Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-05-01
TO BUILD A NEW GYM.
The Allegheny Athletics Secure q
Good Location and Will
ERECT AN ELEGANT CLUBHOUSE.
II Promises to Be the Most Complete in This
Part of the Country.
NEWS OF 1NrEREsf TO THE AMATEURS


secured the Schenley property at the corner
of Duquesne was and Third street, and will
erect thereon clubhouse to cost about
$4,000. The ground is 96x170 feet, good
size and in most splendid location for the
purpose for which it is to be used. 1t is
leased for long term of years, equiv
alent to purchase.
The grounds will come into possession OF
the club July 1, when work will begin foh
the building, which promises to be one OF
the finest for gymnasium and social pur-
poses combined in this part of the country.
The gymnasium will occupy the entire first
floor, which will probably occupy the entire
lot, giving ample room for the large MEM
bership to take the necessary exercise to
keep mind and body in good working order
There will also be complete natatorium In
connection, Turkish, Roman and tub baths,
and probably a swimming bath, In the
stories above the gymnasium will be par
lors, library, ETC., for those who become
members more especially for the social ad-
vantages offered. This class of members
will'be as we'll cared for as the athletes
Boating on the Allegheny Feature.
With its excellent location on the river
front, the association will be prepared tor
boating, and will add that to the list of its
features. In the membership Of the club
are quite number of good oarsmen, men
who have been in some of the best college
crews in the country, and it will only re-
quire training to put them into condition
to do their old-time work. Among them is
Eugene L. Messler, who was on last years
Yale crew. He is now at Yale and is sched-
uled for the college crew this year. He is
not onlv a good oarsman, but is also up in
football and baseball.
With the good timber onvhand and what
is yet to come, the association hopes to make
up crew of men which will stand well
among amateur oarsmen. They will, prob
ably, be sent out to the big amateur rowing
events to uphold the clubs colors. It is not
probable that all this can be done this year,
as by the time the clubhouse is finished
and everything is ready for the boys, the
season will be too far gone; but they will
be prepared to train and get in working
trim this year, and next season will go into
the sport for all it is worth and pull out
with good record.
The Athletic Company to Be Incorporated.
The ground has been secured and the
building will be erected by the Allegheny
Athletic Company. The attorneys of the
company are now preparing the papers to
incorporate the company, which will have a
capital stock of S10o, 900. Nearly the whole
amount has been taken, and within the past
few days large amount of stock has been
sold. 1t is said that q certain wealthy gen.
tleman, who is much interested in athletics,
made proposition to the association to
furnish all the money necessary to erect the
clubhouse provided he was guaranteed
per cent interest, but this was refused, the
club preferring to hold the property among
its members.
With the new clubhouse the Allegheny
Athletic Association will be prepared for
all kinds of indoor sport. A suspended
running track will furnish good training
facilities for the speedy members the year
round. The floor space will admit of q most
complete gymnasium outfit, and it will be
of the latest and most improved style. OF
course, frst-class instructor will be Sc
cured, who will give the members the nec-
essary attention to keep them on the work
that will give them the proper develop
ment. The trouble encountered when there
is no instructor is that the members are
liable to over-development in some parts
and under. development in Others
A Big Boom in tho Membership.
With the advantages to be offered the
club will have boom in membership. This
month 25 names were added to the list and
there are so others known to be ready to
join as soon as the grounds are ready for
play. AT present there is no initiation fee,
but there will be one as soon as the new
clubhouse is ready for occupancy. For this
reason it behooves the people who expect to
become members to do so at once and save
the initiation fee.
Work on the grounds continue and they
will be ready tor business In very few
days. The big steam roller has been on
Recreation Park all last week, and this
courts. These courts will be ready for
play in two weeks, unless something un-
foreseen occurs. There is no lawn in the old
Y. M. c. A. Park and it is too late to make
one this season, but grass seed will be sown
and the grounds will be better prepared for
play in another year.
F. r. Coates, who played guard for
Lehigh, and who has the reputation of
being the largest and one of the best foot
ball men Lehigh ever had, has Joined the
three AS He was two years manager of
Lehigh's baseball team and president and
vice president of tie Inter- Collegiate Ath-
leges. Mr.. Coates also holds good record
In one-mile walk.
Al egh-ny tthletic Associations Doinss.
President Temple and ex-President J.
Palmer O'Neill, of the Pittsburg base ball
club, are among the new me bers of the
club. Mr.. O'Neill was once Tin one camel
a famous pitcher, but it is not likely that
he will be on the three AS team. w. j.
MacConue1l of the Orange Athletic RIub
is another member He is famous rusher
in foot ball, is 8 feet II q inches in height,
and weighs 210 pounds.
Jay Cox, OF the Cleveland Athletic Club,
at Ann Arbor, Mich, is also newly on the
list, and H. H. Rowand, half back, consid-
cred Washington and Jefferson's best foot
ball player, is now three AS man, as is
B. T. McVay, President of the Inter-Colle-
giate Athletic Association and Manager of
the Westinghouse Jefferson base bail team.
The Associations champion athletic team
is E. " Paul, j. B. McKennen and George
NJ. Laughlin, Jr., trio of which any
organization might be proud. There are
number of others who will soon be included
among the Association s champions.
p. s. Coombs, one of the new members, is
a good all-around baseball man.
Ross Fiscus, of Indiana, Pa, one of the
to locate in the city, in which case he will
become one of the Three A men and will
put the shot and throw the hammer
The Athletic Committee has the club
field day well under way and four starters
are guaranteed TOR the majority of the
events. A great deal of good material has
been developed in the Association since last
season and a much better showing is e1-
pected in club events.