Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-09-26
Athletic News and Notes.

The many friends of Cecil r. Fielding
will be surprised to hear Of his marriage
Wednesday. September 6. to Miss Vida
Cora Crane. also of this city. The cere
mony was performed in Petersburg, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fielding are now on their
honeymoon through the New England
states. including short stays at Boston
and Portland, Me. On their return, about
October L. they will reside at Woodbridge.
D. c., where they will be glad TO see
their friends.
Fielding was prominent member of
the Gurley Athletic Club base ball and
track teams. Last year he held down
the left field position for the ball team.
which captured second place in the In
dependence League. and was considered
to be one of the best all around play
ers OH the team On the track team he
was a member of one of the relay teams,
as well as a good performer in the mile
run.
The two meets and marathon which
were pulled off during the past week end
ed the track season for local athletes,
and all three events were pronounced
as bowling successes. Wednesday the
Ancient Order of Hibernians pulled off
their athletic meet at the Benning race
track, and Thursday their ten-mile mara
thon was run. Both-of these brought out
some classy competition and unusually
good fields, including Martin ]. Sheridan
and John Flanagan of the lrisn-Amer
lean Athletic Club of New York, and
John j. Gallagher, the wonderful little
schoolboy from the Brown Prep of Phil
adelphia. Needless to say, all three
won their events, Sheridan getting three
firsts.
held. and their success will be the talk
Of the town for some time to come. AL
though it imported no out-of-town stars,
the meet had all of the local and Balti-
more athletes, and, from a spectators
point of view, was more interesting than
the games of the Irishmen. The COM
petition was much keener. and the local
rivalry was intense. Manager Stratton
deserves a great deal of credit for the
businesslike regularity with which the
games were run.
"Shag" Rawlings. the crack little base
ball pitcher of the Business High School
and American Security and Trust Com
pany teams, ran on the fremont Athletic
Club relay team which so decisively de-
feated the Potomac A. {. relay in the
Hibernian games.
Washington captain, is now in business
in Cuba.
"Mugsey" King, the record holder for
Union. took a fling at the 220-yard dash
in the Hibernian meet, and came out in
front.
Now that the track season is out of
the way, most of the athletes will get
out their foot ball toys. The Warwicks
and Alexandrias have already gotten out
for practice, and several Of the local
clubs will soon follow In their wake.
Arthur H. Brame, who is the logical
man to fill Jack Sterretts shoes as cap
tain of the Hatchetites track team, has
been summering at Chesapeake Beach.
He has been keeping in good condition
on the cinder path.
What's happened to the Bloomfngdale
Athletic Club? We never hear of it
any more.
Ed Kemper. the former Central High
School star, and now with the Washing
ton Grove Club. has decided to quit the
running game.
sgd Falconer. a we'll known local
athlete. is very proud these days. The
stork visited his house recently and left
him a bouncing Girl.
ing DR.. D: E. Wiber, formerly chairman
of the registration committee. was elect
ed president Of the South Atlantic branch,
succeeding Theodore Z. Straus. DR..
Wiber is just the man for the place, as
he Is popular with the athletes, as well
as with the sporting public as a whole
Prof. c. E. Beckett of the local Y NJ
{. A. succeeds Dr. Wiber as chairman of
the registration committee, and in the
future athletes desiring to register will
do their business with Prof. Beckett
George Washington has lost a promis-
ing member of Its track team in Loren
r. Manville. who has just left for the
west. where he will engage in business
Manville was fast developing into a good
man. and was counted on for the COM
ing season. His departure is much re-
GREETED, as he has host of friends at
the university. who predicted a good
track career for him.
Washington Grove which won the club
trophy at the Hibernian games gets an
other good man in Leo Curran who has
recently Joined that organization He
was member of both the George Wash
ington and Gurley Athletic Club relays,
and should be good man to fill the gap
left by Leger, who has just left for
Michigan. on the Grove team.
Dutch Lepper won the century dash
again in the meets this week. It's getting
to be a habit with "Henie'
The Brightwood Driving Park had
busy appearance las: week, as fully
twenty men were training there.
George w. Seaman, South Atlantic
champion in the two-mile event. and one
OF the most prominent members of the
local Y. NJ c. A. long-distance squad,
has been indefinitely suspended by the
\. A. L. He was found guilty of hav-
ing competed in an unsanctioned meet
for cash prizes. He won the SO in gold
which was up. but will never be able to
compete in athletic meets again.
The regulating of the number of mara
thons to be allowed in the South Atlantic
branch seems to be a good idea Promot-
ers were pulling off too many of these
events, and the limitation as to the num-
Der will be a good thing for both the
athletes and the sporting public.
Another new rule which will be in
vogue from now on will be new method
of reimbursing visiting athletes Previous
to this time athletes who were guaran-
teed their expenses were paid by the
meet managers direct. Hereafter the
check is to be sent to the secretary
treasurer of the South Atlantic branch
of the A. A. L.. who. in turn, will for
ward it to the treasurer of the club to
which the athlete belongs, and the club
will turn it over to him.
VIII Dick will leave for Michigan this