Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-01

their coy cfnb house from a member of
the university. and in addition bought a
fast steam launch. The Analostan Boat
Cup also had a&nccessful year. although
holding itself sdAewhat aloof from the
other organizatiohs along the banks Of the
Potomac. moro liberal spirit is showing
ltsef at present eamong the Analostans,
and the chances Ire that the organization
will put forth eftufts to boom the sport.
IHpwling.
Through the pushing spirit of the Dis
trtct Amateur RHswling League this sport
has been given All great impetus, and the
season Just opene& promises to be the most
successful on reford. When the season
closed last year. Ale team representing the
Carroll instituted. finished in first place
after most gallant struggle. At the open
ing of the present season bowling leagues
sprang up almost like mushrooms, ~the De-
partmental, the Bank Clerks Plate Print
ers and Railway Relief Association being
the organizations to enter the field with
the District Amateur League. All the Dis
trict league clubs have their own alleys
and naturally embrace the star players
but although the other leagues are at pres
ent bowling on the fast Palace alleys, many
splendid bowlers are being developed. At
attendance, and the enthusiasm displayed
speaks well for the future Of the sport.
sCycling.
ords broken during the year, both by the
amateurs and professionals; but, in spite
OF this fact. there were not many notable
performances made, the majority Of the
records being due more to better tracks and
similar advantages than to any develop
ment on the part Of the riders themselves.
AS a matter Of fact, cycling fell off In the
public's interest. and the most herculean
efforts which have been made to revive it
have not succeeded to any great extent.
Many of the professional records made dur
Ing the year have been discredited because
tracks has frequently been found to be in
accurate and timers incompetent.
The amateur championship was won by
Marcus L. Hurley Of New York, and the
professional championship by F. Kramer.
Hurley made the amateur records for the
one-fourth mile, one-half mile, two-thirds
mile and five miles. Among the profession
ais, Frank Kramer holds nearly every rec
ord from one-fourth mile to TWENTY-FIVE
miles.
Interscho1astic
Once more the Central High School boys
are seen at'the front in the interscholastic
sports. although the general impression was
that the withdrawal of the technical de-
partment would injure it's chances very
materially. The Evening Star Company
decided to donate another cup and the
Centrals started off to capture that as we'll
as the two previous ones now in it's pos
session, by winning the major number of
events at the. spring games held on the
Georgetown University field. Technical
High School made fairly good beginning
and should be heard from more effectively
in the future. The Western High School
boys showed marked Improvement, and
from present indications will be Centrars
chief antagonist next spring.
The Georgetown University athletes, with
the exception of Arthur Duffy, did moth
ing remarkable during the past year, al
though successful season in base ball
must be credited to the blue and gray.
Duffy Is credited with the most extraordi-
nary performance of the year in a sprint
ing line, the stoeky little fellow running
100 yards in 3-5 seconds at the intercol-
legiate championships in New York, May
80. OF all the records broken in recent
years this feat of Duffy's Is the most re-
markable. To clip one-fifth Of a second
from the record for 100 yards is a greater
ord by many seconds. The former record
was 8 As seconds, made some ten years
ago by John Owen of Detroit, and since
that time thousands Of athletes have tried
to break it. Nine and three-f1fth seconds
for. 100 yards In Just. two yards faster
phenomenal SPEED.
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Interest in this exciting sport continues
and enthusiastic, crowds witnessed the
matches in the different gymnasiums. The
Light Infantry team once more carried off
the championship of the District. Games
were played with teams from Baltimore
and eastern colleges, the local teams show
ing up splendidIy and in a big majority Of
the contests were the victors.
Tennis.
Although the tennis season outside of
Washington can be recorded a big sue
cess bad weather was ushered in with
the annual fall tourney and put a damper
on the finish. John Davidson once more
carried off the District championship, his
form being something remarkable and his
playing in consequence bordered on the
sensational. The Bachelors Club continues
to advance in membership and In playing
ability, the excellent courts of the organi-
cation being the scene Of numerous eXcit-
ing contests.
Inauguration.
The movement to change the date Of the
inauguration Of the President of the United
States progressed materially during the
past year. The United States Senate adopt
ed a resolution, offered by Senator Hoar,
proposing an amendment to the Constitu-
ton by which the date of Inauguration was
fixed upon as the last Thursday in April.
The congressional calendar would be ar
ter Is now before the House judiciary COM
mittee, and some definite action is expected
at the present session of Congress.
The national committee named by the
Commissioners of the District of Columbia
to take the change-of-date matter in hand
was formally organized. The committee
consists of the governors of ali the states
and territories and also of the insular pos
sessions. The acceptances of these officials
and their hearty words Of approval seem to
indicate that the feeling In favor of
a change from March 4 to some more pro-
pitious season for this gala quadrennial
event is general throughout the country.
A meeting Of this committee was held
here In Washington April last. A number
Of the governors were present in person.
while others were represented by proxies.
Those who were unable to be present sub
united their views in writing. Mr. Henry
B. F. Mcfarland, president Of the board Of
District Commissioners, was chosen as
chairman of the committee. He has ap-
peared before the congressional committees
a number Of times and spoken on the sub
ject and is hopeful Of early action.
White House Repairs.
The offices of. Presidents, which had for
nearly century-been in the White House
proper, ceased to be occupied by Presi-
dents about the middle of the year. Con-
press having authenticated more than half