The sun., 1892-12-13
THEY LIKE sYMyAsTTC WORK.
AGembers Or the Y. N. @. A. Show Consider
able shGi In Various Exercises.


On Thursday. Deo IS. the gymnasts OF the
| East Eiehty.sixt street branch Of tho Y. M.
| G. A. will hold an exhibition In their Gymna-
| sium In addition to the class work there Will
| be special exercises on tho bars and on the
horse; also competitive high jumping. Inc
MONTGOMERY brothers. tho Drummonds. ana La
| Role will contribute to the entertainment.
Tho next exhibition by the members OF the
| Young Mems institute will take place on Nom
| day. Dec 28 Almost the entire exhibition
will be devoted to the work OF tho stars
Mike Sweeney and Gus schwauer VIII snow
their skill at high Jumping Bob Stoll is to per-
form on the rings, and Edmund l. Welch. phy-
steal director at tho Jersey City Y. M. Q. A..
will perform on the heavy apparatus. The
outing club members are talking OF organlz-
ing skating club. Harry La Mont. one OF tho
gymnasium leaders last year. is now assisting
Physical Director Pnul c. Phillips In gym
work.
No more enthusiastic Y. NJ G. A. members
can DO found than those belonging to the rail-
road branches. At tho Madison avenue branch
the gymnasium classos are constantly he-
coming Of greater interest John ]. Thomp-
son is leading the classes. He is railroad
employee. At the West Seventy-second street
department tho membership is increasing mt
the rate of twenty men per month. Efforts are
being made to mako this branch very popular.
The Weehawken department Is running along
smoothly. Tho men here are great chess ana
checker players, Thore is some TAX ;H. OF gSHt,
ting bowling alley. and tho men are ersaiy
The Washington Heights branch is now
sids of l55th street and east Of the boulevard:
The quarters are comfortably fitted ur, and
rate npparat1s. The bowlin. alleys are in
great demand. James Scott Il captain OF tne
bowling club, and Robert kerchner is captain
of n nf
has no less than three loothal! teams noy,s
department. is, an important ahlnnrtt 10 I,.a me
John /. Lockwood is in CHARGE 9f the class
work. The seniors of the branch are in the
charge OF Physical Director Cook.
At the East Eighty-sixth street branch the
barriers club n,e receiving many new mem
in t trim RI for M the nrmory ~ games The records in
high jumping and pol.s,i; Oh; ;yapliinE nr" getting
!'Fss gym eVers Monday. Wednesday and Friday
The rowling CLUB Of the Central branch Of the
Th club has grown Rn
any other section in tho branch since the
the members Of the Central branch athletes.
So many men have taken to the game that u
mems class has grown rapidly. and as a new
feature lne eNeTclStS HTe bOuH through wllI
to a piano accompanim.nt. Three class are
have not vet taken up basket tall at tho
| branch. but little later on ono evening
week will be devoted to the sport. beginning
on Dec. 20 the branch series Of contests will
be held every Tuesday evening. running
and floor event will br held each night. On
the opening night the Guarter-mle race and
the cunning high jump will be contested
side games under the Y. NJ. c. A. emblem. the
SiXty-iive hoys belong to the Junior depart
ment Of the Brooklyn Eastern District branch.
short time ago the boys visited the boys Of
tho Ceutral branch aud defeated them at
basket ball by 3 goals to o. The Eastern Dis
trict team were as follows: Frank St. John.
I!olstein. William l.awlor. VIII Pfcifler. Ogden
Merrill. Harry Graft John Corctt. and STAN
ley Nanderwerken. The medals offered by
the Eastern District branch. to be com neted
for In the series Of contests now taking place.
are the finest ever offered by branch OF the
Y. NJ. c. A.
The athletes Of tho Eastern District Brook
lyn paw II great deal of attention TO basket
| ball There are enough players to make up
two good teams. not counting tho junior de-
pnrtment team. Among the best players are:
William J. Mills. Theodore Totten. Ed. NJ.
| Ross. Frank Coffin. William J. Knscheri. John
| i. McDeytt. Leonard Wathington. Dr.. \. l..
TRompson. l @illiam wiiletts. Wallace % "Rhs Richs
ardson, and Robert Harris.
Basket ball is also having a great boom Mt
the Twenty third street branch. large num-
ber OF men indulge In the sport DR.. Bartlett.
| the physical director. is Y great advocate OF
| the game. and may be seen instructing his
men on several afternoons during the week.