The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-12-19
s. A. C. MEN, WAKE UP!
first Annual Meeting Of the
Club to Be Held Tonight.
eLecrIoNAND PERMANENT HOME
vteaI Questions TO Come Before Memb-
ers-Greater Interest Demanded
Camp and McClung Coming.

This evening the Seattle Athletic Club holds
Il nrst annual meeting, and it ID the most i'm.
portant event of its existence since its organiza-
ton few months ago. In the rst place there
+ 70 be an election of officers.
In addition TO president, who IL elected for
teTm of two years. there are fourteen mem
hrs of . board of governors to b chosen, half
& n whom will hold ONCE for one year and the
sssner half for two years. The necessity Of Sc
Z Jeeting men who will be most valuable by rea-
! oon of devotsng themselves earnestly TO their
& duties Is manifestly apparent. But there il
4 esher business OF very important nature to
& which the entire club should devote its atten-
4 ton. Ono of the most important portions OF
his II the securing Of permanent quarters.
The present board Of governors, being authorized
81 the club. HAS been considering proposal for
he lease of quarters at . high rental, which
Ge, however. to be constructed especially with
. view TO the clubs wants and will be q
good drawing card in the way of increasing
IT. popularity and Membership In order to as
sumo such weighty responsibility as this the
board requires the hearty support of every
member of the club
The Seattle Athletic Club has not yet reached
that state OF Its existence when 1t can place the
setive management of It's business affairs in the
hands of few officers and the bulk
Of the Membership drift along with no
active EFFORT to better fts condition. That be-
longs to but comparatively few such Organise
lions. which are the strongest of their kind
s IN the country. Like many another ath-
letic association, the Seattle club Is made
up of young men of good standing, who
entered into the plsn OF formation with hur-
Ysh. The first flush of enthusiasm over. most OF
them content to let matters shape them.
selves Most of them are willing TO be
present at an exciting football match or
will drop in at the club rooms for friendly
game Of cards or pool, but there their support
ends Tho Athletic club II not yet 30 firmly es-
tabltshed that 1t can thrive, or even live. ii
matters continue in this direction.
Generally speaking. the conduct OF the men,
hers of the club, in the line OF advanc-
ing its interests, has been reprehensible
This may be, and probably is, due
more tnan anything else to thought
Iessnes, but the fact nevertheless exists.
The hard working few who have laborsd to help
along football and so benefit the club, have re-
ee!ved little or no backing. If the
same lethaYgy 10 to continue no
enterprise which the club seeks to
advance can prosper. 1t il intended for the
club to turn out in season . racing crew, base
ball team, to have tennis tournaments and
ell clssses of field sports, but
without the manifestation of more
active interest generally among the members,
these things cannot be carried out successfully.
The future OF the club can only be assured by
each member not only attending all
meetings well athletic events,
but appointing himself committee OF one to
bring in desirable recruits to membership and
70 use any other reasonable forts. in whatever
direction needed, for the advancement of the
clubs welfare.
Tonight's meeting will be held at p m. in
the club rooms on the fifth floor of the Seattle
National bank building.
During the present week Seattle will be Wis.
tied by Camp and McClung, the two great
Tale coachers, who have been training
Stanford and Berkeley for last Saturdays
match at San Francisco. They will probably be
here a couple OF days, and even in that
short time what little coaching they can do,
together with suggestions about team play,
will be OF great value to the clubs football
team, provided they have suitable material to
work upon. At any rate their coming ought
10 start n boom among those whose warm
support 10 needed by football II it fails to
arouse the proper amount OF enthusiasm then
Seattle might ss well surrender all her aspira-
tons to the footboli championship without
further ado