The Washington times., 1902-03-31

Emperor William of Germany is an en-
thusiast on athletic sports.
The best twenty-f marksmen In the
police forces of Chicago and St. Louis will
hold revolver contest by telegraph on
May 2.
J. W. Farley. OF the University Of
Maine. has been appointed head coach of
Harvard University Rugby candidates.
The annual spring meeting OF the Ma
tional Swimming Association will be held
at the Athletic Club Of Philadelphia on
April T.
1t is reported that King Edwards yacht
Britannia and Emperor Williams Meteor
will compete in several events during the
Cowes regatta.
Charles NJ. Best. Of Des Moines. Ia.
has been selected as head coach of tho
Purdue football eleven. Of Lafayette. Ind,
for next fall.
AL Hawkins and John Sweeney. of De-
troit. have been matched to play 100
points three-cushion billiards for 500 a
side. The date and the place will be
named later.
T. E. Geisel broke the worlds 10o-shot
record at Springfield. Mass, on Saturday.
raising it to 1893 points. The previous
record at 200 yards on the standard Amer
ican target was S95, held by Bergeson, Of
Cheyenne.
Harvard has offered Saturday, November
s. to the University OF Pennsylvania as
the day for their annual football match
at Cambridge. The date will be accepted.
Major Taylor. the colored bicycle
rider. has married Miss Lulu Morris. a
19year-old colored girl OF Ansonia. Conn.
Taylor and his bride will soon sail for
Europe, where Taylor has engagements
that will cover several months.
Thomas w. Lawson paid s1,450 for the
English bulldog Isla Queen. This high
bred canine matron was brought to Bos-
ton from England two weeks ago by Mrs.
May E. Benton. Isla Queen is in wheIp to
champion Wylye Monarch.
race between Harvard and Cornell
crews this spring is considered probable.
Cornell has invited crew from either the
Weld or Newell Clubs to come to Ithaca
and row her second varsity on Lake Ca
yuga.
Boston women golfers are we'll pleased
by the acceptance of their challenge by
the Women's Golf Association. of Phila-
delphia. and the Womens Metropolitan
Golf Association to play in the intercity
team match for the Griscom trophy.
The Recreation Gun Club, of Redwood
". j., has been organized with these OFF,
GERS: President. Thomas L. Munyan; cap
tain. Charles w. North: secretary. Orme
n. Armstrong; treasurer. Abe Tomlinson.
Weekly shoots will be held and the club
is open to challenge.
Notwithstanding the fact that Ratsey
has thought it worth while to establish
branch of his sailmaking loft over here,
Stilson. the Boston sailmaker. reports
that he is getting lot of foreign orders.
He not only has orders for sails for thirty
new Swedish and German yachts, but he
is getting out a suit of sails for the Ailsa.
One of the first golf events OF impor-
tance during the coming season is the in
tercoliegiate tourney. The announcement
has been made that 1t will be played on
the Garden City links. beginning May
and ending May 10. Teams OF the best
golfers OF Harvard, Yale, Columbia,
Princeton. and the University of Pennsyl-
vania will take part.
challenge for an airship race in Chi
cago. to be held as a preliminary event to
the 5000 900 aerial steeplechases at the St.
Louis Worlds Fair of 1903. has been sent
to Santos DumOnt at Paris. France. by
Theophilus Williams. of Chicago. Rules
and regulations similar to those that are
to be in vogue at the st. Louis Fair
Grounds will govern the contest. Several
successful tests of the Chicagoan's ma
chine are said to have been made.