Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-01

School League Eliminating the four
games and combining their games played with
only college teams Georgetown won twenty
.141 on the season. The showing of the
George Washington and Gallaudet teams
was Of the in-and-out variety, but . big
Improvement Is expected for next season.
Racing.
Admirers Of horse racing In the District of
Columbia can point with pride to the splen-
did development In their sport in 1905 The
meetings at Benning and Brightwood were
more successful than ever and the opening
of the speedway gave the amateur reins-
men the chance they have been working
for for years. Washington has been noted
TO- some time for its fine horsefesh and the
enterprising spirits among the thorough
bred owners worked increasingly until, at
tho present time they have a speedway
which compares favorably with the finest
In the country
The spring meeting at Benning furnished
splendid sport to a large attendance. and
the fall gathering eclipsed anything here
tofore done at the popular track. The
prices OF admission were materially ad
vanced. the Washington Jockey Club cut
entirely clear from the betting ring, but
Notwithstanding these apparent handcaps,
more money was made by the organization
and the class of thoroughbred runners in
competition was decidedly the best ever
of high-class horses, comprehending the
enterprise OF the local Jockey club. sent
down stables of their best runners and as a
result horses heretofore able to win purses
at Benning were almost frozen out When
the track was fast at the opening of the
fall meeting 1t was no uncommon occur
as frequently as three times a day The
high-class condition Of affairs attracted
horsemen from all over the country, and 1t
Is to be hoped that the high standard will
h0 nnv,ftr horn ffAr hxrf ooIf ron
Jockey Club and its friends.
Bowling.
Last seasons bowling records were very
fine. but from present indications the sea-
son recently started will outshine anything
heretofore seen in the District. New gal
leries Of the very best construction have
been built in Washington since last winter
and at present there are so many leagues
organized that 1t Is extremely difficult to
keep tab on them. The winning teams in
the different leagues last season were as
follows: In the Departmental League the
Bureau boys came out ahead; In the Dis
trict League. the Saengerbund team won
out by narrow margin over the Acmes:
In the Royal Arcanum League, the Orient
ais proved the best and captured the hand
some silver cup offered as a prize by The
Evening Star Publishing Company; the Co
lumbia team was the best in the Real Es-
tate League. winning out with a good mar
gin, while the Philadelphia also had an
easy time capturing first place in the Plate
Printers League. In the Post Office League
the Delivery team headed athe list. a fair
percentage separating the Quintette from
the Station boys.
Last February big delegation of Wash
iEgton bowlers attended the national con-
gress at Milwaukee and although no first
prizes were captured. the local boys show
ing was very commendable. Lord and
contest, Columbia No. won a prize in the
team contest and individual prizes were
won by Allison. Bum and Miller in the sim
gle man events, making Ave prizes in all.
Athletics
The work done this season by the local
boys in field athletics has shown up re-
markably well. In January, 1905 In the
second annual indoor athletic carnival of
the high schools of Washington, held in
Convention Hall, Kent Of Central High
School ran the flfty-yard hurdle In the
ord time of . 20 seconds, equalng the work
of Seitz of Georgetown University done at
the same time. which equaled the worlds
record, held by Lon E. Myers OF New York
city, made in 1884. In the fifty-yard dash.
first-year high schools, Ellsworth of Tech
meal won from the field. In the flfty-yard
DASH open to candidates representing the
preparatory schools of the city, Baker, rep
resenting the Army and Navy Preparatory
School, won. His ability was later demon
Strated the local foot ball field where
he proved to be one of the best halfbacks
VINO nave ever played tnal position Tor the
team of the Army and Navy School. Much
OF this good work by the Army and Navy
man Is due to the field coaching Of Coach
Wefers of the school. Charles E. Seitz of
the Georgetown University, in q special
sixty-yard sprint, covered the distance in
10 seconds, clipping a second from the
world record for that distance, made by
Lon E. Myers of New York city in 1882
The Amateur Athletic Union failed to have
an official timekeeper present, and the rec
ord, as far as the union Is concerned. did
not count In the running high jump event
Riley of the Baltimore City College won
easily. &. NJ Byrne OF Technical High
School won the SS0-yard run. When the
shot-putting event was called A. c. Du-
game of Technical won.
The athletic meet of the Georgetown Uni
versity, held in the spring, was largely at
tended. and all of the events were hoty
contested. In this meet the field and track
athletes of the local high schools showed
the result of much work in the training
quarters. The work of Mcdonald of Cen
trail, Duganne of Technical, Kipp of Cen
trai, Morse of Western, Smith of Technical
ard Farmer of Eastern was especially
promising.
Boating.
In the realm OF boating the paddlers of
canoes seem to be leading the procession.
Early In the season it was suggested that
a canoe club be formed, but ii was not I'M
til late in the year that the canoeists of
the city got together under the leadership
of Messrs. Willard Fracker and Carl Stod-
der and formed the Washington Canoe
Club. The clubhouse, which is a fine eX-
ample of Its kind. stands as one of the adj
ditions to the homes of good sport of the
capital city. The structure was built dur
ing the fall and formally opened just after
Christmas. The Potomac Boat Club mem
bers have also worked hard this season.
regatta was held in midsummer, but on ac-
count of the turbulent elements could not
be finished. The work in the eight-oared
shells went forward with much earnestness.
The junior eight of the club went to Phila-