The Washington times., 1901-12-01
INTERESTING EVENTS
In ATHLETIC CIRCLES.
DATES OF COMING OPEN GAMES,
Local Amateurs Mt the Sportsmen's y
SNOWY. VI. &. a. Ali-Around
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ed will be open to all amateur athletes
registered with the Amateur Athletic
| Union.
This affair is always one of the big
! gest of the seasons meets and draws ou;
large entry lists not only from the New
| York city clubs but from all over the
country Dumy, Holland, Edmonds, and
Dessez, of Georgetown. may be counted
| on as entrants. and if the runners of the
| local Young Mems Christian Association
and Woodside Athletic Club make a good
showing in the seasons local and nearby
meets. entries may be made by them
The games will be held under the sane
ton granted by the. registration commit
tee of the Metropolitan Association
of the A. A. T., and is included in
the list of the three big indoor events of
the season. as follows;
| January list. Bartholomew Athletic
Club and Medical Corps of the Eighth
Regiment.
January 23-National Athletic Club and
Forty-seventh Regiment Athletic Associa-
tion.
| Club at Madison Square Garden.
VIII Hold billiard Championship.
The Knickerbocker Athletic Club has
applied to the a. A. U. for the privilege
| of holding the Glass A tourney for the
amateur billiard championship of Amer
lea which it desires to hold under the
| auspices of the A. A. Z. in the knick-
! erbocker A. c. Theatre. The date fixed
| for this important event is February 10,
| 1902 The committee in charge of the
/ tourney consists of W. J. Paterson,
chairman; DR.. A B. Miller, and Charles
W. Minor. secretary.
Features of the Sportsmen show.
One Of the big features of the Sports
mems Show now being held in the EH-
port Exposition Buildings, at Philadel-
phia, and which is of special interest TO
the athletes of this city and vicinity,
are the Atlantic Association A. A. u.
track and field championship contests,
which will be held December and should
draw large entry list from this city. The
events will include 70, $50, 300, Goo, and
l 600 yard and emile runs, standing
broad and high jumps, running hop, step,
and jump, pole vault for height, 56-pound
weight, 16-pound shot, 120 and 22O-yard
hurdles Silver cups viii be given to
first, second, and third men.
The event in which the Central and
Western High and Emerson Institute, as
well as the Friends Select School, are
Interested, and TO which one or all may
send entries, are the interscholastic in
| door track and field championships to be
held at the exposition December T. en-
| tries for which close tomorrow. Silver
| cups will go TO first, second, and third
men. and a silver trophy 10 the school
scoring the most points. The events to
| be contested include 100, 22G, 4iO, $50
| yards and 1-mile run; pole vault, run
ming high and broad jump. y pound shot,
| 100 and 20 yard hurdles, and relay races
for four men teams, each man to run one
sixth of a mile.
The indoor track ard field handicap
meet, open to all registered amateurs,
will be held at the exposition December
2 The national indoor track and field
championships Will be held December 10
afternoon and evening.
decided amount Of interest is beinS
taken here in the Spcrtsmen's Show and
it's many athletic features, and several
parties have been arranged TO 90 over
| to visit the show and witness the con-
tests.
Athletics ut Y. VI. c. A.
citation has taken the initiative in the
movement to hold athletic contests here
and in Baltimore for the intercity cham
piouship, and the prospects are that
lovers of amateur sport will witness a
novel set of competitions.
Mr.. C. E. Beckett one OF the physical
instructors of the Y. NJ. c. A, in com
municating with Mr.. Cornelius, of the
,f Fha aut
Branch Y NJ. c. A, both of Baltimore
outlined the proposed competitions, sug-
gesting that three athletic and gymnastic
contests be held in the respective gym
nasiums. He suggested that December
| 27 be reserved for the local gym and that
the programme include the following
| events:
l. Running high jump.
2. From a run vault into parallel bars,
| front vault left and right, with one-half
right and left turns.
3. Putting 12-pound shot.
4. (a) Hang ON horizontal bar, flexion
of thighs until ankles reach bar; arms
| kept perfectly straight. (b) Hang and
back circle to front rest; short underswing
| to mat.
Athletic events will be marked on per-
centage system, and gymnastic events
| will be marked thus: Two points for ap-
proach, 2 points for correctness of ex-
ercise, for form, and 2 for leaving
| apparatus.
The two baseball teams which will com
pete for the association championship are
taking hard practice, and an interesting
| series of games is promised. The players
and substitutes are as follows:
| Stars-Bielaski, Moore, Weightman,
| Dean, Mitchell, H w. Nichols, White,
Ludwig, Hardaway, Darling.
| Crescents-Lindsay, Thompson. Brown.
Neale, Hughes, MacRichey. A. p. Mich
| OILS. Dallas, Leese. Hewlett.
The league baseball team is doing good
work and promises to be a factor in the
championship race. Bielaski is making a
record in the pitchers Jox, and Speare
| is doing splendidly behind the bat The
team will have as its guests next Sat
| urday the CAROLS and fast game may
| be expected.
The basketball team will visit Carroll
Institute next Tuesday for a league game.
| After the game the delegates to the Dis
| trict Baseball League will hold a special
meeting to take action upon the YOUNG
| Mems Christian Association protest OF
the game played last Wednesday with the
| Urell Rifles.
The aIl-around athletic contests for the
association championship, held Friday
| night. we're decidedly interesting. The
| events to be contested next Friday even
ing are: Pole vault, standing broad jump
| and front vault, left and right with hall
| right and left turns.
| Sixth battalion Team.
The basketball team representing the
| Sixth Battalion National Guards made d
good impression last week in its game
with the Young Mems Christian Associa-
| I,
| make good showing in the league series
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