Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-01-01

an average OF 163
In the annual bowling tournament on
the Palace alleys the Orientals won first
prize In class A with a total OF .. 76e pins.
In class b the Commerce and Labor quint
won with a total of 2.493 pins. Crist and
O'Donnell captured the doubles in class
a with total of 1.1S1 pins.
In duckpin circles the b. Rich's Sons
team won first honors Of the Commercial
League with an average of s9.7c and a
percentage of .al1. J. Lansburg Com
pany was second. In the District Duck
pin League the Royals came off with
flying colors. with a total of s7.lSI pins.
the Eureka team getting second place. In
The Evening Star Duckpin League. the
Minions won the championship. and Baum
carried of the individual honors.
ATHLETICS. :.
The fourteenth annual field and track
meet of the District high schools was
held at Van Ness Park in May, and the
Central High School team again captured
the large silver cup offered by The Star.
The Central boys took all but ono first
prize. In addition records were smashed
in hurdles. discus and hammer throws
and tie mark in the shot put. r. G.
Hamilton set a mark of =. % seconds in
the 30 hurdles; A. G. Macdonald equaled
A. c. Dugannes mark of 81 feet 6is inches
| in the shot put: A. G. Macdonald hung ,ip
a record of 1874 feet II inches in the ham
| mer throw, and he also scored a record
| in the discus throw, with a heave OF 100
| feet I inch.
The federal games. which were held
| early in the year at Convention HAIL IN
| which large number of local high
| school athletes as we'll college stars
were entered, was one of the best ever
pulled off under the direction OF the high
school athletes.
The Georgetown University meet at
| OIL lar 10
| of prominent athletes from all parts Of
| the country to this city. and was Pre-
nounced the most successful In the his
| tory of that institution.
The second annual championship meet
| at the Howard University was held May
| 80. and was a great success. All OF the
| best athletes of colored institutions in the
east were entered. and the work of the
! local colored high school athletes was
| gratifying
The National Guard Athletic Association
meet. held In the National Guard Armory.
was the best ever given nder the aus
pices of that organization. The entries
were the largest and the work Of the
soldiers was gratifying. The relay team
| of the organization was one OF the fast
est that has ever been brought together
| by the local guard.
| Roller SEATING races at Convention Hall
were popular and brought out a number
Of speedy youngsters. The several carni-
walls were also well attended.
ROWING.
Largely increased interest was taken In
rowing. The Potomac Boat Club sent
crews to Philadelphia, where they won
the intermediate and junior championships
In the eight-oared events. The clubhouse
4 which had been occupied for years was
sold and a movement was at once started
to build a new one. 1t will be located
near the Aqueduct bridge.
The greatest achievement in rowing cir
| cles was the movement started last
spring to establish rowing in the local
| high schools. A crew of the Technical
| High School was organized and met the
| Georgetown Preparatory crew and de-
feated it by quarter of a length. The
| Technical crew was composed of entirely
new men and deserved the credit they re-
ceived. Shortly after this race the entire
| crew joined the Potomac Club and was
sent to Philadelphia as Junior crew July
4 and won the Wanamaker cup.
Later this same crew entered the inter-
| mediate events in Philadelphia in the
national regatta for championship tro-
plies and won the race, rowing the course
in world record time The Capital City
crew finished second in the race for the
senior championship on the next day.
when the Argonauts Of Canada captured
| the event after hard race, in which
both crews broke the worlds record, the
former finishing in 1904 and, the Poto-
macs in 1907. The Potomacs by their
finish were proclaimed the champion sem
| Tor crew Of the United tSates by the Ma
tional Rowing Association.
c. D. Davis Of this city was entered in
the regatta on the Harlem on Labor day
and finished third. In this race he claim
ed he was fouled by Weldemar Sand. this
| German oarsman. whom he challenged to
| a race on the Potomac. which took place
| September II and the local man won cas-
1 hyy 6,ie CHI hn hnfo "a
man had covered three-fourths of the
| course.
BASKET BALL.
The number Of basket ball leagues fell
off during the season, there being only
| two leagues in the city, the Capital City
and the Professionals. The teams in the
Capital City League were the Carroll In.
stitute, Corcoran Cadets. Young Mems
Cadets and Second Regiment, while the
! Professionals were composed of the Com
missioners, Eastern Athletic Club. WASH
ington Light Infantry and Ordways.
| The two universities, Georgetown and
George Washington. also had teams. both
of which played fine games. The most
notable victory Of the past year was that
| of Georgetown over the Columbia Uni
versity Of New York. The battle was
fought at Convention Hall before a large
gathering. The George Washington Uni
versity team was defeated Monday night
by the Yale University team. The Tri-
State League of the Washington. Bal
timore and York Young Mems Christian
Association is having a flourshing season.
TENNIS.
AS was expected in many quarters, C.
B.. Boyle proved his ability as a tennis
player again last year and is still the
champion of the District Of Columbia by
defeating his old opponent, Franklin Geo
hogan, in a match held in June. In this
match, which was the closing one of the
tournament for all corners, he also plucked
the championship of the Middle Atlantic
| States.
He won the first match by g.. but LET
up in his work in the second event and
| won the match only after hard playing
| by IS. Geohegan put up a whirlwind
game in the third event and won by 1--6.
| Doyle took the championship In the last
match by a score of 6-3. Many of the
| old players who have been factors In ten.
mis- matches in this city In past years
| came out for a short time during the early
| spring. but in no instance did they show
| championship form. Ballenger, Gould,
Lincoln, Parkes, Deis, Heylmun, Patten
and Haclcett did some good work through.
| out the season.