Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1889, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON THE COLUWBIA ATHLEPIC CLUB MUSCLE, SKILL AND PLUCK. — A PALATIAL NEW CLUB HOU! ——._—_. Prominent Washington Athletes and What They Can Do. — & COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED NEW BUILDING—ARRANGEMENTS FOR COMFORT AND CONVE OW THE CLUB If MANAGED AND WHO COMPOSE IT—A CREDITABLE ORGANIZATION. actinides In those primitive times when men were | evions to the formation cal strength comman eem than it does to- day. Strange assuch aremark may seem in these times of athlete worship and just at the opening of the baseball season, it is nevertl less true. In those good old days every man had to be his own policeman, and quite fre- quentiy was also somebody else's executioner; therefore, to prevent the tables being turned to such an extent that he become the executed While some one else performed the execution- er’s office, he had to put himself in first-rate cal condition. The ancient Greek was the best athlete the world has ever seen, and he did not have sucha dreary time when he Was training as some more modern athletes ? have had and do have. He was always in training. commencing when a boy of ten or twelve, and continuing until some more skilful or powerful antagonist came and took away not only his hom his life also. Religioz then was nothing but the worship of extern nati and adoration was paid to physic beauty under the names of Venns and Apollo, and physical strength as embodied in the myth of renles. Greek athletes diff from their latter-day follow to be achieved by trainin ancient writers make more p than did Galen, the physician. He “Athletes devote themselves to increasing the bulk of their flesh and the quantity of their thick and viscious 1—not to the work of more rob lering the body therefore more lik for the race of athletes i and multiplied and strove—and for what? The reward of the victor in those days was simple and inexpensive; a wreath of wild olive ey pine. oak or laurel | a ally designed prominent nd judiciously di indow of some jewele yet the ath brought in its train more .: and greater privileges than any of the more r It gained the he whole iot, prec long proce did not enter pmmon g: town. but by a breach made in the ted to indicate ‘that a city that o among its sons a number of valient athletes had no need cf walls to protect gainst the besieger. Af- ter the parade was over there were still left. He had th right to a free pass to all public games, and as there were games about twice a day, including iudays, the privilege was a valuable one to a man whose mind had an economical turn. His ame was graven on a marble tablet and prop- erly displayed, and he was freed from the per- formance of all civic duties. He was exempted from liability to pay taxes, and was maintained st the national expense, while to crown all his bative town set up a statue of him, in bronze, representing him in the attitude in which he Was when be gained the victory, THE PRESZ w things have changed! The winner ridés home on his bicycle or takes a street-car. There is no parade, no marble tablet, no immunity from taxation, and no statue. The ceremony of presenting the prizes is assimple as possible, | and it often winds up with nothing more than & general invitation from everybody to Lody else to go out and “have something.” “A few lines in the newspapers, with the athlete's Bame misspelled, is about glijthe fame that fol- lows a vict The sporting r porter of t it prede day differs ma or in that while marvelous things he 8 creatures of the imagination. The his- old ox on his shoulders, then killed le blow of his fist, and f his carcass in the same reporter was very remiss in failing whether or not he chewed also. The same veracious young E public a statement to twenty pounds of meat, is of home-made bread and drank nts of wine at every meal. Polydamas, of Thessalia, was another man who had friends for it is recorded of him that h ized a bull by f in the Th are fir hk t rything is chan thiete has he is int . Who trains and ru ront, respe nd be- and a 1 worthy of the nan the old volunteer More Vigorous mer: ia boat club decided to usefulness, ihe men who made t enthusiasts, and they soon of supporters, especially nger members of the boat-club. that organ on was called early that meeting. after much diseus- itomerge the b ‘ where boaung wot many features. On Apr snother meeting. and t organ atio’ are i be only one th sixty-eight persons signing the constitution and becoming members of the Columbia athletic club by purchasing a second mort bond, the proceeds of to be used for the terial prosperity. racter of the organization with it numerous changes in the per- sounel of the membership. who h longed to the bo: leclined to sin on the rolls when it enlarged ita sphere ess, but their places were filled a little was possible, than th W members coming ring M active mem. arkable in rkabie as the *, when the athletic 3i8 active and 112 non-resi- the active list has climbed up stream of applications is to 355, and a stead pouring im. QUARTERS. When the Athletic club was organized its headquarters consisted practically of but one room New York avenue, near 15th street, but a month later it was found necessary to g occupied at present—sog the club the junctic avenue Here the athletes pro- » club-house during this summer, but their plans were upset by an offer which came from Mr. Job i. McLean, who ow 1e lot on G street, near 18th. He agreed to sell the property for $40,000 on twenty years’ time, with interest at the rate of 5 per cent. He also volunteered to loan the sum of $25,000 toward the erection of a suitable building on the property, the money to be available when the club liad expended a like m on the house. The offers were at once accepted: the first mortgage was given Mr. MeLean to secure the lot and the loan, and the club is now engaged in raising its share by Bicans of second-mortgage bonds, which bear 6 per cent interest, and are gencrally regarded @s a good investment, Members are subscribing Lberaily and success is assured. The new building soon to be erected on the gouth side of G street, near the corner of hteenth. will be a veritable palace of physical culture, designed by experienced intellects to meet all the proper demands for modern mus- cular development. The architect is J. West Wagner. are now complete, ed | ry | * begin to approach him in the forma-| say that Milo of Croton ran a mile with | ‘ound, | That was} lub into an} i and unless the weather seriously interferes the new structure will commence to grow within the next three weeks. The lot on which the clubhouse will be erected is historic ground.for on a portion of it stood the old State department building. It immediately adjoins the Hopkins property, which occupies the Eighteenth street corner. Its front measurement is 180 feet and back to a 30-foot alley it extends 118 feet. The building will occupy 53 feet front on the center of the lot, while a large tower 20 feet square is to add to the massive character of the structure and decorate the northwest corner. The house | will be open on all sides. The material in its walls will be selected hand-made brick, laid in red mortar, with trimmings of Seneca stone, pressed brick and terra cotta. The main éntrance will be on the ground | floor, approached between two massive blocks of carved stone set on either side of the great arched doorway. Pendent from the arch will be a huge antique lantern of ve design. loors will open into a sp: vestibule, feet. On one side of this room, the flooring of which will be tile and the woodwork oak, is the office of the clerk of the From his window he will be able to see ch person who enters or leaves the building | s be enabled to prevent the entrance or ¥ the departure of suspicious characters or persons who have no business within the walls. i fn this vestibule the visitors’ register will be | kept—a choice collection of athletic chirogra- 2 jh Pte principal illumination here will proceed | from a bronze electric torch which will stand | on the newel post of the stairway. Alongside } of the torch and a part of the seme design will igure of amodern “sprinter” with up- | litted hand and every nerve and muscle ready | to respond instantly to the signal which will | send him down the track. TO THE BOWLING ALLE | From thisintroductory point—this vestibule— | the bowling alleys will be reached through a | hallway. The plans contemplate the fitting up of four alleys of the full regulation size, with | all the latest improve will occupy | the eastern pe ng from front to nming po ide these map! ored corridors, where the 1 spheres will umble thunderingly y, six feet wide, | small lodgin the accommodation of a watchman to this is the boiler room, from whence the en- tire building will derive its heat during cold weather. | | | Boreling. | ff tAtdeys. TURKISH BATHS. South of the boiler-room will be one of the best features of the club-home—a completely appointed series of Turkish bath-rooms, Here the architect has indulged in Oriental decora- tive art so carefully that comfort has not been | made subservient to effect. nor yet has the rich | harmonious whole been spoiled by ar gruous-appearing aid tocleanliness. | | ing-room, which is the vestibule to the bath proper, will be furnished with luxurious divans | and loun while the floor will be a poem rugs. The first. second and third “hot-room and the shampoo-room are to be large and | thoroughly well-arranged. and when the mas- sage operator has concluded his work the bather may roll off his slab, trot through a | short passageway, and take a plunge in aswim- | ming-pool, the like of which cannot be found in the city. Returning from the plunge, entrance easy to the bather’s paradise—a prettily signed eireular apartment, through t ‘d glass of whose domed roof will gle fiery horseshoes of a number of incandescent lights. Here the languid and thoroughly- cleansed man may rest himself, and for # rea- | sonable period may read, drink ee, or be lulled to sleep by the gentle splashing of the rosewater as It in the marble basin of the beautiful four which wil! adorn the center of the apartment. while the odor of its spray gratities the ‘‘scenter” of all within sine! ling | distance. MING POOL, | re of this floor, and, in fact. ction in the building. will be 4 magniticent sheet of er, 20 feet inated depth } The great fea med wi Its even temperature will g ad fresh water will be continu- ously pumped stale‘liquid is forced | out.” To keep the water as clean as possible the | rules will require cach bather. previons to en- j teri pool. to wash himself at one Is is, Which are to be erecte ends of the pool. Cnce a week the be emptied of its contents and the huge tub will be cleaned. On the south side of the pool, and running parallel with its entire length, will be a prettily-arched colonnade with ment | of tiles. This will b ated from the bath il. and he | promenade between “dips. | only by a brass ra e the bathers will It will also be used by those who desire to re the pring-boprd. which will be at the decp end of the pool. At night the great bath will be ‘brie liautiy lighted by clusters of electric lights, which will encircle the pillars of the colonnade. During the summer evenings the scene in this spartment will be one which art itself might } tail to truthfully depict. uty or thirty of the most muscular young men in the city—the | best types of American civilization—enjoying | the combined necessity and luxury of as mach | bath as they want; swimming, diving, turning somersaults, and performing any aquatic prank st itself. Now the whole crowd, tion, is still ani the exception is giving an exhibition of some new kind of daring or skill; then the eutire troop chases itself out of the pool at the shallow end. races | down the colonnade, and oue after another, a8 the spring-board can throw them, they into the hquid depth, which is as bright as the reflected electric lights can ke Potomac water. The club does not ever, to monopolize the pool. The wives aud children of members and others in their families are, on certain days and under | certain conditions, to be admitted. The swim- ; Ming-instructor—the “professor” —will bethere at all times and under his tuition the young | idea as well as its more matronly progenitors { will be taught the natural art and the easily | soluble mysteries of how to do for themselves what animals can do without aid or instruction, The dressing-rooms for the pool are on the | floor above and are reached by a rear stairway. THE MAIN FLOOR, 7 At the head of the great stairway, on the econd or main floor, will be a hall—14 by 28 jeet—finished in quartered oak, and leading out of this will be two reception rooms, One of i these, for elub purposes, occupies the entire | front of the building with the exception of the | space taken up by the stair-hall: the other, smaller one, is for visitors. Behind this the arch- | itect has placed the drawing-room, a fine apart- ment 20 feet wide and 33 feet long, and in its | rear is the library and reading-room, almost as | large. In all these rooms will be open fire. | places but the one in the library will be more | than ordinarily capacious. Huge logs will crackle on its antique andirons and, standing with his back to the cheerful blaze attitude which the author of “Don’t” says is impolite,) the clubman may gaze through the arches of half-opened portieres down a vista of 72 feet into the stair-hall. A plentiful supply of day- light will illamine these rooms from the long windows on the west side of the building, win- dots which open out on a covered veranda, 8 feet wide an178 feet long. Seated on this, lady visitors and club guests can witness the james in the tennis-court which will occupy 1 space west of the building. Later in the evening when the ladies have Fone home the veranda will be a pleasant place for members to sitand smoke and tell marvelous stories of athletic achievement—past, present and to come, | room, and ¢ D.C.. SATURDAY. THE NEW CLUB HOU SE. OFFICIAL HEADQUARTERS. Opposite the strangers’ reception-room—on the east side—is the official headquarters, a spacious apartment sacred to the uses of the ard of governors and the officers of the club. Here these dignitaries will assemble in solemn conclave uninterrupted by the membership. Entrance to this room will be forbidden. to all save the elect, and the privacy of the offi be emphasized by ¢ only one of any importance on that floor, Behind this room will be the hat end coat hat is usually faulty has been made perfect. The window at which the head- r and gurments will be received 1 to be ina p recess, so that while there may be a crowd » hallway will not be obstructed. ase in the country has a sufli- d coat room, but the Colum- rehitect and building committee have ded space so ample and pegs so numerous that if the entire membe to hang up its hat and coat at one time it can be done and there will still be room to spare. LOCKERS, Next in suecession toward the rear is a lock- er-room, and here will be 300 lockers, in which the bathers, the bowlers, the lawn-tennis fiends hip of the club wants | Drawing dtosin 20X33 | Governors and Officers others who n their best clothes pol, roll the no! hide around the a unoffending ball back and forth across less net, or otherwise amuse themse trance to the locker-room is cut off f main hall by a swinging door, the second last one on that floor; all the othe 2 and exits being between the soft folde of gre fully hung porticres. In the extreme rear are to be two store-re These will be reached by a entrance on the alley, and this used by those employed in the ca juveniles who will patronize the and the gymnasium. The remainder of this floor is to be occupied by dressing-rooms and the neces- sary bath-rooms and closets. THE THIRD FLOOR. — — Returning to the front of the building and proceeding up the main stairway the third floor will be reached. In the northeast corner of the front is to be the billiard-room; to contain three billiard tables and one pool table, with all the latest devices to contribute to the com- fort of the players. In the rear of this will be two whist-rooms, @ barber shop, and then the main locker- room is entered. will be lockers for 375 men. Opposite the billiard-room and sharing with it the front is to be a vate ‘ining-room, 12 by 20 feet, and be- oe 'é will be situated. These rooms, | most nearly-perfect sanitary apparatus for shower and needle baths; andall the necessary sanitary conveniences. Open fire- places ure in the majority on this floor, A PERFECT GYMNASIUM. ‘The fourth and fifth floors are practically one, and here will be the gymnasium. The room is to be 50 feet wide and 90 feet long, and while nothing will be crowded, still there will be no waste space. The swinging apparatus will hang from the bottom flanges of the iron truss-girders which will support the roof, and ii ‘ranged that whenever the floor space is hibitions of skill in boxing, fenc- ing or wrestling, the ropes, &c., can be swung into the gallery out of the way. This gallery is 9feet above the floor and it contains the running track--20 laps to the mile. In the rear of the room, under either side of the ¢: are to be the boxing and fencing rooms, where ambitious youth may thump and prod itself to its heart's content. “Those who desire to toy with rowing machines and other fixed apparatus will tind them near the front win- lows, Above the boxing and fencing rooms, and on the level of the track, will be the kitchen and ervants’ rooms. yimnasium will receive most of its light from above through the medium of skylights, The roof will be double, with a large air-space between the outer and inner shells xo that the fierce summer's heat will be made endurable, The glass in the outer roof will be strong and colorless, but that in the inner shell will be of a golden hue. so that even on the cloudiest davs there will be apparent sunshine in the room. The effect has been thoroughly tested and it is a complete success. Thirty-six feet above the gymnasium floor will be the “lookout” on top of the tower, and here the main stairway. which has been in the tower from the ground up, comes to an end, So far, everyth has been done that looks to making the bi ig beautiful and complete. The plans have been carefully sc@nnéd and none of the features were finally approved aac ard heat have been thoroughly discussed and the arrangements until every one was satisfied. Venu have been adopted, Plans completed will provide a bieycle- room on the west side of the club-house, under the porch, with accommodations for at least 75 wheels. THE ANNEX. On the east side of the club-house another building will be erected. It will occupy 44 feet of front, and will extend 110 feet to the rear with a height of 22 feet. The interior will be fitted for a combination of uses; it will be awinter tennis-court, or it may be a very pleasant place for a “german,” and it will, or will not, according to circumstances, | be entered from the clubhouse. In the basement will be fitted two bowling alleys, and here pri- vate bowling parties may be given. This will, says Secretary Perry, fill a “‘long felt want.” ANOTHER BUILDING IN PROSPECT. The ground on G street and the lot at Ohio avenue and 15th and D streets is not all the real estate owned by the club. They have a very valuable piece of real estate on 18th street on which they will soon erect a bachelor’s apartment building, which will be tenanted by those members of the club who believe not in matrimony. No plans have as yet been decided upon, but as soon as the new club-house is complete the matter will be taken up and dis- posed of. ON ANALOSTAN ISLAND. Then the club has a lease on Analostan island, where their out-door sports reign su- preme. Five tennis courts are there now and arrangements are being made for a number of additional ones, The quarter-mile track is said by*experts to be the best in the countr; It is 24 feet wide in the stretch, with an or nary width of 14 feet. There is an admirable baseball field and a rifle range for practice at 100 and 200 ee ee ied other are jumping vaulting, quoit-pitching, Hes vaio fe perfect cedar ad carefully ar- range’ It is the pr of the club management to advance toward atheletic perfection as rapidly as possible, and both football and la crosse will be added to the a See few present season. The probabilities all point toa good deal of energy during the summer months. Capt. Gibson is getting out an eight which -will do lots of hard work between now and the 4th of July, when the long slim craft in which the Columbia crew will row will endeavor to push its nose ahead of all others in the compe- cup at Philadelphia. the club there will be a good deal of solid mn. The ‘Reds” and the “Blues” will against each other. d they will series of fi The Slab nize” wil bs 4 trong one this year, and will be selected out of following ex- | amusement, He is a quiet man, a good steady | MARCH 30, 1889-TWELVE PAGES. rts: W. B. Hibbs, W. Throckmorton, L. L. | arban, John Van Renasalaer, W. H. O'Neill, 8. J. King. M.B. Hanson, J. E. Jones, C. L. MeCawley,.L. 8. Wells, jr., W. E. Taylor, W. H. Lewis, Alex. Britton. R. H. Wade, H. D. Cochran, Eugene S. Cochran and C. G. Van Hook. Aclud tennis tournament will commence on June 18, and some fine playing may be looked for. especially among the new men, a number of whom have developed surprising skill during the past three or four months. Interest centers, at present. on the spring mes, which will be given on the island on Mav 30. This will not be simply a series of club competitions, for invitations will be sent | to some of the best outside clubs, and, as a} consequence. a number of crack amateurs from other cities may confidently be looked for. OF ATHLETICS. ve worker in the club,” said a prominent Columbia man the other evening. ‘‘is Sam Stinemetz.” A dozen Colam- bians, who were in group, re-echoed sentiment heartily, so the first speaker proba- bly knew what he was eiing about when he said what he did. **Sam” is the director of ath- letics and a “hustler. No work for the club is too hard for him, and the man has not yet been received into mem- bership who saw him endeavor to shift his re sponsibility or shirk hi duty. He was with th club from the start and developed an enthn asm of the most aggre 1 sive type. In the old boat club he served as lieutenant and capta g his second term as dir thleties in the Ath- letie club. He is a fi and a hunter, and can sit all day on the 's brink, while’ the sun is removing the cuticle from his nose and | the back of his neck without losing his patience, and considers himself amply compensated if some poor skinny eel will only nibble off so much of his bait as willenable him tosay truthfully that he “had a bite.” Game fowls ‘and rare varie- ties of pigeons are Kis pets, and he has a very valuable ornithologieal collection on exlibitic under glass, but it is as a club-man that he i . He would get up in the middle of the ht to start a boat race or a foot race, and if j the crew should be short one man, or if there were nota suilicient number of starters in th foot race he would inject himself into the con- test without a moment's hesitation. Next to L F Fee boy he loves the Columbia Ath- club, CAPT. GTRSON. More thoronghly identified with boating than any other man in the District of Columbia, is Capt. W. Howard Gib- son, an enthusiast who | is credited with prete ring rather tosee a good | rew go out of the boat- house than to eat his For he y of tion of amateur oarsmen, and to his lab lovers of clea aquatic sportowe mach. delights in although he he will go in i when most men would prefer to {stay on shore. His knowledge of records, und shells, and sliding- seats, and sweeps and rowing-machines makes him an encyclopedia of boating information. During the past season the club dispensed with the services of a professional trainer for the crews and the th urden fell on the shoulders of captain, or rather on the captain and Veto.” Wherever find one you will find the other. of the brightest little biack and tan terriers in the city, and the eap- would bea lost man without his canine companion. Lient. R. W. y d is one of the ¢ 's strong pills Gibson is married. 5 Capt. THE YAMOUS STROKE. F. A. Nute is the famous stroke oar of the club and is an aggregation of pluck and muscle calculated to “snatch victory out of the jaws of defeat” nine tit out of a possible ten. When the ery goes out the river “Nute is at the stroke!” then e ody knows that there is going tobe a hich will test the skill and endurance of any crew that rows against the Columbias. Mr. Nute’s strength is not apparent in his appearance, for he is rather inclined to thinness, but when the proper time comes—and he knows when that is—he can throw more | weight into his oar than any other man of his avoirdupois in the city. Boating is his only | worker for the club's bi | any sense one of the R. t interests, is not in hoys,” and is married. H. WADE. | “Bob,” is the affectionate manner in which | the Columbia boys’ address R. H. W. the Apollos of the club, He was a member of many of the best crews sent out by the old boat club, but did not do work last year. | cessfully in any field o! | devoted most of bis leisure time to perfecting bicycling and is anexpert in matters perta: to guns ana horseflesh. To him belo: distinction of having won the first victory fo the Athletic club, he taking the junior single at a regatta at Alexanaria, Daring the past year or 80 he bas not been around the ciub- rooms to any considerable extent, for he lives at Gaithersburg Md. where his fine home a adorned by a beautiful wife and two charming children. 3. C, KONDRUP has the envisble reputation of being the laziest man in the club, and there are men who say that he is proud of the distinction. The charge of inactivity. however, fails to the ground, or into the water, when you put him ina boat: there he is all business and hard work. What he does not know about rowing is but small in quan’ valueless. No first-class Columbia crew be made up without him. There is a le in the club that he has tried other lines of athletics, Some of those who ought to know say he used to go over to the club grounds on ndand there practice ranning, but that he gave it up when he figured it out that King could give him 4% yards start in a 500 yards race, and then beat him by two or three seconds. He plays base ball. but not in the club nine. Mr, Kontri fs married, and is very popular wherever he is known. A SPRINTER, Especially proud is the club of its}“sprinter,” 8. J. King, a quiet, retiring young man, but an enthusiastic and conscientious athlete. Mr. King first came into prominence as a sprinter at Princeton college, and now he is known all over the countr terms with the best men give a satisfactory himself, g ecount ¢ a student at Princeton he broke two records. de- ing 100 yards in 10 seconds and yards in 2244 seconds, At the spring meeting of the KING'S START. New York Athletic club in 1847 he was a close second in the final on the 100 yards. He holds the Philadelphia Press gold medal, won at last winter's indoor meeting of the University of Pennsylvania, The dista 40 yards’ and he did it in 4 4-5 seconds, defeating 29 compet- itors. The greatest ranning he ever did was at the Manhattan club sports in Madison Square Garden on January 2 There were 72 men entered in the sixty-yard dash. King won his heat and his trial beat, and in the final came in avery close second to Westing, now champion of the world. On May 19, 1888, he sbecree the 220-yard race of the New York Athletic club, with 40 men in the field. and won in 23 seconds. In November last, at Madi- » Garden, he was winning the 7: ash when he was deliberately mg out, ond in 8 1-5 seconds nm the yard dash he touched the string. so the York papers said, at least a foot ahead of next man, but the Heyes gave him second place, At Rockville last summer he won four is—one for the 100 quarter mil the broad jump, and on lence. is easily the New the onds; one for general exce champion, ds in 10 2-5 seconds, nds, and the quarter is a beseball player cided ability atches left field the Columbia nine. He ning carefully, and the elub believes he will hold the world’s sprinting championship before this season closes. mile in WITH THE FOILS, Mr. Alexander Greger has been a prominent figure in Washington society for sever Oceupying a pesition of prominence as ‘secre- tary of the Russian le; siderable wealth pleasing a polished parlor kni friends know that he ground up. He i done more than any one else to popu cross-country hunts at the capital. He created quite a sensation a couple of years ago by dri ing about the city in a real I drawn alternately by a bay and beauties, of the famous Orloff stock. Mr. Greger is fitted physically to engage suc- f athletic sport, he has ation, possessing con- particularly ty favorite. to regard him as ht, but only his intimate himself in the art of fencing. aud has succeeded admirably. His skill with the foils is not sur- passed by any amateur in the country, and at the same time he isa dangerous opponent in in any kind of sword contest. The accompan ing portrait, which will be recognized as a He can play base’ ball better than a great many professionals. and as a RWimmer can com- pete on even terms with any one in this vicinity. With the gloves on he can more than hold his own with any member of the club, and has, on numerous occasions, roved his fistic ability. fe is popular anywhere iS and is a fine sample of evenly developed phys- ical manhood, R. J, W. BREWSTER. The initials “R. J. W.” have been removed by the club from before the name of its all- round athlete, Brewster, and in their place is the cognomen “Bobby.” He is the son of the late Attorney-General Brewster. “Bobby” the best light-weight boxer the club ever had, but his vigor and skill are not confined to that one branch. He is a thorough oarsman, and particularly, truthful likeness, represents Mr. reger in his fencing costume. No member = pe MR. ALEXANDER GREGER. of the Columbia athletic club has been able to compete successfully with him in fencing, while he ins juently had the best of exhibition contests with professional swordsmen. He won the championship for foils and broadswords at the recent contests of the New York athletic — He isa —— with the wy and it es an unusually cool opponent to stand up any length of time fancy eg WASHINGTON'S FLYER. other two. The s son was that of 1887, | for in that he star ty times and was re- warded with for prizes: thirty-eight of them firsts, Inc and in the other capped, L eleven seconds | firsts being ¢ mile nation Inst races be fell, too heavily handi- year he took sixteen first prizoe, and thirds; three of the ampionships, He holds the two- 1 championship and the five-mile hampionship five-mile mi 1 tricycle championship is also by: He is a partner in two other champio tig Tran teven beve never been on the tandem tricycle and are the ns on that wheel, and Crist and Davis, of Harvard college, are the tandem bicyclo | champions, having done the mile in 244. Crist’s superiority is not simply one of mus- cle; he tiles with his heed as troll as with his fect. and by superior generalship he has oftea snate ory. He will train steadily this spring and intends competing in all the cham- | pionship events abroad and in all the local races, Crist is pri ently a sparter, and the accompanying sketch represents him m his characteristic position when he is rushing down the stretch on the last lop. When he doubles | himself up in this style his admirers know he is riding to win, and itis a wonderfully speedy wheelman that can prevent him from fiving past, Crist isa well proportioned young man, and his muscles, as can be seen in the picture are highly developed. | Maryland ! tion: PHIL. §. BROWN, rist make a cycling combination clubs swears by and pins its faith on ne, It thinks there is no better team all the world than those two young wheel- |men. Phil, Brown commenced to ride a bieye | in the spring of 1884, and six months la! | a man at the fall meet- Here he was d first ia ) ering the distance ia ontest he was second ile handicap, start- | ing fre cond in 6121-5. In Iss prizes and five seconds, | and in the wr his firsts numbered venteen; his scconds footed up five, while he » had three and Crist, In this same year he id. established tandem trieycle ree: h have never yet been | broken, th ing at 245 He did less racit 7 » had anticipated, but | his prizes included twelve . ten see jand three thirds, His best mile recor was male at Hartford in the year, and ame day he won a five-mile race, beat- ing Crist and a nu of other cracks by more than quarter of a Ls u be started | iu thirty-seven races, won ninetoen firsts, eight jseconds and six thirds, He ald have won more had it not been for his bad luck. Sev- eral times he has been within # few feet of a trophy, and vet lost it because of some acci- jdent. He delights in taking the handles around with him when he makes these invelun- tary dismounts, is making preparations for doing a good deal of whcel-work this sea- son and will commence to train down some thirt; i is very shortly. The fa re much better this ha and he expects to ride faster than he ever has heretofore. 3. R. ELDER. If you went into the Columbia athletic club building and inguired of a member as to the whereabouts of J. I rt he would probably look blankly at you for half a minute or so and then ina burst of inspiration would say, “You mean ‘Bobby’ Elder, don't you?” By prefix is he known to his many friends, He is second lieutenant of the athietic’club, and ise famous ‘oar.” The club never had better crews than those in which he hada place. He is an authority on boating matters, and was referee at the boat race on the Potomac last fall, when O'Connor rowed away from Teemer. Mr. Elder is an athlete outside of his boating abil- 'y; he is the club's champion standing high nd standing broad jumper, and was entered for the broad jump ‘at the Amateur Athletic union games at Madison Square on January 19, but owing to heavy hands he failed to bring home the midal. He jox the honors with Shelley us a high kicker, and is a more than ordinarily clever boxer. A VAULTER. A. L. May holds the championship at bil- liards and pool, but his efforts are not confined to these indoor games. He wears the medal for pole vaulting, hav- ing won the champion- ship at the athletic games. Mr. May is par- ticularly proud of his victory, for be broke the record in an unusual way, having won at the lowest height for which a medal was ever award- ed, With the aid of the pole he cleared the string at exactly 4 feet. Some of his a, co. tage! eoeeoeee oma over, but they were un- ee pela pole,