New-York tribune., 1886-04-04
LADIES APPLAUD THE ATHLETES.
ENTERTAINED BY THE NEw-YoRK CLUB.
ADMIRING THE MANY-COLoRED UNIFORMS AND
STURDY FRAMES OF THE PERFORMERS.


STURDY FRAMES OF THR PERFORMERS.
The house of the New York Athletic Club al
slxhave. AMI Fiftyhfthst overhowel with ladies yes
tcrday. They peepod into the baths, wondered
at the great swimming tank rolled all Tho
balls down 10 end OF the bowling
alleys and Otherwise disporied themselves in what that
they supposed to be tho correct athletic The
billiard rooms restaurant and reading rooms also
bloomed forth IN borrowed beauty. At 2:30 O'clock
Professor" "Gus' sunlsirom and Albert sund-
strom plunged INTO the big tank and gave
an imitation OF what they would haye done
II they had been aboard OF the Oregon and
had their swimming tights along with them Then all
the ladies' and their trooped upstairs into the
welEappolnted gymnasium. while conscientious or
chestra lid their duty in the hall For hour the
stream OF spectators deacd the law OF gravaton
and flowed the long starways At o'clock little
knot OF athletes appeared robes more gorgeous
than the wardrobe sitting before his bull
ship went broke" They the performers on the
parallel and horizontal bars the trapeze and tho rings
The ladies laughed NJ the robes and wraps
that enveoped this little band OF gladiators but they
admired the stalwar forms and clean-cut features Of
their wearers.
In the meantime the orchestra had pulled up stakes
aud moved up into the gallery. They started up a
stirring march and Professor Colche jumped for the
parallel bars. He swung and twisted himself IN and out
among them like small boy getting through hye-)
barred gate win big dog after him.
Then o. the club athletes; F. 5, GeIrl.h, n.
Il. Stewart g. l. Wood. A. seiroeder
marche Z. Robbins Walker and r. : Church played at
follow my leader along the bars and MI Ford par
ucuary distinguished himself. Tho men rdtted their
canes whenever their practised caught particular
difficult performance. but the ladies' prone to APP
plaud when the most graceful or the possessor
OF pretty uniform Oh the bars There was little
cause for Discrimination however. all the exhibitions
were roally cOmmendabe.
"Oh. my there's LislI' on the horizontal bar
said one backeyed beauty, she paused 10 eaten her
breath at the top OF the stairs she smile OF en-
cOuragemcnt across the room that undoubtedly
went straight through "Lsh's" striped
Jersey, for he straIghtway began to whirl
around like partridge nit by OF No : shot.
After the horizontal bar ime high Jumping by VI. W.
Ford and o. Hartman. Then " H. stewart ana Profes-
sOr GOdle climbed on the double rdpcZc ana turned
somcrsauits into each others In way that
caused the spectators TO shivcr with fright and
warm mp To applause alternately. I. = Gcrrlsh,
II. j. Lamarche ana A. Schroeder next showed what
tney could DO on TIE horizontal bar, while T. Robbins
Walker sailed through the air on the lying trapeze.
Charles Powers and Gcrrish climbed mp big knotted
hurriedly II there green apples growing
crab cudge on the foor. TIE great pyramid-not
OF Egypt. but Of hu uany. formed by the cOnDna-
OF Messrs Wood. Ford. Gerrsh stewart. Calhoun. Null
Ter. Church. Walker, Wilmington aud Hartman. After
the had been placed the pyramid and everybody
had admired lis architecture fell 10 pieces and the
component parts umbng about the
floor, jumping over each Others heads
and almost down cach others thrOats This finished the
exhibition In the gymnasium Atcrgard as many spec
tators possible squeezed IN about he big tank down
and FL ard Merritt. Fraser. Charles
l. KnOcder and {. G.. Cammack di>plrt themselves In
ended another ladies' day at the Ncwiork Athe tic
Club.