The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-05-04
TO The VICTORS
BELONG THE SPOILS.
And So the ]. c. A. c. Was
Cupped and Medaled
Last Night.
HANDSOME aHERALD. TROPHIES.
Pleasant Speeches, Ringing Cheers
and Sweet Hnsic in the
Club House.

There was q Jolly time at the club
rooms Of the Jersey City Athletic Club
Last night. The elegant building was
brilliantly lighted and It's parlors were
delightfully."- pleasant The billiard room
was scene Of activity and animation
and the clicking of the worries under the
manipulation of the cues resounaed until
midnight.
Upstairs IN the theatre and gymnasium
crowd was in possession, but among
them all not a single woman could be-
found It was stag party and on occa-
sions OF this nature ladies are generally
absent. Although they were missed
very much the pleasure Of the evening
was only decreased, but not marred. The
occasion for this gathering and hlIarity
was the presentation Of the bowling
prizes Won by the club during the season.
TO witness this function repreSen tatiyes
of a score OF bowling te ANS were present
and they all appeared to be happy that
the Jersey City Club won them inasInucb
as they could not
THE sHERALDn CTR.
Mr.. Samuel Finney was master Of cere-
monies and he announced to the audi
ence that the first prize to be presented
would be the Herald Cup 60 the team
which won the amateur championship.
Mr.. G. j. Peshaii was then introduced and
in few graceful remarks. on behalf OF the
New York Herald made the presentation.
which was received with q hurrah and q
tiger. The cup is an elegant
one, and Is valued at $50. The Team
that won i by hard work and skill con-
sists Of J. H. Curran, j. A. Davis. Z.
schultz, ". S. olmstead and 3. <. Cabeli.
In addition 10 the recognition Of thu
teams victory by the gift OF the cup the
Herald presented each member with q
very pretty gold charm. on which was IN
scribeds Champion, 1889. These pres
entations were made By c. D. Ridaewav.
cepted for the club by John Reid. who
made neat speech on bowling.
THE LEAGUE PRIZE.
Sam Finney was then introduced and
he turned over to the club the A. A. b.
l. prize. which was a beautiful Rovai
Worcester vase, which stood thirty-sfx
inches high and was a pleasure to gaze
on. George P Wadleigh Was the next
to have an honor conferred upon him. and
that was silver cup for making thu
highest score Of the season. The iniivi-
dual club champion medal was awarded
cheered. It is gold and very
pretty. w. s. Olmstead was
next cared for, and he was presented
with watch charm for the score made
by him IN the Amateur Bowling League,
and ]. r. Brill got the Herald medal for
making the highest average. ghe
applause was very generous when these
awards were made but when the Herald
cup, second prize, was awarded the
Phenix Club, of New York, the boys
cheered until they became hoarse
CONCERT NEXT.
The concert followed and was OF very
good character. The well known Metro
politan quartette, who begin an engage
ment at Tony Pastors Monday, rendered
several solos and choruses. one Of the
sweetest being s.I'n Meier Forget, sung
by Arthur Cook His three eo-laborers
were Walter Hampshire, L. W. Ray
mond and John w. Clark. Dur
ing the evening D. W. Rob
ertson, the popular tumbleronicon,
made the glasses give sweet music and
f. W. Isenba did the same with the
either. An excellent solo was sung by F.
Frank Reilly. a baritone, ana Dr. E. W.
johnson made hit with a topical song
on bowling. 1t was time for the boys to
go home when they did. The affair was
a decided SUCCESS