquirer that the board
has just voted to hold the next quadrennal
meeting in 1894 in the United States. New
York and Chicago are the candidates for
athletes, and the committee is waiting to
see what city offers the most inducements
before deciding definitely: Baron de Cour-
dertin has just received from President
Harper of the University of Chicago an i'm
portant letter, which evidently makes the
baron feel in favor Of Chicago, and his
wishes have such great weight that it is
perhaps not too bold even to predict that
the meeting will take pace in Chicago
Reports from Beaumont stock farm near
Lexington. KY. tell of the death OF w. C.
T.'hitney's much-talked-of weanling colt by
Kingston, out of Ballyhoo Bey. the mare
Tor which Whitney gave John e. Madden |
$11 800. |
As the colt was a full brother to Ballyhoo
Bey, the Futurity winner, the loss Is re- |
Earded as a severe one The colt caught |
pneumonia during recent cold wave.
Harry Vardon, the crack golfer was rob- |