The Washington times., 1901-11-17
LOCAL ATHLETES
PLANNING EVENTS.
TEE SPORTSMAE7S EXHIBITION.
MANY Interesting Teatures-BnSeI,nll
and Basketball Lcagues-Ncw
y. VI. {. 4. Record.

Local athletes individually and in
teams will have an opportunity shortly to
compete in a series of championship
games which in magnitude have not been
attempted before, south of New York
The occasion of thes= contests will be
the first exposition of the International
Forest, Fish. and Game Association of
Pennsylvania. and the Exposition Build
ings at Philadelphia will be the scene of
the contests.
The proposed games are TO be held be
tween November y and December 81 The
main events will be limited to amateurs,
but there will also be several contests III
which professionals will be given
chance to show their prowess.
In connection with these games the At
Iantic Division of the Amateur Athletic
Union has been invited to hold its annual
indoor championships and DR.. y. Merrill
HopkinsUn, President of the Atlantic Di-
vision, has accepted the invitation and Is
Eow actively engaged in naming commit
tees and arranging details for the blG
event. As the national championships OF
the Amateur Athletic Union are to be
held during the same period. the Atiah-
tic Division entrants Will have an oppur-
tunity to compete also for national nom
ors.
List of Amateur Events.
Besides the events that follow, there
will be many handicap and special races
of different kinds that will be announced
later The following is the list that has
been definitely decided on, and for which
the sanction of the a. a l. has been re-
National swimming indoor champion
ships-December 9, 10, II.
National indoor track and field cham
onships-DecCmber 10.
Interstate basketball championship
December 16, L, Is, l9, 20, Il.
American Basketball Association cham
pionshipS-Docember 9, 10, II, L, u, IL.
luterscholasdc basketball champion
ships-December ,, 3. +, ,, 9, L
Interscholastic indoor track ana held
Observation-Disclosures Z.
Atlantic Association basketball chan-
iolships-DeCember =, ), 4, ., ., l.
Atlantic Association swimming cham
pionships-December ;, ., i
Atlantic Association indoor track ana
field championships-De 4.
Atlantic Association fencing ana gym
nastic ionships-December L. l5, a.
The above events are all championships
but there will be other events. IN Whlch
the best men OF the country VIII meet
In the above list there Is no mention
made of the shooting tournaments tll'AL
will be ARA uged at once, nor o. the water
polo and other water sports that VIII De
I.atures of the show
Altogether the aItair promises the big
gest gathering of athletic performers IA
all lines ever attempted There VIII De
guaranteed 400 prizes, which VIII cover
every sort of performance. The swimming
pool will be 65xl25 feet, and the 4e0-yard
track viii be the longest StralgnaNay y
track in the country, and it viii be wide
enough to start ten men abreast. For
longer runs the track will have six laps
To he mile.
The entrance fee in the championship
events is to be reduced to 50 cents. There
viii also be some handicaps. in which the
entrance fee is to be % cents.
The Atlantic Association events are to
b. open TO all athletes registered with the
Atlantic Association. The national cham
pionships are to be open to all registered
athletes.
Georgetown Varsity, the Young Mems
Christian Association, and the District
National Guard will be represented in the
track events.
The AFFAIR will also afford some of our
crack basketball teams the opportunity
they have been wishing for. to meet some
OF the Northern cracks ihe Norcorahs
and Light Infantry may arrange TO send
teams
baseball and Basketball Leagues.
The District National Basketball
League organized last week, is now in full
working order and will open its cham
pionship season tomorrow night with a
game In the National Guards Armory, be
tween the Sixth Battalion and Y. NJ. c. A
teams The complete schedules adopted
appear in another column.
Lieutenant Crawford, President of the
new league, is determined that the game
shall be clean and free from rowdyis:n,
ard that it shall be played strictly in ac-
cordance with the rules adopted. A STAFF
OF six good umpires viii be appointed this
week.
The Indoor Baseball League opened
its season last week under most favor
able conditions.
Athletics at Y. VI. c. A.
The opening set of athletic contests in
the series to decide the Individual and
team all-around championship OF the
Y NJ. c. A. held last week, developed
the fact that the physical instructors have
In hand lot of good material for the sea-
sons work.
In these contests the members and their
friends had the pleasure of seeing new
Y NJ. C A. record made in the running
high jump from springboard. Richardson
is the lucky performer. He added three
fourths Of an inch to the old distance,
covering feet inches.
The events contested were: Running
high jump. from spring board fence
vault, and pull-up. The contestants and
the points scored by each are As follows:
Gleason. 232 points; Mcintyre, 16S: Few
kes. l69; Summers and Pitchlyn, tie at l52;
Decker. 14S; Richardson, 144; Nolan and
Bateman, tie at l36.
The next set Of contests will be held
next Friday evening and will include:
Running high jump. still dip on Lsrallel
bars, rear vault on parallel baIs, and
rope climb Y feet, any style. These
events will be contested by teams IF five
each mans score being credited to his
teams total. which will figure in the
grand results 10 decide the championship.
The basketball team which will repre-
sent the association IN the District
League formed last week, will be made
up from the following players: L. V.
Bateman. c. Z. James, G. Mueller, J. +.
Brewer, C. w Pimper. +. o. Richey, F.
H Mercer. II. l.. McQuinn. J. NJ Nc
Queen. y. /. Mcintyre. T. w. Mcqueen,
c. r. BopD. w. Il. White, and ]. c. Dal-
las The Young Mems Christian Associa-
ton and the Sixth Battalion will open
the season tomorrow night.
Tine candidates for places on the indoor
baseball team are quite numerous and as
all have shown considerable aptncss In
the various positions in which they have
been tried, there will be little difficulty in
choosing "a team.
Carroll Institute Gymnasium.
An unusual amount of interest Is being
shown in all departments OF Carroll Insti-
tute and the season promises to be very
successful IN every way. Not only the
athletic. but the educational and social
features are feeling the increased interest
shown by the old and new members. and
the popular organization may he said 10
.