The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-29
MEMORIAL DAY EVENTS.
PROGRAMME or RELIGIOUS 4ND
SOCIAL 0BSERTANCES.
Sporting Events of the Day-Where They
Will Be Held and Who VIII Contest
Arrangements for the Parade in Ho-
boken.

veteran-that are to commemorate Decor
alton Day. These are as follows
THE SPORTING EVENTS.
Annual spring games of the New Jer-
sey Athletic Club at Bergen Point.
Annual spring games of the Scottish
American Athletic Club at the Union Hill
Schuetzen Park.
Prize athletic games of the P. H. O'Neil
City Heights.
Annual spring regatta of the Dauntless
Yacht Club on New York Bay.
Opening.sail on New York Bay and jolli-
fication in the club house at Communl-
paw of the Jersey City Yacht Club
Annual spring sweepstakes regatta OF
the Newark Bay Yacht Club on Newark
Bay off Bayonne.
Run of the Hudson County Wheelmen
to Iryington and through the Oranges.
Twenty-Five mile road race of wheel
men over the irvington-M -Milburn course.
Annual spring regatta of the Passalc
River Rowing Association on the Passaic
River at Newark.
Annual spring regatta of the Harlem
River Rowing Association on the Harlem
River.
Annual spring meet at Bergen Point of
the Passaic River Canoe Association.
Open Tournament of the Elizabeth
Lawn Tennis Club at Elizabeth.
Opening day games of the Bergen
Point Lawn Tennis Club at Bergen
Point.
Lacrosse game in the morning between
the New Jersey and Staten Island Ath-
letic Clubs teams at Bergen Point.
Baseball games between the Newark
and Jersey City teams, of the Atlantic AS
sociation, at Oakland Park in the morn
ing, and at Newark in the afternoon.
Other baseball games as follows:-New
Jersey Athletic Club VS.. Hackett, Carhart
81 Co., at Bergen Point in the afternoon;
Bayonne Athletic Association VS.. Pam
rapo Athletic Club, at Bayonne; Jersey
Blues VS.. Metropolitans, on the Elysian
Fields, in the afternoon; Crescents vs..
Oratini Field Club, at Hackensack; Puri-
tans, of Greenville, VS.. AlertS, of Lafay-
ette, at Lafayette; Waynes VS.. Actives, OF
Perth Amboy, on the Central
grounds; Woodwards. VS.. New Bruins
wick in that city; Chestnuts VS.. Pals
AIDES, at Second street and Waldo avenue
in the morning, and Chestnuts VS.. Battles,
at South Brooklyn in the afternoon; John
stons, of Lafayette, VS.. Johnstons, OF
Brooklyn, on Johnston avenue: john
stons VS.. Empires, and Polka Dots VS..
Hoodoos, at Communipaw.
Bowling match between the A. B. G.
Club, of Yonkers, and the John Boyd
Bowling Club on the Court House alleys
in the evening.
Closing prize bowling contest of the
Teutonia Bowling Club on Lemerz's
alleys in the evening.
The Y. M. c. A. baseball team will test
its skill with the High School team on the
associations grounds, at Eighth and
Clinton avenues, Hoboken, tomorrow
afternoon.
The Academies will play the Electrics
on the Inspection grounds, Grove street,
near Thirteenth, tomorrow afternoon.
Game will commence at half-past three
O'Clock.
SOCIAL AND CHURCH OBsERvANCEs.
In the evening a concert will be given
at the First Baptist Church, on Grove
street. It will be under the direction OF
Mr.. F. A. Apelles, the organist. Mr.. j.
William Macy, the well known basso,
The ladies of Emory Methodist Church
will give strawberry festival in the
church parlors in the evening.
The Sunday school of the Church of the
Good Shepherd will lead off the excur-
sion season by going to Oriental Grove,
Crystal Stream has been chartered and
will leave Morris street wharf at nine
O'Clock.
The parlors of the Young Mems
Christian Association will be occupied by
the Board of Directors, who will enter
tain to tea the various Gergymen OF the
CITY. Later in the evening there will be
an informal discussion on the ways and
means whereby more cordial co-opera-
tiou between the churches and the Y. NJ.
c. A. can be secured.
In the evening the Ladies Social Circle,
of the North Baptist Church. will give a
strawberry festival and entertainment in
the church building
A dolls reception and spelling match
will be one of the features of the May
festival, with Strawberries and cream
galore, to be held in the Hedding Metho-
dist Church in the afternoon and evening.
Prof. Cartier's dancing class connected
with Mrs. Firms school will give recita-
ton at Crescent Hall in the evening.
A musical entertainment will be given
at Excelsior Hall, Jersey City Heights, in
The Sunday School Board of Grace
Methodist Church will give a free picnic
tomorrow afternoon. 1t will be held in
Stevens Grove Westside avenue Ex-
tensive arrangements have been made to
make the affair a success.
A full description of the movements of
the G. A r.. has already been published in
THE JERSEY CITY NEWS, and as no altera-
tions will be made, there is no object in
repeating 1t.
hood of Van Worst Park are anxious for
the Tabernacle Brass Band to play in the
park on Thursdays during the summer.
A fund to provide the money for the
necessary expenses will be started.
HoBoKEN's LINE OF MARCH.
Decoration Day, tomorrow will be OBJ
served by the Grand Army Posts
and other veteran organizations. The
formation of the parade will be on the
corner of First and Hudson streets. At
precisely nine o'clock the procession will
Start and march through the principal
streets and be reviewed at the City Hall
by the Mayor and Council and other city
officials.
After the parade the various organiza-
tions will proceed to Flower Hill, Ho-
boken, McPhelah, Weehawken and Pal
isade cemeteries, and strew with flowers
the graves of their departed comrades, for
which purpose donations of flowers and
evergreenS are solicited.
The Second Regiment will lead the par
ade, followed in order by the Veteran
Corps Major Christian Woerner Post and
Sons Of Veterans, with the Naval Post
The whole will be followed by the flower
wagons, The line of march will be as
foliows:-First street to Grand, along
Grand to Third, Third to Adams, along
Adams to Fifth, along Fifth street to
Garden, along Garden street to Tenth,
along Tenth street to Washington, along
Washington to Ferry street, Ferry street
to Hudson street, Hudson street to Tenth,
Tenth street to Washington, and to Four
teenth street. where cars will be boarded
for the cemetery