The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-06-25
THE ATHLETIC COMBINE
Some Juniors in GreenVille
Oppose the Amalgama-
tion Project.
JERSEY LADY WON,
National Tennis Championship
Baseball, Wheeling Notes.

With a view to furthering the inter-
ests Of athletics, a number of well-known
business men of Greenville men re-
Gently decided to organize an amuse-
ment company. The company proposes
to lay out an enclosed baseball and ath-
letic field, and invite all the members OF
the Y. M. G. A. Garfield and Puritan
Athletic Clubs to join thus forming
a first class athletic club.
Among the we'll known citizens who
are interested In the scheme are john
Knolbloch. Jr., R.. j. Browneil, oscar
~Buchbinder, William Bask erville, John
SJruthers and Joseph G. Heider. The
ompan will be Incorporated within a
few weeks with a cash capital of $4,000,
aud the work of laying out the grounds
will begin as soon as the incorporation
takes place. The company has the refusal
of a large tract of land belonging 10 the
Carson estate. at the foot of Danforth
avenue. The plot contains sixteen lots.
A nine lap running track and an excel
lent baseball field will be laid out.
One of the first acts of the CONF any
will tie to invite the above mentioned
clubs to join. AS was STATED in II
JERSEY Cry NEWS O few lays ago, these
clubs were talking of consolidating.
Neither club, however. wished to place
itself on record as making the first step
in this direction, and the business men OF
the town, seeing how things were going,
decided to step in and aid the athletes III
the organization OF a first cia-s athletic
club. There is a bitter rivalry between
the Garfield and Puritan Clubs and
neither club would consent TO amalgam-
ate with the other.T The Y, M CA. Athletic
Club, although possessing by far the best
athletes. would consent to aid any move
ment towards the organization OF a better
cub.
So far the plan presented by the bust
ness men has met with naught but en-
couragement. All the athletic clubs
think the idea an excellent one. The new
club would be managed by business men
in n business way, ana success would be
inevitable.
MIR. Joseph c. Heider, one of the stock
holders. in speaking about the matter,
said:-
Il believe that we are at last OF the
right track, and that we will meet with
unexpected success. Numerous attempts
have been made to ~amalgamate the three
athletic clubs, but the pretty differences
between certain prominent members
has always proved an efficient obstacle
to the successful carrying out of the
plan. This new club will be managed
entirely by we'll known business men,
ana If the athletes of Greenville give lis
proper support we will have an
athletic club that will be second to mono
III the city. The citizens in Gresnyille
IRE tired of contributing to these
athletic clubs. The money they give does
noa have any visible effect. The Puri-
tan Athletic Club is securing the town
now for money TO support the club. The
business men of Greenville are
perfect for SATISFIED atbIst,c to g ghs , tbsv
want to see this section represented in
athletics. wheeling and baseball and the
only way this can be don is for the three
clubs to join as under the banner of the
Gieenville Athletic Club. A meeting of
the stockholders will be held some time
next week, when all the details will be
arranged.