The Washington times., 1901-09-22
TIE AMATEUR ATHLETES
Local Bowling Teams Preparing
for the League Season.
Annual Fall Games at Baltimore-Y.
M G. A. VIII Send n 1eam-Morton
Cadets I'm Athletics-Georg
Football and Track Contests.

Football and Track Contests.
The bowling enthusiasts of Baltimore
believe In getting in the field early. They
open early and close late Already the
captains OF the various Ieag,ie teams arc
getting their men together for the season
OF i50I-I9R.
The annual league meeting and election
of officers took place last week and at
that meeting several changes were made
in the method OF conducting the contests
AS n member OF the National Bowling
Congress the Baltimore Bowling League
will adopt the rules of that body. The
teams will secure sanctions for their al
leys from the national body. such sane
tion being given without cost to the own
ers OF alleys. This will Insure regulation
alleys. as well as pins. All records will
be sent to the national secretary and will
become official. A corps of official um-
pircs will be selected and there will be
a set of pin Judges whose duties will
consist of seeing that the pins are prop
erly set.
The league will start OF with twelve
teams. 1t had ten last year.
In this city steps have been taken to-
ward reorganization for the season at
as to the makeup of teams and as to time
of opening the season, game-officiais. etc
The local league Is a member of the ma
tionai body, but it is not known II it will
introduce all the new features recently
adopted, such as securing sanctions for
alleys. official umpires. and sending in Of
fetal reports.
Annual A. A. U. Games mt Baltimore,
The Baltimore Athletic Club of the At
lantic Association of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union will hold its annual fall track
and field meet next Saturday, September
Is. at Electric Park, Baltimore. The
games will be open to all registered ath-
letes who are members OF the Atlantic
Association.
The events will include 220-yard dashes,
4i0 and SsO-yard runs, relay race. running
high jump. pole vault. f6-pound shot, 10
pound hammer. and bicycle race
The committee in charge OF the games
will be DR.. Merrill Hopkinson. Dr. III.
f. Kelsey, p. L. Small, and George L.
Lamb.
draw out large entry lists from nearby
cities, and this year the entries promise
to outnumber all previous lists.
Y. VI. C. A. Football Team.
The athletic department of the Y M.
C. A. will make no effort to put what is
known as a big football team In tho
field this fall. The eleven which will
represent the Association will be COM
posed of members only and only those
who will play for the love of the sport.
There will be no players who will be paid
either directly or otherwise. The man.
agement will make no effort to arrange
games with big cracks but will be satis-
fled to arrange schedule Of games with
ral in rIr nf xxtr IL
it will be so nearly matched that the con.
tests VIII be interesting.
1t was decided last week by the tennis
committee to defer the opening OF the an
of the association until September Is.
There will be scratch and handicap con-
tests and upon each handsome prizes will
be placed.
Prof. Beckett has given his track and
field men plenty of hard practice during
the past fortnight and they are now In
very good shape for next Saturdays fall
games to be given at Baltimore by the
Il. A. c. large number of members will
accompany the entrants from here and IL
systematic roofing will help, the local
boys should come away winners.
The same ten-pin team which won tho
league championship last spring viii
again do battle for the association in the
coming season The players did not miss
an opportunity to practice during all tho
past summer and the result is they ara
fit even now to begin the seasons work
The team won the championship with a
record of tifty-one games won and TWEEN
ty-one loSt--IOS per cent-aS against for
ty-siX games won and twenty-six lost by
the jolly Fat Mems Club. its nearest
Morton Cadet Athletes.
The members OF the Morton Cadet Corps
have determined this season to be more
actively identified in athletics than
There is plenty of good ma
erial in the ranks of the company, and
his will be developed as soon as pos
ible.
1t is the intention of the management
o put basketball team in the field this
winter to play games with local and out
f-town teams. The team may be Sc
ected from among the following men.
everal of whom are already well known
n local athletics: Winship, who rowed in
he last Potomac eight: Smell. of last sea-
on's Y. NJ. C. A. football team: Howard
,ail. prominent as a bicycle rider; Yoder,
White. and Whitney.
A meeting will be held shortly for the
urpose of discussing plans for the sea-
on. At this meeting a committee will be
ppcinted to take charge of athletic mat
ers and to make the necessary arrange
lents for securing athletic uniforms and
The members hope to arrange a series
f games of basketball with the Corcoran
adets to be played before Christmas.
Athletics at Georgetown Varsity.
The Athletic Association of Georgetown
will hold it's annual fall track
nd field meet early next month. Man
ger Thompson hopes this meet will bring
ut some new point winners for the blue
nd grey, as at present the track team is
smaller than any the var
ty has had in the last five years 1t
-n1w r., e
,r honors at home or abroad, and now,
Dufy does not continue to perform,
here will be only Holland and Minnehan
no are known as sure quantities.
A successor to Trainer William Foley
i'll probably be named before the date of
olding the meet The new trainer, who
yer he may be, will have pleasant po-
tion, but he will also find that he will
ave plenty to do to fill the requirements
t by the standard which Bill Foley
Used as a coach and trainer OF new and
ndeveloped track men, 1t was under his
itelage that Bernard Wefers and Arthur
uffy became world beaters and holders
national and International records in
print events.
Capt c. NJ. Barry, of the football team,
in town. and is already busy with the
ork preliminary to getting out his foot
Ill team. He is fortunate in having on
and a majority of last years team, and
he can get together enough good men
fill out the required number he Will
ave little trouble in getting out a team
hich will be at least as good as last
ason's very successful eleven. which
as remarkable one, considering that 1t
as comparatively entirely new when
e season opened.
Captain Barry Will again play halfback.
evlin, who played one of the backs. and
aged the position very cleveriy, will be
Used.
The entering class Is very large this sea-
n, and it Is said that there is quantity
good material from which TO repleaish
build up the team, and IL II turns out
ell the blue and grey will have win