Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02
consequently the association gym is a busy
place these days.

consequently the association gym is a busy
place these days
| The last of the basket ball games between
| the Y. M. G. A. and the Carroll Institute
] teams will be played next Friday evening
and the following Wednesday april II
| there will be another of those popular
| gym mems banquets" held in the large
gymnasium Of the association and partici-
pated in by all the members Of the gym
| classes. Great secrecy is being maintained
concerning this particular banquet, and
| there is reason to believe 1t will be unique
and interesting affair. Lieut.. ]. w. Craw-
| ford, private secretary to Admiral Dewey,
and chairman of the Y. M. c. A. committee
i in charge of the physical department, will
preside, and it is understood that a pro-
gram somewhat similar to those which
have made the Gridron Club famous will
be offered.
The association wrestlers are attracting a
great deal of attention. Wrestling is prac-
tically a new departure for the Y. M. G.. A.,
and although the class was organized only
six weeks ago, there are now seventy men,
bers taking daily instruction from Prof
BoXwell, who has made quite an enviable
reputation for himself on the mat series
of championship bouts is being arranged
for the latter part of April, when all
weights will be represented and medals pre-
scented to the winners in each class. Among
the heavywcights there are several good
men, and lots OF trouble is anticipated be-
fore the best man will have been deter
mined upon. SWinGle is picked at about 6
to as the winner, but Weber and KiImore
are fast attaining championship form, and
their respective friends guarantee that there
will be Something doing" when their fa-
vorite and SWngle get together on the mat
Phillips and Kicks are also in the running
in the heavyweight class, and by the time
the bouts are held there may be others. In
the mddleweight class Adams and Rogers
are picked as the best pair, while Salmon
and ROXWell-a brother the in
Structor-are expected to furnish the most
fun in the lightweight class. All the men
are learning the tricks of the game, and
the tournament promises to draw one of
the largest audiences ever gathered in the
Y NJ C. A. gymnasium. The club is using
general room now in the old building, but
as soon as the new structure is completed
about June-the wresrlers will have a room
all to themselves, where Executive or
star chamber" sessions will be possible.
The fencing class is making good prog
ress under the tutelage of Prof. Darielat,
one of the crack "maitre-de-arms" of the
country, and Mr.. Hutchberger, formerly of
Chicago, also a past master with the foils.
The club was organized about Christmas
time, and now has fifty active members.
Three championship contests have been held
already, two of which have been won by
Mr.. A. A. Williamson. The rule under
which these contests have been held Is that
the member winning three contests be given
Another contest will probably be held in
week or SO, and should Mr.. Williamson be
the victor he may have the prize "for
keeps A challenge hassbeen received and
accepted from the Warrington Fencing
Club, and a contest between the experts of
these two organizations$w will be arranged
shortly. Patterson andSsCole are looked
upon as competitors forSsecond place on
the team, and the president of the Y M. G.
A.. club, Mr.. Sims believes his boys will
make good showing against the more ex-
perienced members of the Washington
Fencing Club. The fencers, too, are to
have a special room in the new building for
their work, and next winter Mr.. Sims hopes
to increase the club membership 100 per
cent.
Indoor work, however, must soon be ad-
journed until next fall, and the association
enthusiasts must turn their attention to the
tennis courts. Last Monday work was
commenced on the courts at Dist and B
streets northwest. Weeds have been up
rooted the surface leveled, and as soon as it
becomes more firm 1t will be marked and
made ready for the games. There are six
.ourts there, and six more will be prepared
next week on Capitol HILL at 9th and D
streets northeast Last fall the association
acquired the use of large piece of prop
erty near 18th street and Columbia road,
Mount Pleasant, and by the middle of this
month six more courts will be constructed
there, making total of eighteen courts, or