New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-16

finished in Portland cement and are painted oIacA'
The floor is made of red cement, finished on lour
! inches of concrete. The racquet court Is Unity
one feet wide by sXty-three long. Its gaherS
also looks down on the fives court, a room twenty
nine feet by eight feet by thirteen feet.
N THE BASEMENT
! Descending to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS floor,
the visitor finds one of the bowlln9-alley roolns'
! the tricycle. and bicycle rooms and the DarDerSnop
The alley room eighty feet Ions, ana III IL are
three DOwllng-aIieys, siNty-elSht Ieeu ions uaue
| Of strips OF carefully LAID seNcn-el9htIls-lIcn
| maple extending from end 10 end on a soma
| plank floor. which Is supported Dy close llinoeIs'
| Long and narrow rooms are provided Tor the
storage Of bicycles and trlcycies. also small one
| for washing these machines. In the regular
| basement below are the TurklSh bath, the shoot
ing-range another bOwllng-rOOm, SWllInlhg-l<llik,
| bath and lOunging rooms, engne-rOOin. ana lew
! store-r0oms. The shooting range is eighty leet
| by about ten. and Ill the lower bowllnS-a alley the
| rims are seventy two feet long, the regulation
! size. The chief features, however, OF tins moor
| are the Turkish bath and the swimming tank
| The former is as luxurious suite of rooms %
| one could wish 10 see. The swimming tank Us
thirty-sevcn feet long, tweniy-nne feet VIDE ana
| seven deep. Sixty thousand gallons Of water
| are needed TO fill it. The Russian and Turkish
| baths. adjoining the swimming-tank. consist OF
| five rooms, the largest Of which Is the CIRCULAR
| domed chamber i'll which batheTs by the turkish
| system take their first course. The other iour
| rooms of the bath are almost triangular IN shape
On the top story, or second meZZanlne moor, ABOVE
the racquet and tennis courts are the kitchen,
Scullery, servants dlnlng-room and other slm1ar
| rooms. Dumb-walters connect the Kitchen WIN
the dining floor.
THE CLUBHOUSE OPENED.
1t was at S:15 p m. December 20, 1888, that
| President Robert f. Clark raped the members
TO order and said Gentlemen of the Boston
Athletic Association, it gives me great pleasure
! 10 welcome you here this evening TO thus your
home, and TO transfer TO you, on behalf VI the
| building committee, the custody OF the cdlilce
| IL is the earnest wish Of the committee that the
| club will not only add to the health and strength
| OF each of the members but Will also promote
| feeling OF friendship and brotherhood among them
II seems to me proper on TINS occasion 70 th" nm
| their kindness 10 the committee during the con
| Structon of the building. In every way possible
| they have aided Us, and TO them on behalf OIL tne
| committee, | tender our sincere thanks l VIII
| now introduce the chairman Of the house commit
| tee, !. O. Shaw, jr who will make a few remarks
| in reference 10 our association.
Mr. Shaw welcomed the members to their new
! home and during his speech said Il cannot say
too much in praise of the officers of the Ncw-1ork
! Athletic and Racquet Clubs for their courtesy
! during the last two years At all times they
! have shown Us The utmost kindness
The club is widening its field Of activity An
! eight-oared crew has been organized under the
| captaincy of Francis Peabody jr., and baseball
| team, under the management Of George W. BeaIs,
will try for honorS on the diamond held next
| season. The governing committee intends 10 buy
in the near future land on which will be laid out
| crickct-crcaSc a baseball hcId ana laWh-tchulS
courts boathohSc Tor thc clehl ana o,IlcI UtI,
men is also one of the things for which provision
| W
VARIOUS TLAMS OF THE CLUB
The association is rich in names of athletes
| who have distinguished themselves at lawn
| = . i,.,reit,. hon, rocino amateur scuu
| =, - ,t.lo.ioe f.o,l,U s,yirnr,i,,
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| III ldcl an Inc -vil'lo''""N 'P'' anu
Of the nineteenth century.
During $50 a crew was put the river, aud
| - hes,t.u and "a footbaU team did some good
| - ot;,i,i,. Lo,.o becr oiycn This
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