The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-05-17
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Jersey City's Tennis Clubs are Pros
porous and Jolly.

One of the most fourishing tennis
clubs in the State is the
Jersey City Racquet Club OF
the Heights. There was some dissatisfac-
ton with the manner in which the Cres-
! cent Tennis Club was managed and sew
eral OF It's members decided 10 form a
new organization. They called a meeting
for April 20 last, and on that night they
organized the Jersey City Racquet Club
! aud elected Board of Governors consist
ing OF William II. Speer, Chairman;
Henry H. Brinkernot, Jf.; Walter y.
Mclaughlin, Edward d. Rudderow,
George A. Ioffey, Miss Bumstead, Miss
Garland, Miss Cailton, Miss Wilkins and
Miss Williams Mr. Walter q. Mnirheid
is secretary aud Edward d. RudderoW Is
Treasurer.
The club has spacious and attractive
! grounds ut Crescent avenue and Brln-
kerhoff street. These grounds accom-
| modaIed three courts and are shaded by
1 three fine old trees.
Among the mem bers of the club are to
| be found several really good players, who
will be heard from before the season Is
| over. The Board of Governors are ar
ranging for a tournament and during
the winter when they nave folded up
4 their nets and put away their little
racquets they propose TO have sociables,
parlor musicals aud afternoon teas.
/ The young ladies and gentlemen who
now compose the club are:--Miss Louise
Bumstead, Miss Lulu w. Brown. Miss
! Mamie Brlster, Miss Carrie Brister, Miss
| Anna H. Borden, Miss Alice II. Brown,
Miss Gertrude NJ Garland, Miss Maude j.
| Chiffon, Miss Alice Dean, Miss Clara
/ l. Dear, Miss Jessie l.. Dixon.
Miss Phebe English. Miss Libbie Edel-
stein. Miss Evelyn Flanacke, Miss Cora
A. Quincy, Miss Ida S. Hilton,
| Miss Dorothea G. Hill, Miss Bessie
| Hunt, Miss Minnie holmes. Miss
Gertie Holiness Miss Alice 9. Johnson,
Miss Anuie 9. Jackson, Miss May 5. Mil
Ter. Miss Lulu Manton, Miss Ellie New
kirk, Miss May N. Shafer Miss Agnes
Sweeny, Miss Jennie E. Scott, Miss
! Jennie 1offey, Miss Clara d.
Thompson, Miss Grace Toffey,
Miss Lillian NJ Timpson, Miss Lille Nj :.
Taylor, Miss Bessie Van Horn, Miss Eliza
beth A. Vreeland Miss Clara Wilkinson
| Miss Maude Williams, Miss Claire L. War
brick, Miss Louise Wilkinson, Miss Carrie
/ w. Young, Miss Blanche A. Young
Mr.. Henry II. Brinkerhoff, Jr., Mr'
| George w. Case, Jr., Mr.. Sha.er Caring
ton. Mr.. William M. Clements. Nj.
Charles H. Detwiller, Mr.. Clarence J
Detwl1ler, Mr.. A. 7. Doying. Mr.
Joseph A. Dear, Jr., Mr. William
T. Dear. Mr.. Richard W A. English.
Mrs. Howard S. Forman, Mr.. George
Clifford, Mr.. r. w. Holmes, Mr.. Edward
Kennel, Mr.. Leon w. Manton, Mr.. Walter
g. Mnirheid, Mr.. Geo. &. Mclaughlin.
Mr.. b. McKelyey. Mr.. e. McArnerny. Jr..
Mr.. George A.. Toffey, Mr.. vreeland
| Tompkins, Mr.. Joseph D. Taylor. Jr.. Mr.
Charles NJ. Vreeland, Mr.. Charles
H. Valentine, Mr.. ]. R. Wor-
tendyke, Mr.. William A. Weston,
Mr.. Edward L. Mclaughlin, Mr. Charles
j. Negus, Mr.. James K. Price, Mr.. Ed
ward D: Rudderow, Mr. Robert Rogers.
Mr.. William II. Speer, Jr., Mr. Nelson 3.
Sheriff. and Mr.. Philip f. Sweeney.
Several of the ladies of the club have
1 lately noticed q smile upon the counter
! ance of George Toffey. Can it be the
thought of the seventy-six members that
The club has lately enrolled, or is 1T some
thing even deeper than tennis that causes
| George to smile?
| 1t has been rumored among members
| that VIII Speer can be seen on the tennis
| grounds any morning at six o'clock, train
| ing for the coming season. If he proves as
| good tennis player as he has LAWYER.
the Racquets will all know where to look
for the pennant
There is some talk among the Board of
Governors emulating the example of Mrs.
I Steirns, OF Castle Point. and giving an
/ open air musicale later in the season.
With the irresistible Leon as stage
manager and the silver tongued Henry Il.
Jr., as prompier, it could not help but
prove a success.
Ed. Rudderow says that il he can find
the man that cut down the club flag pole
last Sunday, he will endeavor to free his
mind of the idea that this CLUB is merely
the old Crescents under another name.
4 Secretary Muirheid announced that the
grounds Will formally open next Satur.
day afternoon, and the girls are ali won.
ering whether Rob Rogers will appear
in his new tennis suit on that day.
Members of the Jersey City Tennis
Club passing the Racquet's grounds on
any pleasant afternoon often wonder why
they never admitted ladies into their
club
The names of over fifteen applicants
will come before the Board of Governors
at their meeting next Tuesday night.
This will make the membership almost
fnll, and the One Hundred may then be-
come factor in our society.
The Dauntiess Tennis Club.
The Dauntless Tennis Club was organ
lied in March by the members of class Is
of the Centenary Methodist Sunday
School The officers of the organization
are;-Mr. H. w. Pearson. President; Mr..
E. S. Kemper, Secretary, and Mr.. J. B. F.
hanson. treasurer s1 These gentlemen,
Helen Pearson, DR. c. F. Kyle and Mr.
Z. Hall compose the Executive Commit
tee, which has full charge of the affairs OF
the club. The membership, which is
limited to thirty five, and twenty-five
names are now on the roll
The club has secured plot of ground
100 feet square on Ninth street, back OF
the church, which has been put in first
class condition. 1t has two double courts
beside ample accommodation for specta
tors. the grounds were formally opened
on Thursday evening, when several mem
beers OF the club availed themselves of the
opportunity to Timber up their racquet
arms.