Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-07
l. Danahey, J. L. O'Toole, E S. McGin
Miss, John Gandley, Will P. Kennedy.

The DISPATCH correspondent, writing
from Asbury Park on Friday, says:
To-day and yesterday were particularly
bright occasions on account OF the bicycle
races in the athletic grounds and the pres
ence there as a participant of Mr.. Arthur A.
Zimmerman, the champion wheelman, who
has just returned from his tramps in Eng
land. Last evening the local club of hicy-
clfsts and numbers of visiting wheelmen
| held a lantern parade along the beach on
the famous old boardwalk, one of the most
beautiful sights of the summer. The wheels
were beautifully ornamepted and carried
just sufficient light to bring out the design
which the rider desired to produce. Thirty
lady bicyclists from all parts of the country
took part in the parade. Prizes will later
be awarded for the best decorations on this
occasion. Mayor Edwin Stewart, of Phila-
delphia, and. Mayor Daniel ]. Bechtel, of
Trenton, reviewed the parade and will act as
| judges in awarding the prizes. Along the
| route the houses were brilliantly Ilumf-
| mated.
carnival, on Wesley Lake. pretty sheet of
| water separating Asbury Park and Ocean
Grove. was witnessed bv the largest NUM- Der
| ofpeople ever assembled on single occasion
| here. Scores and hundreds of people drove
| in from the surrounding resorts, Elberon,
| Spring Lake and Belmar All the cottages
along the lako were splendidly lighted up,
the occasion. Mr.. Cone, of Philadelphia, had
large star, composed of lanterns, with one
point resting against the gable Q!
sess dissass on and the the Sidewalks
the lake. The long procession Of boats
moved up and down the lake to music OF
several bands and produced many beautiful
| designs with their eyolutions. Prizes will
be awarded for the most beautifully decor.
ated boats. After the carnival the immense
concourse of people dispersed, but thou.
various parties and dances held in many any
| gaily decorated houses, the occupants OF
which took advantage of the opportunity
afforded to give q little social affair under
| such pleasant auspices.
New life has been infused into the East
End Gymnastic Club, or, as it will here
after be known, the Pittsburg Athletic Club.
1t has within the past week finished the
work of adopting its new constitution and its
application for permission to change its name
is before the courts. One of the chief thing.
accomplished by the change in the consti
tuition is the enlargement of the powers oi
the committees and their increase in mum.
Der. Each now has absolute control Of
everything pertaining to its particular brach.
These committees are: House and field,
Messra Lang, Heron, Scott, Richie and
Davis; membership (elective), Messrs.
Wells, Scott, King, Davies, Richie and
Hartman; auditing, Messrs. Caruthers, Davies
and Bell; baseball, MessrA Stevenson, Dan
Barr and Simons; football, Messrh Barbour
and Proctor; tennis and lacrosse, Messrs,
Dravo, McLaren and Culbertson; athletic,
Messrs. A. D. Borland, Boren, Scott. Gard
ner and Wells. The President has under
advisement the appointment of the wheel.
mems committee.
| Each of these committees is already
actively busy with the arrangements of
events to come. For instance, the Athletic
Committee has in hand the open meeting
of September and also the last field meet
| ing of the club later in September. The
| open meeting will be great affair, and
| amateurs from manv outside cities will be
entered, including the Schuylkill NAVY, of
Philadelphia; the Manhattan Club, of New
York; Cleveland, Detroit and other places
that possess athletic organisations. a feat
ure will be made of the wheel races, and 1t
is expected that some of the fastest riders
of the day will be there. The Columbia
will have q team there, and another ono will
| be on from Cleveland.
The Tennis Committee is busy arranging
| for the tournament on September 8, and
| TO- This will also be great affair and will
| contain mixed doubles that are ALWAYS
among the most interesting events of
| tourney. The committee 10 also taking
| steps to organize lacrosse club The Base
ball Committee has the team thoroughly
organized now and the men will hereafter