St. Paul daily globe., 1890-03-16
NEW ATHLETIC CLUB.
Prominent Young gMinneapOlitans
Form q New Organization.

Minneapolis is to have first-class
der consideration are carried out it will
be one of the best, if not the best, insti-
tuition of its kind in the country. The
club will be modelled after the cele-
brated California Athletic club with all
the Objectionable features of that Or
ganiZation eliminated. A meeting of
the gentlemen interested in the project
was held yesterday at the Crysanthe-
mum club house, and temporary or
ganiZation was formed by the election
Of S. e. Morton president and Smith
3. Hall secretary. Between forty and
fifty of the leading young men who are
interested in physical culture were
present at the meeting. and their pres
ence and enthusiasm is enough to guar
antee that the club will be success
from the start. 1t is estimated that be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 will have to be
invested, and this amount can easily be
secured. II. l.. Hoch, who has just re-
turned from Chicago, where he went to
talk about the scheme, reported that he
had secured the promise of all the
money that would be needed, but some
of those present were of the opinion
that il would not be necessary to go
outside of the Twin Cities for the mem
bership which is to be limited to 1,000
A committee consisting of S. G. Nor,
ton, s. b. Hall. Frank ID. Larabee-
Frank A. Cotharin, Fl. L. Hoch, R. II.
X. Whitley, James Gray and Fred Glade
were appointed to arrange all Of the
preliminaries. Already the refusal of a
building, rs feet front by 125 feet deep,
six stories in height, and right in the
,tnu Nf hn ait I1n, If
is not positively known that this build
ing will be taken, as the committee have
several other sites in view, and cOnSe-
quently its exact location cannot be
given. AT the meeting yesterday it was
resolved to limit the membership to
1000, the first 500 of which will be re-
Quired to pay an initiation fee of so and
the second 800 an initiation fee OF SIS.
The dues of the members were fixed at
$50 per annum. Already something like
zoe gentlemen have Siguified their will
ingneSS to become members of the club.
No person who is a resident of either of
the Twin Cities will be allowed to visit
the club house or attend any of the en-
tertainmentS which will be given from
time to time, unless he is member of
the club. The building upon which an
option for the lease has been secured is
thought to be we'll suited for the pur-
poses of the club, although extensive
interior alterations will have to be
made. The basement will be fitted up
with bowling alleys. On the first floor
there will be cafe with an expert
enced chef i'll charge. The billiard
rooms will also be located Oh this floor.
The second floor will be given up to
the parlor, reading room, library and
office OF the secretary and directors.
On the third floor there will
be hand ball court and one of
the best equipped gymnasiums in
the West. Attached to the gymnasium
will be the bath rooms, which will in
clude, besides the regulation tubs,
plunge, shower and needle baths. The
fourth floor will be occupied by sleep
ing and card rooms. The entire fifth
floor will be given up to the auditorium,
which will have seating capacity of
1.5O0. In this room all the entertain
ments will be given. They will include,
besides musical and literary exercises,
fencing, sparring, wrestling and kin
dred sports, but nothing of brutal ma
ture will be allowed. 1t is proposed to
make the athletic club gentleman 5
club In every sense of the word and
nothing Objectionable will be allowed at
any time. Another meeting Will be
held early this week, when 1t is expected
that site for the club house will be
chosen and the new club incorporated.