The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1910-03-25
SPORTS OF ALL KINDS I'm THE
CANAL ZONE.
Besides Baseball, Americans ON the
Isthmus Have Introduced Athletics,
Tennis and Other Pastimes.

lSthmuS Have introduced Athletics,
Tennis and Other PastimeS.
Cristoball, Panama, Canal Zone, Feb.
26.-Conducive as may be tropical
cline, where perpetual summer may
always be enjoyed, toward creating an
everlasting desire for sleep and con-
tinued rest, the Americans here in the
Canal Zone have overstepped the Gus
tom and have successfully established
| all forms of athletics, not only in base
ball, where complete organization has
| been perfected, but in all sports dear
to Americans.
Considering the few years Amer
cans have occupied this country, the
growth of athletics has been remark
able. Basketball, tennis, indoor base
ball, track and field athletics, trap
shooting and bowling are included.
Golf and football are about the only
| sports not INDUCED in. Of course it Is
too hot to attempt the latter. The great
Scottish game has many devotees who
would gladly avail themselves Of the
| opportunity of sending the little white
balls over even short course, but the
difficulty is in finding an available 10
cation for laying out links.
| Next to outdoor baseball, track and
| field athletics come in for most at
tention, and several big meets are held
during the dry season. The days which
are generally set aside for these meets
| are Washington's Birthday, Memorial
Day and the Fourth Of July.
| In the baseball park at Ancon a
| cinder track of a quarter of a mile was
made especially for the Fourth of July
meet last year, and another one Is to
be held there on Decoration Day. AL
though these track games are open af-
fairs, it is very seldom that any ath-
letes compete outside of those who
came here from the States.
A hot fight is going on among the
four cities which make up the canal
zone indoor baseball circuit. Cristobal,
lGeorgona, Empire and Culebra COM
prise the league, and with all Of the
teams evenly matched, the race for the
championship is especially spirited at
this time. The schedule was opened
last month and will be completed in
March. The games are played at
night, and the article of baseball put
up by all Of the teams is very fast.
There is not another sport on the
isthmus which receives more encOur-
agement than bowling, and monthly
handicap tournaments are held regu-
larly on the various alleys. The pin
knights down here not only take an
interest in tenpins but play duckpins
and hold tournaments for the cham
pionship. A count of 557 carried off
first honors in the tourney at Cristo-
bal this month.
I'm the basketball league at Cristobal
two teams have forged to the front.
They are the Knut Splitters and Swas-
tikas, and both teams have lost one
game, but the Swastika five has six
game won and the Knut Splitters five
The Head Liners are IN third place,
with two won and four lost, while the
All Stars have failed to win, as yet,
and have seven blanks to their credit.
Tennis associations have been form
ed in practically every city in the canal
zone, and some excellent courts have
been fitted out. There are a number
of kinds of clay available, all of which
make first class tennis courts. Ar
rangements are being perfected at the
present time for the purpose OF set
Ting the isthmian championship in
both singles and doubles,
There is one gun club which is 10
Gated at Culebra, thirty-nine miles
from Cristobal, anG ten miles from
Ancon by rail. Everything IL modern
and up to date, and the crack shots
hold weekly handicap tournaments
and special Journeys on all of the holt
days.