The Washington times., 1902-09-07
Basketball and Indoor
Baseball Leagues viii
Make Active Season.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Irish Cracks Will Compete = The
Gymnasium Glasses at Y. M. c. A.
Will Open October 13-Preparing for
Tennis Tourney-Corcorans' Team.

Tennis Tourney-CorcoranS' Team.
The committees having in charge tn
Potomac River regatta are working
earnestly and indications point 10
complete success in every way.
Judging from the number of inqui
ries about events. prizes and quarter
from Boston and New York, there vii
be almost as large an entry list a.
that promised from Philadelphia ant
Baltimore
The committee on subscription to re-
gatta fund is meeting with success and
hopes to complete its work shortly
Several donations in the way of sets o
medals are expected this week. ant
these will Tighten the work Of the com
mittee considerably.
1t has not been definitely decided b,
the committee if the races between
naval reserve crews of this city, Bal
timore and Philadelphia will be made
feature. and it is suggested that these
events would be eminently appropriate
and that efforts should be made to in
clude them in the program, especially
since the crews always furnish the
prizes they contest for.
National Championships.
The next important athletic event will
be the national championships which
will be held at Travers Island, New
York, next Saturday. The committee
has appointed E. J. Gianinni director
who will see that everything is in per-
feet shape for the events. As prac-
tically two championships will be held
on the one afternoon. the Senior and
the Junior. it will require great hust-
ling on the part of the officials to pull
the meeting off in time.
George ". Orton, the former five-mile
champion, will represent the Athletic
Club of Pennsylvania in the half-mile
run: DR.. II. j. Sheel will enter his en-
tire team in the Junior championships.
A team of Boston crack athletes will
enter and compete. and several ath-
letes from Baltimore and Washington
VIII also take part in this meeting.
Irish Champion Will Compete.
Secretary Sullivan, of the Amateur
Athletic Union. has received letter
from J. X. Baillie. of the University Of
Pennsylvania. from. Congleton. England,
entering himself in ali the runs for the
championships on the 18th. and J. s.
Westney in the sprints. and S. A. Allen
in the hurdles and sprints.
He also writes that 7. F. Kiely. of
Garrick- on the SUR. Ireland. told him
at Belfast that it was his intention of
coming 10 America and competing in
the national championships. Kiely is
the present champion of Great Britain
and Ireland. and the best hammer
thrower in Great Britain.
District Basketball League.
A meeting of the District Amateur
Basketball League will be held about
September Is for the purpose of taking
up the seasons work. The organization
is a continuous one, the same officers
serving each year.
If Lieutenant Crawford. president of
the league, is not in the city at the time
named, Mr. C. E. Beckett, vice president
of the league, will officiate and appoint
the necessary committees.
The league will begin with member
ship of five: Y. NJ. c. A., Carroll Insti
tute, Corcoran Cadets. Morton Cadets,
Sixth Battalion, and possibly the Ord
way Rifles
II is desired 70 make it an eight-club
league. and to this the applications of
Company d. Fifth Battalion; Friends
School. Concordia Club and Mount |
Peasants will be considered With
eight clubs two games will be played
with each other.
Indoor Baseball League.
A meeting of the Indoor Baseball |
League will be held the latter part of |
this month for reorganization and map |
ping out the plan of the seasons cam
paign. 1t is expected that the season
will he a very active one, as it Is pro-
posed TO make it a six-team league.
The last seasons organization had TIE |
Corcoran Cadets, Y. NJ. c. A, CAROLS, J
and Urell Rifles.
strict rules governing The playing OF
scheduled games. and forfeiture of
money posted as guarantee to finish
the season will follow every forfeited
game unless there be a good and sufii-
cient reason for failing to play.
The prompt attendance of teams will
be required. and senseless kicking over
umpires' decisions viii not be tolerated.
A volley Ball League.
As the Y. NJ c. A, Corcorans, and
CAROLS have men playing volley ball.
and making a good showing Herewith,
L is suggested that these form a league
and play for the local championship. 1t
Would be Just one more feature which
would help make the coming indoor sea-
son ,he most active in the history OF I
ocal amateur sport.
National Basketball League.
The National Basketball League, /,
which played all its games last season 8
n the Light Infantry Armory, will be
n the field again this season and hopes q
o have a six-team schedule.
A meeting will be called at the Infan- !
ry Armory about September 25, when c
III teams desiring membership will be v
to send delegates.
The Light Infantry team won the I
last year from teams rep d
esenting the Washington Athletic Club: 4
company A. First Battalion, and Cres- T.
ent AthleticsClub.
The Washingtons will be considerably 4
this year and expect to L
make stronger bid for the honors.
Interest in Athletics.
That the interest in athletics is by I
. means on the wane. especially in the II