The Washington times., 1902-10-19

| The local indoor season Is now in full
swing and the indications point to one
| of the most active seasons amateur
sport has ever experienced here. Four
bowling leagues are now under way In
their championship series, and another
will take up it's work in fortnight, and
then there will be mighty thunder OF
the big spheres down the alleys with
| the cry of the pins to add to the bus
| tie.
The basketball and indoor baseball
leagues are always late in starting and
as usual these will not take up their
work until November. Schedules have
been adopted and officials are appointed
and teams are in practice and all Is
ready for the gong to call on the first
game
National Basketball League.
The National Basketball League.
which. as heretofore, will this season
play all it's games in the Light Infantry
Armory, promises to be unusually
strong this season.
Instead Of four teams of last year it
will start the season with eight, and an
extended schedule will keep them busy.
A meeting for organization will be
held tomorrow night at o'clock in the
Infantry Armory. and the prompt at
tendance of delegates is requested by the
management.
The league will be composed of the
following teams: Light Infantry. East
ern A. c., Washington A. c.. Hamiltons,
Crescents, Postofice, Holy Name, and
Navy Yard.
Suspended by A. A. U.
The following athletes have been sus-
pended by the Atlantic Association of
toned games:
John Clarke. H. Clarke. G. Schewear-
er. w. G. Dickinson, F. Scott, B. Rylish,
F. Corneal, W. Fagan, Robert Schock,
B. DUNCAN, Robert Greer, S. Shallcross,
n. Kenny, E. Costello. W. Lynch, R.
Berry. and John Costello.
Athletics at Y. M. C. A.
The best evidence of the high class of
work done in former seasons in the Y
NJ. C. A. gymnasium is seen in the re-
turn this fall of so many of the former
SO large before, and Profs. Rideout and
Beckett expect this to be banner year
in their department.
The plan of former seasons of hav-
ing bi-weekly athletic and gymnastic
contests to decide the all-around
championship of the association will DC
followed this year. A series of such
contests extending through the month OF
March has been arranged as follows:
November IA and 2S; December IL and
26; January and %: February and
20; March 6 and 20, and April 8.
Games Out of Town.
preliminary series of contests will.
be held early in November to give the
captains of teams a line on the class
of work the men are doing
Mr.. Beckett has not yet arranged for
games with out-of-town basketball and
baseball teams. He is in correspon-
dence now With Baltimore and Whining
ton Y. NJ. G.. A. managers.
The junior indoor baseball team will
be made a feature of the seasons COM
petitions The team will be selected
from the following: D. R. Covell r.
Chaplin. r. Tracy; G. d. Ellsworth. ].
5. Mckinney; C. Cole, H Wilson, C.
stockett, H. Ludwig, G. Morse, and F.
Cusp.
Carroll Institute Gymnasium.
The officers of Carroll Institute are
very much pleased with the large at
tendance upon the gymnasium classes
and the generally prosperous outlook of
the athletic department.
Big John Murphy will be found in all /
the seasons basketball games. He has
been in the games Z, number of years. |
but he is still clever enough to hold his
own with the younger set. Thompson !
had the record for goal throwing last |
year and his practice work indicates
a repetition.
Kerr. who has been made captain Of
No. 2 team. will be found in all the
regular games. Cullen looks promising
for center in this, his first year in the
game.
McLane and Huth are old players
from the West Branch Y. NJ c. A. of
Baltimore, and they will materially
strengthen the Carroll Institute team.
crowley was new to the game last year,
and his experience will make him a
good one for this season. Hollander.
who is one of the best long distance
goal throwers here, will be on the reg
liar team again.
Frank Cieary has been made captain
If the indoor baseball team which will